October 2025

Best Focus on Sicily

While Everything Moves. The Volcanological Observatory of Pizzi Deneri

Pasquale Marino

Honorable Mention

La mister

Domenico de Ceglia

Best Sport Film

People's Team

Yifei Wang

Best First Time Director

The Soiled Shawl

Abhipsa Sahoo

Best Family and Children Friendly Film

Oggi e mai più ieri

Domenico D'orsa

Best Food and Cooking Theme Film

Tumpengan (One Dish Short)

Azmi Hoffmann

Best History Film

The Deep Dive

Blair Murphy

Best Dance Film

BUEN CAMINO

Young Jun Shin

Best Comedy

U CHIUMMU

Francesco La Mantia

Best Music Video

I Am Not Afraid

Ilana Alazzeh

Best Music Score

Un giorno d'estate

Cristian Paduano

Honorable Mention

Sugar Slate

Lorenzo Patanè a.k.a. The Coach MC, Alessandra Rucco

Best Experimental Film

The Fear of Making It

Elizabeth Kapsa

Best Short Film

Una Notte Ancora – One More Night

Carmelo Segreto

Honorable Mention

Say Their Names

David Reibman

Best Human Rights Film

Al Wadiaa

Hedy Krissane

Honorable Mention

Roots in the Rock

Alessandro Turi

Best Student Film Ex Aequo

SUL VIVO – Sore Point

Francesco Finarolli

Best Student Film Ex Aequo

Flensburg Sweetbitter

Lena Dandanelle, Daniel Schmidt, Ashe Lucy Schaub, Lea Majer, Anto Leese

Honorable Mention

Day Off

Olesya Smolkova

Honorable Mention

Fighters – Giovanni De Carolis

Leonardo Santoleri

Honorable Mention

Incurable Me

Nikita Loyk

Best Documentary

GUERRILLA

Joan Gamero

Honorable Mention

The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

Paul L Carr

Honorable Mention

I'm Leaving and I'm Becoming Pope

Antonello Carbone