Winners of
2025
The Cash Prize of $500 USD and a Festival Trophy for the Best project of 2025 was awarded at our live screening event during award ceremony in Barcelona on 8th of February 2025.
main prize Winner project
ETERNITY
Directed by Victor Becker
Denmark
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main
categories
best indie feature film
ENESCU, skinned alive
Directed by Toma Enache
Romania
best experimental film
Ice Breath
Directed by Leonard Alecu
Romania
best indie short film
Fanget
Directed by Christian Bastiansen
Norway
best student film
Libélula
Directed by Pedro Riutort Arroyo, Javier Cobo García, María de Las Heras La Fuente, Daniel Garrido Peña, Pablo García Fariña, Pablo Vallhonrat, Carmen Kaltchev, Francisco Escobar Fraile, Ignacio Gomez Martinho
Spain
best european film
Damn Ghosts
Directed by Ricard Gomez
Spain
best short documentary
An Extraordinary Place
Directed by Tom Bell
United States
best feature documentary
Tropical Utopia
Directed by Geir Fredriksen
Norway
best music video
Portuguese Calçada
Directed by André Badalo
Portugal
best female director
Conclave Clandestine
Directed by Iris Jacobs
Spain
best male director
What if you said YES?
Directed by Tilo Turian
Germany
best acting
Penélope
Actress Madalena Brandao
Directed by Margarida Vila-nova
Portugal
Best First Time Filmmaker
STARSEEDS : COSMIC CREATOR
Directed by Noriko Kato
Japan
Best Feature Screenplay
Orange life
Written by Maria Magdalena Cotun Erhan
Spain
Best Short Screenplay
Forgiveness
Written by Fatima Anna Cesari
Italy
Best Screenwriter
Rootless
Written by Edit Jakab
Hungary
subcategories
best animation short film
Fiego and the Magic Fish
Directed by Joe Murray
Belgium
best indie super short film
Tides of Change
Directed by Justin Wheelon
United States
best american film
$TACK$
Directed by Gerald Webb
United States
Best Spanish Film
Boreal
Directed by Pelayo Muñiz
Spain
Best Italian Film
100 Preludes
Directed by Alessandra Pescetta
Italy
Best French Film
JUST A FLING
Directed by Gorune Aprikian
France
best actress
ENORA
Actress Joy ESTHER (directed by Thierry BOURCY)
France
Best African Film
INKABI
Directed by Norman Maake
South Africa
best actor
That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes
Actor Franck Raharinosy (directed by Onur Tukel)
United States
Best Super Short Screenplay
YOU BURN
Written by Saadi BELGAID
France
best Inspirational Film
Dream Car Wash
Directed by Edoardo Brighenti
United Kingdom
Best LGBTQ Film
BAM!
Directed by Jordan Tragash
United States
best Mobile Phone Shoot
CATABASE FIRST PART : AD LOVE
Directed by Nicolas Pereira
France
Best Historical film
Quel Genio del mio Amico
Directed by Alessandro Sarti
Italy
best drama screenplay
The Revolutionary Potential of Dance
Written by William Keiser
United States
Best Comedy Screenplay
Pardon The Interruption
Written by Olivia Lee
United Kingdom
Best Horror Screenplay
Kevin's Not Dead
Written by Sarah Edmonds
United States
Best Action Screenplay
Connor Dunn and the Search for the Weapon
Written by Peter Murphy
United States
Best Original Screenplay
rez
Written by Listening Raven
United States
Best Screenwriting
The Princess of the Bottom of the World
Written by Dan Linehan
United States
Best Asian Film
四十九 - SEEK
Directed by Shane Kosugi
Japan
Best UK film
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Directed by Ian Curtis
United Kingdom
Best Horror Film
She Talks In Her Sleep
Directed by Paul Taylor
United Kingdom
Best Producer Film
It Is What It Is (or The Standards of Outrage)
Directed by Beth Riesgraf
United States
Pilot Tv/ Web series
The Pinto Variety Hour
Directed by R.J. Sullivan
United States
Best Action Film
Bad Day: Good Man Gone Bad
Directed by Kendrick Ramon McLin
United States
Best Cinematography
Sin trauma
Directed by Miguel Toledo Menéndez
Spain
Best Editing
WHITE WOLVES – GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Directed by Oliver Goetzl
Germany
Best Production
Unmasking The Pain
Directed by Rafaela Galindo
Canada
360° Video
Castle Gillian: An Irish Tale
Directed by Victor Nigel Kazan
Australia
Best VFX
Me&You
VFX Directed by Haosong Xu
China
Best AI Film
A Long Journey
Directed by Mira Kim
Republic of Korea
Best Sound Design
Noumenon
Directed by Maya Theresia, Janna Kyllästinen
United States
Congratulations once again to all the Winners!