December 2025
Award Recipients
Award
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Best First Time Director - Short Film
Merry Christmas Mithras
Trix StarT
Best Dance Film (Short)
Holding On
Daniel Pakes, Maya Bitan
Best AI-generated Film
Railbound
Jonathan Perry
Best Feature Film - Italian Theme
Love Lives On
Lenny Gatto
Best First Time Director - Documentary
ALONE WITH OTHERS
Natalie Budkin
Best Student Film
Block
Maya Bitan
Best Music Video
STOP LIGHT MOON
Robert Benson Edgar
Best Short Film
OF LIGHT RETURNS - DI LUCE RITORNA
Daniele Catini
Honorable Mention
Syn-biosis
Alex D'Antona
Best Green & Environment Film
ROMAGNA MIA
Pier Damiano Benghi, Paolo Melandri
Santiago Burin des Roziers
House of Fish
Santiago Burin des Roziers
Best Short Documentary
VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
PASCUAL IBÁÑEZ, CRISTIAN FONT
Best Documentary
In Nero: Black Girls in Rome - A Decennial Review
Tamara Pizzoli
Best Documentary
Master
Vage Mikaelyan
Honorable Mention
THANK YOU GOD FOR MY SPOILER
Cihan Güngören, Mustafa Seven
Honorable Mention
Nameless
Filippo Casini
Best Short Documentary
IMI - That day, 20 September 1943
David Orlandelli