winners 2025 winter edition - Cinema and photography awards

WINNERS

Fifth Year - Winter Edition

All the winning movies are listed below

BEST FEATURE FILM
SHARKS
Directed by Elias Holgersson
Sweden

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Facing the Unknown - emergency preparedness
Directed by Dieter Grohmann
France

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Mount Cameroon Race of Hope
Directed by Riccardo Rasp
Italy

Actor (Short/Feature/Music Video)
Brian Faracy
Snail
United States

BEST STUDENT FILM
The Little Joys
DIrected by Neha Lalani
United States

BEST SHORT FILM
Seeing Clearly
Directed by Erbil Shaban
United Kingdom

Honorable Mention
Don't forget to smile
Directed by David Dulev
North Macedonia

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM
Great Googly
Directed by Julia Gordon
United States

BEST DRAMA
The Last Wish
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
Ukraine

BEST COMEDY
Dog Moms
Directed by Jess Fee
United States

BEST ANIMATION
The Burden
Directed by Vahid Fazel
Animation by Hajar Moradi
Canada

BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Late on the Planet
Directed by Julia Tonon
Brazil

BEST HORROR
The Black Spider
Directed by Markus Fischer
Swtizerland

BEST THRILLER
Woman on the Beach
Directed by Dimitris Panakis
Greece

BEST SCI-FI
Machine of Quiet Killing
Directed by Raphael Allason
United KIngdom

BEST LGBTQ
The Last Take
Directed by Brian Foyster
United States

BEST SERIES – PILOT
The Providor
Directed by Mark Constance
United States

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Jennifer Thomas - Underwater Carnival Ride
Directed by Jennifer L Thomas

BEST DIRECTOR MUSIC VIDEO
Nikki Lorenzo and Lauren Withrow
„Topanga Canyon“
United States

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO
Mirage: An Architectural Sonic Experience
Directed by Rikke Benborg
Denmark

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FICTION
Emilie Lowe
Where Dead Things Grow
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nuno Miranda
The Last Harvest
Cape Verde, Portugal

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
Oliver Goetzl
MT. SUSWA - LIFE IN A VOLCANO
Germany

BEST DIRECTOR STUDENT FILM
Alexandros Triantafyllidis
The Drive
Greece

BEST DIRECTOR SUPER SHORT FILM
Scott Rice
Treasure Imagination
United States

BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Mark Constance
The Provider
United States

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Jessica J. Rowlands
Rise
Zimbabwe

BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER
Mery Rose Franco
REFLECTIONS
Spain

BEST ACTRESS
Gosari monsoon
Directed by 지연 이
Korea, Republic of

BEST ACTOR
Nick Chechera
Golden Head (C)
Russian Federation

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frostbite
Directed by Oscar James
United Kingdom

BEST ASIAN FILM
Speaker
Directed by Alan Hamwan
United Kingdom

BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
Where Dead Things Grow
Directed by Emilie Lowe
Australia

BEST AI FILM
Horizon
Directed by Analog Mirage
France

BEST SUPER SHORT SCRIPT
Can't Tell You
Written by Jazmine Gibbs
United States

BEST SHORT SCRIPT
DANDELION WISHES
Written by Sammy Kistell
United Kingdom

BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH SCRIPT (31-60 PAGES)
SHATTERED BUT STRONG
Written by Darrelle La Verne Radcliff

FEATURE SCRIPT (OVER 61 PAGES)
THE GIANT
Written by Kevin B Ploth
United States

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT
Precursor
Written by Steve Brown

Honorable Mention
Struggling in Boston
Christopher Walker

BEST FIRST TIME SCREENWRITER
LOVE ACCORDING TO EROS
Written by Sammy Kistell
United Kingdom

BEST ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Wounded
Sydney Wider

BEST FILM POSTER
The Edgeflower
Stella Bonasoni
Italy

BEST FILM PICTURE (STILL)
Drowning in Dreams
CR Sherman

BEST AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Through the Looking-Glass
Dashell Wasson
United States

BEST EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY
EXILE
Serani Studio

BEST PORTRAIT
TheShowGirl | Joli Irvine
CR Sherman

BEST NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Stokksnes Horse
Emily Barnard
United Kingdom