October 2025

Best Documentary

Ojakh, on the other side of the silence (BEST)

Diana Mkrtchyan

Best Short Film

LUST

Ben Hakim

Best Short Film, German Production

Matthias Julian Wörz

Before It Ends

Best Actress - Short Film

Anastasia Silver

Infinity Pool

Best Mobile Short Film

The Embrace of a Bird

Vange Tapia, Sofia Ayerdi

Best Director - Feature Film

Neil Marshall

Compulsion

Best Director - Short Film

David Siroy

Infinity Pool

Best Director - Documentary

Jay Gianukos, Susan Barnes

An Ordinary Couple 2.0

Best Music Video

Citycowboys

Takke Twins

Best Student Film

Garden Shed

Finn van den IJssel

Best Experimental Film

Partita

Eric Daniel Fraad

Best Director - Short Documentary

Antonio Guajardo Lara

Ad Libitum

Best Artist Film (Short)

When the scales tip

Chenyi Jiang, Yi wei

Best Comedy Short Film

FULL METAL PIZZA

Johannes Küchler

Best Green & Environment Film

EGWA

V K Raju

Best Thriller

Dancing With Discomfort

Paola Collantes Ríos

Best Trailer

Don't Talk Politics

Vitaliia Babushchak

Best Horror Film

Viktorias Geheimnis - FKKarla

Sofya Aleynikova, Vladislav Konyshev

Best Cinematography

Dance Of The Wild

Chance Foreman

Best Historical Film

The Gorizia Wall

Gabo Antonutti

Best First Time Director, Feature

André Chandelle

THE HUNTER'S AUTUMN

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Gregor Schiek

Silence

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Rik Versteeg

Move & Stand still

Best Ai-generated Film

The Confession

Marcus Schütz, Maja

Best First Time Director - Short Documentary

Ellada Ludogovska

VYR collective