August 2025 Winners

Toward Entropy 360 ◦ Jaewook Lee ◦ Best VR and 360 Film
Quit Laughing God, This is Serious! ◦ Michael Weissman ◦ Best Family and Children Friendly Film
Quit Laughing God, This is Serious! ◦ Michael Weissman ◦ Best Music Score, Short Film
Many Die Too Late ◦ Julian Bonnin ◦ Best Experimental Film
CARNE: The Unsustainable Footprint ◦ Hugo de Almeida ◦ Best Environment and Climate, Feature
In The Middle ◦ Saba Khatami ◦ Best Dance Film
RAKUGO KARMA ◦ Kyosuke Enokizono ◦ Best Comedy, Feature Film
Old Heart Feature Film ◦ Edward Gaines ◦ Best Actor – Feature Film
THE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH ◦ Keira Lintu ◦ Best Actress – Short Film
FREESTYLE – On top of the nail ◦ Alexej Getmann, Jan Odenthal ◦ Best Documentary
Dabbawala Berlin: Bicycle Stories ◦ Robin Csodó, Pavel Pantin ◦ Best Short Documentary
Masters and Vices ◦ Gregory Mallard ◦ Honorable Mention
“THE RECIPE TO SAVE HUMANITY” ◦ yosef tager ◦ Best Feature Film
Silence ◦ Gregor Schiek ◦ Honorable Mention
Following in the footsteps of my ancestors An Ute Köhler Documentary ◦ Ute Koehler, Katherin Wermke ◦ Honorable Mention
Romancing Sydney ◦ Anmol Mishra ◦ Best first time director
Gyre ◦ Michael Dawidowicz ◦ Best Student Film
Thai basil ◦ Julia Philomena Baschiera ◦ Honorable Mention
The Pledge ◦ Samantha Mei Paull, Mia Dawson ◦ Honorable Mention
Wukong Couriers ◦ Peter Gabriel Gagnon ◦ Best Short Film – Ex Aequo
Selfie, Please ◦ Anu Singh Choudhary ◦ Best Short Film – Ex Aequo
Defne ◦ Hamdi Furkan Yıldırım ◦ Honorable Mention
Eternal Blue ◦ Freddie Connor, Daniel Buckley ◦ Honorable Mention
Traces ◦ Elif Demiroğlu ◦ Honorable Mention