Official Selections
March 2025
Fiction
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A Tale of A Lamb, d. Xiaonan Luo, Drama/Thriller, 27 min,China, 2024
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Being Angela, d. Tim Aspert, Drama/LGBT, 30 min, France, 2023
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Beta Kafe, d. Mert Ozsoyler, Sci-Fi/Romance, 10 min, Turkey, 2023
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Blackness, d. Vivek Roy, Drama, 27 min, United States, 2024
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Cafe Diem, d. Yonggi Kim, Drama/Mental Health, 18 min, South Korea, 2024
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Death Date, d. Alex Mathieson, Romance, 16 min, United Kingdom, 2023
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Deserters, d. Guido Zanghi, Drama/War, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2024
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Don't Choke, d. Sonny Baez, Drama/Family, 24 min, United Kingdom, 2022
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Fiabexit, d. Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli, Drama, 19 min, Italy, 2024
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I'm Here, d. Vilma Kartalska, Drama, 4 min, Bulgaria, 2022
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Krei.Seln, d. Marvin Schulze, Thriller/Mystery, 24 min, Germany, 2024
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Lens & Lights S:5 E9, d. Marie Copps, Fashion, 8 min, Canada, 2024
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Love To Death, d. Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Comedy/Drama, 26 min, Belgium, 2024
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Marathon, d. Hamidreza Mahmoudieh, Drama/Family, 15 min, Iran, 2024
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Moisture, d. Duda Gorter, Drama, 23 min, Brazil, 2023
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North, d. Fengkai Liu, Drama/Student, 29 min, China, 2024
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One step away, d. Siyu Yue, Drama, 14 min, China 2023
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Operation Dynamo, d. Charlie Painter, Drama/War, 18 min, United Kingdom, 2024
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Rest In Peace, d. Kunyu Cai, Drama/Student, 28 min, China, 2023
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Seeing Myself Through, d. Berta Saura, Drama/Student, 16 min, Spain
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Stay, d. Luca Canali, Thriller/Horror, 10 min, Italy, 2024
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The Actors, d. Thodoris Vournas, Drama/Romance, 24 min, Greece, 2024
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The Box, d. Mohamed Amine Beldi, Drama/Family, 29 min, Tunisia, 2024
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The Ghost Fire, d. Zhan Yang, Fantasy/Student, 15 min, China, 2023
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The Last Garden, d. Matthew Camfield, Thriller/Sci-Fi, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2023
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The Other Half, d. Alina Stefania Ilin, Romance/Student, 15 min, United Kingdom, 2023
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The River, d. Alessio De Santis, Drama, 14 min, Italy, 2024
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The Rooms, d. Heeryun You, Thriller/Crime, 24 min, South Korea, 2023
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The Royal Theater, d. Tatsuya Oono, Drama/Noir, 32 min, Japan, 2024
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The Sun In My Heart, d. Yao Ge, Drama/Student, 12 min, China, 2023
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Waiting here, d. Gabriele Brundu, Drama/Family, 11 min, Italy, 2023
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Yellow Dog, d. Zhou Zhou, Drama/Student, 12 min, China, 2023
Documentary
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Am I A Machine, d. Florian Riedelsperger, 22 min, Austria, 2023
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But the flowers remain, d. Joscha Kotlan, Maximilian Ihlenburg, 13 min, Germany, 2024
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Ma.tri.mò.nio, d. Gaia Siria Meloni, 19 min, Italy
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Tichilesti - "The Place of Lepers", d. Daniel Balteanu, 32 min, Ireland, 2024
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Torn, d. Simone Hart, Jón H. Geirfinnsson, 29 min, Austria, 2024
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War and Peace of the 29Team, d. Ma Wen Ting, 21 min, China, 2023
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Yantra Master d. Evan Kimball Plochmann, 12 min, 2024
Animation
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Ana Morphose, d. Joao Rodrigues, Fantasy, 10 min, Portugal, 2023
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Cubosee - The Secret Garden, d. Filip Gašparović Melis, 4 min, Croatia, 2023
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Father's Mountains, d. XiaoJun Tan, Family/Drama, 11 min, China, 2023
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Ghariba & Ajeeb, d. Boubaker Boukhari, Fantasy/Adventure, 7 min, United Arab Emirates, 2024
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In Half, d. Jorge Morais Valle, Drama/Adventure, 24 min, Spain, 2024
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Numbers, d. Deniz Türker, Drama/Student, 9 min, Turkey, 2023
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Purga, d. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas, 13 min, Lithuania, 2023
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The Untranslatable Forest, d. Ivan Miguel, Andy Camou, Fantasy, 2 min, United States, 2024
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V I A, d. Jiaqi Kang, Yilan Huang, Student, 8 min, United States, 2023
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Wyldstar, d. Rastko Milojković, Sci-Fi/Action, 21 min, Serbia, 2024
Experimental
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A Poet's Quest, d. Xiaolin Yang, 30 min, China
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Baobhan Sith, d. Hayley Louise McGuire, Drama/Psychological Thriller, 13 min, United Kingdom, 2023
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Blue, d. Yunpeng Lee, 22 min, China, 2023
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Cloudcounting, d. Suzanne Knop, Sci/Fi/Student, 14 min, United States, 2024
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Garden State, d. Julie Langsam, Environmental, 11 min, United States, 2023
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Metai, d. Laura Dičiūnaitė, 28 min, Lithuania, 2023
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Stray dog, d. Lai Cheuk Nam, Mystery/Student, 21 min, Hong Kong, 2024
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The Cure, d. Giuseppe Burrafato, 12 min, Italy, 2023
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Venous Returns, d. Laura Sheeran, 23 min, Ireland, 2023
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With Love L., d. Max Fritzsching, Chari Krause, 15 min, Germany, 2023
Web Shorts
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About people and about war, d. Dmitrij Pasichnyuk, Drama/War, 11 min, Russia, 2022
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Cromaescope, d. Alvaro Beltran Janes, Comedy, 35 min, Spain, 2024
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Sasha Counters!, d. Anna Zaytseva, Comedy/Drama, 27 min, Russia, 2023
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Smile Library, d. Bernardo Bibancos, 5 min, Brazil, 2023
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Slab, You Can Bet!, d. Renata Freire, Drama/Crime, 8 min, Brazil, 2023
Music Video
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100% Hyaku Paasento, d. Parker Shen, 3 min, Taiwan, 2023
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Be Like Angel Pardalos, d. Angeliki Pardalidou, 3 min, Greece
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Canon - Knocked Out, d. Michael S.U. Hudson, 2 min, Sweden, 2024
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Colorful feat. Danica Lipetsky, d. Polla Ilariya Kozino, 3 min, United States, 2024
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I dream My dream, d. Monique van Kerkhof, Bo Oudendijk, 4 min, Netherlands, 2023
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Six Roasted Chickens, d. Jeremias Nussbaum, 3 min, France, 2023
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Zehn, d. David Hidalgo Moreno, 5 min, Spain, 2022
Screenplay
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Doruntine, w. Carlo Massimo, United States
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Fido, w. John Norris Ray, United States
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Folie a Deux, w. Naveed Shahid Mir, United Kingdom
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Limbo, w. Hakan Ünal, Turkey
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My Not-So-Righteous Life, w. Elisa Salem Herrmann, United States
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Stay with me, w. Pozsgai Zsolt, Hungary
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The Pickleball Killer, w. Jim Carroll, United States
Winners
Best Film

The Rooms, d. Heeryun You, Thriller/Crime, 24 min, South Korea, 2023

Silver Award
The Last Garden, d. Matthew Camfield, Thriller/Sci-Fi, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2023

Bronze Award
Fiabexit, d. Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli, Drama, 19 min, Italy, 2024
Special Mention
Death Date, d. Alex Mathieson, Romance, 16 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Best Animation
Wyldstar, d. Rastko Milojković, Sci-Fi/Action, 21 min, Serbia, 2024
Nominees
In Half, d. Jorge Morais Valle, Drama/Adventure, 24 min, Spain, 2024
Purga, d. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas, 13 min, Lithuania, 2023
Best Documentary
Torn, d. Simone Hart, Jón H. Geirfinnsson, 29 min, Austria, 2024
Nominees
Tichilesti - "The Place of Lepers", d. Daniel Balteanu, 32 min, Ireland, 2024
But the flowers remain, d. Joscha Kotlan, Maximilian Ihlenburg, 13 min, Germany, 2024
Best Experimental
A Poet's Quest, d. Xiaolin Yang, 30 min, China
Nominees
Stray dog, d. Lai Cheuk Nam, Mystery/Student, 21 min, Hong Kong, 2024
Venous Returns, d. Laura Sheeran, 23 min, Ireland, 2023
Best Music Video
Canon - Knocked Out, d. Michael S.U. Hudson, 2 min, Sweden, 2024
Nominees
100% Hyaku Paasento, d. Parker Shen, 3 min, Taiwan, 2023
Zehn, d. David Hidalgo Moreno, 5 min, Spain, 2022
Best Student Film
North, d. Fengkai Liu, Drama/Student, 29 min, China, 2024
Nominees
Seeing Myself Through, d. Berta Saura, Drama/Student, 16 min, Spain
The Ghost Fire, d. Zhan Yang, Fantasy/Student, 15 min, China, 2023
Best Web Shorts
About people and about war, d. Dmitrij Pasichnyuk, Drama/War, 11 min, Russia, 2022
Nominees
Sasha Counters!, d. Anna Zaytseva, Comedy/Drama, 27 min, Russia, 2023
Smile Library, d. Bernardo Bibancos, 5 min, Brazil, 2023
Best Director
Heeryun You - The Rooms, Thriller/Crime, 24 min, South Korea, 2023
Nominees
Matthew Camfield - The Last Garden, Thriller/Sci-Fi, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli - Fiabexit, Drama, 19 min, Italy, 2024
Best Editor
Heeryun You - The Rooms, Thriller/Crime, 24 min, South Korea, 2023
Nominees
Sandra Liscio, Matthew Camfield - The Last Garden, Thriller/Sci-Fi, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Lucy Miller, Alex Mathieson - Death Date, Romance, 16 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Best Cinematographer
Sandra Liscio - The Last Garden, Thriller/Sci-Fi, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Nominees
Richard Bell - Death Date, Romance, 16 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Charlie Painter - Operation Dynamo, Drama/War, 18 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Original Score
Gualtiero Titta - Fiabexit, Drama, 19 min, Italy, 2024
Nominees
Harry Wilson - Operation Dynamo, Drama/War, 18 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Julia Rodriguez - Seeing Myself Through, Drama/Student, 16 min, Spain
Best Actor
Ri Hwan - The Rooms, Thriller/Crime, 24 min, South Korea, 2023
Nominees
Madheb Rmili - The Box, Drama/Family, 29 min, Tunisia, 2024
George Rowlands - Operation Dynamo, Drama/War, 18 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Actress
Ingrid Heiderscheidt - Love To Death, Comedy/Drama, 26 min, Belgium, 2024
Nominees
Angela Alves Da Silva - Being Angela, Drama/LGBT, 30 min, France, 2023
Yeonji Lee - Cafe Diem, Drama/Mental Health, 18 min, South Korea, 2024
Best Written Screenplay
The Pickleball Killer, w. Jim Carroll, Drama/Thriller, United States
Runner Up
Fido, w. John Norris Ray, Horror/Thriller, United States
Second Runner Up
Doruntine, w. Carlo Massimo, Drama/Historical, United States