OFFICIAL SELECTION LIST - April 2025
Documentary
(random order)
1. Still, life (d. Priya Woods) - Student - 7 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2. Image Whisperers (d. Antoine Greco) - 18 min, Canada, 2025
3. Sydney to Summit (d. Luke O'Donnell) - 27 min, Australia, 2025
Animation
(random order)
1. Climatocalypse (d. Justin Capes) - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2. My Monthly Struggle (d. Crystal Tai) - Student - 2 min, Australia, 2024
Experimental
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Music Video
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Screenplays
(finalists)
1. The Ibex. (w. Sergio Pazos Conde)
2. Wise Old Owl (w. Jacob Louis Hayek)
3. Crossroads (w. Laura Katherine Winter)
4. Much Ado About Family Affairs (w. Olivia F Green)
5. Viv + Eddie (w. Andi Watson)
6. THREE MILE HOUSE (w. Margaret Kane-Rowe)
April 2025 Winners. Screening: June 10th, 2025
BEST OF THE FEST
Two Tickets to Mars (d. Anna Ahaliieva) - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
2nd BEST OF THE FEST
Never Hike Alone (d. Beth Gallagher, Alison Kertz) - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
3rd BEST OF THE FEST
LBO (d. Gilles Laborde) - 15 min, France, 2024
BEST STUDENT FILM
Two Tickets to Mars (d. Anna Ahaliieva) - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
AUDIENCE AWARD
My Monthly Struggle (d. Crystal Tai) - Student - 2 min, Australia, 2024 - 12 votes
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Best Documentary
Image Whisperers (d. Antoine Greco) - 18 min, Canada, 2025
NOMINEES:
Still, life (d. Priya Woods) - Student - 7 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Sydney to Summit (d. Luke O'Donnell) - 27 min, Australia, 2025
Best Animation
My Monthly Struggle (d. Crystal Tai) - Student - 2 min, Australia, 2024
NOMINEES:
Climatocalypse (d. Justin Capes) - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Experimental
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Best Music Video
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
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Best Director
Anna Ahaliieva - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
NOMINEES:
Gilles Laborde - LBO (d. Gilles Laborde) - 15 min, France, 2024
Beth Gallagher, Alison Kertz - Never Hike Alone - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Best Screenplay
Anna Ahaliieva - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
NOMINEES:
Matt Hansen - Voiceless - 20 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Luke O'Donnell - A Grandfather's Wish - Student - 14 min, Australia, 2024
Best Actor
Adib Cheikhi - LBO - 15 min, France, 2024
NOMINEES:
Ján Jackuliak - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
Matt Hansen - Voiceless - 20 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Best Actress
Alison Kertz - Never Hike Alone - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
NOMINEES:
Emma Kabouche - LBO - 15 min, France, 2024
Éva Bándor - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 20245
Best Editing
Teresa Riley - SWING WARS - 34 min, Canada, 2025
NOMINEES:
Jayme Bartlett, Beth Gallagher - Never Hike Alone - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Filip Sablatura - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 20245
Best Cinematography
Oleksii Slavitskiy - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 20245
NOMINEES:
Lukáš Peter Tóth, Martin Slovák - DO NOT DISTURB - Student - 25 min, Slovakia, 2024
Jayme Bartlett, Kieran McLaughlin - Never Hike Alone - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Best Original Score
Cankat Guenel, CHPTRS - A Grandfather's Wish - Student - 14 min, Australia, 2024
NOMINEES:
Riley Burke - Never Hike Alone - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
Olesia Stepura - Two Tickets to Mars - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 20245
Screenplays
1st Place
Viv + Eddie (w. Andi Watson)
2nd Place
Wise Old Owl (w. Jacob Louis Hayek)
3rd Place
Crossroads (w. Laura Katherine Winter)
Fiction
(random order)
1. LBO (d. Gilles Laborde) - 15 min, France, 2024
2. Two Tickets to Mars (d. Anna Ahaliieva) - Student - 24 min, Slovakia, 2024
3. A SOUND FROM WITHIN (d. Miguel Miller) - 23 min, United States, 2025
4. Moonflower Submarine (d. Samuel Feron) - 5 min, France, 2025
5. Voiceless (d. Thomas Schubert) - 20 min, United Kingdom, 2025
6. Never Hike Alone (d. Beth Gallagher, Alison Kertz) - Student - 18 min, United Kingdom, 2025
7. SWING WARS (d. Teresa Riley) - 34 min, Canada, 2025
8. DO NOT DISTURB (d. Matej Kováč) - Student - 25 min, Slovakia, 2024
9. A Grandfather's Wish (d. Luke O'Donnell) - Student - 14 min, Australia, 2024