World Film Festival in Cannes (2025)

World Film Festival in Cannes

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

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Best Composer Of The Future

Winner
Yang Zhang
For "For a whisper in the night of spring"

Best Feature Film

Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director)
Troy Entertainment

Best Indie Feature Film

Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director, writer, producer)
Troy Entertainment

Best Mobile Phone Short Film

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Mobile Phone Short Film

Winner
Enquanto ela fala (While She Talks)
Lina Borbi(director)
Angela Brandao(writer)
Sudden Appearance
Soad Shawky

Best Narrative Feature Film

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Best Film

Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director, writer, producer)
Troy Entertainment

Best Narrative Feature Film

Best Original Story

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Best Original Story

Winner
The Last Wish
Semen Khanin(Writer)

Best Original Script

Frank Truman
Mohammad Abedi

Best Director

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Best Director

Winner
Natasha Adams
Last Call
Winner
Andrew Troy(director)
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Troy Entertainment

Best Female Director Short Film

Winner
Finise Avery
Living with Grandma
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Narrative Short

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Best Narrative Short

The Balloon
Stephanie Swift

Best Acting Duo

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
When Time Stopped
9.2 (24)
Ioannis Petrou(actor)
Alexis Panagiotou(actor)
Alex Kouros
Winner
What Remains of Us
Solomon Fezer(actor)
Mellony Ledo(actress)
The Last Wish
Mykhaylo Kukuyuk(actor)
Igor Rubashkin(actor)

Best Spiritual/Mystical Film

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Best Spiritual/Mystical Film

Winner
Serial Beauty
5.0 (40)
Sigal Erez(director)
Highwater Films

Best Experimental Film

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Best Experimental Film

Winner
Rent
9.4 (16)
Lyubomir Zhelev
State Puppet Theatre St.Zagora
Monkey's Theatre
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Monty Chaudoir
Vimeo Stock

Best Soundtrack

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Best Soundtrack

Winner
Marmots on Toast
Patrick Kendell-Smith(composer)

Best Sound Design

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Best Sound Design

Winner
The Inner Ramblings of Alan Grey
Levi Szendro

Best Music Video

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Best Music Video

Fields of Green
Brian Jewell(producer/ director)
Smoldering-Smoldering
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Anna Khanina(actress/singer)

Best Thriller/Suspense Film

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Best Thriller/Suspense Film

Winner
Whispers of the Waves
Winner
Occlude
Kevin Lucero Less
Halo One Productions
TAC Productions
DystopiaScope Films

Best Actress in an Indie Film

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Best Actress

Winner
Isa Yamileth
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Troy Entertainment

Best Acting Debut

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Best Acting Debut

Winner
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Monty Chaudoir(director)
Natalie Bark(actor/ executive producer)
Simon Richardson
Ddraig Williams(actor)
Vimeo Stock

Best Ensemble Cast

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Best Indie Feature Film

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Best Indie Feature

Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director, writer, producer)
Troy Entertainment

Best Indie Feature (Low budget)

Winner
The Dream
Andoni Zorbas(director/writer/producer)
Stranded Pearl
5.4 (38)
Prashanth Gunasekaran(director)
Aunanda Naaido(producer & actor)
Ken Khan(director)
Mahayana Films
The Dream
Ce La
Andoni Zorbas
C'est la vie

Best Psychological Film

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Best Psychological Film

Winner
The Balloon
Alyssa Bruno
DeJonna Williams
Andrew Nesky
Stephanie Swift
Sylvia Sims-Linkish
Michael A. Arnzen
Jacqui Wrae
Jess Uhler
Melissa Rayworth
Roscoe List
Jeffrey Smee
Scott Danzig
Alyssa Tomchek
Rick Dutrow
Mark Poss
Conrad Faraj

Best First Time Filmmaker

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Best First Time Filmmaker

Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director, writer, producer)
Troy Entertainment

Best Documentary

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Best Documentary

Winner
Deep State Gangsters
Pedro Israel Orta
Frank Panico
Pedro Israel Orta Productions
Xs in the Sky Films

Best Short Script

Winner
Alive: A true story of hope
Shawn Welling(director)
Welling Films

Best Composer

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Best Composer of the Future

The Balloon
Ayca Akin

Best Female Director of a Short

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Best Female Director

Winner
Stephanie Swift
The Balloon

Best Super Short Film

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Best Super Short Film

Winner
NYX: Marovek
Bulent Ozdemir-Larusso
Enquanto ela fala (While She Talks)
Angela Brandao(writer)
Lina Borbi(director)

Best Actress in a Short Film

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Best Producer

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Best Producer

Best Historical Film

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Best Historical Film

Winner
Kut Al Amara: From Tale to Truth
Koray Demir
Doludizgin Creative Films

Best Indigenous/ Native Peoples Film

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Best Indigenous/ Native Peoples Film

Pégame
6.8 (43)
Gilberto Chi(supporting actor)
Karl Pettersen(composer)
Nikola Chapelle(sound mixer)
Aidée González(supporting actress)
Leidy Robles(craft service)
Ana Paula Mujica(actress)
Vladimir Zamudio(actor)
Jaime Zepeda(driver)
Margot Pettersen(animator)
Dylan Verrechia(director)
Verrechia Films

Best Young Filmmaker

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Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Everywhere
Claire Ha(director)
Kate Ellen Campbell(director)
The Periscope Crew
In Heaven One Day
Kyle Chase(director)

Best Indie Short

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Best Indie Short (Low Budget)

For Better or Worse
Oswald Hunter(director)
Erica Mittig(actor)
Victor Nikamo(director of photography)
Dear Jamie
Imran Ahmed(director)
Shoaib Rabbani(director)

Best Indie Short Film

Knock Knock
Matt D'Ovidio
Echoes of Light and Dark
Martin Goeres(director)
MG Action

Best Music Video Director

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Best Music Video Director

Winner
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
I'm back

Best Web/TV Series

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Best Web/TV Series

Winner
From Buckingham Palace
Nita Mistry
2 Twenty Six Productions
Winner
The third sister
Julien Ivanowich
Carnages

Luciole d'Or

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Best Feature Film

Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director)
Troy Entertainment
Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director)
Troy Entertainment

Best Student Film

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Best Student Film

Winner
Audio On
Zahra Zuhair
Layth Alwatban
MBC Academy
ESRA Côte d'Azur
Winner
What Remains of Us
Mellony Ledo(producer)
Solomon Fezer(director)
A Gift of Life
Mohammed Alshehhi(director)

Best Film On Disability

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Best Film on Disability

Winner
Everywhere
Kate Ellen Campbell(director)
Claire Ha(co-director)
The Periscope Crew

Festival Award

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Best Educational Film

Winner
Unlocking the Potential: The Vital Role of Specialist Education
Amel Tresnjic
John Mooney
Brave Archer Films

Best Family Film

Winner
Lucy and the Lake Monster
8.1 (46)
Richard Rossi(writer/director)
Eternal Grace

Best Film On Disability

Winner
Unlocking the Potential: The Vital Role of Specialist Education
Amel Tresnjic
John Mooney
Brave Archer Films

Best Soundtrack

Winner
In Due Time
Ben Wolverton

Best Trailer

Winner
Unravelled
Brett Bower
Unravelled
Brett Bower

Best True Story Script

Winner
Unravelled
Brett Bower
Unravelled
Brett Bower

Best Whistleblower/Best Awareness

Winner
The Broken Whistle
Pedro Israel Orta
Frank Panico
Pedro Israel Orta Productions
Xs in the Sky Films

Best Women Film

Winner
PAPmusic - Animation for Fashion
1.1 (202)
Leikiè(director)
Not Just Music S.r.l.

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
In Due Time
Graeme Wolverton

Best Film Noir

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Best Film Noir

Winner
Exchange
Monty Chaudoir
Vimeo Stock

Best Social Justice (Short)

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Best Social Justice (Short)

The Sanctuary
Maynard Bagang(director)

Best Young Actor in a Short Film

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Best Young Actor in a Short Film

Carter Cox(actor)
In Heaven One Day

Best Cinematography

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Best Cinematography

When Time Stopped
9.2 (24)
Alex Kouros(director)
Alex Kouros
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Monty Chaudoir
Vimeo Stock

Best Horror Film

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Best Vintage/Silent Film

Winner
Sanguine Deposit
Robert W. Del Campo
Greg McWhorter

Best Visionary Film

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Best Visionary Film

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Monty Chaudoir
Vimeo Stock

Best Song

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Best Song

Winner
I'm back
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Anna Khanina(actress/singer)
Idhi Premena
9.2 (12)
Pranav Kaushik(composer)

Best Television Script

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Annual Jury Award

Winner
Mimic Men
Toni Martocchio(Toni Martocchio)

April

Winner
Mimic Men
Toni Martocchio

Winner
Amberica
Mokotsi Rukundo
Avo Shirazee(AKA Amber Nelson)
Amberica
Mokotsi Rukundo
Avo Shirazee(AKA Amber Nelson)
Scout Film Productions

Best French Film

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Best Feature Film

Winner
Mirari
Jérémie Brunel(director)
Société Française du Cinéma

Best Director Short Film

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BEST DIRECTOR SUPER SHORT FILM

Winner
Aldéric Demay(Aldéric Demay)
Zorrito
Zorrito

Best Director

Winner
Martin Goeres
Echoes of Light and Dark
MG Action

Best Female Director Short Film

Finise Avery
Living with Grandma
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Feature Script

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Best Feature Script

Winner
Programs
Irina Vysotskaya(writer)
Winner
Against Our Will
Jean-Michel Fages(writer/director)
Delaney
D.J. Stroud
Babe Wells

Best Romance Film

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Best romance film

Winner
Soul Tide
Carmina Cordelia(writer / actress / director / producer)
Winner
Ada & Jayson
Mozart Louis(director)
MZ3 Pictures

Best Supporting Actor

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Best Supporting Actor

Best Editing

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Best Editing

Winner
The Last Wish
Oleksandr Shvets(camera)
Winner
Rent
9.4 (16)
Andrea-Nikol Kostova
State Puppet Theatre St.Zagora
Monkey's Theatre

Best Screenwriter of the Future

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Winner
Programs
Irina Vysotskaya(writer)

Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Short

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Screenwriting

Winner
Still Morning
Pam Renall

Best Educational Film

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Best Educational Film

Winner
The Truth and the Seeker
Mark Hemstock
Hemstock Films

Best Actor in a Feature Film

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Best Actor in a Feature Film

Winner
David Fouques
Whispers of the Waves

Best Voice Over

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Best Voice Over

Winner
Enquanto ela fala (While She Talks)
Ana Cortes-Monroy(actress)
The Balloon
Rick Dutrow

Best Original Script

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Best Mystery Script

Winner
The Ibex
Sergio Pazos Conde(writer)

Best Original Script

Best First Time Filmmaker (Short)

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Best First Time Filmmaker (Short)

Enquanto ela fala (While She Talks)
Lina Borbi(director)
Angela Brandao(writer)
Knock Knock
Matt D'Ovidio(director)

Best Director of the Future

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Best Director of the Future

Winner
Matt D'Ovidio(director)
Knock Knock

Best Oceania Film

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Best Oceania Film

Winner
Stranded Pearl
5.4 (38)
Naidu Anand
Prashanth Gunasekaran
Ken Khan
Mahayana Films
Winner

Best Drama Film

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Best Drama Film

Winner
The Amazing Garrett Morgan
David Siracusa
Winner
Envious and Jealousy
9.8 (12)
Jeevan Singh
Winner
Midnight in the Orange Grove
Andrew Troy(director, writer, producer)
Troy Entertainment
The Last Wish
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Sci-Fi Film

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Best Sci-Fi Film

Echoes of Light and Dark
Martin Goeres(director)
MG Action

Best Director Indie Short

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Echoes of Light and Dark
Martin Goeres
MG Action
Passive
Aaron R Dorey(director)
Chris Muirhead(director)
Everything Else Productions

Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Winner
Poseidon's Wrath
Victoria Mullen(writer)

Best Actress

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Best Actress in a Web/TV Series

Winner
Nita Mistry
From Buckingham Palace
2 Twenty Six Productions
Winner
Elena Bru
The third sister
Carnages

Best Horror Script

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Finalist - April

Deadly Shadows
Toni Martocchio

Best Romance Script

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Best Romance Script

Winner
Stephanie Dellacosta
Al Naffah
Ak Naffah Productions

Best Animation Film

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Winner
Terra Incognita 1901
5.2 (72)
Michel Rousseau
Winner
In Loving Memory
Carmelo Leggiero(director)

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World Film Festival in Cannes

Jury Prize

Best Commercial

Break the Silence

Best Foreign Film

PAPmusic - Animation for Fashion

Monthly Award

Best AI Film

The Bounty Hunter

Best Black & White Film

Ice Breath

Best Director Documentary Feature

Best European Film

Szabadulás

Best Experimental Film

Ice Breath

Best Filmmaker of the Future

Ghosted MD

Ghosted MD

Best Indian Film

Nilgiris: A Shared Wilderness

Best Martial Arts Film

Knight Owls

Best Mobile Phone Film Short

Sudden Appearance

Best Mystery Film

Blestem

Best Narrative Short Film

Anything at All

Best Nature/Wildlife Film

Nilgiris: A Shared Wilderness

The Last Howl

Best Oceanian Film

Ice Breath

Best Romance Script

Stephanie Dellacosta

The Freedom Tour

Best Science & Technology Film

Nobody Believes Cassandra (or, the Tragedy of Cassandra in the Age of Artificial Intelligence)

Best Series Pilot Script

Tokyo Ghost

Best Student Screenwriter

The Freedom Tour

Best Supernatural Film

Ghosted MD

Ghosted MD

Best Thriller Script

Tokyo Ghost

Best Trailer

Ghosted MD

Ghosted MD

Best Web/TV Pilot

Ghosted MD

Ghosted MD

Best Young Filmmaker

Mime

Best Actor in a Short Film

Best Actress In Short Film

Best Animation Film

The Lonely Life of Lint

Best Cause - Driven Film

The Last Spark

Best Cinematography

Anything at All

Best Drama Film

Anything at All

Best Indie Short Film

The Girl with A Red Hat

Best Inspirational Film

Anything at All

Best Original Song

Anything at All

Best Short Script

Ultimately

Best Spiritual/Mystical Film

Szabadulás

Best True Story Script

The Freedom Tour

Best Actor in a Short Film

Best Actor in a Short Film