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)