NOVEMBER 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Answers in the Tide by Shuangyu Lian
Jia by Sam Mandich
Ma Chère Michelle by Pierre Metton
Rodrigo by Jacob Vaughan
The Witch Pricker and the Hare by Brynn Mitchell
Unscripted by Vittorio Bonaffini

 






BEST SHORT FILM

 

Jia by Sam Mandich
Ma Chère Michelle by Pierre Metton
Rodrigo by Jacob Vaughan







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Miorita. From the Beginning. by Calin Coman
Most Longest Day by Vis Vitalis
Raging Midlife by Rob Taylor

BEST SHORT DOC

 

Echo of The Mountain by Fengnian Zhao
La Trace by Clement Lefer
The Last Standing Doctor by Ibrahim Saber, Abdulqader Sabbah

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

1795. Empires versus the Republic by Tsimafei Akudovich, Dzmitry Hryshchuk
AT THE HEART OF A RESTORATION VOST GB 86mn by Jourdan Thierry
BOUCAN by Juliette Renard


BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Cordoglio by Luna Clara Ronco, Riccardo Incampo
The New Years by River Minho Kim
The Planet That Doesn’t Exist by Nadav Embon

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Not enough projects for this month! See you the next one.

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Cure by Mélyssandre Manem
Invincible by Domenico Giordano
Kolkatar Pori ( The Fairy of Kolkata ) by Azan Chakrabarti, Koustab Biswas

BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

The Night of the Thousand Lights by Gabor Lacza
The Noise Beneath by Anastasia Aleksandrova
TRIPPING SISTERS by Maria Chiara Tiberia


BEST POSTER

 

Happy Birthday by Cynthia Bergen
See Through The Darkness; Your Life Matters by Carl David
Timinngs by Jeffrey Moore



BEST TRAILER

 

See Through The Darkness; Your Life Matters by Carl David
TRAILER | 24h, One Track, Ten Records. by Federico Manfredi
Ventricular by Akal Demir

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Sergio Hödar for EAT THE RICH
Marla Naomi Eaton for The Revenge Club
Solvan Knell for THE RECYCLE_Edge of True Ending

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Angela Manfredi for Middlescence
Zane Taylor Hill for Starving Artists
John P Martinez for Escrow

BEST DIRECTOR

 

Jacob Vaughan for Rodrigo
Pierre Metton for Ma Chère Michelle
Sam Mandich for Jia


BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Brynn Mitchell, Mashael Alqahtani for The Witch Pricker and the Hare 
Jacob Vaughan for Rodrigo
Sam Mandich for Jia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Olivia Segarra for Unscripted
Sunny Lee for Rodrigo
Zach Morrison for The Witch Pricker and the Hare

BEST EDITING

 

Filippo Patelli for Unscripted
Kevin Armstrong, Jacob Vaughan for Rodrigo
Phoebe Fu for The Witch Pricker and the Hare


BEST SOUND

 

Gianluca Gasparrini for Ma Chère Michelle
Jean-Charles Kraimps for La Trace
Patrick B. Kennedy, Ian Howard for The Witch Pricker and the Hare

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Ekaterina Karpenko for Most Longest Day 
Joel Santos for The Witch Pricker and the Hare
Martino Pellegrini for Unscripted Smider

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Avary Mitchell for The Witch Pricker and the Hare
Pénélope Hays for Ma Chère Michelle
Tali Rabea Breuer, Leonie Schmidt for For Elise

BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Rich Sommer for Rodrigo
Pier Niccolo Sassetti for Ma Chère Michelle
Clèment Pellerin for Ma Chère Michelle


BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Jean-Ashia Patrice Fordham for Jia
Jiayi Tian for Answers in the Tide
Sadie Scheufler for Unscripted

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Alex Herrald for The Witch Pricker and the Hare
Michael Hsu Rosen for Rodrigo
Timothée Grivet for Ma Chère Michelle

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Laynie Mitchell for The Witch Pricker and the Hare
Linder Sutton for Jia
Zhonglin Huang for Answers in the Tide