2025/2026 WINNERS
SUMMER SEASON
BEST SHORT FILM
Act Three
Directed by Shashwat Brahmbhatt (United States)
BEST FEATURE FILM
Last Note
(Directed by Kyoichi Komoto) China
BEST DIRECTOR
Everything's Alright
Directed by Directed by Dávid Miklós Kovács, Faragó René (Hungary)
BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM
There's a rock in my shoe
Directed by Bonnie Mae Walters (Australia)
BEST PRODUCTION
FORWARD
Directed by Chad A. Rivera (United States)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
In Passing
Directed by Gailė Garnelytė (Lithuania)
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Dumb monkeys
Directed by Patrik Klučár, Josef Fruni (Slovakia)
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
Bye-Bye Baby Otter
Directed by Nathanael Shoemaker (United States)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Enough Enough
Directed by Julia Novacek (Austria, Montenegro, Serbia)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
Shouke
Directed by ivan Schwarz (Slovakia)
BEST ACTION SHORT FILM
Five Stars
Directed by Demetrius Joyette (United States)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Sám Sebou
Directed by Lanigan McCulty, Martin Horváth (United States)
BEST BLACK & WHITE SHORT FILM
The Solution
Directed by John Klein, Steve Kniss (Unoted States)
BEST ART SHORT FILM
Meet Me on a Rock
Directed by Marie Bryan (Ireland)
BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM
Voyager
Directed by Oleg Morović, Tibor Marko Jakulić (Croathia)
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
D'ombre et de lumière
Oleg Morović, Tibor Marko Jakulić (Croathia
BEST MOBILE PHONE MUSIC VIDEO
Rift
Directed by QiChen Wang (China)
Best LGBTQ Short Film
TUCKED
Directed by MeMe Cherry (United States)
BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS
Mother: Chapter One, Directed by Zakhar Shestiaiev (Ukraine)
BEST MAKE UP
Other Side of Death
Directed by Milena Pasichnyk (Ukraine)
HONORABLE MENTION
Somewhere Achromatic Directed by Ewan Tasdelen (Denmark)
The Origami Merchant, Directed by Zoltan Lee (Czechia)
Kraina Larp Gothic, Directed by Antoni Sobieszczyk, Ignat Mozgunov (Poland)
WINTER SEASON
BEST SHORT FILM VIDEO
Aylan
Directed byn Berhan Mete ARKIN (Slovenia)
BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM
Paranoia
Directed by Jan Zbořil (Czech Republic)
BEST FEATURE FILM
Lilith
Directed by Ado Santana (Spain)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Nanashi: When Maria looked into my soul, she started crying
Directed by Eliška Přádová (Czech Republic)
BEST MOBILE PHONE MUSIC VIDEO
Rift
Directed by QiChen Wang (China)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Two days on the windward shores
Directed by Dan Razvan Coman (United States)
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
ABSENCE
Directed by PASCAL LASTRAJOLI (France)
BEST SCIFI SHORT FILM
The Data Is Wrong
Directed by Austin Charlesworth (United Kingdom)
BEST PRODUCTION
SACRED CURSE
Directed by Tandie Sogo, Pedro Lacerda (Brasil)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Rječina - first descent
Directed by Vlatko Pavišić (Croathia)
BEST DIRECTOR
Ghee
Directed by Romi Banerjee (India)
BEST MOBILE PHONE SHORT FILM
'Sunshine' Music Video by The Dalmatians
Directed by Wil Allen (Australia)
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM
The puzzle
Directed by Omar Serhane (Canada)
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
At Home
Directed by Matisse Filotto (Lithuania)
BEST ART SHORT FILM
Lipstick
Directed by Éilis O'Neill (Ireland)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Circle(NL-EN)
Directed by Theodora Kotsi-Felici, Bafl Sarhang (Netherlands)
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILLM
Kozicky - The Little Goats
Julia Kacur (United States)
BEST DANCE SHORT FILM
Mamko Moja L'uba
Directed by Alexandra Bodnarchuk (United States)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
UNTER STRAHLEN
Directed by Jörn Staeger (Germany)
BEST BLACK & WHITE SHORT FILM
Believe In Love
Directed by Stacey Simon
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
Welcome to Salem
Directed by Paul Darroch (United Kingdom)
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
Mein Surname
Directed by Adam Cowie (International)
BEST MAKE UP
The Jade Palace’ s Lament
Directed by Xiaoxiao MA (China)
BEST EDITING
The Book of Nightmares Trailer
Directed by Bethany May. E Charles, Natasza Sedlak (United Kingdom)
BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS
A MOTHER'S LOVE
Directed by Harald Schwarzenbacher (Austria)
BEST TRAILER
The Book of Nightmares Trailer
Directed by Bethany May. E Charles, Natasza Sedlak (United Kingdom)
BEST POSTER
The Backward Hourglass
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HONORABLE MENTION
The Warriors Tale: Circle of Hatred, Directed by Brono Bajtala, Philip Alexander Roux (China)
SPACEMETERY, Directed by Stephen Shelton (United Kingdom)
Blue Hat with a Feather, Directed by Katia Mankova (Bulgaria)
Escape into Reality, Directed by David Stegu (Slovenia)
THE FAREWELL MELODY, Directed by Francisco Bassignana (Poland)
My Gray World, Directed by Petro Aleksowski (Polanad)
Winnetou is to blame for everything. Directed by Juraj Šajmovič (Czechia, Slovakia)
The Riddle Pact, Directed by Zsolt Pozsgai (Hungary)
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
TUCKED
Directed by MeMe Cherry (United States)
Everything's Alright
Directed by Dávid Miklós Kovács, Faragó René (Hungary)
Dumb monkeys
Directed by Patrik Klučár, Josef Fruni (Slovakia)
Shouke
Directed by Ivan Schwarz (Slovakia)
There's a rock in my shoe
Directed by Bonnie Mae Walters (Australia)
Somewhere Achromatic
Directed by Ewan Tasdelen (Denmark)
Paranoia
Directed by Jan Zbořil (Czechia)
Mamko Moja L'uba
Directed by Alexandra Bodnarchuk (United States)
THE FAREWELL MELODY
Directed by Francisco Bassignana (Poland)
Escape into Reality
Directed by David Stegu (Slovenia)
Believe In Love
Directed by Stacey Simon (Canada)
Everything's Alright
Directed by Directed by Dávid Miklós Kovács, Faragó René (Hungary)