October 2025 Winners

Disorder ◦ Joshua Meszaros ◦ BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
His Theater ◦ Anastasiia Kukharieva ◦ BEST STUDENT FILM
Leonard Cohen in the Eating Disorder Ward ◦ Lucas Crawford ◦ BEST HEALTH AND MEDICINE FILM
Leonard Cohen in the Eating Disorder Ward ◦ Lucas Crawford ◦ HONORABLE MENTION – ANIMATION
Generated by RR5485 ◦ Oscar Ballyvolane ◦ BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
A Film by Roland Wehap ◦ Roland Wehap ◦ BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
Redemption ◦ Ciril Tscheligi ◦ BEST MUSIC SCORE SHORT FILM
Sins of Sinclair ◦ Celine Egan ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Hallesches Tor ◦ Wouter Hisschemöller ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
No Vacancy ◦ Carolyn Gair ◦ BEST ANIMATION
The Ineffable Fixing of the Volatile ◦ Arepo ◦ BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Essays on Yves ◦ Patrícia Niedermeier ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Previous Appearances ◦ Audrey Coombe ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Zesi ◦ Panagiotis Papafragkos ◦ BEST DANCE FILM
Buen Camino ◦ Young Jun Shin ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Through Mabel’s Eyes ◦ Marta Renzi ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales ◦ Francisco Herrera ◦ BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Herzogenriedbad ◦ Rokas Wille ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Dear Home of Scars ◦ Marina Meijer ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Once ◦ Philip Neuer ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Where to Escape? ◦ Ömür Akif Dinç, İsmail Berk Karakaya ◦ BEST SHORT FILM
I’m Leaving and I’m Becoming Pope ◦ Antonello Carbone ◦ BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Saint of Brooklyn ◦ Ulisse Lendaro ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
Got to Be Free – A Village Drums of Freedom Story ◦ Jasmine K. Stein, Martina Lanfranchi ◦ HONORABLE MENTION
The Influencers and the Baba Jaga of Gentrification ◦ Irene Ros ◦ BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Mohawk ◦ Irene Ros ◦ SELECTION
Malaika and the Georgia Swamp Dawgs: “Down by the Riverside” ◦ Bert Walser ◦ SELECTION
Invincible ◦ Domenico Giordano ◦ SELECTION
Protector ◦ Kevin Peters ◦ HONORABLE MENTION