SHORT FILM
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From an unprecedented submission pool of 1,184 works, this year's short film selection emerges as a watershed moment in contemporary cinema, where the abbreviated format transcends its temporal constraints to excavate profound psychological territories. This historic selection, featuring breakthrough entries from Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey, represents a significant shift in the global cinematic landscape, where peripheral voices move decisively to the center of artistic discourse.
Our highlighted selections span from Yehuda Udi Persi's masterwork "Kissing the Wall," achieving sublime cinematographic execution, to the Almodóvarian echoes in Rami Samir Salloum's "Soeur Marie-Ange." Jordan Bahat's avant-garde "Cafe Cicatriz" and Jonatan Egholm Keis's visually stunning "Katarakt" demonstrate pure optical mastery, while Nicolas Reza's "Impasse" pushes the boundaries of queer cinema into unexplored aesthetic territories. Andrea Casaseca's "Líbranos del Mal" and Ufuk Gürbüzdal's "Vaziyet" represent opposite ends of the artistic spectrum – the former achieving technical perfection in its exploration of evil, the latter finding universal truth in its raw authenticity. These works represent not merely a selection of films but a cartography of contemporary cinema's most vital impulses. |
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Best Film (Medium-Length)
1st Place Winner · Root (Belgium) · Jonty Toosey 2nd Place Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca 3rd Place Nominee · Noctambule (France) · Adrien Caulier Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Nominee · The Scalpel (USA) · Richard H Lyford Nominee · Cloak Of Honors: The Tale Of The Boy And The Old Men (Portugal) · Rui Falcão Nominee · No Vacancy (USA) · Jay Sherer, Lukas Colombo Semi-Finalist · Lessor (South Korea) · Jang Il sik Semi-Finalist · A Poet's Life (USA) · Brandon S. N. Butler Semi-Finalist · Ebi's Defiance (Nigeria) · Kris Ubani Roberts, Rhema Thaddeus Semi-Finalist · Bla Bla Killer (Spain) · Guido Milana Semi-Finalist · Şimdiki Aklim Olsa "In Hindsight" (Turkey) · Ali Ulvi Altunelli, Cema Berk Aytekin Best Short Film 1st Place Winner · Soeur Marie-Ange (Lebanon) · Rami Samir Salloum 2nd Place Nominee · Una Habitación Simple "A Single Room" (Argentina) · Nicolás Dolensky 3rd Place Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn Nominee · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Ufuk Gürbüzdal Nominee · Mille Ponti (Italy) · Nicolò Novek Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot Semi-Finalist · Oyster Sea (USA) · Chengyu Lu Semi-Finalist · Judy-ism (UK) · Emily Lerer Semi-Finalist · Six Concertos (New Zealand) · Peter McCully Semi-Finalist · Thirst (USA) · Patricia Fox Semi-Finalist · Fervor (USA) · Enrique A. Mendoza Semi-Finalist · Screaming Silence (UK) · Kalyn Elizabeth Wood Best Micro-Short Film 1st Place Winner · Sign From God (USA) · Yang Zimik, Timothy Shin 2nd Place Nominee · Threnody (USA) · Caleb Wheeler 3rd Place Nominee · We Hunt Giants (Sweden) · Titus Paar Nominee · La Mélodie Des Cendres "The Melody Of Ashes" (Switzerland) · Jonathan Moratal Semi-Finalist · The Call (Sweden) · Micke Askernäs Semi-Finalist · Jeff (USA) · Darin Quan Semi-Finalist · I Am Not Alone (Singapore) · Michael Parks Semi-Finalist · Ding Dong Death (USA) · Chris Paschall Semi-Finalist · Sobre Su Cabeza "Over Her Head" (Mexico) · Fernando Mol Semi-Finalist · One Shot (USA) · Jordan McDonald Semi-Finalist · Anticipation (Norway) · Julia Marta Artuna Best Student Film 1st Place Winner · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca 2nd Place Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn 3rd Place Nominee · Doodmaan (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Alireza Abbasi Nominee · Impasse (Poland) · Nicolas Reza Nominee · Una Habitación Simple "A Single Room" (Argentina) · Nicolás Dolensky Nominee · Sign From God (USA) · Yang Zimik, Timothy Shin Semi-Finalist · The Keys To Understanding (Australia) · Bella Burton Semi-Finalist · Behind The Door (USA) · Danilo Marichal Semi-Finalist · The Poppy Club (USA) · Jessica Orcsik Semi-Finalist · Forgetting Naevy (USA) · Hendrix Kate Yancey Semi-Finalist · The Proxy (USA) · J. Daniel Samons Best Queer Drama 1st Place Winner · Impasse (Poland) · Nicolas Reza 2nd Place Nominee · Bergamota (Brazil) · Hsu Chien 3rd Place Nominee · Queen (USA) · Kai Nealis Nominee · The Night Of Purple Horrors (Estonia) · Kadri Nikopensius, Rebeka Põldsam Semi-Finalist · Mal De Amores "Lovesick" (USA) · Fiorella Vescovi Garcia Semi-Finalist · Time. (Germany) · Christina Hecke Semi-Finalist · A Nossa História De Amor "Our Love Story" (Brazil) · Alisson Resende Semi-Finalist · Change Your Story (UK) · Harry Stoneman Semi-Finalist · Hag. (USA) · Jay Najeeah Semi-Finalist · Apostasy (USA) · Sarah Edmonds Best British Film 1st Place Winner · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter 2nd Place Nominee · Dissimulation (UK) · Sam Weeks 3rd Place Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn Nominee · Egerton (UK) · Amy Gardner Nominee · The Last Garden (UK) · Matthew Camfield Nominee · Divebomb (UK) · Will Thomas Freeman & Clare Davidson Semi-Finalist · My Shards (UK) · Irina Ciubotariu Semi-Finalist · Blue Snakes (UK) · Iago Montgomery-Jarvis Semi-Finalist · Screaming Silence (UK) · Kalyn Elizabeth Wood Best Experimental Avant-Garde Film 1st Place Winner · Kruz' (USA) · Loic Zimmermann 2nd Place Nominee · O Velho E A Espada "The Old Man And The Demon Sword" (Portugal) · Fábio Powers 3rd Place Nominee · Reunion 02: Genesis (Japan) · Jun Kitamikado Nominee · Bergamota (Brazil) · Hsu Chien Nominee · Don't Mess With Shiva Part 1 (Canada) · Lorenzo West Nominee · The Scalpel (USA) · Richard H Lyford Semi-Finalist · The Grim Reaper Is Out, Or The Day He Gives Up His Job (Germany) · Nina Romming, Thomas Küper Semi-Finalist · Pink City Film (Germany) · Mirijam Jeremic Semi-Finalist · A Picnic With Strawberries (USA) · Jeremy Iván Goei Videla Semi-Finalist · Monique & Bus Stop Billy (USA) · Aaron W. Brown Semi-Finalist · The Days Of Knight (USA) · John P Martinez Semi-Finalist · Seagulls Sometimes Howl Like Dogs (France) · Guhl Geneviève Semi-Finalist · The Expectation Of The Observed (USA) · Stephanie J Williams Best Zero/Low-Budget Film 1st Place Winner · Soeur Marie-Ange (Lebanon) · Rami Samir Salloum 2nd Place Nominee · Threnody (USA) · Caleb Wheeler 3rd Place Nominee · Everything That Rises (USA) · Jon Curtis, Dillon Norton Nominee · Divebomb (UK) · Will Thomas Freeman & Clare Davidson Semi-Finalist · The Finish Line (Australia) · Ashlee Tamara Jensen Semi-Finalist · Actuality In Acting (USA) · Miguel Mas Semi-Finalist · Day Of Judgement (Germany) · Sven Oliver Kürten Semi-Finalist · Lotus (USA) · Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins Semi-Finalist · Alone For Christmas (Norway) · Torbjørn Carter Møller Semi-Finalist · Enough For You (USA) · Justin Mawardi Best Drama 1st Place Winner · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn 2nd Place Nominee · Mille Ponti (Italy) · Nicolò Novek 3rd Place Nominee · Una Habitación Simple "A Single Room" (Argentina) · Nicolás Dolensky Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca Nominee · Doodmaan (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Alireza Abbasi Semi-Finalist · La Última Caja "The Last Box" (Spain) · Juanlu Moreno Somé Semi-Finalist · Mientras Las Uñas Crecen "When Fingernails Grow" (Brazil) · Leandro Rial Semi-Finalist · Lessor (South Korea) · Jang Il sik Semi-Finalist · Puisque Tout Commence "Since It All Begins" (France) · Gabrielle Le Bayon Semi-Finalist · The Feeling Part (USA) · Romy Nordlinger Semi-Finalist · Do You Know Him? (Canada) · Sylvia Stewart Best Comedy or Dramedy 1st Place Winner · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Ufuk Gürbüzdal 2nd Place Nominee · Root (Belgium) · Jonty Toosey 3rd Place Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Nominee · Vasomotor Rhinitis (Georgia) · Mikheil Gabaidze Nominee · Sign From God (USA) · Yang Zimik, Timothy Shin Semi-Finalist · Bloody Good Soup (Germany) · Holly Menzel "holly m." Semi-Finalist · Lean In (Australia) · Lucy Coleman Semi-Finalist · Frugalman (USA) · Daylen Pollard, Cody Harrison Semi-Finalist · September 13, 2004 (USA) · Derrick Benton Semi-Finalist · Mime Over Matter (USA) · J. Daniel Samons Semi-Finalist · Celluneck (Canada) · Barbara Whiting Semi-Finalist · Franken-Pranken-Sheldon (USA) · Dean Morgan Best Action, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Drama 1st Place Winner · Dissimulation (UK) · Sam Weeks 2nd Place Nominee · Project Shadow (Brazil) · João Filipe Santiago 3rd Place Nominee · We Hunt Giants (Sweden) · Titus Paar Nominee · No Vacancy (USA) · Jay Sherer, Lukas Colombo Nominee · Punjabi Protector (USA) · Daniel Locicero Semi-Finalist · Love Story (USA) · Ernest Cavazos Semi-Finalist · Pinwheel Horizon (USA) · Ian Ebright Semi-Finalist · Nostalmagia (USA) · Simon Sciacovelli Semi-Finalist · Beyond Reality (UK) · Tony Christian Semi-Finalist · Bonds Of Courage (Czech Republic) · Helena Bernardová Semi-Finalist · Like Father, Like Daughter (USA) · Da'Ante Bowman Best Horror or Thriller 1st Place Winner · Noctambule (France) · Adrien Caulier 2nd Place Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot 3rd Place Nominee · Puedes Tú Solito "You Can Do It Alone" (Spain) · Silvia Pradas Nominee · Separata (Spain) · Lucía Zamora Nominee · The Mannequin (Sweden) · Emelie Dahlskog Nominee · Spooky Crew (USA) · Erin Broussard Nominee · Ring (Australia) · India Dupre Semi-Finalist · Lunch With Hitler (South Africa) · Christopher Grant Harvey Semi-Finalist · Raeburn 271 Avenue (USA) · Hugo Salazar Jr. Semi-Finalist · Affluenza (USA) · Justin Lundstrom Semi-Finalist · Blood Bunny (USA) · Keith Travers |
Best Directing
1st Place Winner · Soeur Marie-Ange (Lebanon) · Rami Samir Salloum 2nd Place Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca 3rd Place Nominee · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Ufuk Gürbüzdal Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Nominee · Root (Belgium) · Jonty Toosey Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot Nominee · Doodmaan (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Alireza Abbasi Best Emerging Director 1st Place Winner · Mille Ponti (Italy) · Nicolò Novek 2nd Place Nominee · Dissimulation (UK) · Sam Weeks 3rd Place Nominee · Puedes Tú Solito "You Can Do It Alone" (Spain) · Silvia Pradas Nominee · Project Shadow (Brazil) · João Filipe Santiago Nominee · Noctambule (France) · Adrien Caulier Nominee · Threnody (USA) · Caleb Wheeler Nominee · No Vacancy (USA) · Jay Sherer, Lukas Colombo Semi-Finalist · Separata (Spain) · Lucía Zamora Semi-Finalist · Oyster Sea (USA) · Chengyu Lu Semi-Finalist · #Toxic_Positivity (USA) · James Leming Semi-Finalist · Day Of Judgement (Germany) · Sven Oliver Kürten Best Directorial Debut 1st Place Winner · Everything That Rises (USA) · Jon Curtis, Dillon Norton 2nd Place Nominee · Vasomotor Rhinitis (Georgia) · Mikheil Gabaidze 3rd Place Nominee · Hold Me (USA) · Andrew L Tingle, Terezia Benova Semi-Finalist · Burden (USA) · James Nanney.Jr Semi-Finalist · One Minute Of Unconsciousness (USA) · Eliana Cordova Semi-Finalist · The Ghoul (Australia) · Ryan Osmond Semi-Finalist · The Delicate Cycle (USA) · Katherine King Semi-Finalist · Mommy's Big Girl (USA) · Stephen Dodd Semi-Finalist · Idle Hands (USA) · Douglas Ridloff Semi-Finalist · One Phone Call (Canada) · Emmanuel Simba Congera, AJ Vergara Semi-Finalist · Partly Hazy (USA) · John Brownell Best Young Filmmaker 1st Place Winner · Ditullio's (USA) · Joe Griffith 2nd Place Nominee · The Scalpel (USA) · Richard H Lyford 3rd Place Nominee · Incandescent Thoughts (France) · Enzo Arnaudet Nominee · Therapist Of The Year (USA) · Abel B. Padilla Nominee · On The Corner Of Nowhere (UK) · Finn O'Toole Semi-Finalist · Spearfinger (USA) · Tessa Morell Semi-Finalist · Mind And Time (Australia) · Henri Shore Semi-Finalist · The Strange Case Of Detective Jones (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Amirali Habibi Semi-Finalist · Ossesione (USA) · Max Galante Semi-Finalist · Beyond The Book (USA) · Raquel Vaught Semi-Finalist · Enough For You (USA) · Justin Mawardi Best Original Screenplay 1st Place Winner · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Ufuk Gürbüzdal 2nd Place Nominee · Soeur Marie-Ange (Lebanon) · Rami Samir Salloum 3rd Place Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Nominee · Una Habitación Simple "A Single Room" (Argentina) · Nicolás Dolensky Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn Nominee · Mille Ponti (Italy) · Nicolò Novek Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca Nominee · La Última Caja "The Last Box" (Spain) · Juanlu Moreno Somé Semi-Finalist · Little Dog (USA) · Mario Luxxor Best Cinematography 1st Place Winner · Blue Love (France) · Sylvain Bes 2nd Place Nominee · Kruz' (USA) · Loic Zimmermann 3rd Place Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot Nominee · Mille Ponti (Italy) · Nicolò Novek Nominee · Oyster Sea (USA) · Chengyu Lu Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Best Lead Actor Performance 1st Place Winner · Soeur Marie-Ange (Lebanon) · Joseph Maroun 2nd Place Nominee · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Hüseyin İlhan 3rd Place Nominee · Impasse (Poland) · Lukasz Gawroński Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Simon Royer Nominee · Mientras Las Uñas Crecen "When Fingernails Grow" (Brazil) · Javier Torres Dowdall Nominee · Bloody Good Soup (Germany) · Holly Menzel "holly m." Best Lead Actress Performance 1st Place Winner · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Ana Wagener 2nd Place Nominee · Doodmaan (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Nazanin Ahmadi 3rd Place Nominee · Una Habitación Simple "A Single Room" (Argentina) · Laila Maltz Nominee · Divebomb (UK) · Jennifer Stender Nominee · Ebi's Defiance (Nigeria) · Cynthia Agholor Nominee · Lean In (Australia) · Kartanya Maynard Semi-Finalist · Screaming Silence (UK) · Kalyn Elizabeth Wood Best Supporting Performance 1st Place Winner · Doodmaan (Islamic Republic of Iran) · Hosein Esbati 2nd Place Nominee · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Fatih Demiral 3rd Place Nominee · Lessor (South Korea) · Jeong Han Kim Nominee · Divebomb (UK) · Philippa Heimann Nominee · Bloody Good Soup (Germany) · Roberto Puzzo Best Ensemble Performance 1st Place Winner · Vaziyet (Turkey) · Ufuk Gürbüzdal 2nd Place Nominee · Líbranos Del Mal "Deliver Us From Evil" (Spain) · Andrea Casaseca 3rd Place Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter Nominee · The Night Of Purple Horrors (Estonia) · Kadri Nikopensius, Rebeka Põldsam Nominee · Lessor (South Korea) · Jang Il sik Nominee · September 13, 2004 (USA) · Derrick Benton Nominee · No Vacancy (USA) · Jay Sherer, Lukas Colombo Best Film Editing & Sound Design 1st Place Winner · Duchess (UK) · Neil Marshall 2nd Place Nominee · Muerto De Risa "The Last Laugh" (Peru) · Gonzalo Ladines 3rd Place Nominee · Satu: Year Of The Rabbit (UK) · Joshua Trigg Nominee · O Velho E A Espada "The Old Man And The Demon Sword" (Portugal) · Fábio Powers Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot Nominee · Kruz' (USA) · Loic Zimmermann Nominee · No Vacancy (USA) · Jay Sherer, Lukas Colombo Best Original Score 1st Place Winner · Blue Love (France) · Sylvain Bes 2nd Place Nominee · Enescu, Skinned Alive (Romania) · Toma Enache 3rd Place Nominee · La Mélodie Des Cendres "The Melody Of Ashes" (Switzerland) · Jonathan Moratal Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn Nominee · Bubbling Synapses (France) · William Eguienta Nominee · Osmose (France) · Eva Motreff Semi-Finalist · The Gale II (USA) · Timothy Wenzel Semi-Finalist · Cascading Matter: Being In Between (Switzerland) · Raphael Sommer Semi-Finalist · Star Valley (China) · Yaoqi Huang Semi-Finalist · Chain (USA) · Ling Han Semi-Finalist · Botching (UK) · Denis Kilty Best Art Direction 1st Place Winner · Dissimulation (UK) · Sam Weeks 2nd Place Nominee · The Puppet Asylum (UK) · Otto Baxter 3rd Place Nominee · Root (Belgium) · Jonty Toosey Nominee · The Nephew (UK) · Wilhelm Kuhn Nominee · The Mannequin (Sweden) · Emelie Dahlskog Nominee · Nostalmagia (USA) · Simon Sciacovelli Semi-Finalist · Six Concertos (New Zealand) · Peter McCully Semi-Finalist · Lunch With Hitler (South Africa) · Christopher Grant Harvey Best CGI & Visual Effects 1st Place Winner · The Herald (Germany) · Lei Cui 2nd Place Nominee · Project Shadow (Brazil) · João Filipe Santiago 3rd Place Nominee · Solar Pulse (China) · Zong liang Nominee · We Hunt Giants (Sweden) · Titus Paar Nominee · La Croix (France) · Joris Fleurot Nominee · The Punisher: Nightmare (USA) · Brandon Forgione Nominee · Botching (UK) · Denis Kilty Nominee · Nostalmagia (USA) · Simon Sciacovelli Semi-Finalist · Puedes Tú Solito "You Can Do It Alone" (Spain) · Silvia Pradas Semi-Finalist · O Velho E A Espada "The Old Man And The Demon Sword" (Portugal) · Fábio Powers Semi-Finalist · Reunion 02: Genesis (Japan) · Jun Kitamikado Best Fan Film 1st Place Winner · The Punisher: Nightmare (USA) · Brandon Forgione 2nd Place Nominee · Project Shadow (Brazil) · João Filipe Santiago 3rd Place Nominee · Bonds Of Courage (Czech Republic) · Helena Bernardová |
