BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL:The Last Goodbye - Dir. by Gordon Yarley (Canada) 1st RUNNER-UP:Monsters, Money, and a Little Girl - Dir. by Delia Voicu (Canada) 2nd RUNNER-UP:Aim Point - Dir. by Keishi Suenaga (Japan) 3rd RUNNER-UP: The Theory of Tomorrow - Dir. by Siôn Eifion (UK)
AUDIENCE CHOICE: The Theory of Tomorrow - Dir. by Siôn Eifion (UK)
Category Award Nominees
WINNERS in RED, Nominees in Black
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation International I Wanna Be A Statue - Dir. by Harvey Auerbach-Dunn (UK) Edgar - Dir. by Jeremy Niels Circus (France) Ribbons - Dir. by Julia Sieczkowska (Poland) The Child of Fire - Dir. by Charles Lévêque (France) Happy Birthday - Dir. by Naya Filaou (Greece)
Nominees for Best Animation North America Nico & Nickel - Dir. by Sky O'Connell (USA) Bulletmode - Dir. by Marwan Zeid (Canada) Eye of Jupiter - Dir. byRoger Gallant (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy Call of Nature - Dir. by Donal O'Dea (Ireland) Under Cover - Dir. by Guillaume Arnoulet (New Zealand) Good Morning, My Dear - Dir. by Bella Trost (USA) Let's Roast - Dir. by Petter Stang (Norway)
Nominees for Best Dance The Dance of the Nain Rouge - Dir. by Eric Millikin (USA) The Witching Hour - Dir. by Abigail Brenker (USA) At the Completion - Dir. Rosie Marks (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama Aeon’s Embrace - Dir. by Lanre Obisesan (USA) The Hall - Dir. by Lea Ken Prevost (France) The Little Romance of Will-o'-the-Wisp and Raindrop - Dir. by Baptiste Denuit, Johan Denis (Belgium) The Inconsolables - Dir. by Hugo Roblin (France) Dream Farm - Dir. by Bryce Mackie (USA) Unbinding Heart - Dir. by Sydney Toni Ferguson (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary Variations in Light and Shadows - Dir. by Roger Gallant (Canada) Critical Moments in Chinese Prophecies - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) Top 10 Chinese Prophecies - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) Taiwan's Future in 3500 Year Old Prophecy - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) FridgeTalk - Dir. by Sumin Kim (Korea) 2024 Taiwan Strait Confrontation in Prophecy - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Experimental Another You - Dir. by Theadora Shorrock Nedvins (USA) Illusions (The Prologue) - Dir. by Justin Alzamora (Canada) Five - Dir. by Scott David Petill (USA) Sounds of Silence - Dir. by Mark Kravchenko (Ukraine)
Nominees for Best Music Video Ain't So Hard - Dir. by Thomas G. Leary (USA) Standing Waves - Dir. by Nolan Stolz (USA) Magic Buzz - Dir. by Julia Müller (Germany) Happy Birthday - Dir. by Naya Filaou (Greece) Rise Above - Dir. by Aaron Jason Christiansen (New Zealand)
Nominees for Best One-Minute Film He May Be a Bernard, But He's No Saint - Dir. by Jeff Vande Zande (USA) Mommy Brain - Dir. by Luke Cheney (USA) Over 21's - Dir. by Donal O'Dea (Ireland) Intruder - Dir. by Martin Dominguez Ball (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural Exoplanet - Dir. by Corrado Menegatti (Italy) Darnell's Magic Book - Dir. by Antoine M. Dillard (USA) Smile, Barbara! - Dir. by Facundo Gómez (Uruguay)
Nominees for Best Student Film My Dog's Leg - Dir. by Ashton Polak (USA) Kenzo - Dir. by Calvin Serrao (UAE) She Knows - Dir. by Victor Gulley (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor Josh Whites - Dance With Me! (USA) Jeff Gallardo - Two In A Pack (USA) Simeon Dillard - Darnell's Magic Book (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress Haejin Jeong - The Play (Korea) Flore Babled - The Inconsolables (France) Pamela Brantley - She Knows (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast Cheat Fire - Dir. by Giansteve Linati (Belgium) Under Cover - Dir. by Guillaume Arnoulet (New Zealand) Bye Bye Hollywood - Dir. by Eloïse Monmirel (France)
Nominees for Best Cinematography Roger Gallant - Variations in Light and Shadows (Canada) Jared Jones - Under Cover (New Zealand) Lee Ruda - The Play (Korea)
Nominees for Best Writer Kevin Reeves - The Painter (Canada) Shihyun Wang - Filming for Dummies (Mexico) Donal O'Dea - Over 21's (Ireland)
Nominees for Best Director Shihyun Wang - Next Crisis in Tui Bei Tu (Taiwan) Sumin Kim - FridgeTalk (Korea) David Babasiev - Struggle (Armenia)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation The Seal Woman - Dir. by Rói Davidsen (Faroe Islands) A Short Journey - Dir. by Jordan McIntyre Lacroix (Canada) Four Word Play Away - Dir. by Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada The Safe House - Dir. by Sanket Joshi (Canada) Solo Duet: Who's On First - Dir. by Paul Michael Snider (Canada) Cinching Saddles - Dir. by Kevin Sengara, Aman Pannu (Canada) Numbers Men - Dir. by Emma L.R. Hogg (Canada) 2 Girls 1 Stick - DIr. by Scout Stolpmann (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy USA Salty Sirens - Dir. by Elena Rodriguez Stecca (USA) Tied Up! - Dir. by Liam Fineout (USA) The Scene - Director's Cut - Dir. by Connor Morley (USA) The Pinball Witch - Dir. by Nadia Cox (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary Canada In It For The Long Haul - Dir. by Gavin Stuart Taylor (Canada) Shorebirds - Dir. by Khushil Doshi, Emily Chae (Canada) There's No Place Like Home - Dir. by Pooja Sethi (Canada) Retrocity - Dir. by Jude Dauphin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary International The Untold DNA Stories - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) The Real Panama Canal Stories - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) First Fulfilled Prophecy in 2024 - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan) The DNA Stories - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Documentary USA Erik's Midwestern Boyhood - Dir. by Erik Dreng Jacobsen (USA) The Black Knight - Dir. by Chris Aronoff, Annmarie Aronoff (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama International Toxic - Dir. by Francis Frenkel (France) With Love L. - DIr. by Max Fritzsching, Chari Krause (Germany) A Grain of Sand - Dir. by Roland Földi (Hungary) Here, Before - Dir. by Adi B. Lowinger (Israel)
Nominees for Best Drama North America The Puppeteer - Dir. by Juan Francisco Calero (Canada) Blood Alone - Dir. by Brian Nestor (USA) Numbers Men - Dir. by Emma L.R. Hogg (Canada) Prince and Mermaid - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA) Mouse Man - Dir. by Michael Kontzamanis (Canada) Routine - Dir. by Timothy Richardson (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental Four Word Play Away - Dir. by Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer (USA) EndTro: The Impermanent Journey Through The Life of Death - Dir. by Merritt A. Robertson (USA) Why? - Dir. by Alexandre Garraoui, Yanis Garraoui (Switzerland) The Murine Colony - Dir. by Gary McArthur (USA)
Nominees for Best Horror Do Not Answer - Dir. by Kenzie J. Illnest (USA) AleX and The Ghost - Dir. by Joseph R. Davis, Brian Gerson (USA) Showpiece - Dir. by Mathew Ouzounis (Canada) Velours Rouge - Dir. by Frankie Bee Price, Thomas Joseph Pilling (UK) Trick? Or Treat? - Dir. by Mikey McManus (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Fatefully Undone - Dir. by Leon Clayton, Kayden Corbett (USA) Ladder Situation - Dir. by Jp Suliivan (Canada) Krampuss - Dir. by Guðni Líndal Benediktsson (Iceland) Beware: The Manhunter - Dir. by Daniel Duguay, Adam Benish (Canada) Till Death Bring Us Together - Dir. by George Nikolov (Bulgaria) Infidelity - Dir. by Nathan Shilaimon (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural The Gallowed - Dir. by Ryan Rajcoomar (Canada) Krampuss - Dir. by Guðni Líndal Benediktsson (Iceland) Fluid Light - Dir. by Grecia Azuara (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Student Film No Turning Back - Dir. by Itsuki Otuka (Japan) Lost in Memory - Dir. by Hindole H. Shihan (France) The Puppet Show - Dir. by Sam Pay (New Zealand) Draft Night - Dir. by Sajeev Bhagowtee, Victoria Bilinski (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker Natalie Turcotte - Never & Always (Canada) Sajeev Bhagowtee, Victoria Bilinski - Draft Night (Canada) Nathan Shilaimon - Infidelity (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor Nikolay Popov - Friends (Bulgaria) Ishtvan Nekrasov - Lost in Memory (France) Kevin Bradfield - The Safe House (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress Shruthi Nayak - Kay Sara Sara (Canada) Jasmine Marshall - After 8:46 (USA) Cassandre Rousseau - Toxic (France)
Nominees for Best Cast Open Wide - Dir. by Connor McLellan (Canada) The Campers - Dir. by Kevin Reeves (Canada) Why Hello - Dir. by Alvin Sloan (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography Roland Földi - A Grain of Sand (Hungary) Nathan Harris - Salty Sirens (USA) Emily Chae - Shorebirds (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer Ethan Gelao, Andrew Gelao - FOMO (Australia) Juan C. Ortiz - Dance Therapy (USA) Raphael Kichenama - Life : Mode 2.0 - VOST (France)
Nominees for Best Director Victor Gulley - Kimpact (USA) Bella Rinsky - Unlived Life (Cyprus) Shashone Lambert Short - After 8:46 (USA)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Drama 1/3 of The Story - Dir. by Mesgana Berhane (USA) Aphasic Dream - Dir. by Leo Rojas (Bolivia) Shoes - Dir. by Denise Rose (UK) Princess Love - Dir. by Chris Dabney (USA) Cancer - Dir. by Yunnian Han (China)
Nominees for Best Experimental Spaceboy (A Film in Seven Songs) - Dir. by Naomi Silver-Vézina (Canada) Masked Conspiracy - Dir. by Alasdair John Brian Richards (UK) The Stalker - Dir. by Emily Kathleen (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural Simulacrum - Dir. by Dhanush Paramesh (USA) Aphasic Dream - Dir. by Leo Rojas (Bolivia) Park Office - Dir. by Michael C. Siu (Australia) Existence - Dir. by Jérôme Jacob (France)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Blood Money - Dir. by Jesse Nadeau Telfer, Matthew Paul Henry Donkers (Canada) A Look in the Mirror - Dir. by Nichole Mclaughlin (USA) Three AM - Dir. by Jeff Wolverton (Canada) Unmasked - Dir. by Dimitris Galatas, Fragkiskos Arapai (Greece) Beach House - Dir. by Tariq Khan (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor Connor Neun - No Ordinary Blue (USA) Efrem Michael - Who is Right (Eritrea) Eric Roberts - Princess Love (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress Sofia Papadaki - Unmasked (Greece) Heaven Howard - Princess Love (USA) Kyoung-Min Choi - Your Voice (Korea)
Nominees for Best Cast The Test - Dir. by Alizay Rizwan (UAE) Beach House - Dir. by Tariq Khan (Canada) Three AM - Dir. by Jeff Wolverton (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography Jérémie Reuiller - MAMARUMI - A Chase of Liberty (France) Moon Ji-Man - Your Voice (Korea) Kwame Henry - 1/3 of The Story (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer Jeff Wolverton - Three AM (Canada) Filmon Kiros - Who is Right (Eritrea) Mesgana Berhane - 1/3 of The Story (USA)
Nominees for Best Director Jérémie Reuiller - MAMARUMI - A Chase of Liberty (France) Yun Do-Gyung - Your Voice (Korea) Mike Messier - Disregard the Vampire - A Mike Messier Documentary (USA)
45:01-120:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Feature Film Lulu in Turin - Dir. by Ian Charles Lister (Italy) Let's Talk About Love. Again - Dir. by Nhung Nguyen (USA) Paw Mama - Dir. by David Nicholas Reyes (USA) Within the Walls - Dir. by Andrew Jacob Brown (USA) The Liberation Men - Dir. by Terry Jansen (Canada) Hercules Recycled 2.0 - Dir. by Don Moriarty, Greg Alt (USA) 18. The Book of Job - Dir. by Daniel Widdowson (Australia)
Nominees for Best Actor Andrew Jacob Brown - Within the Walls (USA) Michael Ruhs - The Liberation Men (Canada) Ezekiel N. Drews - Happy Birthday (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress Kimberlee Watson - Paw Mama (USA) Camilla Armanini - Lulu in Turin (Italy) Giselle Morison - Triality (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast Kolahalam (The Commotion) - Dir. by Rasheed Parambil (Australia) Light of The Passing Train - Dir. by Grey Rich (USA) Happy Birthday - Dir. by Joseph A. Mauro, Ezekiel N. Drews (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography John Nyce - The Liberation Men (Canada) Alvin Sloan - The One That Got Away (USA) Tim Mason - 18. The Book of Job (Australia)
Nominees for Best Writer Ryan Gourley - Triality (Canada) Alvin Sloan - The One That Got Away (USA) Tina A.Wake - Love and Triangles (Australia)
Nominees for Best Director Chu Ching Hsu - The Girl in Cheongsam (Taiwan) Joseph A. Mauro, Ezekiel N. Drews - Happy Birthday (USA) Daniel Widdowson - 18. The Book of Job (Australia)
15-Second Story
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story Don't Ask, Hide - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA) Santa Mierda - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA) Se Me Fue La Mano - Dir. by Branden Luis Figarola, Camilo Romano (Uruguay) The Tooth Fairy: Deciduous - Dir. by Alan Watkins (USA) Backdoor Clown - Dir. by Alan Watkins (USA) Cornfield - Dir. by Alan Watkins (USA) Bloody Mary - Dir. by Alan Watkins (USA) Naughty or Nice - Dir. by Alan Watkins (USA) The Art of Mike Messier - Dir. by Mike Messier (USA)