Official Selections
Spring 2025
Official Selections List
Best Short Film
"For Better or Worse" by Oswald Hunter
"Best Short Film"
A couple that had been married for many years faced big challenges when the husband became ill with cancer. After a long period of fighting the sickness, the couple had become distant from each other. The husband struggled daily with pain and in combination with therapy his character changed. The wife finally broke to a point where she could no longer be with him even though she continued to love him. A week after the divorce was finalised, the man passed away. She still regrets the divorce almost 12 years after his passing and struggling daily with the memories of their fights that was caused by a destructive decease.
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"THE KING OF FORKS" by Raphaël Lopez
"Best Short Film"
A humanitarian is tasked with transporting a box of unknown contents. When his vehicle becomes immobilized in the heart of a relentless desert, he continues on foot, accompanied by a mysterious companion he meets along the way. Together, they face a landscape as magnificent as it is hostile, while the initial mission transforms into an epic quest, revealing a destiny far grander than they could have imagined.
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"a friend in the night" by Vinicius de castro gomes & Filipe coelho
"Best Short Film"
During a cold autumn night, a depressed lawyer finds a friendship that makes him review his life during his return home.
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"Sabina" by Sanatan
"Best Short Film"
Sabina is an intimate, emotionally-driven short film highlighting the often overlooked struggles of South Asian women whose husbands migrate to the Gulf for economic opportunities. After only 15 days of marriage, Sabina's husband Khalid leaves for Dubai in pursuit of better financial prospects. Left behind with her in-laws, Sabina endures isolation and emotional turmoil, compounded by the subtle pressures of patriarchal control.
"Firecrow" by Markham Samuels
"Best Short Film"
Two farm workers are tasked with moving a cryptic scarecrow one day, which unbeknownst to them, has been afflicted with a powerful curse.
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"Unraveling" by Rich Devaney
"Best Short Film"
When Zoe is faced with caring for her abusive mother, who is diagnosed with dementia, she discovers a chance to redefine their relationship.
"Laceless Sneakers" by Jeny Poquet & Oscar Gómez
"Best Short Film"
Julia faces challenges that will bring about big changes and it will all start when she puts on her laceless sneakers
"Tzashti-Bashti" by Diana Iulia Pap & Ovidiu Roteliuc
"Best Short Film"
The short film script offers a detailed insight into the daily struggle of homeless people, highlighting their resilience in a cold and unfriendly environment, with an unexpected ending that brings a surprise element. It is a story that conveys emotion and reflects on humanity in various social contexts.
"YESTERDAY AGAIN" by Jorge Del Toro
"Best Short Film"
As memories slip away, a widower struggles to hold onto the fragments of his past before they vanish completely. When an unexpected visitor forces him to confront what’s real and what’s fading, he embarks on an emotional journey through time, love, and identity. AYER OTRA VEZ is a poignant exploration of memory and loss, where the lines between past and present blur in a race against the inevitable.
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"SHADOWS OF THE PAST" by Locky Boaretto
"Best Short Film"
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"Too Much Love" by Natalia Arjona
"Best Short Film"
A long-awaited reunion of two estranged stepsisters after 20 years unearths old wounds and dark family secrets. The younger sister is thrilled to see her elder sibling, but their conversation takes an unexpected and tense turn when the older sister begins to share painful memories involving her stepfather—the younger sister's biological father. As the story unfolds, the shocking revelation threatens to shatter everything the younger sister believed about her family. In a room filled with memories and conflicting emotions, the two sisters must confront the question: how can they move forward with a truth that changes everything?
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Best Director
"YESTERDAY AGAIN" by Jorge Del Toro
"Best Director"
As memories slip away, a widower struggles to hold onto the fragments of his past before they vanish completely. When an unexpected visitor forces him to confront what’s real and what’s fading, he embarks on an emotional journey through time, love, and identity. AYER OTRA VEZ is a poignant exploration of memory and loss, where the lines between past and present blur in a race against the inevitable.
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Best Feature Film
"The Perfect Family" by Pablo De Antuñano
"Best Feature Film"
The COVID pandemic only sharpened and exacerbated the hidden vices of society
contemporary.
Stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, techno-dependency, domestic violence and addictions are the new horsemen of the apocalypse that corrode and tear down what was the most solid social structure for millennia: The family.
Normalization and invisibility are the first obstacle to mental health and in this film we wanted to make a global call to recover the safest place we have: our home.
"Oversteer" by Derrick Lui
"Best Feature Film"
A teenager gives up everything and leaves home, and tries to succeed as a car mechanic/racer against all odds.
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Best Actor
"YESTERDAY AGAIN" by Jorge Del Toro
"Best Actor" — Frank Rodriguez
As memories slip away, a widower struggles to hold onto the fragments of his past before they vanish completely. When an unexpected visitor forces him to confront what’s real and what’s fading, he embarks on an emotional journey through time, love, and identity. AYER OTRA VEZ is a poignant exploration of memory and loss, where the lines between past and present blur in a race against the inevitable.
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Best Actress
"Laceless Sneakers" by Jeny Poquet & Oscar Gómez
"Best Actress" — Carmen Podio
Julia faces challenges that will bring about big changes and it will all start when she puts on her laceless sneakers
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Best Original Screenplay
"The Ibex" by Sergio Pazos Conde
"Best Original Screenplay"
In a village in the Oscense Pyrenees, people start disappearing. The ghost of an old creature is on the lips of the villagers. A journalist investigates the matter and discovers a hidden truth and a fatal outcome.
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"Laceless Sneakers" by Jeny Poquet & Oscar Gómez
"Best Director Debut"
Julia faces challenges that will bring about big changes and it will all start when she puts on her laceless sneakers
"Charlie Chaplin and The Hobo" by Janaun Melvin
"Best Student Film"

Charlie is a tramp. When a Hobo comes to call on his hospitality, things take an unexpected turn

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"OFF THE MARK" by Wera Uschakowa
"Best Feature Documentary"

„OFF THE MARK” is documentary about climate change, the “Green Shift” and plastic pollution in the Norwegian Finnmark.

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"Son of Samoa" by Laman Time
"Best Short Documentary"

"Son of Samoa" is a 10-minute documentary directed by Laman Time, offering an intimate exploration of the Samoan tattooing tradition, Tatau, and its profound impact on personal and cultural identity. Time reflects on his own journey of reconnecting with his heritage, addressing themes of family disconnection and self-discovery. The film features insights from Tamoko/Tufuga artist Inia Taylor, who discusses the significance of belonging through cultural practices, and Pacific art advocate Bonni Tamati, who emphasizes how self-love fosters broader communal connections. This documentary serves as a poignant narrative of hope and self-love, resonating universally while providing a specific lens into Samoan culture

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"CODDESS VARIATIONS" by Herve Martin Delpierre
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Dance Video", "Best Costume Design"
The Moon gives the unique and fleeting power to a Goddess to appear on earth in the most secret room of the mythical Paris Opera. By changing from a plaster statue to a living sculpture, the goddess will be able to experience the metaphorical emotions of a woman's life. Maiden, Mother and Crone... The explosion of this freedom of movement makes the goddess choose the language of dance for her intimate and philosophical journey.
"I AM AN AMERICAN" by Giovanni Abitante
"Best AI Film"
This documentary is the result of extensive research, based on original photographs, archival documents, and firsthand testimonies. The visuals are based on the censored images of Dorothea Lange, commissioned by the U.S. government but later suppressed for decades. With AI, I have brought these photographs to life, recreating the world within them while remaining faithful to historical reality.
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"Chthonic" by Tremayne LaMont
"Best AI Film", "Best Experimental Film", "Best Trailer"
What is a myth? What is a legend? What is a story, a fable, a lore? Something to ponder forevermore. Hearing chatter and gossip. Hearing light whispers leaving sensual lips. They are doing this, they are doing that. They say this happened at night. They say that happened on this fateful day. All these rumors and old wives' tales. That what they say. Whispers coming from the underground. Riding the wind saying something that might be profound.
"Interpreting Erik" by Donald D'Haene
"Best Feature Documentary"
How the loss of one family's displaced brother [in Vancouver, BC] taught them not to see homeless people as just the end result; they were once beautiful, talented, creative and loved; they were us. Human. Erik was not nothing; he was everything.
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"Outrage Olympics" by David Levin
"Best Music Video"
Outrage Olympics is a song about how we live in a world of surveillance, and it’s too late to turn back. We are being surveilled by the government, and we are surveilling each other. If somebody says the wrong thing and offend the wrong people, whether intentional or not, their life can be ruined in the blink of an eye. This dangerous exists on all sides of the political spectrum. We live in the dystopian present. The song has references to George Orwell and Aldous Huxley.
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