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Best Feature Length Live Action
Selected from film submissions from around the world.
WINNER
Personhood
Directed By Richard Jordan
Country: Spain
Silver Medal
In Your Own Time
Directed By Lidiia Matviichuk
Country: United Kingdom
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Best Live Action Short Film
Selected from non-university, non-student film submissions from around the world.
WINNER
Scenario
Directed By Kazunori Miura
Country: Japan
Silver Medal
Primacy
Directed By Jos Man
Country: Spain
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Best Animated Short Film
Selected from non-university, non-student animated film submissions from around the world.
WINNER
Next Show in 90 Minutes
Directed by John T. Hil
Country: United States
Silver Medal
Hept
Directed By Jorge Baldeon
Country: United States
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Best Comedy SciFi Short Film
A special breakout category selected from international submissions.
WINNER
The Voice of Plants
Directed By Daniele Guarnera
Country: Italy
Silver Medal
How to Prepare for Time Travelers in the Workplace
Directed By Grigory Lukin
Country: Canada
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Best Student Live Action Short Film
Selected from international college and university programs, filmmakers over the age of 18.
WINNER
Dream Without End
Directed By Justin Tom
Country: China
Silver Medal
The Line
Directed By Riley Skerman, Matthew Carlson
Country: Australia
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Best Student Animated Short Film
Selected from international college and university programs, filmmakers over the age of 18.
WINNER
S.O.U.R.C.E
Directed By Alexandre André, Louis Bonnaud, Adrien Gouloubi, Mathieu Hebrard, Pierre Lopez, Anton Markov, Evana Mingsisouphanh, Maxence Porelli, Ludovic Vacher
Country: France
Silver Medal
Waltz of The Smorbs
Directed By Erim “Xolo” Cetinel
Country: United States
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Best AI Generated / Found Footage Short Film
Selected from alternative films utilizing A.I. and found footage.
WINNER
Finnish and Paranoid Dream
Directed By Jimena Aguilar
Country: Argentina
Silver Medal
OVA - The Little Astronaut
Directed By Cyril Verbois
Country: Switzerland
Honorable Mention
AIM
Directed By Won Chan Song
Country: South Korea
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Best of Brooklyn
A special breakout category recognizing exceptional films from Brooklyn and New York City.
WINNER
Elsewhere - The Burn-In
Directed By Mark Rubbo
Country: Brooklyn
Silver Medal
Stuck At The Spaceport
Directed By John Semerad
Country: Brooklyn (Manhattan)
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Best Documentary Short Film
Selected from film submissions from around the world.
WINNER
Fantastic Matt Parey
Directed By Bartosz Paduch
Country: Poland
Silver Medal
The Box, The Con, and the Handsomest Man in Fandom
Directed By Ian Paul johnston
Country: Canada
Honorable Mentions
Best song, soundtrack, and sound design
Best Soundtrack
Eleven Dimensions
Directed By Innes Forbes
Music By: RAAR, Innes Forbes
Country: United Kingdom
People's Choice Awards
A special breakout category of films upvoted by festival attendees.
WINNER - Short Film
Closure
Directed By Ashley L. Canfield
Country: Hungary
WINNER - Feature Film
Personhood
Directed By Richard Jordan
Country: Spain
Silver Medal
Huemon Sho
Directed By Michael Capodiferro
Country: United States
People's Choice Top Upvoted Films
Top 15 most upvoted films due to popularity among festival attendees.
- Personhood - Winner - Feature Film
- Closure - Winner - Short Film
- Huemon Sho - Silver Medal
- Writer's Block
- Chromatography
- May Death Connect Us Apart
- The Rewind
- New Human
- How to Prepare for Time Travelers in the Workplace
- Down To Earth
- Time to Change
- Love from the Machine?
- Saving Cycle
- R.E.W.I.N.D. To Her
- Species Spotlight: Humans