JANUARY 2025

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered) by Igor Aleksov
PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle
Shuhari – Finding my way through Japanese calligraphy by Tatsuya Ino
Sunflowers at Night by Quentin Delcourt
THE AUTOTELIC NOTEBOOK by Francesc Font Andreu, Jordi Márquez Puig
The World Beyond Me by Ashwin Vijaykumar Agrawal







BEST SHORT FILM

 

PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle
Sunflowers at Night by Quentin Delcourt
THE AUTOTELIC NOTEBOOK by Francesc Font Andreu, Jordi Márquez Puig

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

All Eyes On Me by Pascal Payant
Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered) by Igor Aleksov
ONDE DI TERRA by Andrea Icardi







BEST SHORT DOC

 

Michel Steiner 64 agendas by Gerard Bouysse, Sylvie Steiner
Shuhari – Finding my way through Japanese calligraphy by Tatsuya Ino
Ultimo Battito by Leonardo Ferro

BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Cento – Assalto al moro (Assault on the Moor) by Matteo De Liberato
KNOWLEDGE by Francesc Font Andreu
Netting the Waters by Daryl Scott Granger




BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

Not enough projects for this month. See you next one!

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Are you a rabbit? by Hatem Emam
Summer Landscape, Thunder Looms by Parlour Collective
THE AUTOTELIC NOTEBOOK by Francesc Font Andreu, Jordi Márquez Puig

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Crescent Heights by Yiannis Margetousakis
PRECIOUS by Sandra Winkelmann
Valentini – Detentio by Giacomo Bolzani

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

 

Not enough projects for this month. See you next one!







BEST POSTER

 

Gunman Cris by Tapia Marchiori
PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle
The World Beyond Me by Ashwin Vijaykumar Agrawal




BEST TRAILER

 

RUFFLE by Sara Farzadfard
Yoyo’s summer by Marine Zhou
Wonderland Cave by Krista D Bradley







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Daytona by Mattia Colucci
Today While Resting by Tommy Britt
Ultimately by Cesar Sanchis Romero

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

BULLET by Shaba Karim
Kick Rocks by Peter Herlan
The Angel of Sligo by Steven Trotter


BEST DIRECTOR

 

Ariana Andrade Castro for Sara
Jason Adam Maselle for Punter
Ashwin Vijaykumar Agrawal for The World Beyond Me







BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Ariana Andrade Castro, Eduardo M. Esperanza for Sara
Giovanni Princigalli for Les filles et les garçons de mon âge (It, Can) 
Jason Adam Maselle for Punter







BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Jiayu Chen for Forgot
Samyak Bhat and Ashwin Vijaykumar Agrawal for The World Beyond Me
William Douglas for Punter







BEST EDITING

 

Aymeric Le Bouquin for Sunflowers at Night
Jason Adam Maselle, Nay Tabarra for Punter
Martin Ivanov for Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered)







BEST SOUND

 

David Saurre Luna Victoria for Sara
Madhab Das and Deepak Pujari for The World Beyond Me 
Xavier Remy for Sunflowers at Night 





BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Darko Spasovski for Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered)
Riwal for The World Beyond Me
Sri Lakmal for Behind the Welcome




BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Laura Vilchez Yasuda, Cynthia Yaya Zuniga for Sara
Rade Vasilev for Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered)
Sunflowers at Night



BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

IZAK HECHAVARRIA-BOUDREAULT for Les filles et les garçons de mon âge (It, Can)
Quentin Delcourt for Sunflowers at Night
Tiago Marques for Punter



BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Naima Luna for Sara
Nurcan Yegin for Selma
Sofia Unal for Self Love





BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Blake Ridder for Self Love
Christopher Leveaux for Sunflowers at Night
Deniz Abdula for Lena and Vladimir (AKA Unshattered)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Cristiana Oliveira for Ocean of Mothers
LEEVIA ELLIOTT- ROBINSON for Les filles et les garçons de mon âge (It, Can) 
Tasnif Hossieni for The Little Prince