July 2025

Best Documentary

i was 8814

David Peters, Kathi Peters

Honorable Mention

I Am Gitxsan

Hossein Martin Fazeli

Best Short Film

Israel

Alireza Nesaei

Best Short Film, German Production

Dark Places I have known Episode three "Too far too close"

Juergen Hirsch

Best Actress - Short Film

Silvia Sabaté Sabaté

La plaga

Best Actor - Short Film

Jack Hunter-Spivey

My Friend Orson Welles

Best Mobile Feature Film

Tango with the Wolf

Joshua Meszaros

Best Mobile Short Film

Bra Top

Akiko Matsumoto

Best Director - Short Film

Quinn Dunbar

The Truth

Best Director - Documentary

Kyosuke Enokizono

RAKUGO KARMA

Best Short Documentary

The Last Impression

Milan Büttner

Best Music Video

Zìrán

Mitchell Louis Flautt

Best Student Film

Shadow of the Warrior

Leon Selker

Best Experimental Film

26 Day Archeology Revised Edition

Kyong Ju Park

Best Animation

Ball Lightning

Catriona Trina Baker

Best Director - Short Documentary

Charles Evans Jr

Reverence

Best Commercial & Advertising

《Your choices are…》

ming ming Li

Best Travel Film

Beyond The Horizon

James Peter Rowat

Best Artist Film (Short)

Your Email Has Not Found Me Well

Karolina Papp

Best Comedy Short Film

DA BULLS - Renates last journey

Sepp Klein

Best Dance Film (Short)

Do You Feel It

Starry Venus

Best Green & Environment Film

《Your choices are…》

ming ming Li

Best Thriller

LUMACA - L'Officiel

Marco Celotti

Best Trailer

《Your choices are…》

ming ming Li

Best Horror Film

Evil Insight

Don Close, Fiore DeRosa

Best Editing

Pursue

Frankie Campisano

Best Cinematography

Agus Putu Pranayoga, Aman Multani

The Gift in Adversity

Best Original Score

Lost Civilisations

Paul Baraka

Best Sound Design

MOOSE JAW FUNERAL HOME

Tamara Khoury

Best Historical Film

Swallowtail and Dragonfly

Julia Pierrepont

Best First Time Director, Feature

Emilie Mahé

Tall Trees

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Dean Murphy

Across the field

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Juniper Hill, Cornelia Günauer, Steffen Boseckert

Music of our Neighbors

Best War Theme Film

Night Shift

Megumi Lim

Best Ai-generated Film

Maestro of Meat

Tim Maloney

Best First Time Director - Short Documentary

Lin Zuo, Marlin Darrah

Jade Earrings of the Last Empress