Couch Film Festival
Fall 2024 Edition
Best of the Festival
Best of the Festival
Best Film of the Festival: Dosa - Dir. by Shashank Banawalikar Subhash (Canada)
1st Runner Up for Best Film: Chain - Dir. by Ling Han (USA)
2nd Runner Up for Best Film: For Rent - Dir. by Michèle Kaye (Canada)
3rd Runner Up for Best Film: Money Talks, Gunshots Whisper - Dir. by Blake Gordey (Canada)
Honourable Mentions for Best Film
Kung Fu TP - Dir. by Rebecca Lamure (Canada)
My Friend Doubt - Dir. by Mark Riccadonna (USA)
Visitation - Dir. by Christian Skibinski (Germany)
Hot! - Dir. by Julie Liao (USA)
Audience Choice: Money Talks, Gunshots Whisper - Dir. by Blake Gordey (Canada)
Category Award Nominees
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
Beyond the Books - Dir. by Henry He (Canada)
Roaches - Dir. by David R. Creighton (Canada)
Baseball Blues - Dir. by Sadie Coelho (Canada)
The Perfect Fit - Dir. by Marianed Soria, Sasha Woolley, Pauline Petit, Nour Fenniche, Maeva Chalier, Leyah Stiffler, Ipsita Manna (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation International
Frog - Dir. by Hattie Greenwood (UK)
No Halloween This Year_The Horror Is Real - Dir. by Lambros Papathanasiou (Greece)
Passport Tale - Dir. by Ghazal Mojtahedi, Hashem Aliakbari (Iran)
Nominees for Best Animation USA
Maya - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
Torch and Hammer - Dir. by Rev. Samuel (USA)
Dear Arkansas Daughter - Dir. by Eliana Kate Hill (USA)
Undertow - Dir. by Justin Taylor (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Animation
Picard the Pika - Dir. by Sophie Ring (USA)
Grim Side Show - Dir. by Maeghan McKenzie (USA)
Pizza Man - Dir. by Nathan M. Miller (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy
The Rebuild: Just One More Year - Dir. by Isla McKenna (USA)
The Encounter - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Dir. by Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis (Australia)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Man Versus Ferry - Dir. by Gee Stewart (Canada)
S1STERS - Dir. by Pietro Maria Rusca (Italy)
We Are All Necessary - Dir. by Manuel Seijo Domínguez (Spain)
Nominees for Best Drama
Wash My Sin - Dir. by Tyler Townsend (USA)
Old Fashioned - Dir. by Jordan Robinson (Australia)
This Cold, Still Place - Dir. by Mike Messier (USA)
Farewell - Dir. by Navid Khorassani (Australia)
In Search of Nothing - Dir. by Thea Spoorthi Vedula (India)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Robofauna - Dir. by Gerardo Escudero Samara (Panama)
Water Under a Bridge - Dir. by Andrew Payne (UK)
The Dream - Dir. by Milan / Antic (Serbia)
Dote on Blood - Dir. by Ege Kagan Safak (Turkey)
Psikedelia - Dir. by İlkim Dila Göktaş (Turkey)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Idawa - Dir. by Gbenga Salu (Canada)
Flat Affect - Dir. by Jacob Anthony Benedetti (USA)
My Yesterday, My Tomorrow - Dir. by Theo Khmelnitsky (Canada)
Dream Code - Dir. by Narottama Panitz (USA)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Explicita - Dir. by Renny Pan (Venezuela)
Quesuda - Dir. by Christian Barbeitos (Australia)
Cold Cuts - Dir. by Seth Keegan Morris, Jose Diaz Oldenburg (USA)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Dir. by Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis (Australia)
Grim Side Show - Dir. by Maeghan McKenzie (USA)
House Sitting - Dir. by Brandon Alexander Cela (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Jaden Shniderman - Meeting Her Mother (USA)
İlkim Dila Göktaş - Psikedelia (Turkey)
Daniela Sofia Cordero Diaz - Maboya (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Film
The Witch Woke Me Up - Dir. by Ezra James (Australia)
The End - Dir. by Lily Andrews (USA)
We are Meant to Be a Family - Dir. by Linh Gia Pham (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Cameron Griffin - Old Fashioned (Australia)
Michael Boston - Gone, Trucker, Gone (USA)
Kostya Tyoschin - Alone, Together (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sarah Bertram - The Encounter (USA)
Temitope Salu - Idawa (Canada)
Christine Echeandía - Maboya (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Footin' - Dir. by Luke Roach (Canada)
Conversion Therapy - Dir. by Tyler Townsend (USA)
Meeting Her Mother - Dir. by Jaden Shniderman (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Mark Gregory - Old Fashioned (Australia)
Henry Huangfu - Alone, Together (Canada)
Thomas T. Fasciana - The Last Days of Our Species (Italy)
Nominees for Best Writer
Kostya Tyoschin, Henry Huangfu - Alone, Together (Canada)
Ezra James - The Witch Woke Me Up (Australia)
Pearly Mitnasala - Wash My Sin (USA) m
Nominees for Best Director
Alessandro Prato - The Last Days of Our Species (Italy)
Gee Stewart - Man Versus Ferry (Canada)
Seth Keegan Morris, Jose Diaz Oldenburg - Cold Cuts (USA)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Twisted Justice - Dir. by Minh Nguyen (USA)
SUPER MURV & GOLDFINCH MAN: Twilight Heroes - Dir. by Joshua Ortiz, Murry Haithcock (USA)
2025: Steel City Warriors - Dir. by Luke Meneok (Canada)
Sweet Tooth - Dir. by Joe Moore, Adam Genuis (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Rock Lamps - Dir. by Jack Parnell (Canada)
Secret - Freedom Tastes of Reality - Dir. by Alice Chiofalo (Italy)
The Forest of the Honey Bees - Dir. by Erwan Le Gal (France)
Keepsake - Dir. by Victoria Bethany Cochrane - Ford, Yunseo (Lupin) Kim (Canada)
Take a Drag - Dir. by Amir Vafaei (Iran)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
By the Way, Come Over for Lunch - Dir. by Blanca Villalon (Bulgaria)
Uplift (G3,7) - Dir. by David García Díaz, Rut García Díaz (Spain)
Routine - Dir. by Roberto López Carneiro (Spain)
The Culprit - Dir. by María Guerra (Spain)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Gossip Girls - Dir. by Santiago Pinzon Carrillo, Florent Thibodeau-Charlebois (Canada)
The Dognapper - Dir. by Virgo Velasquez (Canada)
Route 83 Revisited - Dir. by William Anthony Stancik (USA)
Undelivered - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
We Send U - Dir. by Kim Madden (Canada)
Nominees for Best Coming-of-Age Film
The Pink Rabbit - Dir. by Lily Lowe (Canada)
My Girl - Dir. by Lily Lowe (Canada)
The Two of Us - Dir. by Conor Struan Forrest (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Why Not? - Dir. by Colin Hodgson (USA)
Dow - Dir. by Sofi Abou-Assali (USA)
Cooler Runnings - Dir. by Michael Eggert (USA)
Slava - Dir. by Davide Ficuciello (Italy)
Sea Launch - Dir. by Egor Ivanov (Russia)
A Nation's Table - Dir. by Garrett Smith (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Repairs and Malfunctions - Dir. by August Macdonald (Australia)
Rose Petals - Dir. by Deyan Angelov (Bulgaria)
Betas - Dir. by Senin Porto (Spain)
Apart - Dir. by Luca Pirero (Sweden)
Arlo and the Sea - Dir. by Damian Overton (Australia)
I Won't Cry Tomorrow - Dir. by Mohamed Mahmoud Abdellatif (Tunisia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Expectations - Dir. by Sara Beebe (USA)
Epilogue - Dir. by Joseph Rossi (Canada)
Bounty - Dir. by Peter Anastasiadis (USA)
Prisoners - Dir. by Troy Schaffer (USA)
/Her - Dir. by Madeleine DePietro (USA)
Gossip Girls - Dir. by Santiago Pinzon Carrillo, Florent Thibodeau-Charlebois (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental
The Poet's Plight - Dir. by Ben Frondorf (USA)
Memento Mori - Dir. by Fabio Servullo (Brazil)
The Sight of Marie - Dir. by Wu Yifang (Japan)
Die Angst (The Fear of the Unknown) - Dir. by Yev K'banchik (USA)
Aside - Dir. by Marie Béland (Canada)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Staircase of Lost Dreams - Dir. by Takeshi Kinugasa (Japan)
Trapped in Time - Dir. by Nina Romain (UK)
In Time - Dir. by Alice The G00n (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Blue Snakes - Dir. by Iago Montgomery-Jarvis (UK)
Fatum - Dir. by Naomi Goldziuk (France)
The Monitor - Dir. by Sam Platizky (USA)
Secret Bonds - Dir. by Nikita Evseev (Canada)
What TF Is This - Dir. by Stephanie Alecia Rose, Brandon Smallwood (USA)
Nominees for Best Romance
I Love You - Dir. by Dillon Morris (USA)
Routine - Dir. by Roberto López Carneiro (Spain)
A Recipe for Romance - Dir. by Jon Osei (Canada)
Ordinary - Dir. by Reva Bhardwaj (Canada)
The Ceremony - Dir. by Maxime Divier (Canada)
Table For Two - Dir. by Ari Song (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
When Jacob Jinkers Came to Town - Dir. by Max Levine, Alex Schulman (USA)
Last Cigarette - Dir. by Dario Alfredo Caamanxxo (Japan)
2025: Steel City Warriors - Dir. by Luke Meneok (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Putt Putt - Dir. by George Grotheer (USA)
For Sofia - Dir. by Matthew Donkers (Canada)
Typical - Dir. by Syed Yusuf (India)
Sinner - Dir. by Alireza Jhomson (Canada)
The Cowgirl - Dir. by Armando Hernandez (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Emanuel David - Dusk (Canada)
Dale Loon, Alyssa Hunt - Waking Conundrum (Canada)
Yoon-Ji Huh, Jeong-Joo Jang - Self-Conversation (Korea)
Ejiro Oghoufo - Doubt (USA)
Erik Pliszka - Hunter's Stew (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Nadav Elkum - Peekaboo (Israel)
Guillaume Labonté-Mercier - Planespotting (Canada)
Joel McVeagh - Sweet Tooth (Canada)
Rolando Ravello - Red Ropes (Italy)
Nominees for Best Actress
Lily Lu - Intermission (Canada)
Yoon-Ji Huh - Self-Conversation (Korea)
Rotem Fenichel - We Send U (Canada)
Elizabeth Marie Kallman - The Cowgirl (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Kiss My Ash - Dir. by Mollie O'Donnell (USA)
An Unopened Can of Beer - Dir. by Michael Boston (USA)
Undelivered - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Taste of Ambition - Dir. by Isaac Stacey (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jacob Ronald Barrieau - Food Chain (Canada)
Uday Kalluri - Nadu Nedu Prema/Pyaar Kal Aajkal - 'Chentha Neevu'/'Paas Tu' (Canada)
Adam Genius - Sweet Tooth (Canada)
Guillaume Labonté-Mercier - Planespotting (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
John Angell Grant - How to Make Amends (USA)
Neil Zemouli - Gideon The Dinosaur (UK)
Marquis Smallwood - What TF Is This (USA)
Kyle Scott Wilkinson - Slippery Highway (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Dale Loon, Alyssa Hunt - Waking Conundrum (Canada)
Mohamed Mahmoud Abdellatif - I Won't Cry Tomorow (Tunisia)
Garrett Smith - A Nation's Table (Canada)
Alessio Pasqua - Red Ropes (Italy)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Film Documentary
ChatST3 Ring Circus - Dir. by Sullyman The Third ()
Fight of The Ring 10th Anniversary matches | Pro Wrestling The Movie Vol.1 - Dir. by Kenji Ogusu (Japan)
Of A Lifetime - Dir. by Jérôme Tanon (France)
The Narrow Gate - Dir. by Shida Qi (China)
Nominees for Best Long Short Film Narrative
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer - Dir. by Uriah Herr (USA)
The Price of Blood - Dir. by Casper Fourie (South Africa)
The Way of the Mother Bear - Dir. by Killian Casier-Ortolland (France)
Gone - Dir. by Dylan Paulini (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Actor
Danny McDermott - Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer (USA)
Joseph Lloyd Lopez - Gone (Mexico)
Nolan Mick - Maybe I Am the Villain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Meghan Reed - Gone (USA)
Soleil Van Der Hyde - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Magdalena Broto - Teodoro (Spain)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Way of the Mother Bear - Dir. by Killian Casier-Ortolland (France)
Teodoro - Dir. by Esteban Roel (Spain)
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer - Dir. by Uriah Herr (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jinyuan Zhang - Sun Rises Again in Dali (USA)
Marc Metelerkamp - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Farhan Rashid - Maybe I Am the Villain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Casper Fourie - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Killian Casier-Ortolland - The Way of the Mother Bear (France)
María Magdalena Cotun - Teodoro (Spain)
Nominees for Best Director
Sullyman The Third - ChatST3 Ring Circus (USA)
Uriah Herr - Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer (USA)
Kenji Ogusu - Fight of The Ring 10th Anniversary matches | Pro Wrestling The Movie Vol.1 (Japan)
45:01-120:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Comedy
God Dam - Dir. by Bill Doty (USA)
Ambiguous Indifference - Dir. by Matt Jenkins, Charles Stanley (USA)
Brick Force: One Left In The Chamber - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)
Vipers - Dir. by Troy Stacey (UK)
Nominees for Best Documentary
The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary - Dir. by Gavin Webb (USA)
Joe Zumba American Actor - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)
Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside - Dir. by Rose Marie Perez (USA)
Revolutionary Song: The Story of Radical Chilean Music and Politics - Dir. by Jared Gilbert (USA)
Circle of Madness - Dir. by Christoph Thoresen (Austria)
The Saint of Brooklyn - Dir. by Ulisse Lendaro (Italy)
Nominees for Best Drama
Love Lies & Happy Ever After - Dir. by David J. McDonald (USA)
Water Lily - Dir. by Julien Botzanowski (France)
What is Love - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Canada)
Peace in Pain - Dir. by Moeinreza Motallebi (Canada)
Ramasakkani Rakumarudu - Dir. by Uday Kalluri (Canada)
Nominees for Best Horror
God Dam - Dir. by Bill Doty (USA)
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Problematic Intentions - Dir. by Georgi Hernandez (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Love Lies & Happy Ever After - Dir. by David J. McDonald (USA)
The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary - Dir. by Gavin Webb (USA)
Water Lily - Dir. by Julien Botzanowski (France)
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Vipers - Dir. by Troy Stacey (UK)
Nominees for Best Actor
Thomas Lesserteur - Water Lily (France)
Dan Perrin - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
David Stevens - God Damn (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sonja Durant - Love Lies & Happy Ever After (USA)
Pamela Bell - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
Yoyo Lai - What is Love (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Problematic Intentions - Dir. by Georgi Hernandez (USA)
Peace in Pain - Dir. by Moeinreza Motallebi (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Dinitha Vithanage, Marco Lavagnino - Midnight Boulevard (Canada)
Georgi Hernandez - Problematic Intentions (USA)
Moein Reza Motallebi - Peace in Pain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Amy Philbert - Love Lies & Happy Ever After (USA)
Matt Jenkins - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
Shihyun Wang - What is Love (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Gavin Webb - The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary (USA)
Georgi Hernandez - Problematic Intentions (USA)
Ulisse Lendaro - The Saint of Brooklyn (Italy)
15-Second Story
Winner in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
Killer Mind - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon, Agustín Liva (Spain)
Space Collapse Ep 12 - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon, Agustín Liva (Spain)
A-Jar - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Chainsaw - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon (Spain)
Not the One - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
Fall 2024 Edition
Best of the Festival
Best of the Festival
Best Film of the Festival: Dosa - Dir. by Shashank Banawalikar Subhash (Canada)
1st Runner Up for Best Film: Chain - Dir. by Ling Han (USA)
2nd Runner Up for Best Film: For Rent - Dir. by Michèle Kaye (Canada)
3rd Runner Up for Best Film: Money Talks, Gunshots Whisper - Dir. by Blake Gordey (Canada)
Honourable Mentions for Best Film
Kung Fu TP - Dir. by Rebecca Lamure (Canada)
My Friend Doubt - Dir. by Mark Riccadonna (USA)
Visitation - Dir. by Christian Skibinski (Germany)
Hot! - Dir. by Julie Liao (USA)
Audience Choice: Money Talks, Gunshots Whisper - Dir. by Blake Gordey (Canada)
Category Award Nominees
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Animation Canada
Beyond the Books - Dir. by Henry He (Canada)
Roaches - Dir. by David R. Creighton (Canada)
Baseball Blues - Dir. by Sadie Coelho (Canada)
The Perfect Fit - Dir. by Marianed Soria, Sasha Woolley, Pauline Petit, Nour Fenniche, Maeva Chalier, Leyah Stiffler, Ipsita Manna (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation International
Frog - Dir. by Hattie Greenwood (UK)
No Halloween This Year_The Horror Is Real - Dir. by Lambros Papathanasiou (Greece)
Passport Tale - Dir. by Ghazal Mojtahedi, Hashem Aliakbari (Iran)
Nominees for Best Animation USA
Maya - Dir. by John Maslowski (USA)
Torch and Hammer - Dir. by Rev. Samuel (USA)
Dear Arkansas Daughter - Dir. by Eliana Kate Hill (USA)
Undertow - Dir. by Justin Taylor (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Animation
Picard the Pika - Dir. by Sophie Ring (USA)
Grim Side Show - Dir. by Maeghan McKenzie (USA)
Pizza Man - Dir. by Nathan M. Miller (USA)
Nominees for Best Comedy
The Rebuild: Just One More Year - Dir. by Isla McKenna (USA)
The Encounter - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Dir. by Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis (Australia)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Man Versus Ferry - Dir. by Gee Stewart (Canada)
S1STERS - Dir. by Pietro Maria Rusca (Italy)
We Are All Necessary - Dir. by Manuel Seijo Domínguez (Spain)
Nominees for Best Drama
Wash My Sin - Dir. by Tyler Townsend (USA)
Old Fashioned - Dir. by Jordan Robinson (Australia)
This Cold, Still Place - Dir. by Mike Messier (USA)
Farewell - Dir. by Navid Khorassani (Australia)
In Search of Nothing - Dir. by Thea Spoorthi Vedula (India)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Robofauna - Dir. by Gerardo Escudero Samara (Panama)
Water Under a Bridge - Dir. by Andrew Payne (UK)
The Dream - Dir. by Milan / Antic (Serbia)
Dote on Blood - Dir. by Ege Kagan Safak (Turkey)
Psikedelia - Dir. by İlkim Dila Göktaş (Turkey)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Idawa - Dir. by Gbenga Salu (Canada)
Flat Affect - Dir. by Jacob Anthony Benedetti (USA)
My Yesterday, My Tomorrow - Dir. by Theo Khmelnitsky (Canada)
Dream Code - Dir. by Narottama Panitz (USA)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Explicita - Dir. by Renny Pan (Venezuela)
Quesuda - Dir. by Christian Barbeitos (Australia)
Cold Cuts - Dir. by Seth Keegan Morris, Jose Diaz Oldenburg (USA)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Dir. by Jim Zounis, Nick Zounis (Australia)
Grim Side Show - Dir. by Maeghan McKenzie (USA)
House Sitting - Dir. by Brandon Alexander Cela (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Jaden Shniderman - Meeting Her Mother (USA)
İlkim Dila Göktaş - Psikedelia (Turkey)
Daniela Sofia Cordero Diaz - Maboya (USA)
Nominees for Best Student Film
The Witch Woke Me Up - Dir. by Ezra James (Australia)
The End - Dir. by Lily Andrews (USA)
We are Meant to Be a Family - Dir. by Linh Gia Pham (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actor
Cameron Griffin - Old Fashioned (Australia)
Michael Boston - Gone, Trucker, Gone (USA)
Kostya Tyoschin - Alone, Together (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sarah Bertram - The Encounter (USA)
Temitope Salu - Idawa (Canada)
Christine Echeandía - Maboya (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Footin' - Dir. by Luke Roach (Canada)
Conversion Therapy - Dir. by Tyler Townsend (USA)
Meeting Her Mother - Dir. by Jaden Shniderman (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Mark Gregory - Old Fashioned (Australia)
Henry Huangfu - Alone, Together (Canada)
Thomas T. Fasciana - The Last Days of Our Species (Italy)
Nominees for Best Writer
Kostya Tyoschin, Henry Huangfu - Alone, Together (Canada)
Ezra James - The Witch Woke Me Up (Australia)
Pearly Mitnasala - Wash My Sin (USA) m
Nominees for Best Director
Alessandro Prato - The Last Days of Our Species (Italy)
Gee Stewart - Man Versus Ferry (Canada)
Seth Keegan Morris, Jose Diaz Oldenburg - Cold Cuts (USA)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Action
Twisted Justice - Dir. by Minh Nguyen (USA)
SUPER MURV & GOLDFINCH MAN: Twilight Heroes - Dir. by Joshua Ortiz, Murry Haithcock (USA)
2025: Steel City Warriors - Dir. by Luke Meneok (Canada)
Sweet Tooth - Dir. by Joe Moore, Adam Genuis (Canada)
Nominees for Best Animation
Rock Lamps - Dir. by Jack Parnell (Canada)
Secret - Freedom Tastes of Reality - Dir. by Alice Chiofalo (Italy)
The Forest of the Honey Bees - Dir. by Erwan Le Gal (France)
Keepsake - Dir. by Victoria Bethany Cochrane - Ford, Yunseo (Lupin) Kim (Canada)
Take a Drag - Dir. by Amir Vafaei (Iran)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
By the Way, Come Over for Lunch - Dir. by Blanca Villalon (Bulgaria)
Uplift (G3,7) - Dir. by David García Díaz, Rut García Díaz (Spain)
Routine - Dir. by Roberto López Carneiro (Spain)
The Culprit - Dir. by María Guerra (Spain)
Nominees for Best Comedy North America
Gossip Girls - Dir. by Santiago Pinzon Carrillo, Florent Thibodeau-Charlebois (Canada)
The Dognapper - Dir. by Virgo Velasquez (Canada)
Route 83 Revisited - Dir. by William Anthony Stancik (USA)
Undelivered - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
We Send U - Dir. by Kim Madden (Canada)
Nominees for Best Coming-of-Age Film
The Pink Rabbit - Dir. by Lily Lowe (Canada)
My Girl - Dir. by Lily Lowe (Canada)
The Two of Us - Dir. by Conor Struan Forrest (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Why Not? - Dir. by Colin Hodgson (USA)
Dow - Dir. by Sofi Abou-Assali (USA)
Cooler Runnings - Dir. by Michael Eggert (USA)
Slava - Dir. by Davide Ficuciello (Italy)
Sea Launch - Dir. by Egor Ivanov (Russia)
A Nation's Table - Dir. by Garrett Smith (Canada)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Repairs and Malfunctions - Dir. by August Macdonald (Australia)
Rose Petals - Dir. by Deyan Angelov (Bulgaria)
Betas - Dir. by Senin Porto (Spain)
Apart - Dir. by Luca Pirero (Sweden)
Arlo and the Sea - Dir. by Damian Overton (Australia)
I Won't Cry Tomorrow - Dir. by Mohamed Mahmoud Abdellatif (Tunisia)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Expectations - Dir. by Sara Beebe (USA)
Epilogue - Dir. by Joseph Rossi (Canada)
Bounty - Dir. by Peter Anastasiadis (USA)
Prisoners - Dir. by Troy Schaffer (USA)
/Her - Dir. by Madeleine DePietro (USA)
Gossip Girls - Dir. by Santiago Pinzon Carrillo, Florent Thibodeau-Charlebois (Canada)
Nominees for Best Experimental
The Poet's Plight - Dir. by Ben Frondorf (USA)
Memento Mori - Dir. by Fabio Servullo (Brazil)
The Sight of Marie - Dir. by Wu Yifang (Japan)
Die Angst (The Fear of the Unknown) - Dir. by Yev K'banchik (USA)
Aside - Dir. by Marie Béland (Canada)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Staircase of Lost Dreams - Dir. by Takeshi Kinugasa (Japan)
Trapped in Time - Dir. by Nina Romain (UK)
In Time - Dir. by Alice The G00n (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Blue Snakes - Dir. by Iago Montgomery-Jarvis (UK)
Fatum - Dir. by Naomi Goldziuk (France)
The Monitor - Dir. by Sam Platizky (USA)
Secret Bonds - Dir. by Nikita Evseev (Canada)
What TF Is This - Dir. by Stephanie Alecia Rose, Brandon Smallwood (USA)
Nominees for Best Romance
I Love You - Dir. by Dillon Morris (USA)
Routine - Dir. by Roberto López Carneiro (Spain)
A Recipe for Romance - Dir. by Jon Osei (Canada)
Ordinary - Dir. by Reva Bhardwaj (Canada)
The Ceremony - Dir. by Maxime Divier (Canada)
Table For Two - Dir. by Ari Song (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
When Jacob Jinkers Came to Town - Dir. by Max Levine, Alex Schulman (USA)
Last Cigarette - Dir. by Dario Alfredo Caamanxxo (Japan)
2025: Steel City Warriors - Dir. by Luke Meneok (Canada)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Putt Putt - Dir. by George Grotheer (USA)
For Sofia - Dir. by Matthew Donkers (Canada)
Typical - Dir. by Syed Yusuf (India)
Sinner - Dir. by Alireza Jhomson (Canada)
The Cowgirl - Dir. by Armando Hernandez (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Emanuel David - Dusk (Canada)
Dale Loon, Alyssa Hunt - Waking Conundrum (Canada)
Yoon-Ji Huh, Jeong-Joo Jang - Self-Conversation (Korea)
Ejiro Oghoufo - Doubt (USA)
Erik Pliszka - Hunter's Stew (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Nadav Elkum - Peekaboo (Israel)
Guillaume Labonté-Mercier - Planespotting (Canada)
Joel McVeagh - Sweet Tooth (Canada)
Rolando Ravello - Red Ropes (Italy)
Nominees for Best Actress
Lily Lu - Intermission (Canada)
Yoon-Ji Huh - Self-Conversation (Korea)
Rotem Fenichel - We Send U (Canada)
Elizabeth Marie Kallman - The Cowgirl (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Kiss My Ash - Dir. by Mollie O'Donnell (USA)
An Unopened Can of Beer - Dir. by Michael Boston (USA)
Undelivered - Dir. by Nicholas Laudicina (USA)
Taste of Ambition - Dir. by Isaac Stacey (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jacob Ronald Barrieau - Food Chain (Canada)
Uday Kalluri - Nadu Nedu Prema/Pyaar Kal Aajkal - 'Chentha Neevu'/'Paas Tu' (Canada)
Adam Genius - Sweet Tooth (Canada)
Guillaume Labonté-Mercier - Planespotting (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
John Angell Grant - How to Make Amends (USA)
Neil Zemouli - Gideon The Dinosaur (UK)
Marquis Smallwood - What TF Is This (USA)
Kyle Scott Wilkinson - Slippery Highway (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Dale Loon, Alyssa Hunt - Waking Conundrum (Canada)
Mohamed Mahmoud Abdellatif - I Won't Cry Tomorow (Tunisia)
Garrett Smith - A Nation's Table (Canada)
Alessio Pasqua - Red Ropes (Italy)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Long Short Film Documentary
ChatST3 Ring Circus - Dir. by Sullyman The Third ()
Fight of The Ring 10th Anniversary matches | Pro Wrestling The Movie Vol.1 - Dir. by Kenji Ogusu (Japan)
Of A Lifetime - Dir. by Jérôme Tanon (France)
The Narrow Gate - Dir. by Shida Qi (China)
Nominees for Best Long Short Film Narrative
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer - Dir. by Uriah Herr (USA)
The Price of Blood - Dir. by Casper Fourie (South Africa)
The Way of the Mother Bear - Dir. by Killian Casier-Ortolland (France)
Gone - Dir. by Dylan Paulini (Mexico)
Nominees for Best Actor
Danny McDermott - Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer (USA)
Joseph Lloyd Lopez - Gone (Mexico)
Nolan Mick - Maybe I Am the Villain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Actress
Meghan Reed - Gone (USA)
Soleil Van Der Hyde - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Magdalena Broto - Teodoro (Spain)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Way of the Mother Bear - Dir. by Killian Casier-Ortolland (France)
Teodoro - Dir. by Esteban Roel (Spain)
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer - Dir. by Uriah Herr (USA)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Jinyuan Zhang - Sun Rises Again in Dali (USA)
Marc Metelerkamp - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Farhan Rashid - Maybe I Am the Villain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Casper Fourie - The Price of Blood (South Africa)
Killian Casier-Ortolland - The Way of the Mother Bear (France)
María Magdalena Cotun - Teodoro (Spain)
Nominees for Best Director
Sullyman The Third - ChatST3 Ring Circus (USA)
Uriah Herr - Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer (USA)
Kenji Ogusu - Fight of The Ring 10th Anniversary matches | Pro Wrestling The Movie Vol.1 (Japan)
45:01-120:00 Minutes
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best Comedy
God Dam - Dir. by Bill Doty (USA)
Ambiguous Indifference - Dir. by Matt Jenkins, Charles Stanley (USA)
Brick Force: One Left In The Chamber - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)
Vipers - Dir. by Troy Stacey (UK)
Nominees for Best Documentary
The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary - Dir. by Gavin Webb (USA)
Joe Zumba American Actor - Dir. by William Stancik (USA)
Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside - Dir. by Rose Marie Perez (USA)
Revolutionary Song: The Story of Radical Chilean Music and Politics - Dir. by Jared Gilbert (USA)
Circle of Madness - Dir. by Christoph Thoresen (Austria)
The Saint of Brooklyn - Dir. by Ulisse Lendaro (Italy)
Nominees for Best Drama
Love Lies & Happy Ever After - Dir. by David J. McDonald (USA)
Water Lily - Dir. by Julien Botzanowski (France)
What is Love - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Canada)
Peace in Pain - Dir. by Moeinreza Motallebi (Canada)
Ramasakkani Rakumarudu - Dir. by Uday Kalluri (Canada)
Nominees for Best Horror
God Dam - Dir. by Bill Doty (USA)
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Problematic Intentions - Dir. by Georgi Hernandez (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Love Lies & Happy Ever After - Dir. by David J. McDonald (USA)
The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary - Dir. by Gavin Webb (USA)
Water Lily - Dir. by Julien Botzanowski (France)
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Vipers - Dir. by Troy Stacey (UK)
Nominees for Best Actor
Thomas Lesserteur - Water Lily (France)
Dan Perrin - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
David Stevens - God Damn (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Sonja Durant - Love Lies & Happy Ever After (USA)
Pamela Bell - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
Yoyo Lai - What is Love (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Midnight Boulevard - Dir. by Dinitha Vithanage (Canada)
Problematic Intentions - Dir. by Georgi Hernandez (USA)
Peace in Pain - Dir. by Moeinreza Motallebi (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Dinitha Vithanage, Marco Lavagnino - Midnight Boulevard (Canada)
Georgi Hernandez - Problematic Intentions (USA)
Moein Reza Motallebi - Peace in Pain (Canada)
Nominees for Best Writer
Amy Philbert - Love Lies & Happy Ever After (USA)
Matt Jenkins - Ambiguous Indifference (USA)
Shihyun Wang - What is Love (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Gavin Webb - The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary (USA)
Georgi Hernandez - Problematic Intentions (USA)
Ulisse Lendaro - The Saint of Brooklyn (Italy)
15-Second Story
Winner in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
Killer Mind - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon, Agustín Liva (Spain)
Space Collapse Ep 12 - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon, Agustín Liva (Spain)
A-Jar - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Chainsaw - Dir. by David Valverde Martínez, Melanie Rolon (Spain)
Not the One - Dir. by Larry Rosen (USA)
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