March 2025

BEST PICTURE
Focus (India)
Dir: Sharad Lal

BEST FEATURE FILM
Unforgotten (UK)
Dir: Rob Toolan

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Focus (India)
Dir: Sharad Lal

BEST SHORT FILM
String (China)
Dir: Mubai Shen

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Mille-Feuille (France)
Dir: Sab Bichoko

BEST ACTION/CRIME SHORT
River (China)
Dir: Lap Fung Cheung

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Phoenix of Gaza (The State of Palestine)
Dir: Yousef Alhelou

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Art (USA)
Dir: Stacey Stone

BEST STUDENT FILM
Borderland Poet (China)
Dir: Honan Wang

BEST WEB SERIES/TV PILOT
La Dernière Communion (Canada)
Dir: Eli Jean Tahchi

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Monstera
by Jay Lock

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Under the Sea
by Maya Rowling

BEST DIRECTOR
Sharad Lal
‘Focus’

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Vivekananda Kondapalli
‘The Last Vigil’