Couch Film Festival
Fall 2025 Edition
BEST of the FESTIVAL (Judges' Favourites)
These were the titles screened on Sept 30
Best Film of the Festival: Village Mart dir Maria Zvezdina, Canada
1st Runner Up for Best Film: A.A - The Alex & Ariel Story dir Richesse Kabongo, Canada
2nd Runner Up for Best Film: Snow Dog dir Christina Park, Marisol Salazar Montoya, USA
Honourable Mentions:
Planet Fitness dir Casey Schwarzschild, USA
The Bad Crow dir Busra Sena Gazioglu, USA
The End dir Liv Berkowitz, Molly Cole, Canada
My Fighter dir Thomas Murgatroyd, Canada
Cuddle Buddies dir Mira Gunwant del Prado, Canada
Audience Choice Award: The End dir Liv Berkowitz, Molly Cole, Canada
CATEGORY AWARD NOMINEES
1:00-5:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Dream Killer dir Dimitri Kanjuka, Czech Republic
The Beardfight dir Dimitri Kanjuka, Czech Republic
Sea of Lightning dir Jin Guo, USA
Hotel L'infini dir May (Hsi-Chen) Lee, Lindsay Browne, USA
Nominees for Best Adventure
Soarin' Heights dir Jack Haris, USA
The Mooning dir Mason Klesch, Vivian Osness, USA
Rock dir Shania Zhou, Julia Edwards, USA
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
Animato Anthropomorphica, the Business of Cats and Dogs dir Mike Valiquette, Canada
Flow dir Laila Blue, Canada
Single Use dir Ashley Johnsgaard, Canada
Cosmicat dir Hyeonji Oh, Canada
Nominees for Best Animation International
Entry Test dir Zhang Yaxuan, China
Bruno's Wings dir Nano Bor, Argentina
A Paper Coffee Cup Story dir Igor Gusev, Russia
The Last Memory dir Nathan Chamberlin, Lili Dropt, Pablo Vautour, Marion Zucconi, France
The Feral Bird dir Maxime Le Toullec, France
Nominees for Best Animation USA
What If? dir Bradley Bothwell, USA
Turduck-In dir Sydney Christensen, USA
Express Photo dir Dashun Zhou, Kiki Jiang, USA
Music of Love dir Melissa Glasscock, USA
What We Imagined dir Shubhavi Arya, USA
Nominees for Best Art Film
The Caterwoman - The Movie dir Signe Søjberg Højlt, Denmark
Home dir Grant Hunter, UK
Sculptural Fabrications dir Ebba Jahn, Dwayne Jahn, Germany
Torn dir Anna Gawriltschuk, Germany
Envisioning dir Tian Yuan Zheng, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy International
The Cent dir Marc Pejó Forés, Spain
The Modern Woman dir Madeline Watkins, Spain
Spooky Scotland: Slains Castle dir Uisdean Murray, UK
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Sepurration dir Greg Tindale, Austin Boggs, USA
Stakeout Siblings dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Sum Guy Goes to a Party dir Ian Johnston, Canada
Breathe dir Mikaela Duffy, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Waterlogged dir Kent Lloyd, USA
Sheepskin dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Medieval Maze dir Nina Romain, UK
Becoming Forensics dir Dana Liu, Canada
Nominees for Best Drama
Pinky Promise dir Megan Gray, Canada
Broken dir Jannah Yasser Aly, Egypt
True Harmony Cleaning dir Konrad Kultys, UK
Brownie dir Chantal Imerti, USA
Nominees for Best Experimental Canada
Fast Fwd dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Invoca dir Basile Buisson, Canada
Birth dir Harman Saini, Canada
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Identity dir Andy Winward, UK
Vigilante dir Nicholas Grant, UK
Creep dir Rob Winward, UK
Shadows Before Dawn dir Rob Winward, UK
Nominees for Best Experimental USA
Spatial Neglect dir Jacob Anthony Benedetti, USA
I'm Sorry Frankie dir Tatiana Charlise Dominguez, USA
Migraine dir John Maslowski, USA
No Discharge in the War dir John Maslowski, USA
Nominees for Best Horror
The Other dir Cyril Emmanuel Ferment, France
Spooky Scotland: Slains Castle dir Uisdean Murray, UK
Mystic Shadows dir Rob Winward, UK
Pixel Rot dir Rob Winward, UK
Leshy dir Julia Bui Ngoc, Poland
Doomscroll dir Andrea D'Amario, Canada
Nominees for Best Music Video
Every Pebble dir E. Lockleis, USA
The Caterwoman - The Movie dir Signe Søjberg Højlt, Denmark
Labyrinth Of Love dir Armen Pogosyan, USA
Nominees for Best One-Minute Film
Cleaning dir Jérémy Ates, France
Portrait dir Ignacio Rodó, Spain
Dreamclock: A Life I Almost Lived dir Jacek Redźko, Poland
Nominees for Best One-Person Show
Sunday dir Eva Weitzman-Stangel, USA
Leshy dir Julia Bui Ngoc, Poland
Picnic of Death dir Josh Cooper, Canada
Look At Me dir Cameron Morin, Canada
Nominees for Best Original Story
Cue Juliet dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Contracting the Cooties dir Skylar Levine, Maya Bayewitch, USA
Mantaur dir Sophia "Roo" Bakken, USA
The Observed dir Zhivko Zidarov, Bulgaria
Nominees for Best Romance
Foil dir Sue Suhy, USA
Take-out dir Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi, Australia
Bloom dir Tim Klooster, Netherlands
Asymptote dir Aybuke Yilmazer, USA
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Space Rock dir Ben Taman, USA
The Singularity dir Noah Seta, USA
Starlight Cantina dir Monica Lagrange, USA
Oracle Stone dir Michael Kibambi, France
What's Next dir Glen L. Wolfe, USA
Nominees for Best Student Film
Butterfly Business dir Amanda Mai, USA
Don't Feed the Unicorn dir Kimberly Peh, Katherine Hogan, USA
Things I Never Said dir Eden Quan, USA
Trash Cat dir Reiley Farley, USA
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Plamena Petrova - Rear Windows, Bulgaria
Rohan Gnaniah - Croaked!, USA
Fatemeh Zare - Human Layers, Netherlands
Alexandria Wang - Sinmates, USA
Nominees for Best Actor
Andre Rodrigues - Take-Out, Australia
Dalibor Belfín - Dream Killer, Czech Republic
David Dryden - Sheepskin, Canada
Nominees for Best Actress
Jemima Bewa - Oracle Stone, France
Rhiana Eastlant - Cue Juliet, USA
Rayla Jae - Waterlogged, USA
Nominees for Best Cast
I See You dir Jane Fleiss, USA
Portrait dir Ignacio Rodó, Spain
What About You? dir Chiara Gheller, USA
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi - Take-Out, Australia
Austin Boggs - The Singularity, USA
Pascal Sid - The Other, France
Nominees for Best Writer
Brandon Richard Hobson - Blue Door, UK
Greg Tindale - Sepurration, USA
Chonnajun Waitayawinyoo - Killa Maid, USA
Nominees for Best Director
Zekai Wang - 1 Minute 54 Seconds, China
Jodi Pavlock - Abusive, USA
Tyler Hodkinson - #GloryForGary, Canada
5:01-20:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation
Becky and the 4th Wall dir Jack Clifford Parnell, Canada
2392 Miles dir Kai Ho, USA
Celebrations Around the World dir Melissa Glasscock, USA
Nominees for Best Artistic Film
My Art is My Adversary dir Christarn Thorg, Canada
Daze of an Empire Stay dir Matthew Mirowski, Canada
Ella Camina dir Luke Sobota, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
The Shop dir Justin Godlien, Canada
The Waheela dir Evan Poliseno, Canada
Elmo Is Dead dir Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea, Canada
Escape The Friendzone dir Connor McLellan, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy International
The Queen of Pop dir David Goñi, Spain
A Spoon for Grandpa dir Suzie Cahn, France
Monstera dir Diego R. Aballe, Spain
Nominees for Best Comedy USA
Hot Tub Horror Story dir Lily Andrews, USA
Wheel of Grief dir Carolina Liz, USA
Vapor Trails dir Matt Jenkins, USA
Bitches of Baker Street dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
24 Hours of Trust dir Filmon Kiros, Eritrea
Monstera dir Diego R. Aballe, Spain
The Last Passenger dir Subhankar Ghatak, India
Tony dir Baptist Agostini-Croce, France
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
The Girl dir Mandy Kowalski, USA
New Blood dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Finger Guns dir Kyle Wilton, Canada
Countdown to Midnight dir Saif Mir, Canada
The Girl in the Basement dir Isaac Platizky, USA
Nominees for Best Dark Comedy
Cookie Demon dir Darren Haskins, USA
Couples Therapy dir Roxane Dupont, USA
Cringe dir Mevlüt Şahin, Berk Ergün, Turkey
Nominees for Best Documentary
Whispers of the Blue Hole dir Jannah Aly, Canada
Suicide in Denver dir Brandon Thomas Serneck, USA
Moomtaz Khatoon: A Gender Fluid Queer Muslim dir Imtiaz Popat, Canada
The White Gold of Anchialo dir Zhivko Zidarov, Bulgaria
Nominees for Best Drama Canada
The Field dir Davis Homenuck, Canada
The Hermit dir Leopoldo Vieytes, Isadora Vieytes, Canada
Rose dir Philippe Turcotte, Canada
Worth Dying For dir Cameron Morin, Canada
Local Wildlife dir Chris Porteous, Canada
Nominees for Best Drama International
The Loneliness of the Moon dir Pezhan Ziaian, Iran
The Exchange dir Amaia Yoldi, Spain
Oz dir Bétina Flender, France
Angelic Light dir Alastair Romãno, Greece
The Life dir Timo Stump, Switzerland
Nominees for Best Drama USA
Everlee dir Jeremy Carr, USA
The Train I'm On dir Seth Darwin Nestorowicz, USA
I Thought Tomorrow We'd Go for a Walk dir Eddy Wang, USA
When I Run dir Mauricio Momo Meneses, USA
Nominees for Best Experimental
Prayer of the Sea dir Martin Gerigk, Germany
Cat Call dir Kim Best, USA
Stray Signals dir Rob Winward, UK
Commenced dir Cade J. Alexander, USA
Nominees for Best Horror
The Taste of Greed dir Senthooran Ramanathan, Canada
Who Said Anything About Ghosts dir Karthic Janarth, Canada
Tuatha Dé Danann dir Mikaela Orford, Canada
Eyes Down dir John Strahl, Canada
Really, Really, Dead dir Jeffrey Ashkin, USA
Nominees for Best Music Video
Smoke Of Vengeance dir Luke Sydney, India
Around You dir Luke Sydney, India
Coercive Measures dir Logan Jones, Canada
Nominees for Best Original Story
I Owe You One dir Santi Capuz, Diego Jiménez, Spain
The Case of the Missing Platypus dir Bryce Mackie, USA
Imperfect Cadence dir Ewan S. Henry, UK
Nominees for Best Romance
Today of All Days dir Ben Frondorf, USA
Calaverita A La Muerte (A Death Poem Dedicated to Death) dir Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea, Canada
Seeing Each Other, Seeing Things dir Ben Taman (USA)
I Thought Tomorrow We'd Go for a Walk dir Eddy Wang, USA
Trace dir Da'Nae Pinder, Canada
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Read-Only Memory (Mémoire Morte) dir Catherine Côté-Moïsescu, Jonathan Asselin, Le Zoo Cinema, Canada
Card Game dir Isaac Middleton, USA
Ghost Light dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Escape The Friendzone dir Connor McLellan, Canada
Nominees for Best Student Film
What We Owe to Ourselves dir Christarn Thorg, Canada
Stuck dir Josie Harrison, USA
Liminal dir Julien Amodeo, Tech in Caraïbes, Guadeloupe
Don't Diss My Ability dir Arpad Bakaity, Canada
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Qianyunuo Qiu - The Bell Rings, China
Andrew Wakeman Proctor - Lost Dreams, USA
Hamed Pouresfandyani - The Guard Tower, Iran
Roxane Dupont - Couples Therapy, USA
Nominees for Best Actor
Jamon Holmes - Hitman Ex, USA
Nathan Simmons - Trace, Canada
Valentin Toribio - Bioreset, Bolivia
Zhoue Bingkun - Life in Ten Minutes, China
Nominees for Best Actress
Shelby Hunstad - The Crow, USA
Caroline Digan - Immortal Ron, UK
Ruby Romero - Unlucky Penny, Canada
Marion Maclou - Couples Therapy, USA
Nominees for Best Cast
A Twist In The Night dir Emma Harkin, Nicole Dane, Canada
Blind Date dir Joey Mosca, USA
The Same Family dir Omar Aufi, Norway
Nothing Without You (Nada Sin Ti) dir Miguel Garcia Bernal, Spain
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Edd Lukas - The Girl, USA
Subhankar Ghatak - The Last Passenger, India
Bisan Byadsi - Immortal Ron, UK
Lily Andrews - Hot Tub Horror Story, USA
Nominees for Best Writer
Cameron Moon, Dominic Mason - The Yard, UK
Da'Nae Pinder - Trace, Canada
Lily Andrews - Hot Tub Horror Story, USA
Kai Ho, Caira Afong - 2392 Miles, USA
Nominees for Best Director
Emir Batuş - Andersen Impasse, Turkey
Valdis Pelenitsyn - The Briefcase, USA
Miguel Garcia Bernal - Nothing Without You (Nada Sin Ti), Spain
Jeremy Carr - Everlee, USA
20:01-45:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Documentary
90 Days Til Snow dir Eli James Gore, USA
Better Up There dir Mathis Dumas, France
Roots: The Day Awaits dir Adán Ávalos, USA
Nominees for Best Long Short Narrative
A Few Good Men From The North dir Onni Vesa, Finland
The Afters dir Cristobal Ayala, Canada
The Experiment dir Pedro Esteves, Brazil
King Björn dir Maxwell Couture, Canada
Nominees for Best Actor
Eero Vesa - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Aires Blair - King Björn, Canada
Yang Wenjie - Urdo on the Dead Wood, China
Nominees for Best Actress
Nicola Bresciani - The Mine, Italy
Maris Jors - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Corinna Escobar - Infidelity, Canada
Nominees for Best Cast
The Mine dir Alessandro Sivieri, Daniel Lama, Italy
The Boy and the Dragon dir Ha-joo Jang, Korea
The Afters dir Cristobal Ayala, Canada
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Onni Vesa - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Daniel Lama - The Mine, Italy
MacInnes Boyle - King Björn, Canada
Nominees for Best Writer
Maxwell Couture - King Björn, Canada
Ha-joo Jang - The Boy and the Dragon, Korea
Pedro Esteves - The Experiment, Brazil
Nominees for Best Director
Adán Ávalos - Roots: The Day Awaits, USA
Eli James Gore - 90 Days Til Snow, USA
Pedro Esteves - The Experiment, Brazil
45:01-120:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Comedy
Dead, White and Blue dir Mike Davis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
Wallie's Gals dir Mary C. Ferrara, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Pegasus dir Hermes Cavagnini, Italy
Howl Of The Blue Moon dir Marie France Louis, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Already Dead dir Adam Michael, USA
The Hanged Man dir Korab Uka, Kosovo, USA
Nominees for Best Documentary
Skin On Skin: The Rise & Fall of the World's Largest Furrier (Part 1 of 3) dir Scott Hunter, USA
Alpine Quest 2025 dir Aurélie Gonin, Switzerland
No Sleep Til Kyiv dir Eric Liebmann, Estonia, Ukraine, USA
Nominees for Best Drama
Incident dir Samiel Rezene, Eritrea
Howl Of The Blue Moon dir Marie France Louis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
Masters and Vices dir Gregory Mallard, UK
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Dead, White and Blue dir Mike Davis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Nominees for Best Actor
Ali Merchant - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream), India
Perry Dell'Aquilla - The Hanged Man, Kosovo, USA
Mackintosh Muggleton - Masters and Vices, UK
Nominees for Best Actress
Roe Pacheco - Wallie's Gals, USA
Sonia Sharmai - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream), India
Natalie Anson-Wright - Masters and Vices, UK
Nominees for Best Cast
The Hanged Man dir Korab Uka, Kosovo, USA
Already Dead dir Adam Michael, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Eric Liebmann, Christopher Walters - No Sleep Til Kyiv, Estonia, Ukraine, USA
Busola Adeboyejo - Howl Of The Blue Moon, USA
Donte Underwood - The Hanged Man, Kosovo, USA
Nominees for Best Writer
Taeyang Park, Taekyung Geum - Cool Up, Cool Down, Korea
Faizuddin Siddiqui - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream) India
Samiel Rezene - Incident, Eritrea
Nominees for Best Director
Taekyung Geum - Film Gifted Child Mr.Geum, Korea
Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti - COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA, Italy
Marie France Louis - Howl Of The Blue Moon, USA
15-SECOND STORY
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best 15-Second Story: While The Cameras Were Rolling dir Kevin Lucero Less, USA
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
I Hear a Monster Under the Bed dir Lucas Subirats, Argentina
Stop dir Surapong Wetsuwanmanee, Thailand
Fall 2025 Edition
BEST of the FESTIVAL (Judges' Favourites)
These were the titles screened on Sept 30
Best Film of the Festival: Village Mart dir Maria Zvezdina, Canada
1st Runner Up for Best Film: A.A - The Alex & Ariel Story dir Richesse Kabongo, Canada
2nd Runner Up for Best Film: Snow Dog dir Christina Park, Marisol Salazar Montoya, USA
Honourable Mentions:
Planet Fitness dir Casey Schwarzschild, USA
The Bad Crow dir Busra Sena Gazioglu, USA
The End dir Liv Berkowitz, Molly Cole, Canada
My Fighter dir Thomas Murgatroyd, Canada
Cuddle Buddies dir Mira Gunwant del Prado, Canada
Audience Choice Award: The End dir Liv Berkowitz, Molly Cole, Canada
CATEGORY AWARD NOMINEES
1:00-5:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Dream Killer dir Dimitri Kanjuka, Czech Republic
The Beardfight dir Dimitri Kanjuka, Czech Republic
Sea of Lightning dir Jin Guo, USA
Hotel L'infini dir May (Hsi-Chen) Lee, Lindsay Browne, USA
Nominees for Best Adventure
Soarin' Heights dir Jack Haris, USA
The Mooning dir Mason Klesch, Vivian Osness, USA
Rock dir Shania Zhou, Julia Edwards, USA
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
Animato Anthropomorphica, the Business of Cats and Dogs dir Mike Valiquette, Canada
Flow dir Laila Blue, Canada
Single Use dir Ashley Johnsgaard, Canada
Cosmicat dir Hyeonji Oh, Canada
Nominees for Best Animation International
Entry Test dir Zhang Yaxuan, China
Bruno's Wings dir Nano Bor, Argentina
A Paper Coffee Cup Story dir Igor Gusev, Russia
The Last Memory dir Nathan Chamberlin, Lili Dropt, Pablo Vautour, Marion Zucconi, France
The Feral Bird dir Maxime Le Toullec, France
Nominees for Best Animation USA
What If? dir Bradley Bothwell, USA
Turduck-In dir Sydney Christensen, USA
Express Photo dir Dashun Zhou, Kiki Jiang, USA
Music of Love dir Melissa Glasscock, USA
What We Imagined dir Shubhavi Arya, USA
Nominees for Best Art Film
The Caterwoman - The Movie dir Signe Søjberg Højlt, Denmark
Home dir Grant Hunter, UK
Sculptural Fabrications dir Ebba Jahn, Dwayne Jahn, Germany
Torn dir Anna Gawriltschuk, Germany
Envisioning dir Tian Yuan Zheng, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy International
The Cent dir Marc Pejó Forés, Spain
The Modern Woman dir Madeline Watkins, Spain
Spooky Scotland: Slains Castle dir Uisdean Murray, UK
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Sepurration dir Greg Tindale, Austin Boggs, USA
Stakeout Siblings dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Sum Guy Goes to a Party dir Ian Johnston, Canada
Breathe dir Mikaela Duffy, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Waterlogged dir Kent Lloyd, USA
Sheepskin dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Medieval Maze dir Nina Romain, UK
Becoming Forensics dir Dana Liu, Canada
Nominees for Best Drama
Pinky Promise dir Megan Gray, Canada
Broken dir Jannah Yasser Aly, Egypt
True Harmony Cleaning dir Konrad Kultys, UK
Brownie dir Chantal Imerti, USA
Nominees for Best Experimental Canada
Fast Fwd dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Invoca dir Basile Buisson, Canada
Birth dir Harman Saini, Canada
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Identity dir Andy Winward, UK
Vigilante dir Nicholas Grant, UK
Creep dir Rob Winward, UK
Shadows Before Dawn dir Rob Winward, UK
Nominees for Best Experimental USA
Spatial Neglect dir Jacob Anthony Benedetti, USA
I'm Sorry Frankie dir Tatiana Charlise Dominguez, USA
Migraine dir John Maslowski, USA
No Discharge in the War dir John Maslowski, USA
Nominees for Best Horror
The Other dir Cyril Emmanuel Ferment, France
Spooky Scotland: Slains Castle dir Uisdean Murray, UK
Mystic Shadows dir Rob Winward, UK
Pixel Rot dir Rob Winward, UK
Leshy dir Julia Bui Ngoc, Poland
Doomscroll dir Andrea D'Amario, Canada
Nominees for Best Music Video
Every Pebble dir E. Lockleis, USA
The Caterwoman - The Movie dir Signe Søjberg Højlt, Denmark
Labyrinth Of Love dir Armen Pogosyan, USA
Nominees for Best One-Minute Film
Cleaning dir Jérémy Ates, France
Portrait dir Ignacio Rodó, Spain
Dreamclock: A Life I Almost Lived dir Jacek Redźko, Poland
Nominees for Best One-Person Show
Sunday dir Eva Weitzman-Stangel, USA
Leshy dir Julia Bui Ngoc, Poland
Picnic of Death dir Josh Cooper, Canada
Look At Me dir Cameron Morin, Canada
Nominees for Best Original Story
Cue Juliet dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Contracting the Cooties dir Skylar Levine, Maya Bayewitch, USA
Mantaur dir Sophia "Roo" Bakken, USA
The Observed dir Zhivko Zidarov, Bulgaria
Nominees for Best Romance
Foil dir Sue Suhy, USA
Take-out dir Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi, Australia
Bloom dir Tim Klooster, Netherlands
Asymptote dir Aybuke Yilmazer, USA
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Space Rock dir Ben Taman, USA
The Singularity dir Noah Seta, USA
Starlight Cantina dir Monica Lagrange, USA
Oracle Stone dir Michael Kibambi, France
What's Next dir Glen L. Wolfe, USA
Nominees for Best Student Film
Butterfly Business dir Amanda Mai, USA
Don't Feed the Unicorn dir Kimberly Peh, Katherine Hogan, USA
Things I Never Said dir Eden Quan, USA
Trash Cat dir Reiley Farley, USA
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Plamena Petrova - Rear Windows, Bulgaria
Rohan Gnaniah - Croaked!, USA
Fatemeh Zare - Human Layers, Netherlands
Alexandria Wang - Sinmates, USA
Nominees for Best Actor
Andre Rodrigues - Take-Out, Australia
Dalibor Belfín - Dream Killer, Czech Republic
David Dryden - Sheepskin, Canada
Nominees for Best Actress
Jemima Bewa - Oracle Stone, France
Rhiana Eastlant - Cue Juliet, USA
Rayla Jae - Waterlogged, USA
Nominees for Best Cast
I See You dir Jane Fleiss, USA
Portrait dir Ignacio Rodó, Spain
What About You? dir Chiara Gheller, USA
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi - Take-Out, Australia
Austin Boggs - The Singularity, USA
Pascal Sid - The Other, France
Nominees for Best Writer
Brandon Richard Hobson - Blue Door, UK
Greg Tindale - Sepurration, USA
Chonnajun Waitayawinyoo - Killa Maid, USA
Nominees for Best Director
Zekai Wang - 1 Minute 54 Seconds, China
Jodi Pavlock - Abusive, USA
Tyler Hodkinson - #GloryForGary, Canada
5:01-20:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation
Becky and the 4th Wall dir Jack Clifford Parnell, Canada
2392 Miles dir Kai Ho, USA
Celebrations Around the World dir Melissa Glasscock, USA
Nominees for Best Artistic Film
My Art is My Adversary dir Christarn Thorg, Canada
Daze of an Empire Stay dir Matthew Mirowski, Canada
Ella Camina dir Luke Sobota, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
The Shop dir Justin Godlien, Canada
The Waheela dir Evan Poliseno, Canada
Elmo Is Dead dir Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea, Canada
Escape The Friendzone dir Connor McLellan, Canada
Nominees for Best Comedy International
The Queen of Pop dir David Goñi, Spain
A Spoon for Grandpa dir Suzie Cahn, France
Monstera dir Diego R. Aballe, Spain
Nominees for Best Comedy USA
Hot Tub Horror Story dir Lily Andrews, USA
Wheel of Grief dir Carolina Liz, USA
Vapor Trails dir Matt Jenkins, USA
Bitches of Baker Street dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller International
24 Hours of Trust dir Filmon Kiros, Eritrea
Monstera dir Diego R. Aballe, Spain
The Last Passenger dir Subhankar Ghatak, India
Tony dir Baptist Agostini-Croce, France
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
The Girl dir Mandy Kowalski, USA
New Blood dir Ethan Wingrove, Canada
Finger Guns dir Kyle Wilton, Canada
Countdown to Midnight dir Saif Mir, Canada
The Girl in the Basement dir Isaac Platizky, USA
Nominees for Best Dark Comedy
Cookie Demon dir Darren Haskins, USA
Couples Therapy dir Roxane Dupont, USA
Cringe dir Mevlüt Şahin, Berk Ergün, Turkey
Nominees for Best Documentary
Whispers of the Blue Hole dir Jannah Aly, Canada
Suicide in Denver dir Brandon Thomas Serneck, USA
Moomtaz Khatoon: A Gender Fluid Queer Muslim dir Imtiaz Popat, Canada
The White Gold of Anchialo dir Zhivko Zidarov, Bulgaria
Nominees for Best Drama Canada
The Field dir Davis Homenuck, Canada
The Hermit dir Leopoldo Vieytes, Isadora Vieytes, Canada
Rose dir Philippe Turcotte, Canada
Worth Dying For dir Cameron Morin, Canada
Local Wildlife dir Chris Porteous, Canada
Nominees for Best Drama International
The Loneliness of the Moon dir Pezhan Ziaian, Iran
The Exchange dir Amaia Yoldi, Spain
Oz dir Bétina Flender, France
Angelic Light dir Alastair Romãno, Greece
The Life dir Timo Stump, Switzerland
Nominees for Best Drama USA
Everlee dir Jeremy Carr, USA
The Train I'm On dir Seth Darwin Nestorowicz, USA
I Thought Tomorrow We'd Go for a Walk dir Eddy Wang, USA
When I Run dir Mauricio Momo Meneses, USA
Nominees for Best Experimental
Prayer of the Sea dir Martin Gerigk, Germany
Cat Call dir Kim Best, USA
Stray Signals dir Rob Winward, UK
Commenced dir Cade J. Alexander, USA
Nominees for Best Horror
The Taste of Greed dir Senthooran Ramanathan, Canada
Who Said Anything About Ghosts dir Karthic Janarth, Canada
Tuatha Dé Danann dir Mikaela Orford, Canada
Eyes Down dir John Strahl, Canada
Really, Really, Dead dir Jeffrey Ashkin, USA
Nominees for Best Music Video
Smoke Of Vengeance dir Luke Sydney, India
Around You dir Luke Sydney, India
Coercive Measures dir Logan Jones, Canada
Nominees for Best Original Story
I Owe You One dir Santi Capuz, Diego Jiménez, Spain
The Case of the Missing Platypus dir Bryce Mackie, USA
Imperfect Cadence dir Ewan S. Henry, UK
Nominees for Best Romance
Today of All Days dir Ben Frondorf, USA
Calaverita A La Muerte (A Death Poem Dedicated to Death) dir Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea, Canada
Seeing Each Other, Seeing Things dir Ben Taman (USA)
I Thought Tomorrow We'd Go for a Walk dir Eddy Wang, USA
Trace dir Da'Nae Pinder, Canada
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Read-Only Memory (Mémoire Morte) dir Catherine Côté-Moïsescu, Jonathan Asselin, Le Zoo Cinema, Canada
Card Game dir Isaac Middleton, USA
Ghost Light dir Tyler Townsend, USA
Escape The Friendzone dir Connor McLellan, Canada
Nominees for Best Student Film
What We Owe to Ourselves dir Christarn Thorg, Canada
Stuck dir Josie Harrison, USA
Liminal dir Julien Amodeo, Tech in Caraïbes, Guadeloupe
Don't Diss My Ability dir Arpad Bakaity, Canada
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Qianyunuo Qiu - The Bell Rings, China
Andrew Wakeman Proctor - Lost Dreams, USA
Hamed Pouresfandyani - The Guard Tower, Iran
Roxane Dupont - Couples Therapy, USA
Nominees for Best Actor
Jamon Holmes - Hitman Ex, USA
Nathan Simmons - Trace, Canada
Valentin Toribio - Bioreset, Bolivia
Zhoue Bingkun - Life in Ten Minutes, China
Nominees for Best Actress
Shelby Hunstad - The Crow, USA
Caroline Digan - Immortal Ron, UK
Ruby Romero - Unlucky Penny, Canada
Marion Maclou - Couples Therapy, USA
Nominees for Best Cast
A Twist In The Night dir Emma Harkin, Nicole Dane, Canada
Blind Date dir Joey Mosca, USA
The Same Family dir Omar Aufi, Norway
Nothing Without You (Nada Sin Ti) dir Miguel Garcia Bernal, Spain
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Edd Lukas - The Girl, USA
Subhankar Ghatak - The Last Passenger, India
Bisan Byadsi - Immortal Ron, UK
Lily Andrews - Hot Tub Horror Story, USA
Nominees for Best Writer
Cameron Moon, Dominic Mason - The Yard, UK
Da'Nae Pinder - Trace, Canada
Lily Andrews - Hot Tub Horror Story, USA
Kai Ho, Caira Afong - 2392 Miles, USA
Nominees for Best Director
Emir Batuş - Andersen Impasse, Turkey
Valdis Pelenitsyn - The Briefcase, USA
Miguel Garcia Bernal - Nothing Without You (Nada Sin Ti), Spain
Jeremy Carr - Everlee, USA
20:01-45:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Documentary
90 Days Til Snow dir Eli James Gore, USA
Better Up There dir Mathis Dumas, France
Roots: The Day Awaits dir Adán Ávalos, USA
Nominees for Best Long Short Narrative
A Few Good Men From The North dir Onni Vesa, Finland
The Afters dir Cristobal Ayala, Canada
The Experiment dir Pedro Esteves, Brazil
King Björn dir Maxwell Couture, Canada
Nominees for Best Actor
Eero Vesa - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Aires Blair - King Björn, Canada
Yang Wenjie - Urdo on the Dead Wood, China
Nominees for Best Actress
Nicola Bresciani - The Mine, Italy
Maris Jors - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Corinna Escobar - Infidelity, Canada
Nominees for Best Cast
The Mine dir Alessandro Sivieri, Daniel Lama, Italy
The Boy and the Dragon dir Ha-joo Jang, Korea
The Afters dir Cristobal Ayala, Canada
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Onni Vesa - A Few Good Men From The North, Finland
Daniel Lama - The Mine, Italy
MacInnes Boyle - King Björn, Canada
Nominees for Best Writer
Maxwell Couture - King Björn, Canada
Ha-joo Jang - The Boy and the Dragon, Korea
Pedro Esteves - The Experiment, Brazil
Nominees for Best Director
Adán Ávalos - Roots: The Day Awaits, USA
Eli James Gore - 90 Days Til Snow, USA
Pedro Esteves - The Experiment, Brazil
45:01-120:00 MINUTES
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Comedy
Dead, White and Blue dir Mike Davis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
Wallie's Gals dir Mary C. Ferrara, USA
Nominees for Best Crime/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Pegasus dir Hermes Cavagnini, Italy
Howl Of The Blue Moon dir Marie France Louis, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Already Dead dir Adam Michael, USA
The Hanged Man dir Korab Uka, Kosovo, USA
Nominees for Best Documentary
Skin On Skin: The Rise & Fall of the World's Largest Furrier (Part 1 of 3) dir Scott Hunter, USA
Alpine Quest 2025 dir Aurélie Gonin, Switzerland
No Sleep Til Kyiv dir Eric Liebmann, Estonia, Ukraine, USA
Nominees for Best Drama
Incident dir Samiel Rezene, Eritrea
Howl Of The Blue Moon dir Marie France Louis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
Masters and Vices dir Gregory Mallard, UK
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Dead, White and Blue dir Mike Davis, USA
The Devil Returns To Monolith dir William Stancik, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Nominees for Best Actor
Ali Merchant - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream), India
Perry Dell'Aquilla - The Hanged Man, Kosovo, USA
Mackintosh Muggleton - Masters and Vices, UK
Nominees for Best Actress
Roe Pacheco - Wallie's Gals, USA
Sonia Sharmai - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream), India
Natalie Anson-Wright - Masters and Vices, UK
Nominees for Best Cast
The Hanged Man dir Korab Uka, Kosovo, USA
Already Dead dir Adam Michael, USA
The Ploy dir Octavio Reyes, Mexico
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Eric Liebmann, Christopher Walters - No Sleep Til Kyiv, Estonia, Ukraine, USA
Busola Adeboyejo - Howl Of The Blue Moon, USA
Donte Underwood - The Hanged Man, Kosovo, USA
Nominees for Best Writer
Taeyang Park, Taekyung Geum - Cool Up, Cool Down, Korea
Faizuddin Siddiqui - Adhura Khvab (An Incomplete Dream) India
Samiel Rezene - Incident, Eritrea
Nominees for Best Director
Taekyung Geum - Film Gifted Child Mr.Geum, Korea
Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti - COLOMBANO & LA 21ESIMA FETTA, Italy
Marie France Louis - Howl Of The Blue Moon, USA
15-SECOND STORY
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best 15-Second Story: While The Cameras Were Rolling dir Kevin Lucero Less, USA
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
I Hear a Monster Under the Bed dir Lucas Subirats, Argentina
Stop dir Surapong Wetsuwanmanee, Thailand
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