2024 WINNERS

SEASON 1


BEST SHORT FILM VIDEO

Ester: A gymnast’s dream.

Directed by waldemar castro, (Brazil)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

PEOPLE LIKE US: The CFL Documentary

Directed by Nicholas Mark Coleman (United States)

BEST FEATURE FILM

Skater Girl™

Directed by Rae Phoenix (United States)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

“ILLUSION”

Directed by MUSTAFA SANCAK (Turkey)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

A day like no other...

Directed by Pascal Lastrajoli (France)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“You Are Not Alone”

Directed by Kate Martelle (United States)

BEST ACTION FILM

Bhadranari

Directed by Vinod Prabhakar (India)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

Bay for Blood

Directed by Harry Waldman (United States)

BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM

Recording 377

Directed by Anastasiia Vishnevska (Germany)

BEST LGBT SHORT FILM

One, Spring

Directed by Xiao Xiangyun, (Korea, Republic of)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

Culture vs war. Liberov

Directed by Kadim Tarasov (Ukraine)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Under the Bed

Directed by Inigo Hare (United States)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

The tinnitus

Zhang zibei, (Korea, Republic of)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

So What if It Rains

Directed by Maire Campbell (United Gingdom)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

How To Get Over You

Directed by Adam Jordan (Australoa)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

STIG/m/A

Directed by Madlen Daniell Vasileva (Bulgaria)

BEST DIRECTOR

Next, Please

Directed by Rishav Kapoor (India)

BEST ACTRESS

The Imposters

Directed by Nicholas Winter (United Kingdom)

BEST EDITING

A day like no other...

Directed by Pascal Lastrajoli (France)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

ESTE

Directed by Joonas Mattila (Finland)

BEST DRONE SHOTS

A First Flight - Meu Primeiro Voo

Directed by Fernando Haro (Brasil) 

HONORABLE MENTION

Ebony Hustle : Ballistic Protection, Directed by John Wayne S III (United States)

Victoria, Directed by Dmitriy Solovyev, (Russian Federation)

Closer to heaven, back to the sea, Submitted by Johan Swinnen (Belgium)

Shaken, Directed by Maire Campbell, (United Kingdom)

Cell 9, Directed by John Sarkanjac, (Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)

Tula Lives! Directed by Thijs Borsten, Rens Polman (Netherlands)

Torn: The IVF Journey, Directed by Laura Garcia Broto, (Switzerland)

Died - Jelusick / Musikclip by Frank Kollbi, Directed by Frank Kollbi

SWEETHEARTS, Directed by Rainer Sellien (Germany)

 

SEASON 2


BEST SHORT FILM

Hope

Directed by Ferdinand Schnabl, (Austria)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

The Way of Water

Directed by Tomas Vanourek (Czech Republic)

BEST SHORT FILM

MALAMOR

Submitted by Pascal ROY (France)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Void

Directed by Kaya Akinci (United Kingdom)

BEST DIRECTOR

Cyber + Punk + Love

Directed by Marco De Ornellas (United States)

BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM

SYMPHONY

Directed by Qian Lyu (United Kingdom)

BEST FEATURE DOCIMENTARY

Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war.

Directed by Juan Antonio BERNIER BLANCO, Rafael BERNIER BLANCO (Spain)

BEST FEATURE FILM

Welcome to reality or death in the aquarium

Directed by Siegfried Buschau (Germany)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

The Rest Of Us, The Rest Of Them

Directed by Đức Minh Đoàn (Viet Nam)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

Do Not Answer

Directed by Kenzie J. Illnest (United States)

BEST LGBT SHORT FILM

Same Lovers

Directed by Kumara Raja (United Kingdom)

BEST ART SHORT FILM

Abort

Directed by Alexei Mironov (Russian Federation)

BEST ACTION SHORT FILM

Flaming Assassin

Directed by Nathan Geering (United Kingdom)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

Virgil and his Invisible Wife

Directed by Richard Anthony Dunford (United Kingdom)

BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM

Live Another Day (United Kingdom)

Directed by Clement Koo-fung Chan

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Dancing Amid Fire, Rising Above Ruins

Directed by Essmat Sophie (Norway)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

COMING FOR THE TOP

Directed by Tone Davies (United Kingdom)

BEST CINAMATOGRAPHY

Death Wishes

Directed by Richard Poche (United States)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

The Heir

Directed by Nikita Tuzov (Russian Federation)

BEST EDITONG

Reflections of Mythology in the Bosphorus

Directed by A. Haluk Manav (Turkey)

BEST COSTUME

Die letzte Hexe

Directed by Ömer Pekyürek (Germany)

BEST DRONE SHOT

CALM - About fear and flying

Directed by Oliver Berg (Germany)

BEST TRAILER

Dream Farm

Directed by Bryce Mackie (United States)

BEST POSTER

Thalia's Nightmare Poster

Submitted by Boris Wolffgardt (Germany)

HONORABLE MENTION

Sandals of Gold, Directed by Raj Kapadia (India)

Intangible Trail, Directed by Shakeer Shaik, (Germany)

Sound Rise, Submitted by Ferya Younesi (Iraq)

Fortresses Slovakia, Directed by Zsolt Marcell Tóth (Hungary)

A story about two sisters, Directed by Svetlana Telbukh, (Ukraine)

Journey to Bakhmut: Epilogue to "The Russian Woodpecker", Directed by Chad Gracia (Ukraine)

A Show of the Stray, Directed by Qi Tan (China)

Welcome,Directed by Vitalii Ermakov (Slovakia)

Project Head, Directed by Pavol Vercimak (Slovakia)

I am Rain, Directed by Onur Bilmen (Germany)

 

WINNERS OF SEASON 3


 BEST SHORT FILM

Small Things

Directed by Angela Andronache (United States)

BEST SHOCK FILM (DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY)

The Bad Son

Directed by Ghatfan Ghanoom (Finland)

BEST FEATURE FILM

Last Kiss In Paris

Directed by Damian Chapa (United States)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

At the end of the Day

Directed by Tomas Cienfuegos (Chille)

BEST DIRECTOR

ABADDON

Directed by Geoffroy C. Dedenis (France)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

I Dream of Women

Directed by Bence Simon (Netherlands)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Zamangâh (Anatomy of a Poem)

Directed by Cihan Abdal (Turkey)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Rain Falling Down - Fire Rose s / Musikclip by Frank Kollbi

Directed by Frank Kollbi (Switzerland)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Other Children

Directed by Aslihan Kas (Turkey)

BEST LOW BUDGET MUSIC VIDEO

Bleach Bone

Directed by John Nilles (United States)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

Karaon

Directed by Nikolina Japunčić, Mia-Maria Škoda Vulić (Croathia)

BEST ART SHORT FILM

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Directed by Daniil Denisov (Germany)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

Dots & Dashes

Directed by Liana Jordan (United States)

BEST ANIMATION

Chorus

Submitted by Alexia Lu (United Kingdom)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

Flâneurs

Directed by Ivano Lollo (Italy)

BEST ACTION SHORT FILM

Badshah V Sultan

Directed by Vishnu Dhev Kumar Yogendran (United States)

BEST BLACK & WHITE SHORT FILM

This is This

Directed by Keith Sargent (United Kingdom)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

A Second Chance

Directed by Paul Darroch (United Kingdom)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

RESTART

Directed by Jan Tégláš (Czech Republic)

BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS

Last Kiss In Paris

Directed by Damian Chapa (United States)

BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM

Synapse

Directed by Kenneth Pulgar-Vidal Tanaka (Japan)

BEST EDITING

Flâneurs

Directed by Ivano Lollo (Italy)

VEST VTX

KØLEEN - REUNITE

Directed by Vesely Marek (Austria) 

HONORABLE MENTION

The Outdoor Retreat, Directed by Kelly Stephanie Bergsma (Australia)

Lost River Journey, Directed by Petr Šimon Janíček, Jan Sirotek (Czech Republic)

Two Sisters, Directed by rogerio troiani, marilia campos (Brazil)

Wearing Hope, Directed by Yejong Joo (Korea, Republic of)

The Ninny, Directed by Aleksandr Shigorin (Russian Federation)

This Is Not Heaven Yet, Directed by Alina Idiyatova (Russian Federation)

Memento Mori, Directed by Fabio Servullo (Brazil)

The Legend of Room 327, Directed by Michael Alexander McDougall (Indonesia)

Schlumpy Funk Movie, Directed by Stephen Seliy (United States)


SEASON 4

  

BEST SHORT FILM

By the Roadside

Directed by Adrien du Chouchet (France)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

ChildHood life

Directed by Md. Imran (Bangladesh) 

BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS

Picture Break

Directed by Pedro Nogueira (Portugal)

BEST FEATURE FILM

The Old Man and the Demon Sword

Directed by: Fábio Powers (Portugal)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 

Realize

Directed by BENNETT R. BOYLE (United States)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

HUT

Directed by Kate Tiuri (Ukraine)

BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM

The old chairs

Directed by Pit Serrig (Luxemburg)

BEST ART SHORT FILM

Sumarsólstöður

Directed by Amélie Ravalec (France)

BEST DIRECTOR

I Made The Time Machine

Directed by Luke Walters (United Kingdom)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

Atlantic Poems - La Force

Directed by Florian Felix Koch(Germany)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

The Ferris Wheel

Directed by Victoria Mukhonko (Russian Federation)

 BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM

Life Path

Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou (Greece)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Tiny Teaching Tales

Directed by Julie Anne Burch (United States)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Anatta

Directed by SONG WANG (China)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hares - Smoke Snake

Directed by Killian Charton (France)

BEST BLACK & WHITE SHORT FILM

 REFLECTION

Directed by Yana Toyber (United States)

BEST ACTION SHORT FILM

Jackal and Hide

Directed by Andy Gray, Nick Sneath, Lee Alan Donaldson (United Kingdom)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

I Made The Time Machine

Directed by Luke Walters (United Kingdom)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

"A Vampire's Kiss"

Directed by Mark Francis (United States)

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM

THE UNSEEN WOUND

Directed by PARAG CHHAPEKAR (India)

BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM

LEVEL

Directed by: Martin O'Donoghue (Ireland)

BEST EDITING

Breaking Out

Directed by David Glass (United States)

BEST DANCE SHORT FILM

DANIELA

Directed by Noam Kaestner (Germany)

BEST PRODUCTION

An Ever After Drama

Directed by Michelle Lynn (United States)

BEST TRAILER

Father's Blade - Trailer

Directed by Thomas Husband (United Kingdom)

BEST COSTUME

An Ever After Drama

Directed by Michelle Lynn (United States) 

 

HONORABLE MENTION

Researcher, Directed by Mikhaill Romanov (Russian Federation)

El Poder del Diálogo, Directed by Miguel García Bernal (Spain)

Nakhatya, Directed by Bishwas Bajracharya (Neapal)

Release, Directed by Zoltan Gergely Szabo (Hungary)

Hopes - Music Video, Submitted by Roni Skaly (United Kingdom)

Be Like Angel Pardalos, Directed by Angeliki Pardalidou (Greece)

OSIYO, Directed by MUHAMMADALI MUZAFFAR O'G'LI SAMADOV (Uzbekistan)

Tinseltown's Queer: 30 Years Later, Directed by Nicholas Snow (United States)

What is Love? Directed by Martina Herzog, Reinhard J. Steiner (Switzerland)

Prisoners of Fire: The Dude Fire Story, Directed by Scott E Briggs (United States)

LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution, Directed by Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo (Norway)