Month: December 2025

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK

The Edge “Into The Past”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST INTERNATIONAL TV PILOT, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: TV PILOT)

Dancing with Spies @Goddess novel manuscript

By Francis Billingsley

BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2025 & BEST INDIE MANUSCRIPT

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: Music Video)

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST FANTASY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Comedy), BEST EDITING, BEST COMEDIAN 2025 & BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG, BEST GUITARIST & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE (Category: MUSIC VIDEO), BEST INDI FILMMAKER (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INSIPRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL FILM, EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2025 & BEST SCREENPLAY

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL RTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST CAST (Category: Short Film) & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2025 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE FILM, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & PRODUCER (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE INTERNATIONAL

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT, BEST INERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Short Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2025, BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2025, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ANIMATION 2025

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

NOI CRUSADERS 30 anni di football americano in Sardegna

By Stefano Sernagiotto

BEST SPORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EUROPEAN  ACTRESS

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Rethink – Philosophical web series

By Olaf Lenz

BEST ORIGINAL WEB SERIES & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Web Series)

TinMan

By Kevin V Tudor

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Film), BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER & BEST SOUNSTRACK

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Screenplay)

Christmas Card

By Kel Owens

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST CAST, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Narrative Short)

The Legend Of The Bum-Barian

By Kel Owens

BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Short Film)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST POETRY DOCUMENTARY

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ESPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Feature)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST PILOT TV

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY, BEST ACTING & BEST SCREENWRITER

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SONG WRITER, BEST GUITARIST & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG 

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Plumeria Aesthetics

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST ORIGINAL CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Only in Malibu

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT)

Gold Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

The Hallmark Couple

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM 2025, BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST DIRECTOR 2025, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST PRODUCER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST GLOBAL ACTRESS, BEST CINEMATOGRAPH Y& BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE SCRIPT

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITIND, BEST PRODUCER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: International Documentary Feature)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2025, BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE ACTRESS

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITING & BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INSIPRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

The Queen of Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2025

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Thriller)

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental Short Film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2025

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

The Lost Village

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST AMERICAN INDIE PRODUCER

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST EDITING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Screenwriter)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2025, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST PICTURE, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIOGINAL CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO & BEST SPIRITUAL SONG  2025

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER 2025, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ACTING

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INDIE WRITER 2025 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Feature Script)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Music Video)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2025, BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE & BEST SCREENWRITER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST HISTORICAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM 2025

Paco

By Cresencio Medina

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE SERIES 2025

Ctabka (The Bet)

By Edward Bryson

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT THRILLER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: International Thriller)

Poo Pookudhu (From RAIL Movie) – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

By S. J. Jananiy

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUND DESIGNER

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY & BEST ARTHOUSE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT), BEST CINEMATIC WRITING & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL STORY

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL EDITING

The Edge “Into “The Past”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST WEB/TV SERIES, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Gipsy

By Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst

BEST VOICE, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: MUSIC VIDEO) & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST AMERICAN COMEDY

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Voyage In The Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST INDIE FILM 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE CAMERA OPERATOR

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Documentary Feature)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST POETRY SONG, BEST EUROPEAN SINGER 2025 & BEST SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST FILMMAKER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST DANCE FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Music Video)

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST PICTURE, BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Film) & BEST SOUNDTRACK

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST DIRECTOR 2025, BEST EDITING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATIC NEW VISION (Category: ANIMATION)

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM), BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2025

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ACTRESS

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE INDIE DIRECTOR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY)

Wave Man

By Anna Morelli

BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST FANTASY SCRIPT 2025

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST MAKE-UP, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST AMERICAN THRILLER OF THE YEAR