WINNERS Michelangelo Film Critics Awards 2025

2025 December 22

WINNERS Michelangelo Film Critics Awards 2025

Measure for Messure

By Phil Howe

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2025 & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

L Ella

By Gary St. Martin

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Pilot TV)

Tom and Luce

By Muxel Paule

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2025 (Category: Drama)

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR & BEST EDITING (Category: International Music Video)

Black Wolf

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

The Ringmistress

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE WRITER 2025

Stardude: The Wolf Who Saved Christmas

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST POETRY SUPER SHORT FILM

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

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY 2025

1982 Italy-Brazil

By Alessandro Della Villa

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Short Film), BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ACTING & BEST SPORT FILM

It’s the Gravy

By Cherie Kerr

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Comedy)

Boots on the Ground for Art

By Randall Vemer

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Super Short Film)

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: INDIE SHORT FILM 2025)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Chateau De Tarot

By Reid Barwick

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER 2025

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES), BEST WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST WRITING STYLE

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

Recipe for A Dream

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SONG OF THE YEAR

Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST CAST (Category: Short Film) BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST EDITOR

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By MichaƂ Kucharski

BEST INDIE ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Out of control

By Bellopropello

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animation) & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER & ORIGINAL INDIE ACTING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST AMERICAN ACTOR 2025

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2025

Elevation To The Depths I

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Elevation To The Depths II

By Andrew Noble

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2025

Elevation To The Depths III

By Andrew Noble

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

Meraviglie

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOSUE SONG & BEST SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST VOICE & BEST SONG WRITER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenplay)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST FILMMAKER 2025 (Category: Documentary Feature) & BEST PRODUCER

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 2025, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST EDITING, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENPLAY

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST INDIE WRITER 2025

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING  

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: TELEVISION SCRIPT)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDIAN, BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA 2025, BEST ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Arthouse Drama)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

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

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST PHILOSOPHICAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST PRODUCER

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST INDIE WRITER, BEST INDIE ACTOR 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

The Singing Mask

By Tatiana Edel

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Feature Script)