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Best Film: Nun of The Above – Tom Danon – United States

Best International Film: Stai Bene – Sean Daniel Cunningham – United States
Honorable Mention: Who Is Going to Protect Us Now?! – Eric Max – Brazil

Best European Film: The Last Journey – Charly Do – France
Honorable Mention: Letter to the World – Alion, Esba Grimm – Belgium

Best Asian Film: A Stage In A Journey – Ram Kumar Bharatam – India
Honorable Mention: Raanphool – Preitesh Pramod Ghag – India

Best American Film: Biomechanische – Aimie Renee Bourgeois – Canada
Honorable Mention: While They Smiled – Alicia Hayes – United States

Best Italian Film: Vestigium – Michele Alberto Chironi – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Border – Carlo Fumo – Italy

Best Lombard Film: The Passion Flower – Cristian Benaglio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Beyond the Sea – Vladimir Scavuzzo – Italy

Best Micro Short (under 5min): The Passion Flower – Cristian Benaglio – Italy
Honorable Mention: Reprocess – Alice MH Stanley-Smith – United Kingdom

Best Super Short (under 15min): Il Buio Non Esiste – Alessio Coccia – Italy
Honorable Mention: U Chiummu – Francesco La Mantia – Italy

Best Medium Length (under 30min): Fantasmi – Nicola Pegg – Italy
Honorable Mention: Doing One’s Part – Denise Pace – Italy

Best Low Budget Film: The Last Journey – Charly Do – France
Honorable Mention: Part Of The Job – James Godred – United Kingdom

Best Original Idea: Behind The Door – Leonardo Valenti – France
Honorable Mention: Aurelio – Alberto Ruzansky – Mexico

Best Animation: The Lighthouse Keeper – Andy Kaiser – Germany
Honorable Mention: Alone – Jamie Twyman – United Kingdom

Best Artificial Intelligence: Nun of The Above – Tom Danon – United States
Honorable Mention: Unheard – Michele Brasili – Italy

Best Documentary: My Proudest Moment – Imbi Mannik – Australia
Honorable Mention: Bon Vento – Antonino Valvo – Italy

Best Debut Film: The Chronicles of the Struggling Actor – Lyud Hristov – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: White As Snow – Francisco Sousa – Portugal

GENRE FILM AWARDS

Best Drama: The Border – Carlo Fumo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Empathy Rehearsals – Jacopo Cullin – Italy

Best Comedy: Love.exe – Nicole Robyn Retief – South Africa
Honorable Mention: The One Arm Bandit – Rich Allen – United States

Best Horror & Mistery: Il Buio Non Esiste – Alessio Coccia – Italy
Honorable Mention: Fantasmi – Nicola Pegg – Italy

Best Thriller & Crime: Bad Blood – Guillermo Ronco – Argentina
Honorable Mention: The Last Kiss – Aurel Naqi – United States

Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: The Last Horse – Pamela Winfrey – United States
Honorable Mention: Sustenance – Krans Nookala – United Kingdom

Best Action: Kirikko vs Kitsune – Pai Chen – Taiwan
Honorable Mention: Blind Pursuit – Desmond J Brown – United States

Best Music & Romance: La Donna che non Sapeva Volare – Sara Scarcello – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Hippo – Fishel Pustilnik – Canada

Best LGBTQ+: Don’t Lie – Anwar Hasmy, Leonardo Gutierrez – Venezuela

Best Noir: Out of the Shadows – Robert Hicks – United States
Honorable Mention: A Triptych “The Arc of a Narcissist” – Rise – Collapse – Decay – Adam John Keith Nigel Mitchell – United Kingdom

Best Black & White Film: Full Major Psychosis – Karl Crossley – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Drop at a Time – Mazyar Mahan – United States

Best Silent Film: The Last Projecionist – Vitor Casemiro – Brazil
Honorable Mention: U.S.P.O. – Mari Walker – United States

Best Arthouse: The Organic Synthetic – David Ghazawy – Australia
Honorable Mention: Sky Full of Stars for a Roof – James Ciganek – United States

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director: The Chronicles of the Struggling Actor – Lyud Hristov – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Vestigium – Michele Alberto Chironi – Italy

Best Young Director: Dear Mothers – Flavia Valentina Togni – Colombia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Love.exe – Nicole Robyn Retief – South Africa

Best Soundtrack: Il Buio Non Esiste – Zack Oke – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Organic Synthetic – David Ghazawy – Australia

Best Editing: The Lighthouse Keeper – David Schultz & Andy Kaiser – Germany
Honorable Mention: Nun of The Above – Tom Danon – United States

Best Screenplay: The Last Journey – Charly Do – France
Honorable Mention: Stai Bene – Sean Daniel Cunningham, Mary Catherine Greenwalt – United States

Best Cinematography: Bad Blood – Mariano Suarez – Argentina
Honorable Mention: The Mother and The Sun – Carlos Luis Rodriguez – Venezuela

Best VFX: The Border – Charles Smoke – Italy
Honorable Mention: E.T.E.N.E.B.R.I.S. – Beneath The Lesser Gods – Liborio Savio Ciufo – Italy

Best Actress: Love.exe – Hannah Petersen – South Africa
Honorable Mention: Dear Mothers – Jimena Larraguivel – Colombia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Best Actor: The Chronicles of the Struggling Actor -Abdul Malik Janneh – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Vestigium – Marco Arena – Italy

Best Producer: The Border – Carlo Fumo – Italy
Honorable Mention: Il buio non esiste – Ilaria Fantozzi – Italy

Best Title: The Powerful Battito of the Sogliola – Giulia Morlacchi – Italy
Honorable Mention: Mala Sangre – Guillermo Ronco – Argentina

Best Movie Poster: Bisre – Akshaya Sree Kuknoor – India
Honorable Mention: Unheard – Michele Brasili – Italy

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