August 2025

Best Focus on Sicily Documentary

Sicilian Dreamers

Giuseppe De Michele

Best Animation

Super Turbo Jet Boats

Daniel Stuelpnagel

Best Culture Film

Super Turbo Jet Boats

Daniel Stuelpnagel

Best Comedy

Super Turbo Jet Boats

Daniel Stuelpnagel

Best First Time Director

You Took My Breath Away

Jia Jie Lin

Honorable Mention

Pamela

Mark Bradley

Best Music Score

Michele Fraternali – Devil's Cry

Michele Fraternali

Best Student Film

Cover

Salvatore Della Villa (Liceo Scientifico Statale Leonardo da Vinci – Maglie)

Honorable Mention

Leontari

Maurice Konstantin Dietziker

Best Trailer

Trailer for Lapin Noir

Simon J Procter

Best Gender Equality, Issues and Rights Film

Crossing the Divide

Eva/Raghav Zanettin/Pasricha

Honorable Mention

HYBRIS

Pierpaolo Tumino, Chiara Longobardo

Best Documentary

The Gift in Adversity

John Robertson Spender

Best Artist Film

The Thickness Of A New Skin

Chiara Williams

Honorable Mention

Summer Under Stairwell (Estate in Sottoscala)

Vince Ricotta

Honorable Mention

Super Turbo Jet Boats

Daniel Stuelpnagel

Experimental

The Encarne Trilogy

SI Reasoning

Honorable Mention

Identity

Andy Winward

Honorable Mention

un deux trois

Brooke Dooley

Honorable Mention

IL RICHIAMO SEGRETO – The Secret Call

Giovanni Galletta

Best Feature Film Ex Aequo

THE HUNTER'S AUTUMN

André Chandelle

Best Feature Film Ex Aequo

ENESCU, Skinned Alive

Toma Enache

Best Short Film

CODICE 257

Sergio Sansone

Honorable Mention

U Retipuntu

Sofia Venuto

Honorable Mention

LA GOCCIA – The Drop

Gianluca Pio

Honorable Mention

Quale allegria

Francesco Frisari

Honorable Mention

A Road to Tomorrow

Roberto Romeo Gasparini

Best Documentary

It's To Change, Brother – A Life at DEGASE

Serginho Clemente

Best Documentary

1991 Il Rumore Provinciale

Enrico Nocera