Award Winners: August 2025
Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Fireside by Xiaopei Wang (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Hamdardi by Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb (UK)
Best Short of the Season (Runners-up)
Acorn, Iowa by Madison Wolfe (USA)
Dokhtar’am – My Daughter by Pedram Sadough (Germany)
Hamsa by Aram Abdulrahim (Syria)
Hills by Jennifer Cadena (Spain)
Land of Forgotten Echoes by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: Dokhtar’am – My Daughter by Pedram Sadough (Germany)
Best Drama Short: Hamdardi by Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Night Shift by Megumi Lim (Ukraine)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Best Western Short: Land of Forgotten Echoes by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
Best Student Short: Fireside by Xiaopei Wang (China)
Best Animation Short: Where the Rain Stops by Dojin Kim (South Korea)
Best Women Short: Dream Addicts Anonymous by Ella Braff (USA)
Best Female Director: Jennifer Cadena for Hills (Spain)
Best Male Director: Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb for Hamdardi (UK)
Best Student Female Director: Xiaopei Wang for Fireside (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Madison Wolfe for Acorn, Iowa (USA)
Best Actress: Meghan Wolfe for Acorn, Iowa (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Hope Ikpoku and Adwoa Akoto for Noir (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Ashley Tabatabai, Mitchell Mullen, Arian Nik, Ayla Rose, Helene Maksoud, Emilio Doorgasingh, Baxter Gaston, Walles Hamonde, and Emma Leah Golding for Hamdardi (UK)
Best Cinematography: Adam Lyons for Hamdardi (UK)
Best Editing: Pedram Sadough for Dokhtar’am – My Daughter (Germany)
Best Production Design: Bridget (Ireland)
Best Original Score: Howard Carter for Hamdardi (UK)
Best Original Story: Jerome Jacob for #ÇaGeth’s (France)
Best Short Script: You Don’t Say by Juliet Colyer (USA)
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