Winners – January 2025

Best Action Film

• Award Presented to: Armin Alic
  Film: Dojo
  Director: Armin Alic
  Writer: Jon Paul

Best Actor

• Award Presented to: UMUT ULAS ER
  Film: ONCE UPON A TIME ON BORDER
  Director: UMUT ULAS ER
  Writer: UMUT ULAS ER

Best Actress

• Award Presented to: Emma Ros
  Film: The Drowning Pool
  Director: Enrique Novials
  Writer: Enrique Novials

Best Animation Film

• Award Presented to: Glenna C Burmer
  Film: Bippy the Little Robot
  Director: Glenna C Burmer
  Writer: Glenna C Burmer

Best Cinematographer

• Award Presented to: Yiran Chen
  Film: Ash
  Director: Yiran Chen
  Writer: Yiran Chen

Best Crime Film

• Award Presented to: Marian Bruchholz
  Film: Die Unterhaltung
  Director: Marian Bruchholz
  Writer: Marian Bruchholz

Best Director

• Award Presented to: Emmitt Thrower
  Film: Dancing With Waves
  Director: Emmitt Thrower

Best Documentary

• Award Presented to: Alan Joseph Chriest
  Film: Trans
  Director: Alan Joseph Chriest
  Writer: Alan Joseph Chriest

Best Drama Film

• Award Presented to: Silvano Plank
  Film: Sun Comes Shining
  Director: Silvano Plank
  Writers: Daniele Malfatti and Silvano Plank

Best Editor

• Award Presented to: Silvano Plank
  Film: Suddenly
  Director: Silvano Plank
  Writers: Silvano Plank, Maximilian Oberrauch

Best Experiment Film

• Award Presented to: Selina Leone David Valverde
  Film: The Dark Box
  Director: Selina Leone David Valverde
  Writer: David Valverde

Best Fantasy Film

• Award Presented to: Silvano Plank
  Film: Bat Diary
  Director: Silvano Plank
  Writers: Silvano Plank, Helga Köhl

Best Feature Screenplay

• Award Presented to: Robert Cox
  Film: A Christmas Without Snow

Best Horror Film

• Award Presented to: Uriah Herr
  Film: Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer
  Director: Uriah Herr
  Writer: Danny McDermott

Best Music Video

• Award Presented to: Liam MacDonald
  Film: Buy My Stuff!

Best Narrative Film

• Award Presented to: Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
  Film: COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA
  Director: Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
  Writer: Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

Best Original Screenplay

• Award Presented to: Mark A Donnell
  Film: Cryo-Bro
  Director: Mark A Donnell

Best Producer

• Award Presented to: Ester Viznerova
  Film: Insanely Perfect
  Directors: Lukas Vizner, Miriam Fulmekova

Best Production Design

• Award Presented to: Anton Dolganov
  Film: Fears
  Director: Anton Dolganov

Best Romance Film

• Award Presented to: Cortez Mack
  Film: A Smile That Never Ends
  Director: Cortez Mack

Best Script

• Award Presented to: Kevin Schewe
  Film: Bad Love Strikes
  Director: Kevin Schewe

Best Short Film

• Award Presented to: Dave McGrath
  Film: On the Street
  Director: Dave McGrath

Best Short Screenplay

• Award Presented to: Michael Gavino
  Film: A Very Good Man
  Director: Michael Gavino

Best Thriller Film

• Award Presented to: Armin Alic
  Film: Dojo
  Director: Armin Alic

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

• Award Presented to: Sal Mallimo
  Film: Piccolo Santino Pilot
  Director: Sal Mallimo

Best Women’s Film

• Award Presented to: SHAISON P OUSEPH
  Film: THE FACE OF THE FACELESS
  Director: SHAISON P OUSEPH

Best Writer

• Award Presented to: DAMIANO ROSSI
  Film: WHAT IF
  Director: DAMIANO ROSSI