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JUNE 17, 2025
17th Edition (December 12, 2023) WINNERS
BEST OF THE FEST WINNER
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'Expectations and Other Products' (LT) - Dali Rust
(1st Place)
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'Peace Off!' (RO) - Stefan Mandachi
(2nd Place)
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'Where The Magpies Fly' (UK) - Amy Mains
(3rd Place)
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NOMINEES
'Gods Don't Breathe' (BE) - Jaspers Kristien
'Don't Choke' (UK) - Sonny Baez
'The white horse' (RO) - Goran Mihailov
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BEST STUDENT FILM
'Croak and Croak' (CN) - Cí Qíwáng
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SPECIAL MENTION
'A Christmas Matter' (IE) - Edwin Mullane
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BEST DIRECTOR
Dali Rust - 'Expectations and Other Products' (LT)
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NOMINEES
Stefan Mandachi - 'Peace Off!' (RO)
Amy Mains - 'Where The Magpies Fly' (UK)
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BEST SCREENWRITER
Liudas Parulskis - 'Expectations and Other Products' (LT)
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NOMINEES
Amy Mains - 'Where The Magpies Fly' (UK)
Stefan Mandachi - 'Peace Off!' (RO)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Freer-Dalziel - 'Where The Magpies Fly' (UK)
NOMINEES
Ilarina Claudiu - 'The White Horse' (RO)
Gizem Koo - 'Gods Don't Breathe' (BE)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Andrei Pantea - 'Peace Off!' (RO)
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NOMINEES
Dali Rust - 'Expectations and Other Products' (LT)
Sven Aerts - 'Gods Don't Breathe' (BE)
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BEST EDITOR
Dali Rust - Expectations and Other Products' (LT)
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NOMINEES
Roxana Maraloiu - 'Peace Off!' (RO)
Hsinyu Chang - 'Don't Choke' (UK)
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BEST ACTOR
Mark Rush - 'Don't Choke' (UK)
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NOMINEES
Sorin Dinculescu - 'The white horse' (RO)
Finley King-Booth - 'Where The Magpies Fly' (UK)
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BEST ACTRESS
Egle Mikulionyte - 'Expectations and Other Products' (LT)
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NOMINEES
Mary Murray - 'A Christmas Matter' (IE)
Alexandra Radu - 'Love Without Words' (RO)
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ANIMATION
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BEST ANIMATION
'It's hard to walk on daylight' - Seungho Jeoung (KR)
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NOMINEES
'The Brightest Star' - Tompswell (FI)
'Wish'- Sunyoung PARK (KR)
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DOCUMENTARY
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
'Interbeing' - Nicoleta Carpineaunu (UK)
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NOMINEES
'Iorgu!' - Matei Preda (RO)
'Icelandic Fragments' - Manfred de Fouquières,
Patrick Evesque (FI)
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MUSIC VIDEO
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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
'Roadkill Jamboree' - Meghan G Graham (US)
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NOMINEES
'Udsigten' - Jacob Thomas Pilgaard (DEN)
'MATAR NAEM' - Ekin Koca (FR)
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WEB SHORT
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BEST WEB SHORT
'Lyubushka' - artel film production (RUS)
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NOMINEES
'Closet Combat Episode 2' - Augustus Hinton (US)
'What are the odds...' - Leyla Jaff (AT)
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EXPERIMENTAL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
'The Sad Messiah' - Alice Worthington (UK)
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NOMINEES
'Movie That'll Make Mom Cry' - Alexis S. Johnson (US)
'Two One Two' - Shira Avni (CA)
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