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SHORT to the Point – January & February 2025 Nominees

Animation

Eldritch Karaoke, Director: Joe Loftus

Take Your Hands Off! , Director: Niyazi Özyurt

Children Film

Gift For the Gifted, Director: Ziming Li

The Boy who erased kisses, Director: Radostina Neykova, Fernando Galrito

Gear, Director: Andrey Sizov

Comedy

Nothing but wind, Director: PH Debiès

The Auge, Director: Rudolf “Ronny” Augenheimer

Dance / Musical

Directions To The Other Side Of The World, Director: Derrick Belcham

The Meaning of February, Director: Peace Tree Collective

Do Not Dance, Director: Julian Quentin, Marie Heleen Samrotzki

Debut

Voila, Director: Yura Svoev

A Villager Elegy, Director: Konstantin Lavysh

Driving Lessons, Director: Anastasiya Gruba

Me, Director: LEE min kyu

Documentary

Still Here, Director: Álvaro Hernández Blanco

Gaya Was Here, Director: Finn Szumlas

Kebab City, Director: Eren Ates

A Rainbow Too, Director: Alex Côté

Sapara Nation. Guardians of the sacred rainforest, Director: Ian Sanders, Roberta Vasnic

A Distant Flame, Director: Sihui Shao

TORN, Director: Simone Hart, Jón H. Geirfinnsson

Drama

Designation, Director: Denis Retrov

A Wild Life, Director: Marie-Andrée Lemaire

Like there’s no time, Director: Meriç Demiray

Experimental

Are you with me?, Director: Christian Søgaard

Sunyata, Director: Quentin Kwiatkowski

All those memories I can’t remember, Director: Nikolaj Schou

Horror

Old Well, Director: Andrés Hernández Covarrubias

Hikikomori, Director: Jakub Holynski

CRAWL SPACE, Director: Randy Scott Slavin

Mini Short

Revolte, Director: Julia Klawonn, Alexander Resch

BATCAN, Director: Riu Lohri, David Riedener

Edmund – Legende, Director: René Rodlauer

Cerebellum, Director:  Ana Nerovcic

Take Care of Yourself, Director: Sara Jane Lessio

Narrative + All Individual Awards

Dance, Dance Man and Woman, Director: Bailin Yan

Carraxe, Director: Muriel Pernas

Back To The Closet, Director: Gerald B. Fillmore

Your scissors near my ears, Director: Carlos Ruano

The Golden Record, Director: Stephen Korytko

NIGHTFACES, Director: Martin Winter, Stefan Langthaler

Thank you, Goodbye, Director: Chris Poulles

Deer Hide, Director: Jarret Kerr

Alrek, Director: Simon Færøy

Moonlight, Director:  Sea Tzu han HSIA

In Another Life, Director: Svitlana Zemliana, J.T. Madicus

Wilderness, Director: Ying Zhang

Flirtologist, Director: Madeline O’Leary

River, Director: Lap Fung Cheung

No / Low Budget

KILL, Director: Ruth Sewell

After Link, Director: Catarina De Cèzanne

Group Session, Director: Martin van der Molen, Silas Nout, Koen Berkhout

The Leap Beneath, Director: Roman Willi

BOCAL, Director: Antoine Coulon, Dorian Vinai

A Happy Couple, Director: Aditya Khanna

Tafida’s Cage, Director: Andrew Efat

New Voices in the City, Director: Ekaterina Gardener

Student

Boxing Day, Director: Xiaoyi ZHONG

Far Between Us, Director: Vojtěch Javůrek

The Claw, Director: Josef Bentayou

The beautiful legend of Sanhe, Director: Kangwei Li

Forgot, Director: Jiahe Guo

Ripple, Director: Pavle Aleksandar Subotić

Brother. , Director: Krishna Menon

Fuga Del Gato, Director: Sélin Van Laethem

dipolar bipolar , Director: quankai li

JOHNNY MALIBU, Director: WILLIAM MAZZOLA

ESC, Director: Pamela Simoes Gomez, Olivia Timms

Nest, Director: Asmita Pal

Green Pearl, Director: Shuyu Quan

By my side, Director: Eric M. Weglehner

My Love, Director: Mengfei Yu

Red Snow, Director: Jonathan Dumosch

Aside, Director: Maria Pilati

The Dinner Table, Director: Gabriela Lie Yoshimoto Cruz

Careful What You Wish For, Director: Ioana Ioancea

Tokyo Toy Boy, Director: Esli Khan Balatova

A Good Dark Roast – A Mr. Henderson Story, Director: Angelika Padberg

The Mongrel, Director: Svetlana Akhmadishina

The Farm, Director: Leo Villares

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