WINNERS South Africa IFF 2025

2025 September 22

WINNERS South Africa IFF 2025

The Order

By Wojciech Turek

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Routine

By Russell Emanuel

BEST AMERICAN FILMMAKER 2025, BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST EDITING

The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

In a Whole New Way

By Jonathan Fisher

BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FILM 

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INSPIRATIONAL ACTOR & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2025 & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Experimental)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST SOUND DESIGN

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL FILM 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Iriso

By Mitsuo Kurihara

BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER

Nossos Caminhos

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST DRAMA SCRIPT

Heat and Love

By MichaƂ Kucharski

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Animation)

Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2025 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER

Forevermore

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2025

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA

The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

By John Martinez

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2025, BEST FILMMAKER, SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR