
Award-Winning Films 2025.
Best Experimental Short Film
Winners:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
-The Soot (Nikita Baranov)
Finalist:
-Proxy (Artem Skiy)
Semi-Finalist:
-PHANTASM (Marvin Wilson)
-Le Porte Del Paradiso (Gabriele Gasparotti)
-A Train Arrives (Raphael Heinisch / Undine Günther / Miriam Pieper)
Best Screenplay in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-PHANTASM (Marvin Wilson)
Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Semi-Finalist:
-Le Porte Del Paradiso (Gabriele Gasparotti)
Best Editing in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-Proxy (Artem Skiy)
Finalist:
-The Soot (Nikita Baranov)
Semi-Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Best Actress in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-Luca Maret Kern (PHANTASM)
Semi-Finalist:
-Lee Lawson (Lionfish)
Best Actor in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-Anthony Moudir (Memories of French Guiana)
Finalist:
-Krisztan Szilagyi (Unfold)
Best Experimental Short Film Soundtrack:
Winner:
-Proxy (Christopher Lund)
Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Best Sound Design in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-The Soot (Nikita Baranov)
Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Semi-Finalist:
-No Time of Deep Time (Andrew Deutsch)
Best Cinematography in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-ALONE IN ORIZABA (Rocco Rodríguez)
Finalist:
-Other us (Raul Baldi)
Semi-Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Best Art Direction in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-OLYMPIC (Diana Chicaiza)
Finalist:
-Lionfish (Marco Moro)
Semi-Finalists:
-ALONE IN ORIZABA (Roberto Loera)
-Qther us (Raul Baldi)
Best Director in an Experimental Short Film:
Winner:
-Lionfish (Marco Moro)
Finalist:
-Qther us (Raul Baldi)
Semi-Finalist:
-Devotion (Théo Naniot)
Best Experimental Documentary:
Winner:
-Ice Breath (Leonard Alecu)
Finalist:
-Memories of French Guiana (Aurélien Achache)
Semi-Finalist:
-12 ASTERISCI (Telemach Wiesinger)
-movement. dim∑nsion. Impact. (MJ Sousa)
Best Soundtrack for an Experimental Feature Film:
-Ice Breath (Leonard Alecu)
Best Experimental Abstraction:
Winner:
-The Hunter (Diego Ospina Melo)
Finalist:
-Slip Cease
Semi-Finalist:
-No Time of Deep Time (Eric Souther)
Best Experimental Film Made with Artificial Intelligence
Winner:
-Hugs & Kisses (Marc Richter)
Finalist:
-Zìrán (Mitchell Louis Flautt)
Semi-Finalists:
-Little Martians & Abraham (Vanessa Rosa)
-Even After (Prelude)
Best Experimental Music Video:
Winner:
-Soap&Skin - Girl Loves Me (Ioan Gavriel / Anja Franziska Plaschg)
Finalist:
-Sign Action Space (Mersolis Schöne)
Best Experimental Feature Film:
-My friend Miles (Pieter Solta)
Best Actor in an Experimental Feature Film:
-Miles O'Shea ( My friend Miles)
Best Actress in an Experimental Feature Film:
-Sofie Decleir ( My friend Miles)
Best Screenplay in an Experimental Feature Film:
- My Friend Miles (Pieter Solta)