2025 Awards & Finalists

BEST FEATURE SCIENCE FICTION FILM

ALUCINA, directed by Javier Cutrona, Ecuador, 1st Place

BERLIN LOOP, directed by Emily Manthei, Germany, Finalist

JEIT, directed by Carlos Ángel Luppi & Daniel Schäfer, Argentina, Finalist

AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST FEATURE SCIENCE FICTION FILM

BERLIN LOOP, directed by Emily Manthei, Germany

BEST SHORT SCIENCE FICTION FILM

KINOPIO-252, directed by Farzaneh Ghaemizadeh, Italy, 1st Place

IDEAL FRIEND, directed by Serhii Aloshechkin, Ukraine, Finalist

THE DISSOLVER, directed by Petr Melnikov, Russian Federation, Finalist

KILLING OF A MACHINE, directed by Byron Q, United States, Finalist

BEST ANIMATION

STARS, directed by Mojisola Adebayo & Candice Purwin & Debo Adebayo, United Kingdom, 1st Place

DARK CLOUD MEMORIES, directed by Seung-hee Jung, South Korea, Finalist

FORBIDDEN VALENTINE, directed by Owen Coughlan, Canada, Finalist

BEST AI INNOVATION

THE CINEMA THAT NEVER WAS, Mark Wachholz, Germany, 1st Place

RATVERTISING, directed by Blanca de Frutos, Spain, Finalist

BEST FEATURE SCIENCE FICTION SCREENPLAY

SPLASHDOWN, written by Don Stroud, United States, 1st Place

LIFEBOAT, written by Mason Mendoza & Bill Baber, United States, Finalist

BEST SHORT SCIENCE FICTION SCREENPLAY

AFTER WATER, CONCRETE, written by Alexander Oliver, Germany, 1st Place

THE SKIN LOTTERY, written byT.J. Morehouse, Cherokee Nation, United States, Finalist