December 2025

Best Documentary

"You will die in prison"

Gerry McColgan

Best Short Film

Trace

Michele Evouna

Best Short Film, German Production

GRIMAL

Alexander Kleiner

Best Mobile Feature Film

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Michael Soenen

Best Mobile Short Film

on leaving you

Vanessa Gildea

Best Director - Short Film

Jadey Duffield

Love & Bullets

Best Director - Documentary

Michael Soenen

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Best Short Documentary

Now Hear This | The Sound Revolution

Craig Norley

Best Music Video

Voices Unchained - Freedom of Speech

Janina Ursula Kraner

Best Student Film

Who Broke The Vase?

David Aledo Yanguas

Best Experimental Film

Sleeping Beauty

Ksenia Goland

Best Animation

WAR BEAR

David Meigh

Best Director - Short Documentary

Fraser William Harrop

Fighting Chance

Best Comedy Short Film

Jacques: Finding Me More

Jacques Engels

Best Artist Film (Feature)

Phoenix Fire

Kevin Salfen

Best Thriller

Present

Ayumi Matsunaga

Best Science Fiction Film

Die Wendezeit (Time of Change)

Boris Wolffgardt

Best Trailer

Black Jack Daisy

Greg Ferrara

Best Horror Film

THE TENANT

Ollie Hilton

Best Editing

My Father and Qaddafi

Alessandro Dordoni, Chloe Lambourne

Best Cinematography

Counterfeit kids

Daniela Milekovsky

Best Original Score

Love & Bullets

Christopher Drake

Best Sound Design

Metamorphosis

Nikita Liubota

Best Historical Film

My Father and Qaddafi

Jihan K

Best First Time Director, Feature

Patrick Josef Hamm

Would you care for me?

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Jasmina El Far

WHAT STAYS

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Cristina Rodríguez Paz

Even if we are Islands

Best War Theme Film

While the Adults Are Playing War

Katerina Spector

Best Ai-generated Film

The Details

Eric Oldrin