Un grupo de científicos e ingenieros de renombre está vinculado a un proyecto militar secreto, denominado P‑1, y a la sustracción de un material tecnológico de gran importancia. Esto provoca que un departamento de inteligencia se lance tras ellos para descubrir la verdadera naturaleza del proyecto y sus intenciones. Sin embargo, lo que ignoran es el terreno peligroso en el que se adentrarán al descubrir qué es realmente el P‑1.


Best Short Film (Main Category)
Best Young Director (Additional Category)
Best Sci-Fi (Additional Category)


Directed by: Kevin CorSan

Best Short Film (Main Category)


Directed by: Susan Kelejian

Through the eyes of a patient and a nurse, we see the real consequences and victims of a crumbling mental health system.


Best Short Film (Main Category)
Best Short Screenplay (Main Category)
Best Director Debut (Additional Category)


Directed by: Aleksandra Bucevac

The world of 16-year-old Sebastian (Linus Moog) is surrounded by forests, fields, and the country roads of a small town in the midst of an unrelenting, sultry summer. Days are spent studying at school, and in the evenings, he meets up with friends by the lake, smokes pot, drinks beer, and dreams with his new girlfriend Sarah about a future far from the confines of the countryside.
When Sebastian’s father Bernd (Oli Bigalke) and his mother Vanessa (Annika Kuhl) announce to him and his little sister Lilli (Marlena Strawe) that they will be taking in a boy named Kolja (Aurel Klug), everything changes in an instant. The children are left speechless when they learn that Sebastian has a brother — a brother who grew up in the city with Sebastian’s biological mother, whom he has never met, and who is now, after her death, moving in with them.
When 15-year-old Kolja becomes the newest member of the family just days later, Sebastian’s life is turned upside down, and the family becomes the talk of the small town. The quiet, handsome Kolja seems to captivate everyone around him. Sebastian doesn’t know how to handle the situation with his new brother, as they feel both like strangers and yet somehow connected.
Kolja quickly adapts to the family, becomes popular at school, and excels at sports. The girls in the small town are all infatuated with him. Weeks later, when the brothers are home alone, with no way to avoid each other, something happens that Sebastian neither anticipated nor understands: the two brothers unexpectedly grow closer, and this closeness turns into a kiss.
What follows is an emotional rollercoaster that shakes Sebastian and his family out of their small-town routine and into uncharted territory.


Best Feature Film (Main Category)


Directed by: Max Hegewald

A woman who is experiencing Phantom Pregnancy.The story revolves around a couple who have been keen on the taste of parenthood & have been close to the feeling twice.But due to unforeseen circumstances they could never reach the zenith of their happiness.Although it turned out to be a natural misfortune & the man gets to know his share of contributory mistake which led to the mishap, adding to his guilt.She conceives for the third time with her constant prayers & cravings.But as the fate would have it written with its harshest ink, she carries no baby in her womb this time.Will they come to terms to this call of reality?Or will their reality change forever? The film deals with the same old Social infrastructure that only a baby boy can continue the lineage.Also prostitutes can refuse, wives can’t.Celebrating motherhood. Social delusion.Finally this film is all about poetic injustice.


Best Feature Film (Main Category)
Best Director Debut (Additional Category)


Directed by: Soumodeep Ghosh Chowdhury

Randy Lupo returns to Staten Island to find his mother drifting into the quiet shadows of age. She compels him to right the wrongs she believes were done to her and left to fester in the silence of passing years. As he navigates the still streets of his past—from weathered boardwalks to long-forgotten corners of his youth—Randy is pulled into a reckoning with the life he left behind, where old debts linger, memory blurs with regret, and redemption may lie in the spaces between what was lost and what remains.


Best Feature Film (Main Category)
Best Actor (Main Category)
Best Director Debut (Additional Category)
Best Drama (Additional Category)
Best Poster (Additional Category)


Directed by: Joe Nuzzolo

ReBorn" follows a woman escaping the noise of the city to reclaim the lost pieces of herself. In an abandoned sock factory, its graffiti-covered walls become an open-air museum, whispering stories of identity, rebellion, and style. Wearing ReBorn street couture, she immerses herself in the colors, textures, and rhythm of the asphalt.
Her journey leads her high into the mountains, to the nomadic village of Lukomir. Here, where the wind carries the whispers of ancestors and medieval stećak stones guard forgotten tales, she finds silence. Draped in haute couture inspired by traditional folk costumes, she reconnects with her true self.
"ReBorn" is a visual and emotional journey — from graffiti to stećaks, from urban grit to mountain serenity. A story of escape, encounter, and rebirth.


Best Experimental Film (Main Category)


Directed by: Aida Korman

„I need something“ is an intimate drama about an artist who suddenly loses his sense of purpose and falls into a spiral of obsession. A mysterious woman, seen by chance on a screen, begins to haunt his thoughts and seep into every aspect of his life. Her presence becomes both an inspiration and a curse, a force that robs him of peace and drives him to the edge of madness.
The film explores the fine line between creativity and self-destruction, between inspiration and addiction. It is the story of a man who, in search of answers, comes face to face with his own fears, illusions, and desires.


Best Experimental Film (Main Category)
Best Producer (Additional Category)
Best Director Debut (Additional Category)
Best Editing (Additional Category)


Directed by: Ronald Pfisterer

While getting ready for a date with the girl of his dreams, Marco is visited by a man in the TV who starts talking to him. And he has a request to make... Hallucination or reality? That’s what Marco will have to figure out in this absurd and slapstick comedy.


Best Experimental Film (Main Category)
Best No-Budget Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Leonardo Valenti

When their flawed thesis project fails, a team of five powerboat-loving LA film-school slackers pivots to a risky spring-break boondoggle for Golden-Fleece beach adventures.


Best Experimental Film (Main Category)
Best Comedy (Additional Category)


Directed by: Daniel Stuelpnagel

“The Endless Shifts: Stories that Keep Care Alive” follows the lives of frontline healthcare workers in Ontario who have dedicated decades—sometimes over 40 years—to care. Through intimate portraits and heartfelt storytelling, the film explores the personal sacrifices, financial struggles, and deep humanity that keep our health system alive. It is both a tribute to the unseen labor of those who give everything, and a call to recognize their dignity and worth. With vérité footage, personal interviews, and union solidarity at its heart, this film preserves voices too often left unheard—reminding us that behind every shift is a lifetime of care.


Best Short Documentary Film (Main Category)


Directed by: Felipe Andres Noriega

The documentary "To Belong" is an intimate portrait of Marcia Gilbert de Babra, founder of the first specialized center for people with intellectual disabilities in Ecuador.
At 84, she relives the origins of her mission and wonders what will become of her legacy.
Today, the foundation is facing a severe financial crisis. A new director is trying to sustain it through management, while educators like Roberto Franco keep it alive by teaching their students how to take action and prepare for independent adulthood.
A community that endures through memory, passion, and the desire for inclusion.


Best Short Documentary Film (Main Category)
Best Inspirational Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Juan Felipe Bohorquez

Over the past fifty years, four federal dams impounding the Lower Snake River in Washington State have been identified as the root cause for the demise of all of Idaho’s anadromous fish. "The Snake and the Whale" reveals the corrupt deals behind the dams' construction and the subsequent campaigns to hide their role in this ongoing ecological disaster. Additionally, the dams have profoundly impacted a group of Killer Whales off the coast of Washington, known as the Southern Resident Orca, which rely on Snake River salmon as a primary food supply. These majestic creatures are now atop the Endangered Species list.


Best Feature Documentary Film (Main Category)


Directed by: John Carlos Frey

What happened after an Earth astronaut left a family photo on the moon fifty-plus years ago? This animated short explores the butterfly effect of such an action. How will it affect us all?


Best Animation (Main Category)
Best Sound Design (Additional Category)


Directed by: John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez

"The Price of Eggs" is a tense, emotionally charged play set in an opulent Houston home. It explores the strained relationship between parents, Gerry Anne and Lincoln as they confront their past, family secrets, and differing perspectives on their son's identity. Through conversations about memories and unspoken truths, including issues of societal expectations and personal sacrifice, the play delves into themes of repression, loss, and the cost of keeping secrets. Torn between nostalgia and harsh realities, Gerry Anne and Lincoln confront what they're willing to reveal and what they must hide to maintain their image and sense of control.


Best Short Screenplay (Main Category)


Written by: Susan Kelejian

When a neurologically-altered man bonded to a wealthy family’s son loses the child to terminal illness, he develops a deadly mental condition that he must overcome by finding the only person known to survive the syndrome.


Best Feature Screenplay (Main Category)
Best Original Screenplay (Main Category)


Written by: Marni Sullivan

Buried beneath years of abuse and silence, a brilliant young Black woman rises like a rose from the concrete, reclaiming her voice, healing generational wounds, and turning pain into power.


Best Feature Screenplay (Main Category)
Best Screenwriter Debut (Additional Category)


Written by: TASHA SKY

Houston, 1995. A dealer bleeds out in his bathtub, confessing the night grief made him a killer. Two months later, a teenage girl’s suicide—after his kiss and three empty words—proves the confession wasn’t penance. It was his last performance.
A one-sided conversation with a dying man—about how his version of love made suicide contagious.


Best Original Screenplay (Main Category)


Written by: Silvano Williams

Olivia Bennet, an ambitious journalist in New York, is banished to Italy’s Amalfi Coast after her magazine exiles her to a “fluff” assignment: tour twenty-one lemon groves in twenty-one days. Arriving with cynicism and heels unfit for cobblestones, she meets her driver, Luca Romano — rugged, rooted, and proudly Amalfitano. Their journey is filled with clashes, banter, and undeniable sparks as they navigate groves steeped in tradition.
From flour fights in kitchens to a rickety ladder rescue, barefoot dancing at a wedding to sheltering in a farmhouse storm, Olivia gradually sees that lemons — and the limoncello crafted from them — symbolize patience, heritage, and love. Luca softens, too, gifting her a carved lemon heart and confessing his family’s truths under the stars. Their “almost kisses” become inevitable, culminating in a tender storm-lit embrace.
But their fragile bond shatters when Olivia’s magazine runs her story under the sensational headline: “Romance on the Road: 21 Days, 21 Lemons.” Luca feels betrayed, reduced to a cliché. Hurt, he pushes her away. Alone, Olivia realizes each lemon was their story: every grove, every tradition, every laugh. Nonna Rosa gently reminds her: “The sweetest limoncello takes time. So does love. Do not leave before it’s ready.”
At the grand Festival of Limoncello, Luca presents his family’s batch, cold and distant. Olivia interrupts, reading her true article aloud: “I came for twenty-one lemons in twenty-one days. But what I found was patience, tradition, and love — love that, like limoncello, begins sour but becomes sweet if you give it time.” The crowd erupts, chanting “bacio!” Luca steps forward: “Do you mean it?” She answers: “Every word.” They kiss, finally aligned, as lantern-lit lemons glow around them.
In the epilogue, Olivia stays in Positano, finishing her article at Nonna’s table, Luca bringing her coffee with a smile. Their love, like limoncello, has ripened — proof that sweetness only comes with time.


Best Unproduced Screenplay (Main Category)


Written by: David A. Miller

The quiet seclusion of a private garden is slowly consumed by secrets, lies, and self-preservation.


Best Actress (Main Category)
Best Actor (Main Category)
Best Romance (Additional Category)


Directed by: Pat Bradley, Melanie Gretchen

Frances, serves as a poignant exploration of the pervasive housing crisis that has gripped our society. Going beyond mere statistics, the film endeavors to shatter preconceived notions about homelessness and directs attention to the alarming reality that anyone, regardless of their background, can find themselves facing the harsh uncertainties of housing instability. At the heart of the narrative is Frances, a resilient and hardworking woman navigating the aftermath of a recent divorce. As if the emotional toll of separation weren't enough, her rental property becomes short-term holiday accommodation. Faced with the daunting task of finding a new home in a fiercely competitive market, Frances encounters insurmountable challenges due to her single income and her unwillingness to be separated from her beloved dog.
Her unwavering pride becomes both a shield and an obstacle, preventing her from seeking assistance from friends or family. Consequently, she finds herself reluctantly residing in her car, a stark symbol of the precariousness of housing in the modern world. Despite maintaining a positive outlook, Frances undergoes a series of unfortunate events that gradually erode her resilience, pushing her to despair. It becomes painfully clear to Frances that, in order to break free from her living situation, she must swallow her pride and muster the courage to seek help from those around her. Through Frances' journey, the film serves as a powerful commentary on the importance of dismantling stereotypes surrounding homelessness, urging viewers to confront the harsh realities faced by individuals who unexpectedly find themselves on the fringes of society's housing crisis.



Best Actress (Main Category)
Best Drama (Additional Category)


Directed by: Sharon Lewis

Rome. The lives of two friends in their thirties are falling into pieces and what first feels like a total loss of control becomes a chance to remember what they originally wanted from life, to take action and learn to trust in their voices.
A reflection on the importance of art and finding happiness by jumping in at the deep end.
Luis' poems (as voice over thoughts) and Ellas songs, created for the story, are closely interwoven with their emotional journey.


Best Director Debut (Additional Category)


Directed by: Leonie Renée Klein

Francis is a troubled girl living her teenage years unhappily, especially after a fight with her best friend Vittoria, who turned all her schoolmates against her. Her only safe haven is bike rides and the piano, but these manage to give her only momentary relief from the pain. She feels like a mistake, and inadequate. Is she really the monster everyone believes her to be?


Best Young Director (Additional Category)
Best Young Actress (Additional Category)


Directed by: Sophia Lassi

LILY BRANNAN knows she’s in a rut. She has a case of writer’s block, can’t
remember to grocery shop, and is having sex with her ex-husband which still
tangles her conscience. Then HELEN passes away, leaving her a mysterious
old house in Vermont.
Lily drives up to see it and feels the spark she has been missing. This
place could wake her up. She hires a handsome contractor, TOM GIVENS, to
renovate the house.
While at the local bakery, Lily runs into TIFFANY, who had been her
childhood best friend, who she hasn’t seen since Helen took custody of
Lily. Now, Lily knows this town is exactly where she’s supposed to be.
Then she meets ROBERTO ROMANO, stunning and charming, and he sweeps her off
her feet. But the house begins to seep into her dreams, full of shifting
hallways and stained-glass light.
One afternoon, while she is writing, Tom calls her upstairs to her future
bedroom. He has pulled a hidden stained-glass window from the wall, and the
moment Lily sees it, the world tilts, and she collapses in a dead faint.


Best Screenwriter Debut (Additional Category)


Written by: Kris Francoeur

Tired of being treated like a product to sell, a young model searches for happiness in her life and in the modelling industry.


Best Composer (Additional Category)


Directed by: Lee O'Connor

An ancient family tradition takes a dark turn this Christmas.


Best Symbolic Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Trix StarT

A "poor devil", works at a dirty and improvised garage. But one bad night, a buchón client who turns out to be the Devil, makes a pact with him and in exchange for his soul, gives him all the pleasures and vices at his disposal. Just a devil trap...


Best Horror (Additional Category)


Directed by: Jesus Altamirano Gumercindo

This music video offers an intimate glimpse into the final moments of two people in love, who seek solace in their mutual closeness in the face of a brutal reality. It vividly portrays their escape from the surrounding world, focusing on the intensity and fragility of their bond. This is a moving excerpt from their last moments, compressed into the music video format, showcasing the power of love in the face of an inevitable end.


Best Music Video (Additional Category)


Directed by: Michał Konrad

Fighting against a lack of tradition and a hostile environment, the only Spanish Skeleton athlete Ander Mirambell trains nine young athletes to become the first Spanish Skeleton team ever, for most of them it is the first contact with ice.


Best Editing (Main Category)
Best Sport Film (Additional Category)
Best Inspirational Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Daniel Torres Vergé, Jaime Ballada Larrasa

Following the February 6, 2023 earthquake, Cemil begins living within the confines of a container. As his days are filled with the search for water and fragile rituals, his bond with the fish in the bowl deepens. This bond reveals both Cemil's loneliness and the collective memory shaped by the earthquake. February Eternity narrates this fragile life through the language of water and the gaze of a fish.


Best No-Dialogue Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Şiyar TUĞRUL

"Following in the Footsteps of My Ancestors" is a personal documentary film by Ute Köhler about her family history. The filmmaker embarks on an extraordinary journey to retrace the emigration route of her ancestors, who emigrated from southern Germany to Galicia (present-day Poland) in the 18th century and later to Volhynia (Ukraine).
The film begins with Ute Köhler's own hike from Dolgesheim to Ulm in southern Germany, followed by a bicycle tour along the Danube to Vienna (Austria). This is the same route taken by her ancestors from five generations back, 240 years ago. Through interviews with witnesses such as her great-uncle Ludwig Zimmermann, who was born in Volhynia in 1902, as well as conversations with historians and archivists in Poland, the moving emigration story of German colonists unfolds.
The documentary shows how her ancestors lived as farmers in German colonies, for example in Hohenbach and Reichsheim in the Vistula triangle in Galicia and later near the city of Lutsk in Volhynia in the 19th and early 20th centuries, until they were forced to flee again during World War I. Ludwig Zimmermann's family was deported to the Russian interior in 1915 and returned to Germany in 1918. The film combines personal investigation with historical analysis and culminates in Ute Köhler's decision to process this family history into a novel, a literary tribute to her courageous ancestors.


Best Inspirational Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Ute Koehler, Katherin Wermke

What matters most in relationships in your 80s — a hug, a sack of potatoes, a kind word, or simply having someone to spend New Year’s Eve with?
This is a road trip with Mitya Kozlov and his dog, as he visits his girlfriends, searching for an answer to this question.


Best No-Budget Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Yulia Ruzmanova

Wealthy socialites gather for a lavish birthday, but when an unexpected event shatters their world, they face a choice that tests their loyalties. As tensions rise, not everyone is willing to make the same sacrifice.


Best Thriller (Additional Category)


Directed by: Josh Evoy

This video is one of twelve from my upcoming visual album, which explores my journey as a music producer, a romantic, and a survivor of Los Angeles life.
The featured song tells the story of a deceitful man posing as a legitimate music producer and songwriter. Though surrounded by truly talented musicians and lyricists, he contributes little to the creative process—yet he takes center stage, claiming outsized credit for work that isn’t his.
In the video, this fraudulent figure is portrayed through a metaphorical lens: a shady 1800s county fair operator. He stages a spectacle filled with second-rate attractions, mediocre performers, and flimsy sets—yet somehow, he thrives, stealing the spotlight and profiting off illusion. The fair becomes a satirical reflection of the modern music industry’s dark corners, where smoke and mirrors can eclipse real artistry.


Best AI Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet

In 1959, an unidentified flying object crashes in Nevada.
Special forces from Area 51 recover an alien, but when all interrogation fails, Air Force operative Bob Thomas launches Project CIRCLE.
As chaos erupts and America’s pride is on the line, Bob must make a fateful decision—can he end the mission before it ends him?


Best AI Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Jae Youn Song

Terry Gilbertson has been a security guard for over 21 years in Kings Cross, London. He is now heading up the Task 7 - Maximum Security program and rolling it over the UK.
Graham once again catches up with Terry, this time he is at a university in East Anglia making sure that health and safety protocols are being followed and that everyone is following a code of maximum security!


Best Mobile Film (Additional Category)


Directed by: Richard Mann