2025-2026
All seasonal winners (fall, winter, spring and summer) will compete to be the best of the best each year for the chance to be screened at the annual ceremony.
Ceremony on Saturday 31 October 2026
Annual Winners 2026
coming soon
Summer Winners 2026
coming soon
Spring Winners 2026
Best drama (Short) > “Unfiltered” by Remco Merbis
Best comedy (short) > “That's My House” by Clint Till
Best romance (short) > “The Way Things Used 2 B” by Ciara Naughton & Kurstin Moser
Best sci-fi (short) > “The Vagabond” by David Debry
Best thriller (short) > “Town Glitch” by Sam Toor
Best fantasy (short) > “Under the Pear Tree” by John Schlag
Best action/adventure (short) > “Golden Wire” by Ruslan Haiduk
Best horror (short) > “Eye of the Beholder” by Anas Sfagsi
Best fan film (short) > “Star Wars: Absolution” by Branden Dessaint
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Justin Manntai for “Orange Cove”
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Iyad Hajjaj for “My Foot is in Heaven”
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > Catarina De Cèzanne for “AFTER LINK”
Best filmmaker (romance short) > Justina Mitkute for “Goodbye Girl”
Best filmmaker (action/adventure short) > Ruslan Haiduk for “Golden Wire”
Best filmmaker (fanfilm short) > Branden Dessaint for “Star Wars: Absolution”
Best actress (fanfilm short) > Melissa Arias in “Star Wars: Absolution” directed by Branden Dessaint
Best actress (thriller short) > Simone Bailly & Crystal Balint in “Unfrayed” directed by Michelle Muldoon
Best actress (sci-fi short) > Senjo Won in “Love Mirrors” directed by PABLO TREHIN-MARCOT
Best actress (comedy short) > Paula Rhodes in “Orange Cove” directed by Justin Manntai
Best actress (drama short) > Julia Koch in “A MOTHER'S LOVE” directed by Harald Schwarzenbacher
Best actress (horror short) > Brooke Butler in “Valley Fever” directed by Antonio Pinheiro
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Dima Koan in “Matthew 4:08” directed by Dmitriy Umanskiy
Best actor (comedy short) > Todd Bell & Max Burton in “Job 404: The Reincarnagent” directed by Oscar Hewitt
Best actor (thriller short) > Riccardo Leonetti in “Inside” directed by Alex D'Antona
Best actor (fanfilm short) > Rodolfo Ramirez, Jr., Pierson Bian & Branden Dessaint in “Star Wars: Absolution” directed by Branden Dessaint
Best actor (romance short) > Easton Ulrich in “More Than This” directed by Chris Sarfin
Best actor (drama short) > Iyad Hajjaj in “My Foot is in Heaven” directed by Iyad Hajjaj
Best costumes (short) > “Grandfather” directed by Doug Rollins
Best editing (short) > “A MOTHER'S LOVE” by Sebastian Marka
Best makeup (short) > “Orange Cove” by Faith Forbes
Best cinematography (short) > “A MOTHER'S LOVE” by Willy Dettmeyer
Best production design (short) > “A MOTHER'S LOVE” by Uta Wiegele
Best screenplay (short) > “A MOTHER'S LOVE” by Gregor Schmidinger
Best sound (short) > “A MOTHER'S LOVE” by Klaus Kellermann and Frank Klement
Best visual effects (short) > Ghost London directed by Nina Romain
Winter Winners 2025
Best drama (Short) > “What Was” by Adam Courtney
Best comedy (short) > “Body Clock” by Alessandro Riconda
Best romance (short) > “Believe In Love” by Stacey Simon
Best sci-fi (short) > “Happy Sleep” by Scott Colin Cundill
Best thriller (short) > “Memory Room” by Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg
Best fantasy (short) > “HANDIBROKEN FANTOMS (LOL)” by Rahma Sophia RACHDI
Best action/adventure (short) > “The Cycle Of Connection” by Vivek Srikumar
Best horror (short) > “Sleep Tight” by Joe Baker
Best fan film (short) > “Sunny-Man” by Sandeep Reddy Sama
Best costumes (short) > “illusion of love” by Lin Yuxin
Best editing (short) > “Crossfade” by Prateek Nuti, directed by Raghav Mulpuru
Best cinematography (short) > “Memory Room” by Mattia Palombi, directed by Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg
Best production design (short) > “The Flowers From The Window” by Susan Moffat, directed by John Corrin
Best screenplay (short) > “Definitions” by Katherine Rodden, directed by Emily Attwood
Best sound (short) > “Memory Room” Zach McNees & Jin Ann, directed by Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg
Best visual effects (short) > “My Paper Boat” Ali Nawzad & Chalak Latif, directed by Hozan Sherzad Ameen
Best actor (horror short) > Tommy Manna in “Saturday Morning Coffee” by Erick Freitas
Best actor (fantasy short) > Vincent COMBE & Sacha MENIN in “HANDIBROKEN FANTOMS (LOL)” by Rahma Sophia RACHDI
Best actor (thriller short) > Erick Freitas in “Saturday Morning Coffee” by Erick Freitas
Best actor (drama short) > Hal Robinson in “Memory Room” by Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg
Best actress (thriller short) > JoHannah James in Hell's Half-Acre: Sojourn by Nicholas Nicastro
Best actress (comedy short) >Maddie Rice in “Body Clock” by Alessandro Riconda
Best actress (drama short) > Daphne Gaines in “Memory Room” by Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg
Best actress (horror short) > Juliet Chevelle in “Wake Up, Dolores!” by Dan James Rathke
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Rahma Sophia RACHDI for “HANDIBROKEN FANTOMS (LOL)”
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Alexander Maxwell for “In Plain Sight”
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Jorge Morais for “In Half”
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > Christopher White for “KAI”
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > Dan McCabe & Raanan Hershberg for “Memory Room”
Best filmmaker (romance short) > Denis Chereukho for “Don't Call Me Anymore”
Fall Winners 2025
Best drama (Short) > “The Axe Forgets” by John Christopher
Best comedy (short) > “Egg Timer” by Rosie May Bird Smith
Best romance (short) > “Thrown to the Wind” by Eric Dai & Maria Nassar
Best sci-fi (short) > “The Days of Knight: Chapter 1” by John P Martinez
Best thriller (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by John Christopher
Best fantasy (short) > “Juliette's Miracle on St. Nick” by Antwand A Pearman
Best action/adventure (short) > “The Days of Knight: Chapter 1” by John P Martinez
Best horror (short) > “Hag.” by Jay Najeeah
Best actor (drama short) > Leo Väisänen in “Do Something Useful!” by Pavel Motorin
Best actor (horror short) > Hussam Nuñez in “Amarre (Love Spell)” by Tessie Garduño
Best actor (comedy short) > Ian Donnelly in “Talking Rubbish”
Best actor (fantasy short) > Quintin Mims in “The Art of Eternal Love” by Dawn Reavis Martin
Best actor (action/adventure short) > Asher Lopez in “AwesomeMan”
Best actor (romance short) > Michael Joseph Nelson in “One Moment” by Aiden Hurley
Best actress (fantasy short) > Bianca Lemaire in “The Art of Eternal Love” by Dawn Reavis Martin
Best actress (drama short) > Kelsey Cooke in “Safe” by Govind Chandran
Best acting ensemble female (romance short) > Carly Halse, Cathy Conneff in “Nothing for Granted” by Chris Brosnahan
Best actress (comedy short) > Milla Mastronardi in “A plus” by EDUARDO A. CAMARGO
Best actress (thriller short) > Khaula Kai in “Frayed Flags”
Best actress (sci-fi short) > Maegan Stewart in “The Abduction of Jeannette Raimey” by Tre Fergerson
Best filmmaker (horror short) > “Maura” by Natassia Linn Malthe
Best filmmaker (drama short) > “The Axe Forgets” by John Christopher
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > “Juliette's Miracle on St. Nick” by Antwand A Pearman
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > “Ghosted MD” by Jarett Bellucci
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > “Revenge Body” by Polly Pierce
Best filmmaker (romance short) > “The Art of Eternal Love” by Dawn Reavis Martin
Best costumes (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Anna O'Doherty directed by John Christopher
Best editing (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Joe Rigby directed by John Christopher
Best screenplay (short) > “The Oddsmakers” by Timothy Hazin directed by Chivonne Michelle & Ali Watson
Best sound (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Ben J. Connolly directed by John Christopher
Best makeup (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Róisín Murphy directed by John Christopher
Best cinematography (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Naoise Kettle directed by John Christopher
Best production design (short) > “The Axe Forgets” by Victoria Alexandra Carney directed by John Christopher
Best visual effects (short) > “The Days of Knight: Chapter 1” by John P Martinez