WINNERS OF THE 2025 EDITION

And the Winners Are…

BEST HERO SHORT FILM (best film overall)
Laura Living Backwards
by Kate Horlor

BEST LOCAL HERO SHORT FILM (for filmmakers based in Malta)
We Three Kings
Bruce Micallef Eynaud

BEST NO BUDGET SHORT FILM (< 1,000 EUR/USD)
Laura Living Backwards
by Kate Horlor

BEST MICRO BUDGET SHORT FILM (< 10,000 EUR/USD)
The Passions of the Soul
by Emile Buyls

BEST LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM (< 100,000 EUR/USD)
We Three Kings
by Bruce Micallef Eynaud

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Truth, Power, and Freedom
by Ahmed Tahsin Shams

BEST COMEDY SHORT
Speedata
by Simone Alamango

BEST DRAMA SHORT
Cats
by Danilo Stanimrovic

BEST FANTASY\SCI-FI SHORT
Laura Living Backwards
by Kate Horlor

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Ball Lightning
by Catriona Trina Baker

BEST HORROR SHORT
Prompt_
by Jabir Lund

Honorable Mentions

Fluke
by Sam Garcia

Our Hero, Cadet
by Kam Smith

Signature…………..
by Nick Zerafa

Reflection
by Mishel Devor

The Sound Of Swiping
by Bruce Micallef Eynaud

Identity
by Bernard Satariano

The Informant
by Jean Carbonaro

Jena
by Marisabelle Grech, Richard Starkey

Vladimir's Pootin'
by James Daniel Barfield

Eddy Hamel - Gentleman from Auschwitz
by Krzysztof Baranowski

Nut Nut
by Melvin Paillard