FEBRUARY 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

AMARELA by André Hayato Saito
Being at home by Renée Beaulieu
Our Loyalties by Alexia Portal
Roadtripper by Christophe Granger
RAGE OF STARS by Lukasz Rog
The Shrovetide Devil by Diogo Varela Silva







BEST SHORT FILM

 

AMARELA by André Hayato Saito
Our Loyalties by Alexia Portal
Roadtripper by Christophe Granger

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Being at home by Renée Beaulieu
RAGE OF STARS by Lukasz Rog
Unspoken by Piotr J. Lewandowski







BEST SHORT DOC

 

Io Vivo Qui by Filippo Ciccone
Father in Flux by Zhao Jingjing
The oldman and his dream by Duško Mazalica

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Farmacy of Light: A Quantum Leap In Healing by Ryan Wirick
The Shrovetide Devil by Diogo Varela Silva
Vestiges, Glimpses of Spitsbergen by Guillaume Prugniel




BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Inside by Birnur Karatimur Çutsay
The Singing of Birds and What is Drifting Away by Lezhi Yu
Transformation (English with Italian subtitles) by Marcel Barsotti

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

From Behind the Teeth by Mox Mäkelä
PARADOX by Chin Yu Chang
The Wait by Michael Fantauzzi

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

CIMETRE by Jacob Londry Bonkian, Djibril Ouattara
Graphics – Triskaidekaphobe by Nick Rohr
I Remember by Thomas Nauw

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

CACCIA GROSSA by Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
Dead End Rides by Adrian Cabrie
Indyana Jones – End of the world by Petri Puroaho







BEST POSTER

 

Anastómōsis by Alessandro Lattanzi
PARADOX by Chin Yu Chang
The Imaginary Illness by Rose Amour Williamson




BEST TRAILER

 

Boundless Moment by Cai Lijuan
Crossing through the Highlands of Iceland by Dan Razvan Coman
Limited Slip by Clint Calvert, Caleb Johnson







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Damage Control by Bruce Hickey
It’s A Reel Mother For Ya by Kent Flaagan
The Art of Film by Brenden Torres

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

From the darkness by Attilio Marino’
Muddleton by Brian Luff
The Switch by Victor Dean

 



BEST DIRECTOR

 

André Hayato Saito for AMARELA
Christophe Granger for Roadtripper
Renée Beaulieu for Being at home







BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Alexia Portal for Our Loyalties
André Hayato Saito, Luigi Madormo, Tatiana Wan for AMARELA
Pierluigi Campa and Lyndon Henley Hanrahan for Treadmill







BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Alexandra de Saint Blanquat for Our Loyalties
Christophe Chauvin for Roadtripper
Hélcio Alemão Nagamine for AMARELA





BEST EDITING

 

Anais Manuelli for Roadtripper
Julia Maby for Our Loyalties
Lukasz Rog for RAGE OF STARS







BEST SOUND

 

Maciej Zeman for RAGE OF STARS
Rodrigo Gomes for The Shrovetide Devil
Samuel Aïchoun, Clément Gallice for Roadtripper




BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

David Thomas for Being at home
Elton Ahi for Not That Rich
Lilian Nakahodo, Dudu Tsuda for AMARELA




BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Yuri Kobayashi for AMARELA
Lukasz Rog for RAGE OF STARS
Rabea Rabahi for Roadtripper



BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

François Papineau for Being at home
Oli Higginson for Treadmill
Théo Augier for Roadtripper




BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Andrea Tivadar for RAGE OF STARS
Cathleen Rosaz for Our Loyalties
Melissa Uehara for AMARELA





BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Cédric Weber for Our Loyalties
Luke Harrison for Treadmill
Noah Tinwa for Unspoken

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Atlanta Hayward for Treadmill
Aurélie Lannoy for Roadtripper
Yuan Tian for Not That Rich