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Official Selections
March 2025

Fiction

  1. A Tale of A Lamb, d. Xiaonan Luo, Drama/Thriller, 27 min,China, 2024

  2. Being Angela, d. Tim Aspert, Drama/LGBT, 30 min, France, 2023

  3. Beta Kafe, d. Mert Ozsoyler, Sci-Fi/Romance, 10 min, Turkey, 2023

  4. Blackness, d. Vivek Roy, Drama, 27 min, United States, 2024

  5. Cafe Diem, d. Yonggi Kim, Drama/Mental Health, 18 min, South Korea, 2024

  6. Death Date, d. Alex Mathieson, Romance, 16 min, United Kingdom, 2023

  7. Deserters, d. Guido Zanghi, Drama/War, 19 min, United Kingdom, 2024

  8. Don't Choke, d. Sonny Baez, Drama/Family, 24 min, United Kingdom, 2022

  9. Fiabexit, d. Lorenzo Giovenga, Giuliano Giacomelli, Drama, 19 min, Italy, 2024

  10. I'm Here, d. Vilma Kartalska, Drama, 4 min, Bulgaria, 2022

  11. Krei.Seln, d. Marvin Schulze, Thriller/Mystery, 24 min, Germany, 2024

  12. Lens & Lights S:5 E9, d. Marie Copps, Fashion, 8 min, Canada, 2024

  13. Love To Death, d. Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Comedy/Drama, 26 min, Belgium, 2024

  14. Marathon, d. Hamidreza Mahmoudieh, Drama/Family, 15 min, Iran, 2024

  15. Moisture, d. Duda Gorter, Drama, 23 min, Brazil, 2023

  16. North, d. Fengkai Liu, Drama/Student, 29 min, China, 2024

  17. One step away, d. Siyu Yue, Drama, 14 min, China 2023

  18. Operation Dynamo, d. Charlie Painter, Drama/War, 18 min, United Kingdom, 2024

  19. Rest In Peace, d. Kunyu Cai, Drama/Student, 28 min, China, 2023

  20. Seeing Myself Through, d. Berta Saura, Drama/Student, 16 min, Spain

  21. Stay, d. Luca Canali, Thriller/Horror, 10 min, Italy, 2024

  22. The Actors, d. Thodoris Vournas, Drama/Romance, 24 min, Greece, 2024

  23. The Box, d. Mohamed Amine Beldi, Drama/Family, 29 min, Tunisia, 2024

  24. The Ghost Fire, d. Zhan Yang, Fantasy/Student, 15 min, China, 2023

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

  26. The Other Half, d. Alina Stefania Ilin, Romance/Student, 15 min, United Kingdom, 2023

  27. The River, d. Alessio De Santis, Drama, 14 min, Italy, 2024

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

  29. The Royal Theater, d. Tatsuya Oono, Drama/Noir, 32 min, Japan, 2024

  30. The Sun In My Heart, d. Yao Ge, Drama/Student, 12 min, China, 2023

  31. Waiting here, d. Gabriele Brundu, Drama/Family, 11 min, Italy, 2023

  32. Yellow Dog, d. Zhou Zhou, Drama/Student, 12 min, China, 2023

Documentary

  1. Am I A Machine, d. Florian Riedelsperger, 22 min, Austria, 2023

  2. But the flowers remain, d. Joscha Kotlan, Maximilian Ihlenburg, 13 min, Germany, 2024

  3. Ma.tri.mò.nio, d. Gaia Siria Meloni, 19 min, Italy

  4. Tichilesti - "The Place of Lepers", d. Daniel Balteanu, 32 min, Ireland, 2024

  5. Torn, d. Simone Hart, Jón H. Geirfinnsson, 29 min, Austria, 2024

  6. War and Peace of the 29Team, d. Ma Wen Ting, 21 min, China, 2023

  7. Yantra Master d. Evan Kimball Plochmann, 12 min, 2024​​

Animation

  1. Ana Morphose, d. Joao Rodrigues, Fantasy, 10 min, Portugal, 2023

  2. Cubosee - The Secret Garden, d. Filip Gašparović Melis, 4 min, Croatia, 2023

  3. Father's Mountains, d. XiaoJun Tan, Family/Drama, 11 min, China, 2023

  4. Ghariba & Ajeeb, d. Boubaker Boukhari, Fantasy/Adventure, 7 min, United Arab Emirates, 2024

  5. In Half, d. Jorge Morais Valle, Drama/Adventure, 24 min, Spain, 2024

  6. Numbers, d. Deniz Türker, Drama/Student, 9 min, Turkey, 2023

  7. Purga, d. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas, 13 min, Lithuania, 2023

  8. The Untranslatable Forest, d. Ivan Miguel, Andy Camou, Fantasy, 2 min, United States, 2024

  9. V I A, d. Jiaqi Kang, Yilan Huang, Student, 8 min, United States, 2023

  10. Wyldstar, d. Rastko Milojković, Sci-Fi/Action, 21 min, Serbia, 2024

Experimental

  1. A Poet's Quest, d. Xiaolin Yang, 30 min, China

  2. Baobhan Sith, d. Hayley Louise McGuire, Drama/Psychological Thriller, 13 min, United Kingdom, 2023

  3. Blue, d. Yunpeng Lee, 22 min, China, 2023

  4. Cloudcounting, d. Suzanne Knop, Sci/Fi/Student, 14 min, United States, 2024

  5. Garden State, d. Julie Langsam, Environmental, 11 min, United States, 2023

  6. Metai, d. Laura Dičiūnaitė, 28 min, Lithuania, 2023

  7. Stray dog, d. Lai Cheuk Nam, Mystery/Student, 21 min, Hong Kong, 2024

  8. The Cure, d. Giuseppe Burrafato, 12 min, Italy, 2023

  9. Venous Returns, d. Laura Sheeran, 23 min, Ireland, 2023

  10. With Love L., d. Max Fritzsching, Chari Krause, 15 min, Germany, 2023

Web Shorts

  1. About people and about war, d. Dmitrij Pasichnyuk, Drama/War, 11 min, Russia, 2022

  2. Cromaescope, d. Alvaro Beltran Janes, Comedy, 35 min, Spain, 2024

  3. Sasha Counters!, d. Anna Zaytseva, Comedy/Drama, 27 min, Russia, 2023

  4. Smile Library, d. Bernardo Bibancos, 5 min, Brazil, 2023

  5.  Slab, You Can Bet!, d. Renata Freire, Drama/Crime, 8 min, Brazil, 2023

Music Video

  1. 100% Hyaku Paasento, d. Parker Shen, 3 min, Taiwan, 2023

  2. Be Like Angel Pardalos, d. Angeliki Pardalidou, 3 min, Greece

  3. Canon - Knocked Out, d. Michael S.U. Hudson, 2 min, Sweden, 2024

  4. Colorful feat. Danica Lipetsky, d. Polla Ilariya Kozino, 3 min, United States, 2024

  5. I dream My dream, d. Monique van Kerkhof, Bo Oudendijk, 4 min, Netherlands, 2023

  6. Six Roasted Chickens, d. Jeremias Nussbaum, 3 min, France, 2023

  7. Zehn, d. David Hidalgo Moreno, 5 min, Spain, 2022

Screenplay

  1. Doruntine, w. Carlo Massimo, United States

  2. Fido, w. John Norris Ray, United States

  3. Folie a Deux, w. Naveed Shahid Mir, United Kingdom

  4. Limbo, w. Hakan Ünal, Turkey

  5. My Not-So-Righteous Life, w. Elisa Salem Herrmann, United States

  6. Stay with me, w. Pozsgai Zsolt, Hungary

  7. 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

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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

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