May 2025 (Winner)

Winners of May 2025

BEST SHORT FILM

The Opaque

Directed by Broderick Russell Jr.

BEST STUDENT FILM

Purgatory Processing

Directed by Sophie DeWorken

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Dreamers

Directed by E’Ian West

BEST ANIMATION FILM

Tavern Toons

Directed by Andrew Kouropoulos

BEST FEATURE FILM

Not a Love Story

Directed by Brian Lutes

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

Heart of Brass

Directed by Ben Whalley

BEST LGBTQ FILM

Il tempo di un ricordo

Directed by Carlo De Benedictis

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Quand tu dors / When you sleep – The movie I Official Music video

Directed by Christophe AIRAUD, Julien Hubert

BEST WEB SERIES

Renegade Episode 2: Reunion

Directed by Nicholas Collier

BEST TRAILER

Destiny’s Race

Directed by Andrei Christian Bortica

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM

The Gift of Kin

Directed by Autumn St Cyr

BEST DIRECTOR

3111.05

Directed by Victor Dean

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Dive

Directed by Victoria Horn

BEST SCREENWRITER

She’s Got Courage to Love

Written by Amaka Okemadu

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

AURORA

Cinematography by Fernando Brito

BEST EDITOR

Tomorrow I stop

Edited by IRINA FONTAINE

BEST ACTOR

The Shape in the Lake

Award Presented to Adrian Linke

BEST ACTRESS

Hard Truths

Award Presented to Paige Hoover

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

She’s Got Courage to Love

Directed by Tosin Jones

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – SHORT FILM

Il tempo di un ricordo

Directed by Carlo De Benedictis

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – FEATURE FILM

Depth Nomads – Socotra Island

Directed by Arnaud Palu