OFFICIAL SELECTION LIST - June 2025
Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Animation
(random order)
1. VOHRA (d. Melina Her) - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
2. Goober Madness (d. Taylor Marie Boledovich) - Student - 10 min, United States, 2025
3. The Great STAR Caper (d. Riley Housden) - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
Experimental
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Music Video
(random order)
1. Mould - Chunks (d. Martyn Thomas) - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2. MAMIMI (d. Jaeheon Kim) - 2 min, Republic of Korea, 2025
Screenplays
(finalists)
1. Stein (w. Bob Thomson)
2. PARISINA - Punishment without Forgiveness (w. Giampietro Manzalini)
3. GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA & THE TRIAL OF FIRE (w. Giampietro Manzalini)
4. The Poppet (w. Susan Eileen Jizba)
5. Love Loaded (w. Jan Miller Corran)
6. Part Time Dad (w. Foster Marks)
June 2025 Winners. Screening: December 16th, 2025
BEST OF THE FEST
To Set a Spirit Free (d. YuChi yuchi Fang) - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
2nd BEST OF THE FEST
Nothing happened in 2058 (d. Charles Ritter) - 29 min, France, 2024
3rd BEST OF THE FEST
The Pursuit Of Forgiveness (d. Thomas McQuillan) - 33 min, Ireland, 2024
BEST STUDENT FILM
The Great STAR Caper (d. Riley Housden) - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
AUDIENCE AWARD
GAMBLERS (d. Ettore Zito) - 29 min, Italy, 2025 - 98 votes
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Best Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Best Animation
The Great STAR Caper (d. Riley Housden) - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
NOMINEES:
Goober Madness (d. Taylor Marie Boledovich) - Student - 10 min, United States, 2025
VOHRA (d. Melina Her) - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
Best Experimental
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Best Music Video
Mould - Chunks (d. Martyn Thomas) - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
MAMIMI (d. Jaeheon Kim) - 2 min, Republic of Korea, 2025
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Best Director
YuChi yuchi Fang - To Set a Spirit Free - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
NOMINEES:
Ettore Zito - GAMBLERS - 29 min, Italy, 2025
Charles Ritter - Nothing happened in 2058 - 29 min, France, 2024
Best Screenplay
YuChi yuchi Fang - To Set a Spirit Free - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
NOMINEES:
Charles Ritter - Nothing happened in 2058 - 29 min, France, 2024
Morten Hansen - Dolldays - 29 min, Norway, 2024
Best Actor
Claudio Lobbia - GAMBLERS - 29 min, Italy, 2025
NOMINEES:
Patrick Hilmar Ingvaldsen - Dolldays - 29 min, Norway, 2024
Robert James - The Pursuit Of Forgiveness - 33 min, Ireland, 2024
Best Actress
Niamh Louise McGuigan - The Pursuit Of Forgiveness - 33 min, Ireland, 2024
NOMINEES:
Svetlana Yancheva - FRECKLES - 16 min, Bulgaria, 2025
Chih-Ying Chu - To Set a Spirit Free - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
Best Editing
YuChi yuchi Fang - To Set a Spirit Free - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
NOMINEES:
Dimitri Papadimitriou - Nothing happened in 2058 - 29 min, France, 2024
Michael Moutsatsos - HELPLESS - 6 min, United States, 2025
Best Cinematography
YuChi yuchi Fang - To Set a Spirit Free - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
NOMINEES:
Francois Szabowski - Nothing happened in 2058 - 29 min, France, 2024
Joe O'Hagan - The Pursuit Of Forgiveness - 33 min, Ireland, 2024
Best Original Score
Marek Hunhap - Nothing happened in 2058 - 29 min, France, 2024
NOMINEES:
Jacob "Jae" Allen Eskuri, John Thro, Ildar Komalov - Goober Madness - Student - 10 min, United States, 2025
Danny Steely - The Great STAR Caper - Student - 6 min, United States, 2025
Screenplays
1st Place
The Poppet (w. Susan Eileen Jizba)
2nd Place
Stein (w. Bob Thomson)
3rd Place
PARISINA - Punishment without Forgiveness (w. Giampietro Manzalini)
Fiction
(random order)
1. FRECKLES (d. Nevena Nikolova) - 16 min, Bulgaria, 2025
2. To Set a Spirit Free (d. YuChi yuchi Fang) - 19 min, Taiwan, 2025
3. Dolldays (d. Morten Hansen) - 29 min, Norway, 2024
4. Silent Key (d. Llewy Godfrey) - 22 min, United Kingdom, 2025
5. The Pursuit Of Forgiveness (d. Thomas McQuillan) - 33 min, Ireland, 2024
6. GAMBLERS (d. Ettore Zito) - 29 min, Italy, 2025
7. Nothing happened in 2058 (d. Charles Ritter) - 29 min, France, 2024
8. HELPLESS (d. Michael Moutsatsos) - 6 min, United States, 2025