Couch Film Festival
Winter 2025 Edition
BEST of the FESTIVAL (Judges' Favourites)
*These 8 films are the Judges' Favourites and was screened at our Dec 30 event*
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: The Set(up) dir Tunsayo Daniel Joda (Nigeria)
1st RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Guilty Pleasures dir Aidan Grossman, Abhinay Jakhar (Canada)
2nd RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Stay Awhile dir Jon Osei (Canada)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS for BEST FILM:
Two's a Party dir Coen Leung (Canada)
The Last Hand dir Laura Cusi, Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea (Canada)
Mirror dir Faith Montoya (Canada)
The Lone Angler dir Giselle Calderon (USA)
Pieces dir Maria Clara Sarem (Canada)
AUDIENCE CHOICE: The Set(up) dir Tunsayo Daniel Joda (Nigeria)
CATEGORY AWARD NOMINEES
*These titles have been privately screened by our judges and are awaiting final awards results*
1:00-5:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation International
Ouroboros dir Aaron Joaquin (UK)
Mission: WASH DISHES DON'T DIE dir Miki Sheoaka Flett (Australia)
Puppy Brand Breakfast dir Aimili Alifu, Ziyue Zhang (UK)
I Need Several Chairs in My Private Area dir Tianyu Ren (UK)
Nominees for Best Animation North America
The Story of Sugar dir Yoni Goodman (USA)
In Your Shadow dir Jakob Flores Figueroa (USA)
Bird's Nest (The Mourning Dove and the Cardinal) dir Leo Pickard (USA)
The Decline and Fall of Holly Dew and Walter Melon dir Lorin Morgan-Richards (USA)
Turkey Jerkies dir Sethward, Isaiah Ferguson (USA)
Nominees for Best Art Film
Grey Slips Through dir Rhea Girish Gadiyar (India)
Art Tunnels dir Robert David Duncan (Canada)
Degradation (Experiment 1) dir Carlos Trindade (Portugal)
Dark Circus dir Dee Hood (USA)
Interferences dir Robert Sirvent Tolsa (Spain)
Nominees for Best Comedy
An Unconventional Gingerbread House Guide dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Baking a Friendship dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Babies dir Mitchell Pohlmann (Canada)
Sugarcrash dir Eva Rose Young (USA)
Rugged Action Movie Hero dir Greg Tindale (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Shadows in The Dusk : Venetian Meditation dir Andrew Wakeman Proctor (USA)
Basketball dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
CL[y]MATICS dir Coletivo Madeirista (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Drama
Phil dir Ash Arnold (UK)
Soulmates dir Anaira (Slovenia)
Happy Alone Together dir Nataliya Trusova (Netherlands)
Herd of Cows dir Paige Larianova (New Zealand)
Barely Hanging On dir Mateen Manek, Shaan Ali Jessa (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Water dir Friedhelm Kapteina (Italy)
When the Bell Rings dir Benjamin Lindén, Sabina Renck (Sweden)
What Wine Owes to the Night dir Mathieu Blanchart (Belgium)
The Passing dir Sean Boyle, Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
Tenderness dir Elisabet Mabres (Spain)
Modena Balsamic Genius dir Carlo Guttadauro (Italy)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Is Every Republic Constructed on Flat Earth? dir Clint Sleeper (USA)
Reflections in Spring dir Zackary Focker (Canada)
LongGone dir Ivica Podnar (Canada)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Conversations dir Corey Gaal (Canada)
Are We Alone? dir Shihyun Wang (USA)
CL[y]MATICS dir Coletivo Madeirista (Brazil)
Unmuted dir Shelley Pack (USA)
Hold My Hand Tight dir Lazarus Gerofotis (Greece)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
Mantis Te Vidit dirNicolò Tonani (Italy)
Mirror dir Marco Antonacci (Italy)
Red Ink dir Aaron Demski (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
The Lamp dir Alecks Ambayec, Arun Aadhitya Ramamurthy (Canada)
The Afterparty dir Andrew Beall (USA)
Tumor dir John Maslowski (USA)
Anything for my Princess dir Chandra Chan (Canada)
Nominees for Best Original Story
The Ancient Time Piece dir Justin Walker, Islien Walker (UK)
Lachrymose dir Aras Petrasiunas (Australia)
Chad's Notes dir Leonidas Stanescu (Singapore)
Ex·tir·pate dir Krystle Ann Griffin (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Oob: The Last Cyclops dir Emily-Anne Fraser (Canada)
Strange Orbits dir Clayton Flagg (Canada)
Dancing With The Red Death dir Joshua De Rango (Canada)
Don't Answer the Door: A Goldfinch Man Short dir Joshua Ortiz (USA)
The Adventures of Ohee: Curse of the Warlock's Eye dir Matthew Mason
Nominees for Best Student Film
Once Loved dir Colin David McCorquodale (USA)
The Closet Crawler dir Kayla Cache, Skylah Campbell (New Zealand)
Make Love, Not Football dir Karter Xu (USA)
Bunny & Cat dir Niamh Flynn (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Rebecca Rose - Off With Her Head (USA)
Nicole Ribatski Baldan - A Record (Canada)
Christian Meyer, Anne Schiekel - Agatha (Germany)
Victor Guo - Tears of Despair (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Joshua Ortiz - Don't Answer the Door: A Goldfinch Man Short (USA)
Mehdi Ali Kermally - Barely Hanging On (Canada)
Jim Phu - Anything for My Princess (Canada)
Andrew Beall - The Afterparty (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Samantha Wyatt Smith - Strange Orbits (Canada)
Marina Engel - A Record (Canada)
Joanna Bishop - Herd of Cows (New Zealand)
Arianna Kob - Modena Balsamic Genius (Italy)
Nominees for Best Cast
Problems dir Lar Collicott (Canada)
Brother Husbands dir Kelly Peterson
My Precious dir Izzy Eggers (New Zealand)
Am I Pretty? dir Matheus Almeida (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Josh Andersen - Family Trust (USA)
Daniel Miller - Familiar Yet Unknown (Israel)
Giorgia Fantozzi - Skill (Italy)
Hakan Besim - Red Ink (UK)
Nominees for Best Writer
Pat Benincasa - Friction Not Fiction (USA)
Josh Gulban - The Morning Groove
Ewa Sobiczewska, Eyal Alfandary - Family Trust (USA)
Sean Boyle - The Passing (Ireland)
Nominees for Best Director
Donal O'Dea - Them (Ireland)
Mitchell Pohlmann - Babies (Canada)
Ella Mosseri - Familiar Yet Unknown (Israel)
Nicolò Tonani - Mantis Te Vidit (Italy)
5:01-20:01 MINUTES
Nominees for Best Action
The Shadow Within dir Dannish Bhatti (Canada)
Ruins Ignite dir Tomas Pollen Stavik (Norway)
Zero Tolerance dir Ahmed Kedie (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Mouchenitouche dir Alexandra Kurt (Luxembourg)
Dynamics dir Teo Baehler (Netherlands)
Big Red dir James Pyle (UK)
To Have and To Hold dWinners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
The Shadow Within dir Dannish Bhatti (Canada)
Ruins Ignite dir Tomas Pollen Stavik (Norway)
Zero Tolerance dir Ahmed Kedie (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Mouchenitouche dir Alexandra Kurt (Luxembourg)
Dynamics dir Teo Baehler (Netherlands)
Big Red dir James Pyle (UK)
To Have and To Hold dir Julianne Martin (USA)
Ana Fein W Geit Menein dir Malak Khaled, Rana Saleh (Egypt, UAE)
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
Esports Legend dir Jacob Lacate (Canada)
Remember When dir Adam Edward Milne (Canada)
Trails dir Henry Hagens (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy USA
Surface Obsidian dir Jason Alan Rodriguez (USA)
The Unemployables dir Mikaela Martin, Annabel Stuart (USA)
Square C dir Gracie Wrigley-Walsh, Ryan Keeler, Paisley Silveira (USA)
Spook Gallery: Redux dir Christina Barton, Parker Barton, Chase Bell, Nolan Schmidt (USA)
Limson dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Nominees for Best Dark Comedy
Magnet Brain dir Kurt St. Thomas (USA)
Scapegoats dir Josh Evoy (Canada)
Control Freak dir Andrew Silver (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
The Picture Of Mikey Kratzer dir Dan King (UK)
Masked dir Lucas Swangard (Canada)
Roads Between Us dir Matthew Donkers (Canada)
Brampton Batman dir Akshay Jagroop (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Mental Hellth dir Anaira, Ana Roza Cimperman (Slovenia)
Holding Echoes dir Carlos Antonio Rios Morales (UK)
The Mark dir Gabriel Corneanu, Tudor Voican (UK)
Euthanasia dir Taras Kusherskyi (Ukraine)
Nothing to Lose dir Erifili Davis (Australia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
My Dear Departed Johnny dir Paul Ciancone (Canada)
Phases dir Kainat Javed (Canada)
Portal dir Alan Calderon-Villarreal (Mexico)
Little Red dir Matthew Timotin (Canada)
The French Course dir Asadollah Gholamali (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental
Looking for Inspiration dir Michał Kucharski (Poland)
Don't Look dir Elisabet Mabres (Spain)
Path dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
Eamonn’s Lap dir Simon Laird McConachy (Australia)
Nominees for Best Horror
Shifter dir Brandon Richard Hobson (UK)
Stalker dir Nathan Shilaimon (USA)
Nutmeg the Evil Elf dir Max Steele (USA)
Susuritai dir Johnny Yong Bosch (USA)
The Purity of Wrath dir Hakan Besim (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
In-Between dir David Roca (France)
Invaded dir Vladimir Batista (Panama)
The Devil's Kiss dir Susanna Prummer (Austria)
When We Die Again dir Mudassar Mazhar Khan (India)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
Fractured Acts dir Yeimy Daza (Canada)
Venatio dir Marcio Moreno (Canada)
Dread dir Alexander Kyriacou (Canada)
Nasara dir Mitchell Verigin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Original Story
A Sunrise Run dir Alijah-Paul Leiper (Canada)
Dimsdale Homeowners Association dir Izzy Eggers (New Zealand)
Sara dir Ariana Andrade Castro (Peru)
C.U.P.I.D. dir Ravi Rekhi (Canada)
Luteal dir Robert Morrison (Canada)
Nominees for Best Romance
The Proposal dir César Camán (Canada)
It's You & It's Me dir Mathew Bittroff (Canada)
Remords dir Craig E. (USA)
Two Minds dir Hunter Haubert (USA)
Your Choice dir Christos Blichas (Greece)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
2042 dir Alessio di Lallo (Italy)
Mary Reborn dir Gus Eid (USA)
Echoes and Ashes dir Camilo Caballero Bastidas (Spain)
Palinode dir Massimo Russo (Canada)
Unsync dir Oren Cohen (Israel)
Nominees for Best Student Film
An Anatomy of Grief dir Anthony Joseph Spatafora (Canada)
Josephine dir Wayne Tunks (Australia)
Original Sin dir Sina Ahmadi (Turkey)
The Psychic Arts Academy dir Kayla Cache, Cohen Murphy, Dawn Glover (New Zealand)
The Chief dir Ksenia Chetvergova (Russia)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Angelo Vapellari, Nicolas Pastergue - The Silence of the World (France)
German A. Escalona - Rooster Road (USA)
Mohammad Reza Shateri - Metaverse (Iran)
Carter Lind - Places in 5! (Canada)
Adam Whitaker, Jared James - Blight (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Lucas Kersey - Scapegoats (Canada)
Steve Kasan - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Kitu Turcas - The Hollow Rabbit (Canada)
Benn Bryant - Nothing to Lose (Australia)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sonya Richards - Drowned (USA)
Saanvi Narang - Places in 5! (Canada)
Ilyana Marttila - The Six Stages (Canada)
Selena Goosney - Scapegoats Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
What? You Guys Look Sorta Similar dir Devon Martinez, Manny Obi (Canada)
Bikelash dir Adam Stevenson (Canada)
Shifter dir Brandon Richard Hobson (UK)
Me We dir Hooman Atiyabi (Iran)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Piotr Skowronski - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Morteza Ghafouri - Me We (Iran)
Giovanni Andreotta, Davide Callegari, Gioele Silvestre - Instruction: Required (Italy)
Josue Alvarez, Joseph Yakob, Jacob Yakob - Stalker (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Ryan Nunes, Julien Pedro - Drowned (USA)
Erifili Davis - Nothing to Lose (Australia)
Aleks Spurmanis, Dannielle James, Durga Raju Myakala - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Oren Cohen - Unsync (Israel)
Nominees for Best Director
Dopé Penielle AD - Trapped (Canada)
Gabriel Corneanu, Tudor Voican - The Mark (UK)
Dan King - The Picture Of Mikey Kratzer (UK)
Malak Khaled, Rana Saleh - Ana Fein W Geit Menein (Egypt, UAE)
20:01-45:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Film
Fucked! dir Rune Asak (Denmark)
Sail to the Moon dir Josh Grundy (Canada)
Bombs Away! dir Daniel Kenneth Houston, Arron Gourley (UK)
Nominees for Best Comedy
CCC: Conflicted Cuties of Color dir Roman Sanchez, Mikayla Stanley (USA)
Lil Detectives: A Dish Best Served Cold dir Chad Repko (USA)
An Unwelcome Guest dir Joy Villa (USA)
The Quest For The Golden Dragon dir Tom Whiteley (UK)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Three Women, One Path dir Antonio Alonso (Spain)
Letter to an Artist dir Isaac Saga (USA)
Budapest Cops dir Árpád Vikárius (Hungary)
Nominees for Best Drama
Keloid One dir Patrick Anthony Hollis (UK)
Tears of Silence dir Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Evening Class dir Michael Clark Haney (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Tamasah Tejah dir Kaushik Trilok Dhopeshwarkar (India)
Caged dir Ivan Timofeev (Canada)
Lil Detectives: A Dish Best Served Cold dir Chad Repko (USA)
Tears of Silence dir Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Nominees for Best Actor
Aditya Sanjay Paunikar - Adrishya (India)
Yann Andrieu - Tears of Silence (France)
Claes Cem Constantine - Fucked! (Denmark)
Nominees for Best Actress
Naomi Barbagallo - Golio Corvo (Italy)
Joy Villa - An Unwelcome Guest(USA)
Mariangela Pino - Evening Class (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Escape G.O.A.T.s dir Scott Rollins (USA)
Three Women, One Path dir Antonio Alonso (Spain)
Sail to the Moon dir Josh Grundy (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Francesco Altomare - Golio Corvo (Italy)
Matthew Burchfield - The Escape G.O.A.T.s (USA)
Jorge Torrego, Fernando Ávila - Three Women, One Path (Spain)
Nominees for Best Writer
Vishal Madhukar Paunikar - Adrishya (India)
Mr. Bouhaïk - Tears of Silence (France)
Rune Asak - Fucked! (Denmark)
Nominees for Best Director
Tom Whiteley - The Quest For The Golden Dragon (UK)
Scott Rollins - The Escape G.O.A.T.s (USA)
Árpád Vikárius - Budapest Cops (Hungary)
45:01-120:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary Feature Film
A Knighter's Tale dir Barney Edwards (Ireland)
From the Steppes to the Heavenly Peaks. The First Kazakh Woman Goes to Everest! dir Gibrat Bakayev (Kazakhstan)
Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit dir François Damilano (France)
If An Owl Calls Your Name dir Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo (USA)
The Taste Of Nature Ⅱ dir Tateyuki Adachi (Japan)
Nominees for Best Narrative Feature Film
D*CKS dir Stu Gamble (Hungary)
Break Up dir Johan Salberg (Sweden)
Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Chindi Pakad dir Prasenjit Chakraborty (India)
Dreamin' Chitose dir Onodera (Japan)
Nominees for Best Actor
Max Rüdlinger - Plüss – One Awakens to Live, Another to Die For (Switzerland)
Yuto Nakayama - The Gambler & The Vengeful dir Toshihiko Matsuo (Japan)
William A. Rugama - Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Leah Emma - The Ballad of Lucy Sands - Episode 1 (UK)
Rebi Paganini - Don't Look In The Dark (USA)
Amanda Jalmberger - Break Up (Sweden)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Gambler & The Vengeful dir Toshihiko Matsuo (Japan)
Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Chindi Pakad dir Prasenjit Chakraborty (India)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Martin Albisetti - Plüss – One Awakens to Live, Another to Die For (Switzerland)
Andrew Brooke - A Knighter's Tale (Ireland)
François Damilano, Ulysse Lefebvre - Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit (France)
Nominees for Best Writer
Stephen Baldwin - The Ballad of Lucy Sands - Episode 1 (UK)
Toshihiko Matsuo - The Gambler & The Vengeful (Japan)
Prasenjit Chakraborty - Chindi Pakad (India)
Nominees for Best Director
Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo - If An Owl Calls Your Name (USA)
Gibrat Bakayev - From the Steppes to the Heavenly Peaks. The First Kazakh Woman Goes to Everest! (Kazakhstan)
Stu Gamble - D*CKS (Hungary)
15-Second Story
Best 15-Second Story: Fly dir Trevor ‘ACE' Hardy (UK)
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
The Watcher dir Scott Terry (USA)
If Babies Could Talk dir Scott Terry (USA)
To Santa dir Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Open Your Mind dir Surapong Wetsuwanmanee (Thailand)
Princess Deokon dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
Sara Heist dir Vincenzo De Sio (USA)
Winter 2025 Edition
BEST of the FESTIVAL (Judges' Favourites)
*These 8 films are the Judges' Favourites and was screened at our Dec 30 event*
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: The Set(up) dir Tunsayo Daniel Joda (Nigeria)
1st RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Guilty Pleasures dir Aidan Grossman, Abhinay Jakhar (Canada)
2nd RUNNER UP for BEST FILM: Stay Awhile dir Jon Osei (Canada)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS for BEST FILM:
Two's a Party dir Coen Leung (Canada)
The Last Hand dir Laura Cusi, Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea (Canada)
Mirror dir Faith Montoya (Canada)
The Lone Angler dir Giselle Calderon (USA)
Pieces dir Maria Clara Sarem (Canada)
AUDIENCE CHOICE: The Set(up) dir Tunsayo Daniel Joda (Nigeria)
CATEGORY AWARD NOMINEES
*These titles have been privately screened by our judges and are awaiting final awards results*
1:00-5:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation International
Ouroboros dir Aaron Joaquin (UK)
Mission: WASH DISHES DON'T DIE dir Miki Sheoaka Flett (Australia)
Puppy Brand Breakfast dir Aimili Alifu, Ziyue Zhang (UK)
I Need Several Chairs in My Private Area dir Tianyu Ren (UK)
Nominees for Best Animation North America
The Story of Sugar dir Yoni Goodman (USA)
In Your Shadow dir Jakob Flores Figueroa (USA)
Bird's Nest (The Mourning Dove and the Cardinal) dir Leo Pickard (USA)
The Decline and Fall of Holly Dew and Walter Melon dir Lorin Morgan-Richards (USA)
Turkey Jerkies dir Sethward, Isaiah Ferguson (USA)
Nominees for Best Art Film
Grey Slips Through dir Rhea Girish Gadiyar (India)
Art Tunnels dir Robert David Duncan (Canada)
Degradation (Experiment 1) dir Carlos Trindade (Portugal)
Dark Circus dir Dee Hood (USA)
Interferences dir Robert Sirvent Tolsa (Spain)
Nominees for Best Comedy
An Unconventional Gingerbread House Guide dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Baking a Friendship dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Babies dir Mitchell Pohlmann (Canada)
Sugarcrash dir Eva Rose Young (USA)
Rugged Action Movie Hero dir Greg Tindale (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Shadows in The Dusk : Venetian Meditation dir Andrew Wakeman Proctor (USA)
Basketball dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
CL[y]MATICS dir Coletivo Madeirista (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Drama
Phil dir Ash Arnold (UK)
Soulmates dir Anaira (Slovenia)
Happy Alone Together dir Nataliya Trusova (Netherlands)
Herd of Cows dir Paige Larianova (New Zealand)
Barely Hanging On dir Mateen Manek, Shaan Ali Jessa (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Water dir Friedhelm Kapteina (Italy)
When the Bell Rings dir Benjamin Lindén, Sabina Renck (Sweden)
What Wine Owes to the Night dir Mathieu Blanchart (Belgium)
The Passing dir Sean Boyle, Donal O'Dea (Ireland)
Tenderness dir Elisabet Mabres (Spain)
Modena Balsamic Genius dir Carlo Guttadauro (Italy)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Is Every Republic Constructed on Flat Earth? dir Clint Sleeper (USA)
Reflections in Spring dir Zackary Focker (Canada)
LongGone dir Ivica Podnar (Canada)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Conversations dir Corey Gaal (Canada)
Are We Alone? dir Shihyun Wang (USA)
CL[y]MATICS dir Coletivo Madeirista (Brazil)
Unmuted dir Shelley Pack (USA)
Hold My Hand Tight dir Lazarus Gerofotis (Greece)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
Mantis Te Vidit dirNicolò Tonani (Italy)
Mirror dir Marco Antonacci (Italy)
Red Ink dir Aaron Demski (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
The Lamp dir Alecks Ambayec, Arun Aadhitya Ramamurthy (Canada)
The Afterparty dir Andrew Beall (USA)
Tumor dir John Maslowski (USA)
Anything for my Princess dir Chandra Chan (Canada)
Nominees for Best Original Story
The Ancient Time Piece dir Justin Walker, Islien Walker (UK)
Lachrymose dir Aras Petrasiunas (Australia)
Chad's Notes dir Leonidas Stanescu (Singapore)
Ex·tir·pate dir Krystle Ann Griffin (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Oob: The Last Cyclops dir Emily-Anne Fraser (Canada)
Strange Orbits dir Clayton Flagg (Canada)
Dancing With The Red Death dir Joshua De Rango (Canada)
Don't Answer the Door: A Goldfinch Man Short dir Joshua Ortiz (USA)
The Adventures of Ohee: Curse of the Warlock's Eye dir Matthew Mason
Nominees for Best Student Film
Once Loved dir Colin David McCorquodale (USA)
The Closet Crawler dir Kayla Cache, Skylah Campbell (New Zealand)
Make Love, Not Football dir Karter Xu (USA)
Bunny & Cat dir Niamh Flynn (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Rebecca Rose - Off With Her Head (USA)
Nicole Ribatski Baldan - A Record (Canada)
Christian Meyer, Anne Schiekel - Agatha (Germany)
Victor Guo - Tears of Despair (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Joshua Ortiz - Don't Answer the Door: A Goldfinch Man Short (USA)
Mehdi Ali Kermally - Barely Hanging On (Canada)
Jim Phu - Anything for My Princess (Canada)
Andrew Beall - The Afterparty (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Samantha Wyatt Smith - Strange Orbits (Canada)
Marina Engel - A Record (Canada)
Joanna Bishop - Herd of Cows (New Zealand)
Arianna Kob - Modena Balsamic Genius (Italy)
Nominees for Best Cast
Problems dir Lar Collicott (Canada)
Brother Husbands dir Kelly Peterson
My Precious dir Izzy Eggers (New Zealand)
Am I Pretty? dir Matheus Almeida (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Josh Andersen - Family Trust (USA)
Daniel Miller - Familiar Yet Unknown (Israel)
Giorgia Fantozzi - Skill (Italy)
Hakan Besim - Red Ink (UK)
Nominees for Best Writer
Pat Benincasa - Friction Not Fiction (USA)
Josh Gulban - The Morning Groove
Ewa Sobiczewska, Eyal Alfandary - Family Trust (USA)
Sean Boyle - The Passing (Ireland)
Nominees for Best Director
Donal O'Dea - Them (Ireland)
Mitchell Pohlmann - Babies (Canada)
Ella Mosseri - Familiar Yet Unknown (Israel)
Nicolò Tonani - Mantis Te Vidit (Italy)
5:01-20:01 MINUTES
Nominees for Best Action
The Shadow Within dir Dannish Bhatti (Canada)
Ruins Ignite dir Tomas Pollen Stavik (Norway)
Zero Tolerance dir Ahmed Kedie (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Mouchenitouche dir Alexandra Kurt (Luxembourg)
Dynamics dir Teo Baehler (Netherlands)
Big Red dir James Pyle (UK)
To Have and To Hold dWinners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
The Shadow Within dir Dannish Bhatti (Canada)
Ruins Ignite dir Tomas Pollen Stavik (Norway)
Zero Tolerance dir Ahmed Kedie (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Mouchenitouche dir Alexandra Kurt (Luxembourg)
Dynamics dir Teo Baehler (Netherlands)
Big Red dir James Pyle (UK)
To Have and To Hold dir Julianne Martin (USA)
Ana Fein W Geit Menein dir Malak Khaled, Rana Saleh (Egypt, UAE)
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
Esports Legend dir Jacob Lacate (Canada)
Remember When dir Adam Edward Milne (Canada)
Trails dir Henry Hagens (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy USA
Surface Obsidian dir Jason Alan Rodriguez (USA)
The Unemployables dir Mikaela Martin, Annabel Stuart (USA)
Square C dir Gracie Wrigley-Walsh, Ryan Keeler, Paisley Silveira (USA)
Spook Gallery: Redux dir Christina Barton, Parker Barton, Chase Bell, Nolan Schmidt (USA)
Limson dir Isaias Zai Gallardo (USA)
Nominees for Best Dark Comedy
Magnet Brain dir Kurt St. Thomas (USA)
Scapegoats dir Josh Evoy (Canada)
Control Freak dir Andrew Silver (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
The Picture Of Mikey Kratzer dir Dan King (UK)
Masked dir Lucas Swangard (Canada)
Roads Between Us dir Matthew Donkers (Canada)
Brampton Batman dir Akshay Jagroop (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Mental Hellth dir Anaira, Ana Roza Cimperman (Slovenia)
Holding Echoes dir Carlos Antonio Rios Morales (UK)
The Mark dir Gabriel Corneanu, Tudor Voican (UK)
Euthanasia dir Taras Kusherskyi (Ukraine)
Nothing to Lose dir Erifili Davis (Australia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
My Dear Departed Johnny dir Paul Ciancone (Canada)
Phases dir Kainat Javed (Canada)
Portal dir Alan Calderon-Villarreal (Mexico)
Little Red dir Matthew Timotin (Canada)
The French Course dir Asadollah Gholamali (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental
Looking for Inspiration dir Michał Kucharski (Poland)
Don't Look dir Elisabet Mabres (Spain)
Path dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
Eamonn’s Lap dir Simon Laird McConachy (Australia)
Nominees for Best Horror
Shifter dir Brandon Richard Hobson (UK)
Stalker dir Nathan Shilaimon (USA)
Nutmeg the Evil Elf dir Max Steele (USA)
Susuritai dir Johnny Yong Bosch (USA)
The Purity of Wrath dir Hakan Besim (UK)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
In-Between dir David Roca (France)
Invaded dir Vladimir Batista (Panama)
The Devil's Kiss dir Susanna Prummer (Austria)
When We Die Again dir Mudassar Mazhar Khan (India)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
Fractured Acts dir Yeimy Daza (Canada)
Venatio dir Marcio Moreno (Canada)
Dread dir Alexander Kyriacou (Canada)
Nasara dir Mitchell Verigin (Canada)
Nominees for Best Original Story
A Sunrise Run dir Alijah-Paul Leiper (Canada)
Dimsdale Homeowners Association dir Izzy Eggers (New Zealand)
Sara dir Ariana Andrade Castro (Peru)
C.U.P.I.D. dir Ravi Rekhi (Canada)
Luteal dir Robert Morrison (Canada)
Nominees for Best Romance
The Proposal dir César Camán (Canada)
It's You & It's Me dir Mathew Bittroff (Canada)
Remords dir Craig E. (USA)
Two Minds dir Hunter Haubert (USA)
Your Choice dir Christos Blichas (Greece)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
2042 dir Alessio di Lallo (Italy)
Mary Reborn dir Gus Eid (USA)
Echoes and Ashes dir Camilo Caballero Bastidas (Spain)
Palinode dir Massimo Russo (Canada)
Unsync dir Oren Cohen (Israel)
Nominees for Best Student Film
An Anatomy of Grief dir Anthony Joseph Spatafora (Canada)
Josephine dir Wayne Tunks (Australia)
Original Sin dir Sina Ahmadi (Turkey)
The Psychic Arts Academy dir Kayla Cache, Cohen Murphy, Dawn Glover (New Zealand)
The Chief dir Ksenia Chetvergova (Russia)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Angelo Vapellari, Nicolas Pastergue - The Silence of the World (France)
German A. Escalona - Rooster Road (USA)
Mohammad Reza Shateri - Metaverse (Iran)
Carter Lind - Places in 5! (Canada)
Adam Whitaker, Jared James - Blight (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Lucas Kersey - Scapegoats (Canada)
Steve Kasan - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Kitu Turcas - The Hollow Rabbit (Canada)
Benn Bryant - Nothing to Lose (Australia)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sonya Richards - Drowned (USA)
Saanvi Narang - Places in 5! (Canada)
Ilyana Marttila - The Six Stages (Canada)
Selena Goosney - Scapegoats Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
What? You Guys Look Sorta Similar dir Devon Martinez, Manny Obi (Canada)
Bikelash dir Adam Stevenson (Canada)
Shifter dir Brandon Richard Hobson (UK)
Me We dir Hooman Atiyabi (Iran)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Piotr Skowronski - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Morteza Ghafouri - Me We (Iran)
Giovanni Andreotta, Davide Callegari, Gioele Silvestre - Instruction: Required (Italy)
Josue Alvarez, Joseph Yakob, Jacob Yakob - Stalker (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Ryan Nunes, Julien Pedro - Drowned (USA)
Erifili Davis - Nothing to Lose (Australia)
Aleks Spurmanis, Dannielle James, Durga Raju Myakala - Eshana's Trial (Canada)
Oren Cohen - Unsync (Israel)
Nominees for Best Director
Dopé Penielle AD - Trapped (Canada)
Gabriel Corneanu, Tudor Voican - The Mark (UK)
Dan King - The Picture Of Mikey Kratzer (UK)
Malak Khaled, Rana Saleh - Ana Fein W Geit Menein (Egypt, UAE)
20:01-45:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Film
Fucked! dir Rune Asak (Denmark)
Sail to the Moon dir Josh Grundy (Canada)
Bombs Away! dir Daniel Kenneth Houston, Arron Gourley (UK)
Nominees for Best Comedy
CCC: Conflicted Cuties of Color dir Roman Sanchez, Mikayla Stanley (USA)
Lil Detectives: A Dish Best Served Cold dir Chad Repko (USA)
An Unwelcome Guest dir Joy Villa (USA)
The Quest For The Golden Dragon dir Tom Whiteley (UK)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Three Women, One Path dir Antonio Alonso (Spain)
Letter to an Artist dir Isaac Saga (USA)
Budapest Cops dir Árpád Vikárius (Hungary)
Nominees for Best Drama
Keloid One dir Patrick Anthony Hollis (UK)
Tears of Silence dir Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Evening Class dir Michael Clark Haney (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Tamasah Tejah dir Kaushik Trilok Dhopeshwarkar (India)
Caged dir Ivan Timofeev (Canada)
Lil Detectives: A Dish Best Served Cold dir Chad Repko (USA)
Tears of Silence dir Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Nominees for Best Actor
Aditya Sanjay Paunikar - Adrishya (India)
Yann Andrieu - Tears of Silence (France)
Claes Cem Constantine - Fucked! (Denmark)
Nominees for Best Actress
Naomi Barbagallo - Golio Corvo (Italy)
Joy Villa - An Unwelcome Guest(USA)
Mariangela Pino - Evening Class (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Escape G.O.A.T.s dir Scott Rollins (USA)
Three Women, One Path dir Antonio Alonso (Spain)
Sail to the Moon dir Josh Grundy (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Francesco Altomare - Golio Corvo (Italy)
Matthew Burchfield - The Escape G.O.A.T.s (USA)
Jorge Torrego, Fernando Ávila - Three Women, One Path (Spain)
Nominees for Best Writer
Vishal Madhukar Paunikar - Adrishya (India)
Mr. Bouhaïk - Tears of Silence (France)
Rune Asak - Fucked! (Denmark)
Nominees for Best Director
Tom Whiteley - The Quest For The Golden Dragon (UK)
Scott Rollins - The Escape G.O.A.T.s (USA)
Árpád Vikárius - Budapest Cops (Hungary)
45:01-120:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Documentary Feature Film
A Knighter's Tale dir Barney Edwards (Ireland)
From the Steppes to the Heavenly Peaks. The First Kazakh Woman Goes to Everest! dir Gibrat Bakayev (Kazakhstan)
Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit dir François Damilano (France)
If An Owl Calls Your Name dir Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo (USA)
The Taste Of Nature Ⅱ dir Tateyuki Adachi (Japan)
Nominees for Best Narrative Feature Film
D*CKS dir Stu Gamble (Hungary)
Break Up dir Johan Salberg (Sweden)
Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Chindi Pakad dir Prasenjit Chakraborty (India)
Dreamin' Chitose dir Onodera (Japan)
Nominees for Best Actor
Max Rüdlinger - Plüss – One Awakens to Live, Another to Die For (Switzerland)
Yuto Nakayama - The Gambler & The Vengeful dir Toshihiko Matsuo (Japan)
William A. Rugama - Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Leah Emma - The Ballad of Lucy Sands - Episode 1 (UK)
Rebi Paganini - Don't Look In The Dark (USA)
Amanda Jalmberger - Break Up (Sweden)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Gambler & The Vengeful dir Toshihiko Matsuo (Japan)
Eyes Wide Open dir William A. Rugama (Canada)
Chindi Pakad dir Prasenjit Chakraborty (India)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Martin Albisetti - Plüss – One Awakens to Live, Another to Die For (Switzerland)
Andrew Brooke - A Knighter's Tale (Ireland)
François Damilano, Ulysse Lefebvre - Sophie Lavaud - The Final Summit (France)
Nominees for Best Writer
Stephen Baldwin - The Ballad of Lucy Sands - Episode 1 (UK)
Toshihiko Matsuo - The Gambler & The Vengeful (Japan)
Prasenjit Chakraborty - Chindi Pakad (India)
Nominees for Best Director
Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo - If An Owl Calls Your Name (USA)
Gibrat Bakayev - From the Steppes to the Heavenly Peaks. The First Kazakh Woman Goes to Everest! (Kazakhstan)
Stu Gamble - D*CKS (Hungary)
15-Second Story
Best 15-Second Story: Fly dir Trevor ‘ACE' Hardy (UK)
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
The Watcher dir Scott Terry (USA)
If Babies Could Talk dir Scott Terry (USA)
To Santa dir Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Open Your Mind dir Surapong Wetsuwanmanee (Thailand)
Princess Deokon dir Danielle Park (South Korea)
Sara Heist dir Vincenzo De Sio (USA)
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