WINNERS Season 1

Berlin Indie Shorts Festival

WINNERS Season 1

July-September 2025

BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER
This Damnation
by Russell De Rozario (United Kingdom)
HONORABLE MENTION
Bloody Bananas
by E. German (Germany)
NOMINEE
Paper’s Sweet Scent
by Sina Hadadi (Iran)

BEST FEATURE SHORT FILM

WINNER
Oruk-Ene
by Ibadylla Adzhibaev (Kyrgyzstan)
HONORABLE MENTION
Jackpot
by Adam Robert Lawson (Canada)
NOMINEE
Zuta Deva
by Alma Cocaj (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

WINNER
Under the World’s Microscope
by Jonas Oliver Piduhn & Jenik Radon (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Jaliya-A Storytelling of Jali Kunda
by Timothy Francisco Lima (Portugal)
NOMINEE
Tschäggättä
by Raphael Stäger (Switzerland)

BEST MUSICAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Music
by Oleksandr Makhotin (Ukraine)
HONORABLE MENTION
Enchanted by Her Smile
by Loes Janse (Netherlands)
NOMINEE
Silk
by Sylvie Kay Staf (France)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

WINNER
Bluebottle Theory
by John J. Sanders & Luke Roberts (United Kingdom)
HONORABLE MENTION
Our Only Chance
by Iurii Mezhevich (Russian Federation)
NOMINEE
Sibling’s Jar
by Micah Anthes (United States)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER
Love Bubbles
by Marcel Hobi (Switzerland)
HONORABLE MENTION
Life is Prickly
by Diane Sherry (United States)
NOMINEE
The Forest of the Honey Bees
by Erwan Le Gal (France)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Natural Transmission
by S. Utku Yanbay (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
3 Long Takes Dedicated to Abbas Kiarostami
by Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay (India)
NOMINEE
Moisture
by Duda Gorter (Brazil)

BEST DEBUT SHORT FILM

WINNER
The Oldest
by Cathlin McCullough (United States)
HONORABLE MENTION
Sea Monster
by Bernadette McBride (Ireland)
NOMINEE
The Moment Before
by Neha Dubey & Declan GIll (Ireland)

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM

WINNER
Gentle Rain
by Frithjof Tegtmeier (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Eternal Blue
by Freddie Connor (United States)

BEST ROMANTIC SHORT FILM

WINNER
Beaujolais
by Irena Daskalova (Bulgaria)
HONORABLE MENTION
The Year of the Cat
by Alexander Mikhaylov (Russian Federation)

BEST BLACK-AND-WHITE SHORT FILM

WINNER
No One Knows
by Irini Sina (Greece)

BEST SILENT SHORT FILM

WINNER
Your Turn
by Alexey Mironov (Germany)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

WINNER
We Don’t Know Our Neighbors
by Noura Al-Saud (Saudi Arabia)

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

WINNER
The Bounty Hunter
by Enrique Novials (Spain)

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER
Mother Company
by A. Raptotasios & K. Thomaidis (Greece)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER
Craft in Clay
by Philipp Fuchs (Switzerland)

SPECIAL AWARD

WINNER
Death in Reykjavik_degraduation
by Ægis Zita (Iceland)

SPECIAL AWARD

WINNER
Industry
by Lee O’Connor (Bulgaria)

FINALIST

Dabbawala Berlin: Bicycle Stories
by Robin Csodó & Pavel Pantin (Germany)
Vier
by Sebastian Eppinger (Germany)
Side Lines
by Michael Cloke (Ireland)
Scaredy Crow
by Lilly Human (United Kingdom)
Mr. French’s Lost Dream
by Chel White (United States)
Dirty Dandy
by Alberto Martín-Aragón & Julia Doménech (Spain)
Out Of Control
by Bellopropello (Switzerland)