Official Selections
Winter 2024/2025
Official Selections List
Best Short Film
"Ultima Thule" by Maria Olga Pinson
"Best Short Film"
"Ultima Thule" is an atmospheric piece of video art that immerses the viewer in a dreamlike exploration of love, loneliness, and the paradoxes of human relationships. Through a collage of evocative imagery and poetic associations, the film invites introspection, weaving together fleeting moments of emotion and reflection. Rather than following a conventional plot, it unfolds as a meditative journey into the depths of the human experience.
"How quarrel gigants" by Maria Urievna Morozova
"Best Short Film"
There is a commotion in the children's camp: someone spoils the birthday of the main bully and sends everyone the love letters of the first beauty. All the evidence points to Artyom. But is it that simple?
"Heading for the Light" by Prudence Oliver
"Best Short Film"
The "Heading for the Light" video's powerful visuals aims to inspire and uplift those facing adversity. The diverse cast represents people from different walks of life. They are all fighting inner struggles, offering hope, and reminding us to keep moving towards light and happiness, even in our darkest times. It's a call to persevere, to not give up, because we will eventually overcome our challenges. The video also reassures viewers that they are not alone in their struggles, as dark times are a part of everyone's journey.
"OFFWORLD: The Journey of Sasha" by Jules Richeux
"Best Short Film"
The year is 2202. Sasha is the offspring of a humanity that has colonized the entire Solar System, constantly pushing back its limits and exploring ever more distant worlds. But what's really hiding behind all this apparent prosperity?
"Plenty of Fish" by Mahshad Jalali
"Best Short Film"
It’s a date! But in the age of online dating, is it still as cute and exciting? From all the available milk substitutes for your latte, to the endless movie options on Netflix, abundance of choice has become a necessity in our modern lives. But what happens when this variety spills into our love lives?
This film is about Aubrey, who for better or for worse, is on the dating apps and has a date coming up. This is not her first rodeo, and it probably won’t be her last, but we’ve scored front row seats to this particular chapter of her romantic adventures. Will this date go on Cupid's resume, or will it just be another cautionary tale?
"Living underwater" by Enrico Berretti & Sara Bronzetti
"Best Short Film"
Milan, a city that once promised a better future, has become a prison of fear for the protagonist. Every step on the streets is filled with anxiety, and the city itself feels like a constant threat. The sensation of living underwater,unable to breathe freely, has isolated her from the world she once knew. But perhaps,in a moment of reflection, she might find the courage to change
"Stalkers" by Paul Thompson
"Best Short Film"
Sometimes a phone call can change your life. Once a small-town girl from Michigan, Kate Swanson ran away as a teen and reinvented herself in California as cult porn star Tabitha Swann. But everything changes when a call from Michigan Child Services reveals that Charlotte, the daughter Kate gave up for adoption in high school, has been orphaned in a brutal double homicide.
"THE FLOOD" by David Tessier
"Best Short Film"
A political debate, broadcast live on a 24-hour news channel. As the speakers are arguing about social issues, water invades the set and floods the whole room. Nobody seems to notice ...
"ABHORRENT" by Anthony Buziak
"Best Short Film"
Inspired by the monsters of the 80's and 90's Abhorrent is a love letter to creature features.

Abhorrent tells the story of A small town deputy investigating a string of animal mutilations.
"I'm here" by Peter Chan
"Best Short Film"
A live streamer feels uncertain after receiving strange comments from a new viewer from an unknown place.
"Bad blood" by Guillermo Ronco
"Best Short Film"
Abandoned by the state and with his daughter's life at stake, police officer Rafael chooses to break his deepest convictions and commit a crime to resolve his situation. But when what was supposed to be a robbery turns into a kidnapping, he discovers that there are limits he cannot cross.
"MAGIC RAGE" by Jean-Marie Bonny Nkoa
"Best Short Film"
Hearing of his impending death, Robert, a precarious farmer disillusioned with the world, discovers one night that his son is gay. Terrified at the idea of leaving him alone in a violent world, Robert kidnaps his son and takes him to see a witchdoctor in a mysterious motel...
"Left out!" by Alexander Hall
"Best Short Film"
Someone gets left out and a group of friends gets what is coming to them.
"The Floating Men" by Artarchist None
"Best Short Film"
One day, people discover "floating men" hovering in the sky like balloons. Those who see the floating men's smiles begin to believe that happiness lies in the sky and start ascending to follow them. As more and more people float upwards, the city falls into chaos. The citizens urge the government to solve the problem, but the government’s solution is simply to tie them down. However, this only leads to an even greater tragedy.
"FIZR" by Rani Nasr
"Best Short Film"
Issam takes refuge in an abandoned cabin after a violent confrontation with the mayor, who had shot his cat. His friend Raafat finds him there and offers to help him until tensions pass. Issam’s relentless anger at the mayor’s tyranny clashes with Raafat’s cautious pragmatism. The story reflects the tension between two opposing forces in society—the loud but righteous versus the silent but complicit.
"Kill the girl" by Olga Kostyanova
"Best Short Film"
It seemed like a harmonious couple. But for the common good, his wife needs to grow up. What if we start a battle with the inner child? Who will win?
What is the Movie about:
The solid Husband urges his charming Wife to destroy her inner child. It must be made for the common good. It's time to take life seriously and stop getting caught up in some frivolous nonsense. And so they dared to confront this mythical entity. But for some reason, the spirited girl keeps coming back to life again and again.
"The Accident" by Thierry Obadia
"Best Short Film"
A young woman isolated in a country estate grapples with reality, memory, and imagination after a tragic event.
"Last round" by Vincenzo Aiello
"Best Short Film"
Pippo, a former boxer afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, is celebrating his 80th birthday today surrounded by loved ones. Unable to interact with the world around him, trapped in his own body, the elderly boxer will engage in the fiercest internal battle of his career in an attempt to break free from his lethargy and reunite with his family.
"A Long Journey" by Mira Kim
"Best Short Film"
"A Long Journey" weaves a poignant tale of Korea's modern history and the life of a family, as seen through the reflections of an elderly man in his 80s. From the Japanese colonial period, through the Korean War, the era of overseas labor, and the nation’s rapid economic rise, the protagonist's life unfolds in parallel with the growth of the country. Through the lens of deep familial love, sacrifice, and his unwavering care for his wife until the very end, this moving story contemplates the profound meaning and value of life.
"Venus Visited São Paulo" by Socorro Lira
"Best Short Film"
Humanity is going through the most challenging phase of their existence with a serious risk of extinction. Coming from Venus, Nui comes to Earth to seek information to help with the planetary transition process, the current stage of which takes place on the neighboring planet. After seeing the hard reality of the center of São Paulo, Nui is taken to the Mooca neighborhood where Father Júlio Lancellotti and a group of volunteers serve more than five hundred homeless people every day.
"That's The Plan" by Michael Ringdal
"Best Short Film"
When you feel that you have nothing more to live for. It's good to have a true friend to help you out.
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Best Director
"Heading for the Light" by Prudence Oliver
"Best Director"
The "Heading for the Light" video's powerful visuals aims to inspire and uplift those facing adversity. The diverse cast represents people from different walks of life. They are all fighting inner struggles, offering hope, and reminding us to keep moving towards light and happiness, even in our darkest times. It's a call to persevere, to not give up, because we will eventually overcome our challenges. The video also reassures viewers that they are not alone in their struggles, as dark times are a part of everyone's journey.
"Sit" by Andrea R. Ciobanu
"Best Director"
A photographer haunted by her fear of death becomes obsessed with post-mortem photography, but when the past and present collide through a mysterious chair, she is forced to confront the thin line between life, death, and immortality.
"Stalkers" by Paul Thompson
"Best Director"
Sometimes a phone call can change your life. Once a small-town girl from Michigan, Kate Swanson ran away as a teen and reinvented herself in California as cult porn star Tabitha Swann. But everything changes when a call from Michigan Child Services reveals that Charlotte, the daughter Kate gave up for adoption in high school, has been orphaned in a brutal double homicide.
"The Children of Popodia" by Sofia Babluani
"Best Director"
In Georgia, at King Tamar's bording school , Christian and Muslim teenagers keep instructors on their toes, playing hooky and falling in love. The idea of this peacfull island, has its beginnings in a tumultuous love story between two people of different faiths.
"Sin Embargo, a Utopia" by Fabiana Parra
"Best Director"
A Brazilian maestro goes to Cuba for a concert to celebrate his 50 years as a pianist. This is just the premise of the documentary “Sin Embargo, uma Utopia”: following the wanderings of maestro Kleber Mazziero through Cuban lands, from the meeting of a Brazilian artist with Cuban artists, of Brazilian art with Cuban art, the viewer observes the reality of a country that, even in the face of the economic blockade imposed by the United States of America, remains a Utopia.
"Generation Palestine" by Lily Priscott
"Best Director"
Generation Palestine is a cultural documentary that follows dear friends and family as they discuss the culture of Palestine and what it means to them as individuals living in the diaspora.

Disclaimer: This film was conceived and produced in February 2023, prior to the most recent atrocities in Palestine. It was never intended to be a political film, but rather to show the beauty, gentleness, warmth, and community that is Palestinian culture.
"Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid" by David Londo
"Best Director"
From thousands to 33. A historical look at the U.S. Sky Marshal program and the fateful decisions that changed the course of the world.
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Best Feature Film
"Cometa 1600" by Alejandra Díaz Olvera
"Best Feature Film"
In 2026, fugitive journalist Emilio Borges tells the story of Cometa 1600, a group of scientists dedicated to studying the consequences of environmental degradation on our mental health and who were forcibly disappeared due to their environmental activism. Through a device called the Kaleidoscopic Camera, they discovered that human dreams depend on Monarch butterfly migrations, which are threatened by ecological damage. These scientists have solutions and Emilio is the only one who can share them.
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Best Actor
"Never Give Up" by Veysel Özgür Sağlam
"Best Actor" - Bekir Küçükay
The being that starts in the womb faces many absurd difficulties until the moment of death. The hero of the film, after the loss of his wife, gradually withdraws from society and lives an introverted life. He finds composing as a way to survive. His long-term effort to get rid of this state of mind and at the same time the process of perceiving the absurd events he experiences takes him to a special, mysterious point, as in the Sisyphus legend.
"Cometa 1600" by Alejandra Díaz Olvera
"Best Actor" - Fernando Bernal
In 2026, fugitive journalist Emilio Borges tells the story of Cometa 1600, a group of scientists dedicated to studying the consequences of environmental degradation on our mental health and who were forcibly disappeared due to their environmental activism. Through a device called the Kaleidoscopic Camera, they discovered that human dreams depend on Monarch butterfly migrations, which are threatened by ecological damage. These scientists have solutions and Emilio is the only one who can share them.
"PIECE FOR SOLO SOLITUDE" by Jefferson Bittencourt
"Best Actor" - Luiz Franco
An unexpected encounter awakens in a man, amid dreams of the past and present, the desire to resume his life.
"MAGIC RAGE" by Jean-Marie Bonny Nkoa
"Best Actor" - William Prunck
Hearing of his impending death, Robert, a precarious farmer disillusioned with the world, discovers one night that his son is gay. Terrified at the idea of leaving him alone in a violent world, Robert kidnaps his son and takes him to see a witchdoctor in a mysterious motel...
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Best Actress
"Sit" by Andrea R. Ciobanu
"Best Actress" - Bianca Topor
A photographer haunted by her fear of death becomes obsessed with post-mortem photography, but when the past and present collide through a mysterious chair, she is forced to confront the thin line between life, death, and immortality.
"Stalkers" by Paul Thompson
"Best Actress" - Olivia Stadler
Sometimes a phone call can change your life. Once a small-town girl from Michigan, Kate Swanson ran away as a teen and reinvented herself in California as cult porn star Tabitha Swann. But everything changes when a call from Michigan Child Services reveals that Charlotte, the daughter Kate gave up for adoption in high school, has been orphaned in a brutal double homicide.
"The Accident" by Thierry Obadia
"Best Actress" - Charlotte Arquier
A young woman isolated in a country estate grapples with reality, memory, and imagination after a tragic event.
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Editing
"Heading for the Light" by Prudence Oliver
"Best Editing"
The "Heading for the Light" video's powerful visuals aims to inspire and uplift those facing adversity. The diverse cast represents people from different walks of life. They are all fighting inner struggles, offering hope, and reminding us to keep moving towards light and happiness, even in our darkest times. It's a call to persevere, to not give up, because we will eventually overcome our challenges. The video also reassures viewers that they are not alone in their struggles, as dark times are a part of everyone's journey.
"Stalkers" by Paul Thompson
"Best Editing"
Sometimes a phone call can change your life. Once a small-town girl from Michigan, Kate Swanson ran away as a teen and reinvented herself in California as cult porn star Tabitha Swann. But everything changes when a call from Michigan Child Services reveals that Charlotte, the daughter Kate gave up for adoption in high school, has been orphaned in a brutal double homicide.
"MAGIC RAGE" by Jean-Marie Bonny Nkoa
"Best Editing"
Hearing of his impending death, Robert, a precarious farmer disillusioned with the world, discovers one night that his son is gay. Terrified at the idea of leaving him alone in a violent world, Robert kidnaps his son and takes him to see a witchdoctor in a mysterious motel...
"In the shadows" by Jérémy Barlozzo
"Best Editing"
As night falls, Alice and Clément run breathlessly. In the heart of an oppressive nature, something mysterious is stalking them. They have only two certainties: what is pursuing them is aggressive, and it sees in the dark...
"Shaping Kulture" by Joseph Vialpando
"Best Editing"
Biographical documentary of legendary surfboard shaper, fashion designer, performance artist, entrepreneur, Peter Schroff following his early days as a southern Californian surfer through his controversial performance art pieces, involving hacking surfboards with a chainsaw in protest of the capitalist corporate takeover over of the alternative sport to his architectural and interior design of his new nirvana-on-the-coast air BnB.
"Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid" by David Londo
"Best Editing"
From thousands to 33. A historical look at the U.S. Sky Marshal program and the fateful decisions that changed the course of the world.
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Best Original Score
"GHOST WRITER" by Jason Joel Lethcoe
"Best Original Score" — Olivia Lethcoe
A ghost writer finds the perfect companion to provide a happy ending to his afterlife.
"Heading for the Light" by Prudence Oliver
"Best Original Score"
The "Heading for the Light" video's powerful visuals aims to inspire and uplift those facing adversity. The diverse cast represents people from different walks of life. They are all fighting inner struggles, offering hope, and reminding us to keep moving towards light and happiness, even in our darkest times. It's a call to persevere, to not give up, because we will eventually overcome our challenges. The video also reassures viewers that they are not alone in their struggles, as dark times are a part of everyone's journey.
"Never Give Up" by Veysel Özgür Sağlam
"Best Original Score"
The being that starts in the womb faces many absurd difficulties until the moment of death. The hero of the film, after the loss of his wife, gradually withdraws from society and lives an introverted life. He finds composing as a way to survive. His long-term effort to get rid of this state of mind and at the same time the process of perceiving the absurd events he experiences takes him to a special, mysterious point, as in the Sisyphus legend.
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Best Cinematography
"OFFWORLD: The Journey of Sasha" by Jules Richeux
"Best Cinematography"
The year is 2202. Sasha is the offspring of a humanity that has colonized the entire Solar System, constantly pushing back its limits and exploring ever more distant worlds. But what's really hiding behind all this apparent prosperity?
"I'm just here" by Rasmus Kaessmann
"Best Cinematography"
This glimpse into everyday life on an alpine hut intimately captures the simplicity, beauty, and timelessness of a shepherdess’s work in the Swiss Alps. Amidst the breathtaking mountain scenery, the simplicity of life becomes tangible – a calm, almost meditative rhythm that stands in stark contrast to our fast-paced world. The film invites viewers to pause, slow down, and take a deep breath.
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Best Animation
"GHOST WRITER" by Jason Joel Lethcoe
"Best Animation"
A ghost writer finds the perfect companion to provide a happy ending to his afterlife.
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Best Original Screenplay
"Whispering Place (Set in Sweden)" by Peter John Sinclair & Eleonora Cosgrave
"Best Original Screenplay"
A young woman travels abroad to search for answers only to find danger and death that will change her life and those she meets on her journey, forever!
"Bitter Coffee" by Sergio Pazos Conde
"Best Original Screenplay"
It is a feature film made up of four stories set in the American West. Each story is independent of the others. The variety of subgenres between these four stories aims to take the viewer on a journey of feelings and sensations that make them enjoy, suffer, laugh and maybe even cry. What is certain is that the viewer will forget about the rest of the world for the duration of the film.
"The Black Prince And The Fair Maid Of Kent" by Peter Gartner
"Best Original Screenplay"
Edward the Black Prince, son to Edward III, has an apprenticeship with a blacksmith before embarking on wars in France, to gain renown, in order to win the praises and affections of Princess Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, but she has already married Thomas Holland in secret.
"Cometa 1600" by Alejandra Díaz Olvera
"Best Original Screenplay"
In 2026, fugitive journalist Emilio Borges tells the story of Cometa 1600, a group of scientists dedicated to studying the consequences of environmental degradation on our mental health and who were forcibly disappeared due to their environmental activism. Through a device called the Kaleidoscopic Camera, they discovered that human dreams depend on Monarch butterfly migrations, which are threatened by ecological damage. These scientists have solutions and Emilio is the only one who can share them.
"ON THE EDGE" by Irina Vysotskaya
"Best Original Screenplay"
In a parallel realm, Alice, a radiant angel of light, and Melinda, the mistress of darkness, are locked in an eternal cosmic battle. When their conflict spills into 21st-century Paris, Melinda traps Alice in a human life consumed by longing, heartbreak, and despair. Yet, as their struggle intensifies, their mysterious bond begins to reveal a truth that can neither be grasped nor renounced. As they battle for control, their lives and the fate of the Universe hang in the balance, tied to a secret waiting to be uncovered.
"Who's There?" by Sandra Cropsey
"Best Original Screenplay"
Who’s There? is an absurd comedy about a family with a lion’s share of peculiarities. Momma, Sister, Ivylee and Bunk live on a chicken farm in the rural south. Each day the women have a memorial service for Bunk’s severed leg, which they otherwise keep in the freezer. Bunk lost his leg ten years earlier when he went berserk and started wringing the necks of all their chickens. Momma fired a warning shot but closed her eyes when the gun went off and accidentally blew Bunk’s leg off. Bunk became so peculiar that he was banished from the house and lives outside as the family pet, “Precious.” Each day the women wait—Momma waits for Bunk to return or for God to fetch her home; Ivylee waits for her imaginary lover, Mr. Robinson; Sister waits for relief from the drudgery of running the farm and maintaining the family.
"PIECE FOR SOLO SOLITUDE" by Jefferson Bittencourt
"Best Original Screenplay"
An unexpected encounter awakens in a man, amid dreams of the past and present, the desire to resume his life.
"The Art Of Despair" by Hannah Avery Cronk
"Best Original Screenplay"
In a story of survival and revenge, Parker, the new girl in town, unknowingly becomes the target of her charming but dangerous neighbor, James. Lured into his trap, she ends up locked in his dark basement, where he plans to make her his next horrifying artwork. As fear takes hold, Parker's determination grows; she must outsmart James and turn her nightmare into a chance for revenge, leading to a thrilling confrontation that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
"The Gates of Hell" by Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg
"Best Original Screenplay"
Based on a true story. Teenagers Sebastian, Jake, and Brian, known as "The Horror Boys," set out to explore New Jersey's most haunted locations, culminating in a terrifying journey into the notorious Gates of Hell. Inside the eerie drainage tunnel, they are separated and experience nightmarish encounters, including a demonic figure that threatens their lives. After narrowly escaping and discovering a mysterious healing wound on Sebastian, the friends vow to keep their harrowing ordeal a secret. Despite their pact, the trauma and fear of what they witnessed continue to haunt them, binding them together with a shared, chilling memory.
"The Sabbath of The Dead" by Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg
"Best Original Screenplay"
The screenplay The Sabbath of The Dead follows Rachel, a determined woman, who, along with a group of survivors, faces a zombie apocalypse centered around an abandoned synagogue in Eastern Europe. As the undead rise, Rachel retrieves ancient scrolls and a shofar from the synagogue, initiating a series of rituals to stop the undead threat. The survivors must hold off the zombies long enough to complete a final ritual that aims to banish them for good. The story combines elements of Jewish mysticism, faith, and survival against the odds, culminating in a climactic battle where faith and unity ultimately defeat the undead.
"The Accident" by Thierry Obadia
"Best Original Screenplay" - Thierry Obadia & Oksana Chefranova
A young woman isolated in a country estate grapples with reality, memory, and imagination after a tragic event.
"Visitors Book" by Lesley Ann Albiston
"Best Original Screenplay"
A romantic road-comedy, about Sienna, Theodore and beautiful Celtic coastal landscapes.
When Welsh-Italian art teacher Sienna finds a Scottish photographer’s (Theodore) precious journal left behind in a Welsh seaside Airbnb, she embarks upon an odyssey to return the lost property. The two were clearly meant to be together. It just takes a while and eight hundred miles for that to become apparent to either of them...
A series of mishaps and near-misses almost prevent a soulful love developing; but this journey can only really have one destination.
"Karma" by Michael Ringdal
"Best Original Screenplay"
This is a story about KARMA. A young girl gets unexpected help from a homeless guy after she has been attacked and raped in her own home.
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"FAITH IN LOVE" by Bang Lei Yan
"Best Student Film"
Han Xuan, who had been cheating for a year, became increasingly anxious after a sudden car accident. Greedy, he tried to find a balance between his wife and lover.
"Feel Proud Walk Tall. A Photographer's Journey" by Matt Reed
"Best Feature Documentary", "Best Director Debut", "Best Producer" - Lisa Reed, "Best Color Editing"
Feel Proud Walk Tall goes inside the life and work of Australia’s
commercial photographer & filmmaker, Matt Reed. From farm boy, to music shop owner, to image maker. This short film focuses on his unique view of the talent, passion and resilience required as a freelance creative in the past 15 years.
"Different Faces" by Gregory William Randolph Jr
"Best Student Film"
After moving to the country, Jack must find himself or risk losing the one he loves.
"Heading for the Light" by Prudence Oliver
"Best Producer", "Best Opening Credits", "Best Music Video"
The "Heading for the Light" video's powerful visuals aims to inspire and uplift those facing adversity. The diverse cast represents people from different walks of life. They are all fighting inner struggles, offering hope, and reminding us to keep moving towards light and happiness, even in our darkest times. It's a call to persevere, to not give up, because we will eventually overcome our challenges. The video also reassures viewers that they are not alone in their struggles, as dark times are a part of everyone's journey.
"Anglet, Growing up by the sea - Our memories of the '68 to the '80" by Christine Diger
"Best Feature Documentary"
A historical film that delves into the roots of surfing in France from 1968 to the 1980s. A privileged time in a privileged place where we were free and unattended.
The story begins on the beach where we grew up. In 1968, the greatest surfers from all over the world arrived, mainly Californians and Australians, inspiring us a singular and original art of living that still binds us today.
"OFFWORLD: The Journey of Sasha" by Jules Richeux
"Best VFX"
The year is 2202. Sasha is the offspring of a humanity that has colonized the entire Solar System, constantly pushing back its limits and exploring ever more distant worlds. But what's really hiding behind all this apparent prosperity?
"Plenty of Fish" by Mahshad Jalali
"Best Director Debut"
It’s a date! But in the age of online dating, is it still as cute and exciting? From all the available milk substitutes for your latte, to the endless movie options on Netflix, abundance of choice has become a necessity in our modern lives. But what happens when this variety spills into our love lives?
This film is about Aubrey, who for better or for worse, is on the dating apps and has a date coming up. This is not her first rodeo, and it probably won’t be her last, but we’ve scored front row seats to this particular chapter of her romantic adventures. Will this date go on Cupid's resume, or will it just be another cautionary tale?
"What About Me - Behind the Scenes" by Charles D'Alberto, Arianna Fiandrini & Mauro Magrini
"Best Short Documentary", "Best Director Debut", "Best Producer"
It is a documentary about the making of a music video 'What About Me' which is a dedication to the true victims of war - The children
"What About Me" by Alex Visani
"Best Music Video", "Best Producer"
We're all main characters in a movie of extras
"Test Strike" by Pavlo Karusenko
"Best AI Film", "Best Poster"
A short AI film exploring morals in medieval Japan. During that time, samurai practiced a custom known as "tsujigiri" (辻斬り). This film is a brief sketch of how such an event might have unfolded.
"Never Give Up" by Veysel Özgür Sağlam
"Best Makeup"
The being that starts in the womb faces many absurd difficulties until the moment of death. The hero of the film, after the loss of his wife, gradually withdraws from society and lives an introverted life. He finds composing as a way to survive. His long-term effort to get rid of this state of mind and at the same time the process of perceiving the absurd events he experiences takes him to a special, mysterious point, as in the Sisyphus legend.
"Cometa 1600" by Alejandra Díaz Olvera
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Producer" - Alejandra Díaz Olvera, "Best Director Debut"
In 2026, fugitive journalist Emilio Borges tells the story of Cometa 1600, a group of scientists dedicated to studying the consequences of environmental degradation on our mental health and who were forcibly disappeared due to their environmental activism. Through a device called the Kaleidoscopic Camera, they discovered that human dreams depend on Monarch butterfly migrations, which are threatened by ecological damage. These scientists have solutions and Emilio is the only one who can share them.
"Never Give Up" by Veysel Özgür Sağlam
"Best Poster"
The being that starts in the womb faces many absurd difficulties until the moment of death. The hero of the film, after the loss of his wife, gradually withdraws from society and lives an introverted life. He finds composing as a way to survive. His long-term effort to get rid of this state of mind and at the same time the process of perceiving the absurd events he experiences takes him to a special, mysterious point, as in the Sisyphus legend.
"who are leaving ?" by Fred Périé
"Best Experimental Film"
“it doesn’t have to be understood; it doesn't have to not be understood”
This is what keeps repeating the intruder, the character who haunts the film. “who are leaving ?” is an essay-film around the question of mourning. Is it the dead one who left ? as is often said. Or is it those who remain, who leave and abandon the dead ? The film is not about death, the one that awaits everyone,but it evokes the lives of those who remain, in a poetic form with a touch of humor.
"I'm just here" by Rasmus Kaessmann
"Best Color Editing"
This glimpse into everyday life on an alpine hut intimately captures the simplicity, beauty, and timelessness of a shepherdess’s work in the Swiss Alps. Amidst the breathtaking mountain scenery, the simplicity of life becomes tangible – a calm, almost meditative rhythm that stands in stark contrast to our fast-paced world. The film invites viewers to pause, slow down, and take a deep breath.
"NEW ORDER" by Alexander Frizzera
"Best Music Video"
The forest was at the gates and the megaphones were turned to high, will a strong leader maintain order or further enslave us? Who really has control?
"I'm just here" by Rasmus Kaessmann
"Best Short Documentary Film"
This glimpse into everyday life on an alpine hut intimately captures the simplicity, beauty, and timelessness of a shepherdess’s work in the Swiss Alps. Amidst the breathtaking mountain scenery, the simplicity of life becomes tangible – a calm, almost meditative rhythm that stands in stark contrast to our fast-paced world. The film invites viewers to pause, slow down, and take a deep breath.
"SAGDID" by Taylor John
"Best Experimental Film"
The four - eyed dog standing on a high place stared coldly. It watched him steal the fruits from the Tree of Life to worship the gods, watched as his flock of sheep turned into empty sheepskins in the thick fog, watched as everything he had was devoured by the apocalyptic fire, and watched as he set foot on the path of judgment naked, all like a nightm
"Sit" by Andrea R. Ciobanu
"Best Composer"
A photographer haunted by her fear of death becomes obsessed with post-mortem photography, but when the past and present collide through a mysterious chair, she is forced to confront the thin line between life, death, and immortality.
"Stalkers" by Paul Thompson
"Best Director Debut", "Best Color Editing", "Best Sound Design"
Sometimes a phone call can change your life. Once a small-town girl from Michigan, Kate Swanson ran away as a teen and reinvented herself in California as cult porn star Tabitha Swann. But everything changes when a call from Michigan Child Services reveals that Charlotte, the daughter Kate gave up for adoption in high school, has been orphaned in a brutal double homicide.
"György Kepes. Interthinking Art + Science" by Márton Orosz
"Best Director Debut", Best Original Soundtrack"
With the scientist’s brain, the poet’s heart and the painter’s eye”—this was the proverb of the Hungarian-American artist, educator, and impresario György Kepes, a forgotten precursor of media art. Kepes was among the first who used the term „visual culture” as an independent research subject in a contemporary sense. As the architect of the Light Workshop at the New Bauhaus/School of Design in Chicago in 1937 and as the founder and first director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at MIT in 1967, Kepes’s enterprise was to fill the gap between the humanities and the sciences. The powerful new tools he offered to „intersee” and „intercommunicate” knowledge on a participatory basis proved to be the foundations of a program that defined the aesthetic agency of the ecological consciousness.
"ABHORRENT" by Anthony Buziak
"Best Director Debut", "Best Composer", "Best Costume Design"
Inspired by the monsters of the 80's and 90's Abhorrent is a love letter to creature features.

Abhorrent tells the story of A small town deputy investigating a string of animal mutilations.
"THE FLOOD" by David Tessier
"Best Experimental Film"
A political debate, broadcast live on a 24-hour news channel. As the speakers are arguing about social issues, water invades the set and floods the whole room. Nobody seems to notice ...
"NYMPH" by Rosario Palma
"Best Experimental Film"
NYMPH is an experimental short film made from personal footage proudly made on mini dv tapes, recorded with a Sony DSR-PD150 DVCAM Camcorder in the summer of 2008.
"Sin Embargo, a Utopia" by Fabiana Parra
"Best Feature Documentary"
A Brazilian maestro goes to Cuba for a concert to celebrate his 50 years as a pianist. This is just the premise of the documentary “Sin Embargo, uma Utopia”: following the wanderings of maestro Kleber Mazziero through Cuban lands, from the meeting of a Brazilian artist with Cuban artists, of Brazilian art with Cuban art, the viewer observes the reality of a country that, even in the face of the economic blockade imposed by the United States of America, remains a Utopia.
"Beethoven Music Video" by Dari Malakhov, Yelena Tylkina & Ellina Graypel
"Best Music Video"
When we immerse ourselves in the flow of our consciousness, we can embark on a fascinating journey through time. Art accompanies us on this path, allowing us to see and feel stories that live in their own rhythm and time. Often, we are afraid to open the lock of our heart's well, remaining in chains of doubt and fear. However, if we use our emergency ax and free our hands, we can create works of art that will delight us every day. And let the harp’s cords breathe life into the paintings, so that all the depicted characters awaken and become reality through the energy of love.
"PRIMORDIAL" by Nana Papadaki & George Zorbas
"Best Experimental Film"
The film PRIMORDIAL establishes an inner dialogue between poetry and a timeless landscape. Through cinema, word and music the film reflects nature’ s abandonment, spiritual emptiness and end times through the eyes of a woman, who could be nature, history, an idea or just a human being of our times.
"Harga Road of Death" by Elena Benianti & Moustapha Hamadi
"Best Short Documentary"
Harga Rue de la Mort is an independent report on human rights abuses in Tunisia following the election of Kais Saied in October 2019. The documentary focuses on the regime change following the soft coup by Saied in July 2021 and ignored by the Western press. The film includes many unpublished testimonies taken in hospitals in Sfax, in refugee camps on the border with Libya and during transhipments on rubber boats in the Strait of Sicily. The testimonies that emerge from the documentary show a civil cross-section that can hardly be combined with the concept: Tunisia Safe country.
The topic is very topical these days, given the signs of repression of information to the detriment of many Tunisian journalists and the imprisonment of representatives of civil society who are dealing with human rights in the country.
"Beethoven" by Ellina Graypel
"Best Composer"
Boys and girls, what would you say if you met with Beethoven?
How would you try to explain to him where music is going?
Listen , man, its been a long time since my heart was singing!
And Beethoven looked in my eyes ....
- There no more music in your orchestra....
How can we live our lives without inspiration?
Music used to touch my hearts with its passion.
Mr. Tambourine, come here, and play your music loud!
- No more music in your orchestra.
If I had a chance to speak to the world,
I would talk about one heart,
Everyone has a heart, everybody!
One heart! It connects north and south , east and west
Present and the past
And brings music from our hearts!
"Generation Palestine" by Lily Priscott
"Best Poster"
Generation Palestine is a cultural documentary that follows dear friends and family as they discuss the culture of Palestine and what it means to them as individuals living in the diaspora.

Disclaimer: This film was conceived and produced in February 2023, prior to the most recent atrocities in Palestine. It was never intended to be a political film, but rather to show the beauty, gentleness, warmth, and community that is Palestinian culture.
"PIECE FOR SOLO SOLITUDE" by Jefferson Bittencourt
"Best Director Debut"
An unexpected encounter awakens in a man, amid dreams of the past and present, the desire to resume his life.
"Generation Palestine" by Lily Priscott
"Best Short Documentary", "Best Director Debut"
Generation Palestine is a cultural documentary that follows dear friends and family as they discuss the culture of Palestine and what it means to them as individuals living in the diaspora.

Disclaimer: This film was conceived and produced in February 2023, prior to the most recent atrocities in Palestine. It was never intended to be a political film, but rather to show the beauty, gentleness, warmth, and community that is Palestinian culture.
"Humid Summertime" by Shuo Wang
"Best Student Film", "Best Director Debut"
This is a story about two girls who grew up at different ages. The younger sister faced the dilemma
of adulthood after the college entrance examination, while the older sister faced heartbreak and
unemployment. They spent an unforgettable summer together.
"György Kepes. Interthinking Art + Science" by Márton Orosz
"Best Feature Documentary"
With the scientist’s brain, the poet’s heart and the painter’s eye”—this was the proverb of the Hungarian-American artist, educator, and impresario György Kepes, a forgotten precursor of media art. Kepes was among the first who used the term „visual culture” as an independent research subject in a contemporary sense. As the architect of the Light Workshop at the New Bauhaus/School of Design in Chicago in 1937 and as the founder and first director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at MIT in 1967, Kepes’s enterprise was to fill the gap between the humanities and the sciences. The powerful new tools he offered to „intersee” and „intercommunicate” knowledge on a participatory basis proved to be the foundations of a program that defined the aesthetic agency of the ecological consciousness.
"MAGIC RAGE" by Jean-Marie Bonny Nkoa
"Best Sound Design"
Hearing of his impending death, Robert, a precarious farmer disillusioned with the world, discovers one night that his son is gay. Terrified at the idea of leaving him alone in a violent world, Robert kidnaps his son and takes him to see a witchdoctor in a mysterious motel...
"Shaping Kulture" by Joseph Vialpando
"Best Experimental Film"
Biographical documentary of legendary surfboard shaper, fashion designer, performance artist, entrepreneur, Peter Schroff following his early days as a southern Californian surfer through his controversial performance art pieces, involving hacking surfboards with a chainsaw in protest of the capitalist corporate takeover over of the alternative sport to his architectural and interior design of his new nirvana-on-the-coast air BnB.
"The soviet Phoenix" by Tim Aßmann
"Best Director Debut", "Best Student Film", "Best Ai Film"
After the worst case scenario in Chernobyl, a giant caterpillar is discovered in the forests around the nuclear power plant. The caterpillar is studied and even noticed by the leaders of the USSR. Before it can reach its full potential, the Iron Curtain falls. The film tells the story of the caterpillar's discoverer and his fascination with the unknown.
"Kill the girl" by Olga Kostyanova
"Best Director Debut"
It seemed like a harmonious couple. But for the common good, his wife needs to grow up. What if we start a battle with the inner child? Who will win?
What is the Movie about:
The solid Husband urges his charming Wife to destroy her inner child. It must be made for the common good. It's time to take life seriously and stop getting caught up in some frivolous nonsense. And so they dared to confront this mythical entity. But for some reason, the spirited girl keeps coming back to life again and again.
"In the shadows" by Jérémy Barlozzo
"Best Original Soundtrack", "Best Makeup", "Best Sound Design"
As night falls, Alice and Clément run breathlessly. In the heart of an oppressive nature, something mysterious is stalking them. They have only two certainties: what is pursuing them is aggressive, and it sees in the dark...
"A frying pan on a beach with arms and legs" by Albertine Meunier
"Best Ai Film"
How could the legs be on top when they're supposed to be underneath...
The absence of arms is particularly intriguing. Could our frying pan have decided that arms were superfluous for a day at the beach?

What happened to the frying pan itself? It seems that our kitchen utensil has managed to become completely invisible, leaving only these mysterious legs as a trace of its existence.

This unexpected interpretation prompts us to reflect: what really defines a frying pan? is it its form, its function, or simply our idea of it?
"Vitruvian Man" by Bora Kutay Demiralp
"Best Student Film"
A young man, overwhelmed by his personal anxieties and distracted by his family's troubles, spirals into a nightmarish situation after hiring an escort, leading to a tragic and irreversible mistake.
"Beige" by Karim Chaiep
"Best Experimental Film"
A young man, overwhelmed by his personal anxieties and distracted by his family's troubles, spirals into a nightmarish situation after hiring an escort, leading to a tragic and irreversible mistake.
"Red triangle" by Maks Stupak
"Best Director Debut"
It happened in 1979 at the end of the Soviet past of one of the industrial towns. Galina, a woman who is rapidly losing her youth, fell in love with the police chief - she can no longer live in secret. She is very ashamed in front of her husband. She is haunted by the suspicions of her husband and those around her. One evening she can't stand it and decides to kill her husband. Her lover helps to hide the crime. Meanwhile, karma does not wait for justice and decides to punish her lover by taking his wife's life. Karma is satisfied and disappears, taking away Galina's mind. Our heroine, crushed by terrible events, is looking for a way out on the railway tracks.
"Shadows of the Silver Screen" by Ava Stapleton
"Best Student Film"
A trip to the theatre takes a shocking turn when the projector decides who's going to be tonights entertainment.
"Hologram to Paris" by Sungju Lim
"Best Ai Film"
"In the heart of Seoul, Amy finds her only solace in Bonjour, her cherished Coton de Tuléar. Their unbreakable bond shatters when Bonjour is kidnapped and mysteriously transported to France. Haunted by loss, teenage Amy channels her grief into creating JellyBot, an AI that unexpectedly generates a holographic time portal. Through this digital gateway, she's transported to Paris, where beneath the glittering Eiffel Tower, time stands still as she discovers an aged but familiar face – Bonjour. Their tearful reunion under the starlit Parisian sky proves that love transcends both time and space.”
"Project 2029" by James Jones
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Ai Film"
In a chilling vision of the future, Project 2029 reveals a society ravaged by prejudice, where the cost of erasing those deemed as 'other" is seen as the Ideal.
"Tormented" by James jones
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Ai Film"
As a Nation, as a society, as individuals, we are Tormented. The issues of mental health, lack of political will and systemic injustice make Tormented always current. All we are certain of is we will remain Tormented until we act to change our "American way of life".
"Take one" by Sunwook Moon
"Best Ai Film"
An alien crashes and discovers a mysterious crystal.
"Zinnia the Devil" by Madeleine Lemay
"Best Experimental Film"
Zinnia Orberelli, is a troubled college transfer who befriends a group of outcasts. Together they start investigating a local kidnapping, while amid Zinnia's intense lucid dreams.
"The Children of Popodia" by Sofia Babluani
"Best Feature Documentary"
In Georgia, at King Tamar's bording school , Christian and Muslim teenagers keep instructors on their toes, playing hooky and falling in love. The idea of this peacfull island, has its beginnings in a tumultuous love story between two people of different faiths.
"Captain America: Fallen Soldier" by Parker Ward, Jonathan Melvin and Janaun Melvin
"Best Student Film"
A Marvel Universe Fan Film featuring a brief variant story following Bucky Barnes as Hydra sets out to put him under their control once again.
"Cuban Women in Jazz!" by Jack Scannell
"Best Short Documentary"
An American Jazz musician fulfills a lifelong goal of visiting Cuba to experience the culture, and discover the current Jazz scene in Havana. During his quest, he observed that, despite the various hardships endured by the average Cuban, they are a resilient people. Wherever he went, there was such wonderful music and dancing that it is suspected that part of their resilience comes from their capacity to create and enjoy their music!

Finally, he was wonderfully surprised to find some female Jazz artists playing original and exciting Latin Jazz!

He proposed that a star female Flautist assemble in her band some of the best women jazz players in Havana for recording 3 original Latin Jazz compositions as part of a Documentary about "Cuban Women in Jazz." The final studio recording, entitled "Habana" is combined with the Documentary author's film and video clips to capture the essence of the City of Havana.
"A Normal Life" by Inès Khannoussi
"Best Feature Documentary"
A NORMAL LIFE shows the personal everyday life of four Bosnian women who were forced to flee their home country due to the consequences of the Yugoslav Wars and have been working as cleaning women in Vienna ever since.

We get personal insights into their lives, their work, their urge to build a new life and their personal way of overcoming trauma. Through the individual stories of the women, we find out more about the historical and political background of the war in its entirety and can draw parallels to the current situation, which is characterised by unemployment and uncertainty, but despite everything also by hope.
"Palmento" by Christopher L Barnes
"Best Short Documentary"
The short film Palmento offers an intimate look into the winemaking traditions of Sicily’s Mount Etna region, focusing on the ancient practice of using palmenti—stone wine presses carved into volcanic rock. These structures, dating back centuries, are a testament to the island's deep-rooted viticultural heritage. The film explores how these traditional presses, once widespread across the slopes of Etna, were integral to the local wine production process, allowing generations of winemakers to ferment and press grapes in harmony with nature.

In modern times, the traditional use of Palmenti has been outlawed by governmental agencies and today a group of winemakers are fighting to protect an important winemaking heritage. The spectacular images of volcanic eruptions are all filmed by cinematographer and Etna local Giuseppe Distefano.
"Anomia" by Marco Cini and Emi Cuomo
"Best Experimental Film"
Anomia is an unconventional visual experience, a way of create something, starting from what intimately tears us apart.
The photo-novel, therefore, was born with the aim of casting out his own demons who find, here, the face of an ambiguous black-dressed figure that, sadistically, tortures the victim pushing her to meditate an extreme act, in order to cease that suffering.
"Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid" by David Londo
"Best Feature Documentary Film", "Best Director Debut"
From thousands to 33. A historical look at the U.S. Sky Marshal program and the fateful decisions that changed the course of the world.
"CELLAR DOOR" by SLEEPINFEAR
"Best Experimental Film"
An experimental film focusing on a man combating his obscured surroundings.
"A Long Journey" by Mira Kim
"Best Experimental Film"
"A Long Journey" weaves a poignant tale of Korea's modern history and the life of a family, as seen through the reflections of an elderly man in his 80s. From the Japanese colonial period, through the Korean War, the era of overseas labor, and the nation’s rapid economic rise, the protagonist's life unfolds in parallel with the growth of the country. Through the lens of deep familial love, sacrifice, and his unwavering care for his wife until the very end, this moving story contemplates the profound meaning and value of life.
"Enchantment" by Adrian Tsang
"Best Student Film"
Jade, a reserved young woman, embarks on a hiking trip with her boyfriend John and their friends, Lewis and Kirsten, to a remote hilltop campsite. During their ascent, Jade is the first to notice a haunting presence — a mysterious entity cloaked in a yellow raincoat, its face a void of impenetrable darkness. Her sense of unease is dismissed by her companions, who see her as timid and fragile compared to the rest of the group.
After a seemingly uneventful night, Jade awakens to find her friends have vanished, leaving her alone in the wilderness. Trapped and disoriented, she begins to experience nightmarish visions and eerie illusions conjured by the sinister entity, preventing her from escaping. Unbeknownst to her, John and Kirsten are also lost in the forest, inexplicably unable to leave, as if an unseen force holds them captive.
As Jade navigates her terror, she is forced to confront her inner fears and unravel the mystery behind the entity's power. In a final confrontation, Jade discovers the entity's weakness and uses her newfound strength to shatter the enchantment, freeing herself, and her friends from the entity's dark grip and returning them to reality.
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