WINNERS NOVEMBER 2025

(For the winners of previous seasons, click here.)

All award winners and honourable mentions are eligible for a trophy.

BEST SHORT FILM

FINALIST

FATHER

Director: Gabriel Constantinescu

Country of origin: Switzerland

FINALIST

THE GIRL

Director: Mandy Kowalski

Country of origin: United States of America

FINALIST

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

Director: Andrew Bill

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

NO MORE SURPRISES

Director: Sophie Mia Reeve-Foster

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

FINALIST

FIRST IN, LAST OUT

Director: Keith Malloy & Andrew Schoneberger

Country of origin: United States of America

FINALIST

ENDOLIFE

Director: Lisanne Van Ingen

Country of origin: United Kingdom

FINALIST

W: A RETURN TO OZ

Director: Daniel Howard-Baker

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

DISCARDED

Director: Sheona Mitchley

Country of origin: South Africa

BEST STUDENT FILM

FINALIST

WITHDRAWN

Director: Shona Catherine Lena Ingall Randolph

Country of origin: United Kingdom

FINALIST

SCARTOWN SIDE EFFECTS

Director: Emile Rosen

Country of origin: United Kingdom

FINALIST

FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME

Director: Angelina Gabuzda

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR

FINALIST

BLOOD ON THE SADDLE

Director: Mike E. Lesovsky

Country of origin: United States of America

FINALIST

FATHER

Director: Gabriel Constantinescu

Country of origin: Switzerland

FINALIST

ECHO

Director: Daniel Broj

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

KOSLOV MITYA, 81+

Director: Yulia Ruzmanova

Country of origin: Russia

BEST SUPER SHORT

DREAMBREW

Director: Ben Bayliss, Anthony Hampshire & Joel Dutton

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

THE INTERVIEW

Director: Ari Shi Tang

Country of origin: China

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE FIRE

Director: K.K. Hammond

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

STROLLING DOWN BRIGHTON PIER

Director: Kenny McCracken

Country of origin: United Kingdom & United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

DENALI

Director: Jiafan Lin

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST EXPERIMENTAL

THE PASSING

Director: Sean Boyle & Donal O'Dea

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST THRILLER

DESTINATION SOPHIE

Director: Santhosh Murugesan

Country of origin: Australia

HONOURABLE MENTION

ALL EYES ON YOU

Director: Ted Clarke

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

SCARTOWN SIDE EFFECTS

Director: Emile Rosen

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST A.I. PROJECT

THE LAST POPPY

Director: Emre Özkan

Country of origin: Turkey

LAVENDER & THE BUTTERFLY NATION

Director: Anoush Sadegh & Sam Khoze

Country of origin: United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

LOSING MY MEMORY

Director: Al Buchanan

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR

I AM DONE

Director: Ksenia Khamatova

Country of origin: Latvia

BEST ACTOR

KILLING MYSELF

Starring: Louis Findlay

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST ACTRESS

WITHDRAWN

Starring: Rhianna Thurgood

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

FIRST

Starring: Jacqueline Rose

Country of origin: Australia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

NIGHT TRIPPIN

D.O.P: Joshua J. Bagnell

Country of origin: United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

DENALI

D.O.P: Jinjie Jack Wang

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST EDITING

BLOOD ON THE SADDLE

Editor: Mike E. Lesovsky

Country of origin: United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

HI FROM A MAYFLY

Editor: Miles Wheeler

Country of origin: United Kingdom

HONOURABLE MENTION

COOKED

Editor: Leimi Zhou & Natali Valansi

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST SCORE

THE TOMB OF NOSFERATU

Composer: Giuseppe Vasapolli

Country of origin: United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

KILLING MYSELF

Composer: Stuart Wright

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST SOUND DESIGN

ALL EYES ON YOU

Sound supervisor: Ethan Whyborn & Deepan Jali Patel

Country of origin: United Kingdom

BEST INSPIRATIONAL STORY

TELL HER IN THE SUNSHINE

Director: Dan O’Neill

Country of origin: Ireland

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

SYVERTSEN’S COMPLEX

by Marni Sullivan

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST EPISODIC SCRIPT

R.E.M

by John P. Martinez

Country of origin: United States of America

HONOURABLE MENTION

SIXTEEN AND SOUL-BOUND

by Marr Malone

Country of origin: United States of America

BEST SHORT SCRIPT

BLIND FREEDOM

by Craig Wyhoon

Country of origin: Australia

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