January 2025 – Winner
Best Action Film Dojo by Armin Alic (Writer: Jon Paul) Best Actor Bail Out EP 103 by Dennis O’Neill (Writer: Dennis O’Neill) Best Actress Choice by Kaye Tuckerman (Writer: Dawn Young) Best Animation Film A Cacophony of Scales by William J Thinnes Best Art Film ABYSS by Alessandro Porzio (Writer: Michele Giangrande) Best Cinematographer GOODBYE INDIA by Marcello Ercole Best Comedy Film To Grieve or Not to Grieve by Donald Watson (Writer: Donald Watson) Best Director João Ayres, an Independent Painter by Diogo Varela Silva (Writer: Diogo Varela Silva) Best Debut Director THE FACE OF THE FACELESS by SHAISON P OUSEPH (Writer: JAYAPAL ANANTHAN) Best Documentary Axé, Salvador! by Domenico Rodolfo Grillone (Writer: Domenico Rodolfo Grillone) Best Drama Film Sun Comes Shining by Silvano Plank (Writers: Daniele Malfatti and Silvano Plank) Best Editor Piccolo Santino Pilot by Sal Mallimo Best Experiment Film sinking3 by Joanna&rubens (Writers: Joanna&rubens) Best Feature Film Katabasis by Samantha Casella (Writer: Samantha Casella) Best Feature Screenplay You’ve Never Had Sex Education? by Chen Best Horror Film Obayifo Project by Paco Arasanz (Writer: Paco Arasanz) Best Mobile Film In the Bathroom by Oliver Theurich, Sophie Charlotte Dittmer Best Music Video Beauty and Grooming Chapter 9 (Official Video) Best Musical Film Aftermath of Destiny – from the musical “This is Love” by AKISAI M (Writer: AKISAI M) Best Original Screenplay Thankful by Earnest Diaz Best Producer Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer by Uriah Herr (Writer: Danny McDermott) Best Script CAMSHAFT by Mark Donnell Best Short Film Yellow star by Skobun Skobun (Writer: Skobun Skobun) Best Short Screenplay A Very Good Man by Michael Gavino Best Silent Film Berlin Bernauer Straße – Time Travel by Dr. Ingo Bruchhold (Writer: Dr. Ingo Bruchhold) Best Web Series/Tv Pilot Whitey Web Series by Donald Watson (Writer: Donald Watson) Best Women’s Film Reflection by Ulrica de la Mar, Jessica Lau (Writer: Ulrica de la Mar) Best Writer Who Do You Think I Should Believe?
July 2025 – Winner
Best Animation Film The Story of Sugar by Yoni Goodman Best Cinematographer The Rift by Sichigea Paul Best Documentary Far Horizon: Flat Earth vs NASA by paul may Best Experiment Film Myopia by Karen Klami Best Feature Documentary Laurel and Hardy’s Yorkshire Adventures by Dean Sills Best Feature Screenplay Eye See You by Nicolas May, Paul May Best Original Screenplay End of the Road by Paul May Best Short Film Ofelia by Fabiola Stevenson Best Short Film (60 Second Film) system error by Ingrid Gans Best Short Screenplay Briefcase of Grievances by Paul Corricelli Best Thriller Film Blindfold by Kat Silva Best TV Script I/O (Input-Output) by Molly J Vernon Best Web Series/Tv Pilot Whitey Web Series by Donald Watson
July 2025 – Nominee
Best Animation Film The Story of Sugar by Yoni Goodman Best Cinematographer The Rift by Sichigea Paul Best Documentary Far Horizon: Flat Earth vs NASA by paul may Best Experiment Film Myopia by Karen Klami Best Feature Documentary Laurel and Hardy’s Yorkshire Adventures by Dean Sills Best Feature Screenplay FEAR: The Unknown by Mark Donnell Crash! by Gini Graham Scott Eye See You by Nicolas May, Paul May Best Music Video What The Troll – Shweta Harve ft. Dario Cei by Shweta Harve Best Original Screenplay End of the Road by Paul May Best Short Film The Little Mushroom, 1998 (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary) by John Reed The Macher in Mr Big by dean morgan Ofelia by Fabiola Stevenson The Café by Lena Báez “STRAY LIFE” by Haris Georgiadis, Danny Koumniotis “HONOR CRIMES” by Haris Georgiadis NO LONGER ON THE MAP by ati maier Blindfold by Kat Silva Best Short Film (60 Second Film) system error by Ingrid Gans Best Short Screenplay Briefcase of Grievances by Paul Corricelli Best Thriller Film Blindfold by Kat Silva Best TV Script I/O (Input-Output) by Molly J Vernon I/O Proof of Concept Script by Paul Corricelli Best Web Series/Tv Pilot Whitey Web Series by Donald Watson
January 2025 – Nominee
Best Action Film Dojo by Armin Alic, Jon Paul Best Actor Bail Out EP 103 by Dennis O’Neill, Dennis O’Neill Best Actress Choice by Kaye Tuckerman, Dawn Young Katabasis by Samantha Casella, Samantha Casella Best Animation Film A Cacophony of Scales Best Art Film ABYSS by Alessandro Porzio, Michele Giangrande Best Cinematographer Be-Living in The Ocean by Craig Sim Webb, Craig Sim Webb COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA by Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti, Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti GOODBYE INDIA by Marcello Ercole Best Comedy Film COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA by Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti, Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti To Grieve or Not to Grieve by Donald Watson, Donald Watson Best Debut Director THE FACE OF THE FACELESS by SHAISON P OUSEPH, JAYAPAL ANANTHAN Best Director João Ayres, an Independent Painter by Diogo Varela Silva, Diogo Varela Silva Best Documentary Axé, Salvador! by Domenico Rodolfo Grillone, Domenico Rodolfo Grillone Cheers Captain Alma by Michael Thomas Wall Dancing With Waves by Emmitt Thrower HARVESTING OF VINES by FRANC KOPIC, FRANC KOPIC João Ayres, an Independent Painter by Diogo Varela Silva, Diogo Varela Silva Best Drama Film Sun Comes Shining by Silvano Plank, Daniele Malfatti and Silvano Plank Best Experiment Film sinking3 by Joanna&rubens, Joanna&rubens Best Feature Film Katabasis by Samantha Casella, Samantha Casella Best Feature Screenplay Cryo-Bro by Mark A Donnell Next Life by Gini Graham Graham Scott You’ve Never Had Sex Education? by Chen Best Horror Film Obayifo Project by Paco Arasanz, Paco Arasanz Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer by Uriah Herr, Danny McDermott Best Mobile Film In the Bathroom by Oliver Theurich, Sophie Charlotte Dittmer Best Music Video Beauty and Grooming Chapter 9 (Official Video ) Best Musical Film Aftermath of Destiny – from the musical “This is Love”- by AKISAI M, AKISAI M Best Original Screenplay Thankful by Earnest Diaz Best Script CAMSHAFT by Mark Donnell Best Short Film Choice by Kaye Tuckerman, Dawn Young Dojo by Armin Alic, Jon Paul Lotus by Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins, Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins No horses on Mars by Bea de Visser, Bea de Visser NO! God Will Save Me! by Ernest Johnson, Ernest Johnson Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer by Uriah Herr, Danny McDermott Yellow star by Skobun Skobun, Skobun Skobun Young Fufitive by Sal Mallimo, Sal Mallimo 夕占 – A Foretelling at the Dusk by Hirokazu Fukawa, Hirokazu Fukawa Best Short Screenplay A Very Good Man by Michael Gavino Best Silent Film Berlin Bernauer Straße – Time Travel by Dr. Ingo Bruchhold, Dr. Ingo Bruchhold Best Web Series/Tv Pilot Piccolo Santino Pilot by Sal Mallimo Whitey Web Series by Donald Watson, Donald Watson Best Women’s Film Choice by Kaye Tuckerman, Dawn Young Reflection by Ulrica de la Mar, Jessica Lau, Ulrica de la Mar Best Writer Obayifo Project by Paco Arasanz, Paco Arasanz Who Do You Think I Should Believe?
July 2024 – Nominee
Best Actor ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Best Art Film THE LIMINAL SPACE by DAMIANO ROSSI Best Children’s Film How Did You Make It, Daddy? by Katsuhide Yamago Best Cinematographer ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Best Director Feralia by Davide Cancila Serve No Purpose by Amr AL-Karmy Best Documentary On Hold by Machiel van den Heuvel Who Killed Lawrence of Arabia? by Mark JT Griffin MARIBOR AND HIS, WORLDWIDE OLDEST VINE by FRANC KOPIC Struggle In America – Unarmed and Black by Brother-Michael Katlow Cox Best Editor ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Best Feature Film Feralia by Davide Cancila A House Without a Father by Contrina Jenkins Best Feature Screenplay A Christmas Without Snow by Robert Cox Feralia by Davide Cancila Fleckeri by Mark Donnell Astral Crisis by Tom Thorpe Tiffin by JK Jones Best Horror Film Feralia by Davide Cancila Best LGBT Film ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Phantom Touch by Nicolò Grasso Best Mobile Film Chop Chop by Allen Jarmolinski ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Best Photography Feralia by Davide Cancila Best Script Lying, Cheating, Stealing by Mark Donnell Best Short Film Same, Same but Different by Dave McGrath Best Sound Designer ARLO AND THE SEA by Damian Overton Best Young Actor A House Without a Father by Contrina Jenkins
November 2018 – Nominee
Best Short Film Conquer the World by Federico Del Buono High Intensity by Abigail Loos Big Trouble In Seattle by David Fowler Jawaab La-Jawaab by Parviz Batada Emma’s World by Matteo Santoro Pinky Promise by Tam Sainsbury The Telephone by Stuart Wheeldon Proximity by Chris Lewis The Edison Affair by Lynnette Morley Harmless by Vishesh Mankal Written by? by Kankana Chakraborty Puzzle by Barbara Toschi Tragic Consequence by Joseph Villapaz Best Student Film Farce by Paige Irene Bruns Commotion by Bryan Wynn Sutton U.P.P. by Kang Hui One Shot by Jordan-Paige Sudduth The Library Trip by Abigail A Loos Sunflower Soup by Marissa A. Martinez Best LGBT Film Life’s a Drag… by Robin Royce Queree DALA by Anthony Newen Best Music Video Euphoria by Jake Huber REVERB by Jake Huber Telling U by Langston Williams Dance-A-Thon! by Abigail Loos Best Web Series Dorien by K.Prada, J.Prada The Wicked Imagination of Teenage Kid by Tasha Neal-Harris, Candace Wright Best Feature Film VIKAS KI BAHU by DINESH CHOUDHARY There’s Always One by George Massimillo Reliving Marilyn by Morgan Blackbyrne, Shannon Lawson The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd by Uwe Schwarzwalder Best Documentary Film Big Fish Blues by Leslye Abbey ART by Dan Balchen Money is as innocent as the gun by Chris Colling Best Director Euphoria by Jake Huber Max by Mr. Bouhaïk Sunflower Soup by Marissa A. Martinez Best First Time Director Dual Mania by Joseph Strickland U.P.P. by Kang Hui The Dove Never Breaks Its Promise by Tengku Adrian Ismail Under your skin by Felice Antignani Job Life by Roberto I. Ercolalo Living Idle by Ramana Best Director of Photography Song Sotto Voce by Pierre Bessette Sunflower Soup by Marissa A. Martinez Best Screenplay The Sweet Death by Luca Di Molfetta Team Teenettes by Brian Morelan, Bianca Poroliseanu The Life Gamble 2 by Peter Janov MY SAVIOUR by Steven Murphy SKULL HUNTER by Steven Murphy The Hook by Phillip E. Hardy The Mortality Game by Ed Vela
September 2018 – Nominee
Best Short Film The Window by Stephen McKinnon Agony by Cesar Roman 500 by Bogdan Albu Tender Vow by Ashton K Bracciodieta Three Faced by Collins Uzowulu, Russell Reed On the Fence by Luciana Caplan Window by Sumit Mishra Bitch, Popcorn & Blood by Fabio Soares Soul of Steel by Alexandre Bilardo Gutless by Nathan Cragun Heartbox by Richard Anthony Dunford Final Letter by Orwa Alahmad A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart, Brian Johnston MOURNING IN CHINA by ROBERT FACTOR My Stavroula by Kostas Kolimenos The Appointment by Shayla Ash RAGGITY ANNS by Rachel Neal They Can’t Hear You by Luke Creely It gets better by Adi Wojaczek Best Student Film Our Park Bench by Katya Kaminsky Best LGBT Film Guilty prejudices by Jean-Philippe Tranvouez Best Music Video VISIBLE LIGHT by Nihal Ses aka OpBe Unhappy Holiday by Anna Haas I can only dream by Alfredo Contreras BASEBALL’S MY GAME by Dawn Brown Truia by Salla Hongisto Best Web Series Hyper by Alexandre Bilardo, Andreia Ribeiro FML Series – Pilot by Viktoria I.V. King Brooklynification by Keith Miller Best Documentary Film Sparsh – Leprosy mission by Gaurang Bhat Cuba, Libre? by Dick Jordan Black Snow by Stephen Linstead Editing Propaganda by Achinoam Morell ABALON by Vahid Keshavarz Journey to Hope by Anita Kruse Best Director Agony by Cesar Roman On the Fence by Luciana Caplan Window by Sumit Mishra Soul of Steel by Alexandre Bilardo Best First Time Director Trapped in the Trade by Jan Edwards, Joshua C Pies Touttay (Parrots) by Shashank Shekar Singh Tapferkeit by Joseph Quinn D.A.T.E by Sai Deodhar Anand Best Director of Photography Agony by Cesar Roman A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart, Brian Johnston Johnny on the Moon by Eva Everett Irving Quintessential The Movie by Sammie Johnson Best Editor BPM by Greg Robbins I Will Crush You & Go To Hell by Fabio Soares, Célia Paysan Hyper by Alexandre Bilardo, Andreia Ribeiro A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart, Brian Johnston Best Screenplay Agony by Cesar Roman Alea Jacta Est ! by Daniel JENNY Insurance can be sometime a dangerous game ! by Daniel JENNY The Alliance by Robert L Butler Jr Green Heart by Roberto Lemos ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? by Robert Factor Quintessential The Movie by Sammie Johnson
June 2018 – Nominee
Best Short Film Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan We Need to Talk by Robert L Butler Jr LOU by Syd Sisante A Disappearance by Ash Varma Catch me if you can! by Emanuele Cristaldi Atone by Shane Brar Sparkle by Katsuhide Yamago The Final Secret by Kenneth Bordes-Hollon For Your Safety by Kenneth Bordes-Hollon One Too Many by Chani Louise Best Student Film Fear of the Dark Mark by Jordan-Paige Sudduth Best LGBT Film The Reprogramming of Jeremy by Gail Wagner HIV ✖ LOVE ? by Katsuhide Yamago Best Music Video Playground by Elin Osjord The Letting Go by Tyler McElrath Best Documentary Film Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother by Dawn Young Best Director Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother by Dawn Young We Need to Talk by Robert L Butler Jr Best First Time Director Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan Helena’s Dream by Heloise Magny Best Director of Photography Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan The Reprogramming of Jeremy by Gail Wagner Best Editor Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan We Need to Talk by Robert L Butler Jr Best Screenplay Famous Little Girls by Luciana Caplan
May 2018 – Nominee
Best Short Film THE SON OF THE SEA by ROBERTO AZNAR Doors by Paco Arasanz Supervivere (The Escape) by Paco Arasanz The Bill Comes Due by Alaura Morris Acquainted with the Night by TONY RAYNER Wasteland: A Dream by Dan Smith The Eve by Luca Machnich Lion by Davide Melini Stray Star by Paramjeet Singh Kattu Lean On Me by David Fowler Banalities by Rafael de Andrade Awaken by Emerson EAGP Horizon by Lee Cipolla Aberdeen Covenant by Ludi Askins My space by Shihyun Wang I want to see some I.D.! by Daniel JENNY Insurance can be sometimes a dangerous game! by Daniel JENNY Spiral by Tony Clarke The Nurses of Blackchapel by Richard Paraiso Candy by J. Samuel Ryan Deceit by Nick Theure, Matthew Roch Best Student Film The Big Goodbye by Dennis Manning Time Flies by Daniel Chan Sans Titre by Patrik Howanitz Best LGBT Film The Queen by Joel Jairus Ravindran Best Music Video Namibia (english version) by Matthieu Vinel Noche en el Paraiso by Donna Greenberg Music video Generation Brasileirinho by Emerson EAGP The Twilight by Donna Greenberg Stranger by Donna Greenberg Living on the Outside by Donna Greenberg Bushwick NYC – dance mashup by Elin Osjord Bending reality by Elin Osjord Azwel-At the End of the Day by Tedd Hazard Best Web Series Nemausus by Quentin Uriel Horror Talk with Kristin West by Armin Nasseri Best Documentary Film Namibia (english version) by Quentin Uriel Chiseled by Ram Alladi LIVING ON THE EDGE by OPENDER CHANANA Best Director Supervivere (The Escape) by Paco Arasanz Lion by Davide Melini Horizon by Lee Cipolla Insurance can be sometime a dangerous game ! by Daniel JENNY Nemausus by Quentin Uriel Home Away From Home by John-William Noble THE HEART OF HADIAH TROMP by Erik de Bruyn Deceit by Nick Theurer, Matthew Roch Best First Time Director The Eve by Luca Machnich Waterless by Marc I. Daniels Awaken by Emerson EAGP LIVING ON THE EDGE by OPENDER CHANANA Best Director of Photography The Eve by Luca Machnich Nemausus by Quentin Uriel Best Editor The Eve by Luca Machnich Insurance can be sometime a dangerous game ! by Daniel JENNY Best Screenplay Doors by Paco Arasanz The Eve by Luca Machnich Lion by Davide Melini Horizon by Lee Cipolla I want to see some I.D. ! by Daniel JENNY Insurance can be sometime a dangerous game ! by Daniel JENNY The shortest are always the best ! by Daniel Jenny