WINNERS BERLIN Screening Awards 2025

2025 December 3

WINNERS BERLIN Screening Awards 2025

Michelangelo and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR

Heart of the Matter

By Angelena Bonet

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES 2025

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Dancing with Spies @Goddess novel manuscript

BY Francis Billingsley

BEST WRITER (Category: Indie Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2025

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VIDEO (Category: Feature Script) & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER

Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

BEST POETY ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary) & BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ACTING, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Screenplay Short) & BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Lights, Camera, Paris

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL POETRY SONG & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER

Lucky in Long Island 2

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST AMERICAN PRODCUTION COMPANY, BEST MAKE-UP & BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Nossos Caminhos

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL STORY 2025

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER  

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2025

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTING

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Experimental Film)

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NOVELIST  

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST EDITING

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE YOUNG FILMMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM & BEST EDITING

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INDIE DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: DRAMA)

Elysian Dreams

By Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST SONG 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST WRITER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN FILM, BEST PRODUCER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Narrative Feature)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE 2025

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: ANIMATION)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2025, BEST EDITING (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & COREOGRAPHY

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST FILMMAKER, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: EXPERIMENTAL) & BEST ORIGINAL STORY