GRAND WINNERS 2025
  • 1

    BEST INDIE FEATURE (LOW BUDGET)

    THE DREAM
    DIRECTED BY ANDONI ZORBAS (UNITED STATES)

  • 2

    BEST FRENCH FILM

    MIRARI
    DIRECTED BY JÉRÉMIE BRUNEL (FRANCE)

  • 3

    BEST DIRECTOR OF THE FUTURE

    DESTINY'S RACE
    DIRECTED BY ANDREI CHRISTIAN BORTICA (ROMANIA)

  • 4

    BEST DIRECTOR OF THE FUTURE

    DESTINY'S RACE
    DIRECTED BY ANDREI CHRISTIAN BORTICA (ROMANIA)

  • 5

    BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR SUPER SHORT FILM

    MISMATCH
    DIRECTED BY EDVINAS MACIULEVICIUS (IRELAND)

  • 6

    BEST STUDENT FILM

    + Prix Jeunesse Création - RÉSEAU GÉOPHOLIS UNESCO PACA (Prix remis par son Président M. Michel Noble)

    AVA
    DIRECTED BY OBJECTIF 3D ÉCOLE DES ARTS NUMÉRIQUES (FRANCE)

  • 7

    BEST OCEANIAN FILM

    STRANDED PEARL
    DIRECTED BY PRASHANTH GUNASEKARAN, KEN KHAN (COOK ISLANDS)

  • 8

    BEST ACTOR IN AN INDIE FILM (00:26)

    BRUNO PALZATTO
    FOR DRAMA (BRAZIL)

  • 9

    BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT

    THE MUSIC MUSEUM ON THE WALL
    DIRECTED BY ZIFAN WANG (CHINA)

  • 10

    BEST FILM ON DISABILITY

    EVERYWHERE
    DIRECTED BY KATE ELLEN CAMPBELL, CLAIRE HA (AUSTRALIA)

  • 11

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    ITSANAXA
    DIRECTED BY DIRECTED BY EMILIOS GOUTAS (MEXICO)

  • 12

    BEST CAUSE-DRIVEN FILM

    SHALOM PASSION; NEVER AGAIN IS NOW!
    DIRECTED BY OR BEN DAVID (UNITED STATES)

  • 13

    BEST MYSTERY FILM

    THE BLUE TRUNK
    DIRECTED BY ALON ASSOULINE (FRANCE)

  • 14

    BEST THRILLER/SUSPENSE FILM

    IN SILENCE
    DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE BRITTO (BRAZIL)

  • 15

    BEST TRUE STORY

    NO BARRIERS
    DIRECTED BY LUISA MELO, GONZALO FIGUEROA (MEXICO)

  • 16

    BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER (FEATURE)

    NO!SE
    DIRECTED BY KAREL DUYCK, JUDITH DUYCK (BELGIUM)

  • 17

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG

    RON DANZIGER, MANU MARTIN, TOM BALL
    FOR TIMELESS : A SYMPHONY IN MOTION (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 18

    BEST SINGER OF THE FUTURE

    TOM BALL
    FOR TIMELESS : A SYMPHONY IN MOTION (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 19

    BEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FILM

    EMPATHI.A
    DIRECTED BY STÉPHANIE GAURIER (FRANCE)

  • 20

    BEST INDIGENOUS / NATIVE PEOPLES FILM + Coup de Coeur RÉSEAU GÉOPHOLIS UNESCO PACA (Prix remis par son Président M. Michel Noble)


    NAWA SIA - THE SECRETS OF THE AMAZON
    DIRECTED BY ISABELLA VIEIRA (MONACO)

  • 21

    BEST LGBTQ FILM

    BABLI | BABAR
    DIRECTED BY KAMRAN FAIQ (PAKISTAN)

  • 22

    HONORABLE MENTION

    HANNA’S STORY  
    DIRECTED BY PETE EDWARD COHEN (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 23

    BEST AMERICAN FILM

    MIDNIGHT IN THE ORANGE GROVE
    DIRECTED BY ANDREW TROY (UNITED STATES)

  • 24

    BEST HEALTH FILM

    INACTIVE, AMERICA'S SILENT KILLER
    DIRECTED BY KARL ANDRÉ TALBOT (CANADA)

  • 25

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

    INTOXICATED
    DIRECTED BY KARL ANDRÉ TALBOT (UNITED STATES)

  • 26

    BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM

    COSMIC RHAPSODY : A SYMPHONY FOR OUR PLANET
    DIRECTED BY SUSAN MEY LEE LIM, MANU MARTIN, CHRISTINA TEENZ TAN (SINGAPORE)

  • 27

    BEST MUSICAL FILM

    OBLIVION
    DIRECTED BY LAINE RETTMER (UNITED STATES)

  • 28

    BEST COMPOSER OF THE FUTURE

    YANG ZHANG
    FOR A WHISPER IN THE NIGHT OF SPRING (UNITED STATES)

  • 29

    BEST NATURE/WILDLIFE FILM

    NILGIRIS - A SHARED WILDERNESS
    DIRECTED BY SANDESH KADUR (INDIA)

  • 30

    BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

    SHADEE RÖNNBÄCK, ANNA LOTT, JENNY DREMÉ, OSWALD HUNTER, ANJAN NILSSON, HILLEVI PÄRSSON, ALICE LUNDHOLM
    FOR LEK MED MIG (SWEDEN)

  • 31

    BEST FILM NOIR

    EXCHANGE
    DIRECTED BY MONTY CHAUDOIR (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 32

    BEST SOCIAL JUSTICE (SHORT)

    A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER
    DIRECTED BY SAM GOLLESTANI (UNITED STATES)

  • 33

    BEST WEB/TV PILOT

    BY THE END OF THIS
    DIRECTED BY LE'SERONE "POETIC LACE" SMITH (UNITED STATES)

  • 34

    BEST ACTING DEBUT

    ANJA MARCETIC
    FOR THE LAST RECKONING (CANADA)

  • 35

    BEST ROMANCE FILM

    GOODBYE LOVE
    DIRECTED BY MONIKA TRZCINSKA, SIMON BARBARIT (FRANCE)

  • 36

    BEST ASIAN FILM

    THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
    DIRECTED BY LI TAO (CHINA)

  • 37
    BEST DIRECTOR INDIE FEATURE

    DING ZIJUN (ALLEN TING)
    FOR X KILLS ME

GRAND WINNERS 2025 – SCRIPTS

  • 1

    BEST SHORT SCRIPT

    HEAR MY SONG
    WRITTEN BY RACHEL WALSH-WILLIAMS (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 2

    BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

    Prix remis par Mme Xueying Zhao Vallée, en qualité de représentante de Mme Chantal Ravera, Présidente de Femmes Leaders Mondiales Monaco (Partenaire Officiel)

    ATLANTEA – FROM THE SPHINX TO ATLANTIS
    WRITTEN BY SANDRINE AUBERTIN, NAREVA (FRANCE)

  • 3

    BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT

    MIMIC MEN
    WRITTEN BY TONEATA LEONA MARTOCCHIO (UNITED STATES)

  • 4

    BEST SERIES PILOT SCRIPT

    AMBERICA
    WRITTEN BY AMBER SHAHEEN NELSON, MOKOTSI RUKUNDO (UNITED STATES)

  • 5

    BEST FANTASY SCRIPT

    THE EVENT
    WRITTEN BY IZABELA BOROWSKA (POLAND)

  • 6

    BEST CRIME SCRIPT

    THE LAST RECKONING
    WRITTEN BY GRANT GLADISH (CANADA)

  • 7

    BEST 1ST TIME SCREENWRITER – FEATURE

    THE SOUND OF SILENCE
    WRITTEN BY GASPARE DAMANTI (ITALY)

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