WINNERS VATICAN CITY GLOBAL FILM AWARDS 2025

2025 December 16

WINNERS VATICAN CITY GLOBAL FILM AWARDS 2025

Q1

By Silvano Perozic

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE & BEST FILMMAKER

Tom and Luce

By Muxel Paule

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2025

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Thomas Gallagher

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY, BEST DIRECTOR E BEST INDIE CAMERA OPERATOR

Michelangelo and Me new version

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2025

Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST SPUND DESIGNER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL CINEATIC VISION

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

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN WRITER, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE ORIGINAL IDEA

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Feature)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE 2025, BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: Film) & BEST CAST

Elysian Dreams

By Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE VOICE

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST INDIE DRAMA 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL WRINTING SYLE

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST EDITOR, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2025 & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EDITING & BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM 2025

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER

Una Luce

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST WRITER 2025, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST CHARACTERS (Category: International Screenplay)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ACTING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & BEST ACTING OF THE YEAR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, HISTORICAL FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Experimental Film), BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST STORYTELLING

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST FIMMAKER & BEST EDITOR

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST DANCE FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST POETIC CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Umbra/Eclipse of the moon

By Urszula Nawrot

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT)