Nominees 2025
Climate/Environment/Health/Wildlife
EUROPE - Human Habitats
Director : Christian Baumeister
Country of Origin : Germany
Penguins of the Point
Director : Derek Robitaille
Producer : Derek Robitaille
Country of Origin : Canada
The Return of the Fireflies
Director : Daan Roosegaarde
Country of Origin : Indonesia
Women in Focus: Social, Political, and Spiritual Stories
A Perfect Night
Director : Angelo Raaijmakers
Producer : Angelo Raaijmakers
Country of Origin : Netherlands
Confrontation
Director : Marie Abbenanti, Sandy Pujol Latour
Producer : Jean-Mathieu Massoni, De Gaulle Eid
Country of Origin : France
Squashed
Director : Hazal Beril Çam
Producer : Soner Akalın, Hazal Beril Çam
Country of Origin : Turkey
Domestic Animals
Director : Sandy Siquier, Alex Mendez Giner
Producer : Sandy Siquier, Alex Mendez Giner
Country of Origin : United States
Animation
The Spinning Wheel
Director : Davy Stoces
Producer : Cary McQueen, Chris Hyde
Country of Origin : United States, United States
Shakespeare for all Ages
Director : Hannes Rall
Producer : Hannes Rall
Country of Origin : Germany
In Half
Director : Jorge Morais Valle
Producer : Jorge Morais Valle
Country of Origin : Spain
Alternative/Mystries of Souls/Experimental
Only one glove
Director : Fotis Zampetakis
Producer : Lluis Miñarro, Fotis Zampetakis
Country of Origin : Greece, Spain
The Beneath
Director : Lisette Vlassak
Producer : Ramon Etman
Country of Origin : Netherlands
Policed Mind
Director : Laury Hooghuis
Producer : Laury Hooghuis
Country of Origin : Netherlands
Soft Floating in the Fields of Spheres
Director : Peter Korday
Producer : Peter Korday
Country of Origin : France
Sexuality/Erotic/Adult content & LGBTQIA+
Jeff
Director : Julia Hebner
Producer : Julia Hebner, Michael Zumaya, Madison King
Country of Origin : United States, United States
The Brain That Cried Wolf
Director : Michael Sasaki
Producer : Miho Saito, Phil Walker
Country of Origin : United States
Apnea
Director : Fabio Patrassi
Producer : Eclettica
Country of Origin : Italy
Global Peace/Harmony/Human Rights
Only When You Bury Me In This Earth
Director : Nima Shahmalekpur
Producer : Adriana Kytkova, Anna Merryfield
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
Yaroshenko
Director : Lieuwe de Jong
Country of Origin : Netherlands
The Last Doctor Standing
Director : Ibrahim Saber, Abdulqader Sabbah
Producer : Kawthar Abu Sadeh, Mohammed Alsawwaf
Country of Origin : Qatar
Best Documentary
Space time
Director : Jeroen Hoekstra
Producer : Stefan Vandoren, Peter Jonker
Country of Origin : Netherlands
Broken Token
Director : Paul Rooney
Producer : Jodie Bishop, Imperial War Museum, London
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
Broken Courage
Director : David Peck, Nathanael Draper
Producer : David Peck
Country of Origin : Canada
The Unseen
Director : Milou Rientjes, Niek Pennings
Producer : Milou Rientjes, Niek Pennings
Country of Origin : Netherlands
Narrative (Short & Feature)
A Wild Life
Producer : Marie-Andrée Lemaire,
Producer : Zachary Goldman, Jennifer James
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
The Architect
Director : Michael Emami
Producer : Maria Petersen
Country of Origin : Sweden
Just let me dance
Director : Lou Zidi
Producer : Lou Zidi
Country of Origin : France
The Rise And Fall Of Zara Zilverstein
Director : Brian Kazez
Producer : Eric Stern, Manuel Aguer
Country of Origin :Argentina, France, Spain, United States, United States
Lockdown
Director : Melanie van Betten Jeffcoat
Producer : Melanie Jeffcoat, Jay Galloway, Pamela Colen
Country of Origin : United States
The Missing Part
Director : Marv Hathim
Producer : Remy Spaan
Country of Origin : Netherlands
