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WINNERS SEASON 2025
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
A Young Sofiane | Fabien Ara | France
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Crust | Jens Kevin Georg | Germany
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht | Ben Proudfoot | United States
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Wander to Wonder | Nina Gantz | Belgium
BEST NEW FILMMAKER SHORT
Omnibus | Hugo N.Robertson | France
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
XR – 1857 | John Keane | Ireland
BEST STUDENT SHORT
Happy things | Alexandra Pärn | Estonia
BEST HORROR SHORT
Dial | Josh Trett | United Kingdom
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Papota | Martín Piroyansky | Argentina
BEST COMEDY SHORT
African Family Dinner | Ibrahim Mursal | Norway, Somalia, Sudan
BEST PRODUCER
Jean de Meuron, Nicolas Emiliani, Elena Bawiec | Edge of Space | Switzerland, United States
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Miranda Nolan | Perfect | United Kingdom
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Fabien Ara | A Young Sofiane | France
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Lee Knight | A Friend of Dorothy | United Kingdom
BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Katharina Sporrer | Teresa Station B | Germany
BEST MALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Ronald Zuidinga | The Funeral Rehearsal | Netherlands
BEST ACTRESS
The Funeral Rehearsal | Ado | United States
BEST ACTRESS
Susana Oriot | Sunkiss | Spain
BEST ACTOR
Alistair Nwachukwu | A Friend of Dorothy | United Kingdom
BEST ACTOR
Alain Hernandez | Paris 70 | Spain
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Marie-Pierre Nouveau, Julien Naccache, Maëlis Adalle, Zaé Bougheraba, Hatika Karaoui, Lila Misseliti | A Young Sofiane | France
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Rocco Hidma | Bird Boy | Netherlands
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sjors Mosman | Bird Boy | Netherlands
BEST EDITING
Mónica Salazar, Tim Johnson | The Final Copy of Ilon Specht | United States
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anthony & Hannah Warnes | Huguette | France
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Robin Harff, Floyd Fürstenau, Michaela Mayer | On The Way | Germany
BEST SCREENWRITING
Brian Kazez | The Rise And Fall Of Zara Zilverstein | Argentina, France, Spain, United States
GRAND PRIX (USD 1500)
Ado | Sam Henderson | United States
PRIX DU MEILLEUR ESPOIR (USD 1000)
Sunkiss | A. de la Rita | Spain
PRIX DU PUBLIC (USD 1000)
The Funeral Rehearsal | Ronald Zuidinga | Netherlands
CANNES NEW WAVES GRAND PRIX | November 2025
Mouse! | Jason Graham Arkell-Boles | Canada
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OTHER SEASONS
GRAND PRIX – USD 2000
ROOM TAKEN | TJ O’Grady-Peyton | Ireland
PRIX DU MEILLEUR ESPOIR – USD 1000
CONEJ STEPS OUT | Pablo Río | Spain
AUDIENCE AWARD – USD 1000
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE | Lasse Lyskjær Noer | Denmark
CANNES NEW WAVES GRAND PRIX | November 2024 – USD 1000
IVY RIDGE | Sofia Valiente | United States
OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
GOOD BOY by Tom Stuart | United Kingdom
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
I’M NOT A ROBOT by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A BODY CALLED LIFE by Spencer MacDonald | United States
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
TO DANCE AGAIN by M. G. Evangelista | United States
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
INFEMMES by Nicolas Fodor-Levreaud, Danaé Grimore, Lise Merlaud, Florian Monchois, Julien Torres, Jade Wong | France
BEST NEW FILMMAKERS SHORT
SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY by Alden Ehrenreich | United States
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
CA7RIEL & PACO AMOROSO – BAÑO MARÍA by Brian Kazez | Argentina
BEST STUDENT SHORT
SYNCOPE by Linus von Stumberg | Switzerland
BEST HORROR SHORT
SLEEPWALKER by Brandon Auman | United States
BEST HORROR SHORT
3, 2, 1, 0 by Mingun Kim | Korea
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
DOBRIY ZLOY – SIROTKIN by Oleg Trofim | Uzbekistan
BEST COMEDY SHORT
GROUP C by Imran j Khan | United States
TECHNICAL & PERFORMANCES CATEGORIES
BEST PRODUCER
Elettra Pizzi | GOOD BOY | United Kingdom
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Victoria Warmerdam | I’N NOT A ROBOT | Netherlands
BEST MALE DIRECTOR
Minkyu Kang | CHILDREN OF LIGHT | United States
BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Hung Hsuan Hsu | ARE WE GOOD? | Taiwan
BEST MALE STUDENT DIRECTOR
Linus von Stumberg | SYNCOPE | Switzerland
BEST ACTRESS
Brid Brennan | ROOM TAKEN | Ireland
BEST ACTOR
Leif Andrée | KNIGHT OF FORTUNE | Denmark
Ben Wishaw | GOOD BOY | United Kingdom
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Alden Ehrenreich, Nick Robinson, Lisa Edelstein | SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY | United States
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Don Buppapirak | EATING HEARTACHE | Australia
BEST EDITING
André Rodriguez, Marvin Jay Alvarez | FESTIVAL OF SLAPS | United Kingdom
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Marta Zając, Jakub Zwolak | ESCAPE ATTEMPT | United States
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Tao Delport, Polerik Rouvière | COLEOPTERE | France
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Gene Micofsky | THE HEART OF TEXAS | United States
BEST SCREENWRITING
Alfonso Amador, Lluis Quilez | THE MASTERPIECE | Spain
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