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Best Film: Stuhi – Chiara Feriani – Albania, Italy

Best International Film: Code E414 – Joel Junior – United States
Honorable Mention: Karai October – Braian Lopez – Argentina

Best European Film: Sheep – Iliana Belkhadra – France
Honorable Mention: Two Wheels and a Crank Camera – Pedro Bruno Rodrigues – Portugal

Best Asian Film: She Is Not Here – Saeed Seiri – Iran
Honorable Mention: Apt 44 – Laura Musgrave – South Korea, United States

Best American Film: Hell – Parker Croft – United States
Honorable Mention: Extraordinary Character – Alex Astrella – United States

Best Italian Film: A Rose – Simone Massi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Sciomen – Federico Imola – Italy

Best Lombard Film: Ech0 – Fabrizio Arrigo – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Lost Lumori – Daniele Taronna – Italy

Best Micro Short (under 5min): Love Finder – Thomas Guerigen – France
Honorable Mention: The Cereal Bag – David Aledo Yanguas – Germany, Spain

Best Super Short (under 15min): Open-Cell – Hedieh Sebahno – Iran
Honorable Mention: A Million Voices: Only One Matters – Christine Bowden – United States

Best Medium Length (under 30min): Here Where The Sea Shines – Giuseppe A. Modica – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Race – Zoran Pribičević – Croatia

Best Low Budget Film: Gioco di Prospettiva – Nicolò Tempesta – Italy
Honorable Mention: One Two There – Amir Hossein Keshmiri – State of Palestine

Best Original Idea: Affamee. Et Fachee – Lev Prudkin – France
Honorable Mention: Into The Clouds – Josephine Levy – France

Best Animation: Hell – Parker Croft – United States
Honorable Mention: The Hunt – Diogo Costa – Portugal, Spain

Best Artificial Intelligence: Animalz – Part One – Luca Ontino, Simone Bocchino – Italy
Honorable Mention: Out There. Somewhere – Patrick Tang – Netherlands

Best Documentary: Until The End – Tim Bary – Netherlands
Honorable Mention: Luna (Breaking the Silence) – Rami Rabee Reshmawi – State of Palestine

Best Debut Film: King Ben – Raphael Toledano – France
Honorable Mention: Bloodlines at Sea – David Munoz – France

GENRE FILM AWARDS

Best Drama: Code E414 – Joel Junior – United States
Honorable Mention: Rescue – CJ Axe – United States

Best Comedy: Misfit – Tristan Zerbib – France
Honorable Mention: Full Metal Basket – Pablo Bodin, Lucie Cabon, Lou Lemoine – France

Best Horror & Mistery: One Night With Misty – Maksimilian Damnjanovic – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Obscuritatis – Claudio Dagnino – Italy

Best Thriller & Crime: Abyssal Gaze – Oleksii Kopachynskyi – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: La Paura dei Numeri – Mauro John Capece – Italy

Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: The Rose – Thomas Guerigen – France
Honorable Mention: Higher – Michael Carlo Allen – Italy

Best Music & Romance: Stuhi – Chiara Feriani – Albania, Italy
Honorable Mention: Nos Extinguiremos De Estupidez – Publio Cesar de la Vega Garcia – Spain

Best LGBTQ+: Kotowari – Coralie Watanabe Prosper – France
Honorable Mention: We Shook The Sun – Remco Merbis – United Kingdom

Best Pulp: Marked for Snuff – Pavel Karusev – Kazakhstan
Honorable Mention: To Liv – Bryan Paul Freeman – United States

Best Noir: Paper Swans – Sehar Bhullar Batra – United States

Best Black & White Film: Choices – Ivann Willig – Brazil
Honorable Mention: The Grïmnes – Jeremias Bertold Heppeler – Germany

Best Silent Film: Do Clay Fish Dream of Wool Cats? – Xinyi Nie – United States
Honorable Mention: Amor Mudo – Diogo Gaivoto – Portugal

Best Arthouse: Lethni – Luigi Di Domenico – Italy
Honorable Mention: Video Letter – Gal Lando – Israel

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director: The Liars of Black Mountain Road – Parker Croft – United States
Honorable Mention: Night Hag – Bahram Rameh – Iran

Best Young Director: Our Last Drive – Jacob Jørgensen – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Trigger – Alen Xhafa – Canada

Best Soundtrack: The Lost Ones – Josiah Vaughan – United States
Honorable Mention: Little Thieves – Moena – United States

Best Editing: Pyrrhic Victory – Brendan Young – Australia
Honorable Mention: The Woman is Perfected – April Liu – United States

Best Screenplay: The Cockroach and The Ant – Marco La Ferrara – Italy
Honorable Mention: Code E414 – Joel Junior – United States

Best Cinematography: Nemesis – Egemen Oktem – Turkey
Honorable Mention: First Encounter – L. Chen Yu – China

Best VFX: Stuhi – Chiara Feriani – Albania, Italy
Honorable Mention: The Cockroach and The Ant – Marco La Ferrara – Italy

Best Actress: Kotowari – Rei Watanabe – France
Honorable Mention: Sheep – Suzanne Jouannet – France

Best Actor: Trigger – Bevan Buhler – Canada
Honorable Mention: Rescue – Abel Axe – United States

Best Producer: Our Last Drive – Emil G. Mogensen – Denmark
Honorable Mention: Edges – 6Shop Films, Montani Productions, Artic Fox Films – United States

Best Title: Extraordinary Character – Alex Astella – United States
Honorable Mention: Ink and Inspiration – Andrew Vilange – Ukraine

Best Movie Poster: Gerione – Nicola Scamarcia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Nightfall – Chris Moreira – France

Congratulations to all the winners! 🎉
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