These are the winners of March – April 2025
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Best Film: Winner: Are You a Friend of Dorothy? – Andrés García – United States
Best International Film
Winner: Stubborn – Robert Gamperl – United States
Honorable mention: Betty Bird Goes to War – Stephanie Chloe Hepner – United States
Best European Film
Winner: It’s you – Reese Morgan – Norway
Honorable mention: Dystopia – Jonathan Taverne – France
Best Asian Film
Winner: Imagine Peace – Chih Hao Shen – Taiwan
Honorable mention: Humans, Weightless – Chan Ting-kin – China
Best American Film
Winner: Treasure imagination – Scott Rice – United States
Honorable mention: Lost Together – Jonathan Todd Frank – United States
Best Italian Film
Winner: La montagna che rivive – Daniele Gangemi – Italy
Honorable mention: Homo Homini Lupus – Lorenzo Bentivogli – Italy
Honorable mention: Quanto manca – Alice Russo – Italy
Best Lombard film
Winner: Elvis the Dog – Marco Riva – Italy
Honorable Mention: Grida – Francesco Bengasi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Dal pelo dell’acqua in giù – Davide Guerra, Lucas Berardi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 min)
Winner: Good First Take – Daniele Catini – Italy
Honorable Mention: BoOzy’ OS and the Cristal Gem – J.K. Arsyn – France
Best Super Short (15 minutes)
Winner: Mimmo the Milker – Nicolò Donatello Milano – Italy
Honorable Mention: First Dates – Lino Russell, Aram Coen – Canada
Best Medium Lenght (under 30 min)
Winner: Winner: La tana dello scoiattolo – The squirrel’s lair – Giuseppe Pio Clemente, Mattia Carlacchiani – Italy
Honorable mention: Todo per ella – Gerardo Gouverneur – Venezuela
Honorable mention: A noi – Ludovico Ferretti – Italy
Best Low Budget Film
Winner: Whos’ next – David Laurent – France
Honorable mention: Wanker – Lorenzo Mazza – Italy
Honorable mention: Tv Man – Leonardo Valenti – Italy
Best Original Idea
Winner: Ali di cera – Filippo Pigozzi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Ancora un’ultima volta – Fabrizio Denaro – Italy
Best AI Film
Winner: The Last Atlantis – Chih Hao Shen – Taiwan
Honorable mention: When AI Love Human – Kavi Chua – Malaysia
Best Animation
Winner: Celeste – Fernando M. Macedo – Brazil
Honorable Mention: Zombie Safari – First Blood – Jerrold Chong – Singapore
Honorable Mention: Emersion – Howard Wimshurst – United Kingdom
Best Documentary
Winner: Okapi – Educate among the ruins of a forgotten nation – Andrea Rinaldi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Rehearsals for a utopia – Carla Madeira – Portugal
Honorable Mention: “The Chasers of Tornado Alley: Touching the Sky” – Martin Lisius – United States
GENRE FILM AWARDS
Best Comedy
Winner: Mirror Mirror – Joe Morgan – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Invisible Wings – Marco Trionfante – Italy
Best Horror
Winner: Nonfiction – Justin Albertini – United States
Honorable Mention: It Gets Closer – Matthew “Gray” Strack – United States
Best Crime
Winner: Red Triangle – Maks Stupak – Ukraine
Honorable Mention: Anna – Alvaro Mercado Cordova – Bolivia
Best Thriller
Winner: Futuro Anteriore – Domenico Manzo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Chauffeur – William Findinge – Denmark
Best Sci-fi
Winner: Out in the Cold – Austin Charlesworth – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Garbage (Мусор) – Алексей Митягин – Russian Federation
Best Fantasy
Winner: RED: Beast Huntress – Benjamin Maublanc – France
Honorable Mention: Midnight Fairy Tales – Tatiana Podgornykh – Germany
Best Action
Winner: Mission 17 – Nigel Thomas – United States
Honorable Mention: Echoes of Yesterday – AJ Sykes – United Kingdom
Best Musical
Winner: Devil’s Cry – Michele Fraternali – Italy
Honorable Mention: Merlin – 9th Symphony – Walther Neto – Brazil
Best Romance
Winner: Retreat – Mari SanGiovanni – United States
Honorable Mention: La valse des adieux – Louis Salvatore Bellanti – France
Best LGBTQ+
Winner: Take My Hand – Kelly Stephanie Bergsma – Australia
Honorable Mention: Underwater: Merpeople – Taeyi Kim – Korea
Best Pulp
Winner: Etripe_Advisor – Ludovic Matthey – Switzerland
Honorable mention: Collateral Evil – Kaat Rybak – Netherlands
Best Noir
Winner: Identity – Kurt Grech – Malta
Honorable Mention: Holy Calamity! – Charles-Taylen Davis – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director
Winner: The Last Night – Gery Riba – Hungary
Honorable Mention: The Reach – Il braccio – Luca Caserta – Italy
Best Young Director
Winner: Catching Glass Butterflies – Zachary Klozik – United States
Honorable Mention: Breathe Truth – Thomas Vallely – United Kingdom
Best Soundtrack
Winner: Round Machine – Lucas Racasse – Belgium
Honorable Mention: OSmic the Hedgeh’ OS – Welcome to the Next Year! (e01: 2025) – J.K. Arsyn – France
Best Editing
Winner: Embers – Wesley Crutcher, Javon Everett, Tionnedre Tribble – United States
Honorable Mention: The Sibilate – Andrew Bourne – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay
Winner: Sidewinder Avenue – Michelle Orpe – Australia
Honorable Mention: Sunset Phenomena – Linda Pallotta – United States
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Promise – Truitt Glover – United States
Honorable Mention: When Time Stopped – Alexandros Kouros – Greece
Honorable Mention: The Rift – Sichigea Paul – Romania
Best Vfx
Winner: Leech – Pier Mazzi – Australia
Honorable Mention: You Can Trust Me – David van Marten – United Kingdom
Best Actor/Actress
Winner: Facade – Vera Rogersdotter – Sweden
Honorable Mention: Sea – Karen Vanparys – Belgium
Honorable Mention: The Wind – Alexey Vasilevich-Kovalevsky – Russian Federation
Best Producer
Winner: Just Matthew – Dmytro Malkov – United States
Honorable Mention: Selfie – Giulio Manicardi – Italy
Best Makeup, Hairstyling or Costumes
Winner: The Witch’s Knight The Preacher.s Wife – Linda Marie Curry – Australia
Honorable mention: Rapture: Nimbus Reborn – JJ Eringa – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Days of Knight: Chapter 1 – John P Martinez – United States
Best Title
Winner: Oracle Stone – Michael Kibambi – France
Honorable Mention: An Incontinent Truth – Samantha Pillay – Australia
Best Movie Poster
Winner: Night of Resolutions – Dylan Gouze – Canada
Honorable mention: 2042 – Alessio di Lallo – Italy
