Roma Short Film Festival June 2025 Winners

UNRAVELLED (Trailer)

Director Brett Bower

in Best Trailer

Weegee's New York

Submitter Eric Weeks

in All About Cities

For All I Know

Director Sam Sabawi

in Short Films Main Competition

Rachel Alig

For All I Know

in Best Actress

Vidunder

Director Emelie Garbers

in Best Female Director

Being towards Death

Director Yurou Wang

in Best Director

GUAN SHAN

Director Yuan Yao

in Best Dance Film

Stations of the Cross

Director Aleksa Ristovic

in Religion & Faith

THE RECLUSE DONGPO

Directors Zhong Tie, Ye Bian

in Virtual Reality

2 Minute Show - A Bag of Hammers

Director Dik Lee

in Best Web-series / TV series

Próxima Parada

Director Miguel Thomé

in Music Video

4Caves – 4Seasons: “Journey into the Veins of the Earth”

Director Nikolas Margaritis

in Best Sports Films

Boiling Over

Director Paulo Miranda

in Best Comedy

Boiling Over

Director Paulo Miranda

in Best Film Score

RAVAGER

Director Michael S. Maguiña

in Best Horror

The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

Director John P Martinez

in Best Thriller

Invisible War

Director Yiwen Cao

in Best Sci-Fi

Memory Lane Package

Director Diego Celis

in Best MicroFilm

Refraction

Director Theo Howard-Gabel

in Best Editing

Inflicting Good

Director Ksenia Khamatova

in Best Script

Gregori Matheus

A Happy Man

in Best Actor

RETREAT

Director Mari SanGiovanni

in LGBT Film

A Happy Man

Directors Isabela Alves, Lucas Bonjour

in First Time Filmmakers

Being towards Death

Director Yurou Wang

in Student Films

If the Dogs Don't Speak...

Director Toritse Ogbemi-Daibo

in Animations

Lights Up

Director  Sergio Vizuete

in Women Empowerment

Pic Pic

Director Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand

in Experimental Films

The Great Warning

Director Juan Carlos Salas Tamez

in Feature Documentary Films Competition

Three

Director Nayla Al Khaja

in Feature Films Competition, Best Thriller

Between the Great Plains

Directors Mayian Kitipan, Florina Steiner

in Short Documentary

BATCAN

Directors Riu Lohri, David Riedener

in Best Cinematography

Special Selections:

FANTASIA

Directed by DIAN WANG

in Best Experimental

JUST 5 MINUTES

Directed by MAXWELL WANG

in Best Drama

The Goat

Directed by Ilaria Borrelli

in Best Feature Film

Stalkers

Directed by Paul Thompson

in Best Horror

Ice Breath

Directed by Leonard Alecu

in Best Documentary

Quarantine

Directed by Russ Emanuel

in Best Thriller

Unfortunately, our festival did not select any film as a winner in the Best Disability Film category.

Official Selections:

Living With Grandma

Finise Avery

The Butterfly Effect

Zoe Vallance

Beach Boy

Yimiko

9-1-1 (not a 9/11 parody)

Wilson & Michael Ogberefor and Sivan Shriki

Death in Palermo

Caterina Pasqualino

Movement towards freedom

Martin Gatti

Tiny Teaching Tales

Julie Anne Burch

Blindside

Charlie Morton

Travel Le Bilocazioni dell'anima- The Bilocations of the Soul

Flavio Piscopo

Active

Lucinda McLaren

The butterflies keep flying

Joana Araújo

Pockets

Erik Walker Neill

Bad Bread

Jack Puchala

YUMI

DOYUL KIM

D'Support Group

John-Paul Gomez

morning routine

Zaq Latino

CELESTE

Fernando Macedo

Anna

Emlyn Boyle

Sasha

Eric Kirker

Atlantic Narratives

Kostiantyn Mishchenko, Valeriy Zayets

Talon Club

Lorenzo Catapano

Heaven To Know You

PHILIP H J GAY

Sumarsólstöður

Amélie Ravalec

MÄRBLES

Ariel Orama Lopez

Caboose

Dan King

An Extraordinary Place

Tom Bell

Paula Says Hi

James C Thompson

The One Note Man

George C. Siougas

Black & Blue

hamish macgregor

Incurable

Frédéric Roussel

Being Frank

Mole Herron

THE MAN OF THE TREES

ANDREA TRIVERO

KPop Sausage

Tim Welfare

DAFFODILS

Andry Platrites

FISH

Hyunsub Kim

Spellbound

Nicola Hepp

We Caught A Burglar

Will Holyhead

FEEL THE VIBE

Bruno Bock

Seeds of Sovereignty

Stuart J Tanner

The Reach

Luca Caserta

Crown

Ima Iduozee

Joe Schmoe

Wilson & Michael Ogberefor and Sivan Shriki

I Ain't A Monster

Lukas Rossi

Hammer, Wrench & Screwdriver (Marteau, clé anglaise & tournevis)

Gabriel Vilandré

The Lemmings of Bailey Manor

Hayden Eick

Abraham's Bridge

Elinor Pierce

we.are.in.control.now!

Quinn Topper Marcus

L'Onore Palermo to NY

Frank Mancuso

Sky-Sky

Ilya Noyabrev

Until the last minute

Ilya Noyabrev

a PUSH and a PULL

Kristin Alexander, Maggie M. Bailey

Annoying Sounds

Daniel Moscovici

Error 707 Christopher

M Saar

Directions To The Other Side Of The World

Derrick Belcham

El Poder del Diálogo

Miguel García Bernal

Bir Sinefilin Dramı

Özgür Nuri Çiçek

Exampler

Tylsnn Grigio

Old Well

Andrés Hernández Covarrubias

The Mermaid Waits

Nadeem Umar-Khitab

Laura, 29 Old Compton Street

Weiqi Cai

Beyond Roe

Hallie Harper

In the fog of the past

Yaiza Jezabel Munoz Rojas

The Owl

Mary Danielyan

The Final Straw Kalle Hennie

Dwbwl Trwbwl

Gruff Kobuszewski Huws

Heartbeat of Grief

Cheyenne McNenly

A Normal Life

Inès Khannoussi

Stop Time

Paul Schwartz

The Notice

Yelisey Kazakevich

"Daughter"

Piotr Jasiolek

Carissa Tells It All

Mike Madigan

The Crone

Catherine Kasima Kanda

The other me

Naima Chebahi

Joymakers

Jelena Radenović

Piano In The Field

Joel Louis Varjassy

"A Vampire's Kiss"

Mark Francis

NOWHERE TO GO

Julie Pacino

THE SUMMER OF LOVE

Fraser Kershaw

Slava Ukraini

Jolene Armstrong, Hendrick deHaan

Breathing Underwater Episodes 4-6 - Under The Bridge, Reviving Coral, Stars of the Ocean

Gabriella White

Breathing Underwater Episodes 1-7: Triple Octopus, Blue Cave, Labyrinth, Under The Bridge, Coral, Stars, Seahorse Encounters

Gabriella White

My Mother, My Self

Lary Campbell

Advent

Rachel Danae Bass

The Depths of Love

Heaven Hamilton

Santa Rita Dream

Diogo Rola

Lt. Oreo

J. E. Ruiz

A Day In A Life SUNIL PAL

Mod / Turn

Amit Baidya

Project Swan

Filippo Ciferri

Waterbus

Silvia Busacca

Posh Boy

Robert Andrews Wood

Homeless Street Artist

Tysen Knight

The bet

Andrei Cristian Bortica

The Thought Of You

Astri Gjetrang

At Dinner with Delivery

Daniele Catini

Demi-Demons

Martin Gerigk

The Dinner.

Abigail Maselli

Honorable Cheater

Susan D'Angelo

Girls, Angels, Melodies

László Bús

Luigi De Gregori - Salvare la creature

Tommaso Sestito

The Battle of the Fishermen

Shadows of Desire

Lucio Luna

MIRACLE À MAIORI / MIRACLE IN MAIORI

Anouk Phéline

All Cigarettes and No Smoke

Arda Keskin

On the corner

Cecilia Bertoni

RUBEDO

Cecilia Bertoni

Broken Breath

Morgan Bertacca

Jewy Jesus

Wilson & Michael Ogberefor and Sivan Shriki

The Brother's Who Broke Bread

Victoria Wilcox

AMAZON VARIATIONS

Cecilia Pillado

Lifted

Daniel Robichaud

Five Questions

David Arrow

Hellbound Fugitive

Christopher Patrick Vallone

The Lavish Life Of Lucy The Elephant

Wilbur McGeown

Turn

Hungyu Kuo

I THINK ARTISTS AND POLITICIANS ARE VERY SIMILAR THINGS

Nikolas Protopapas

Shape of Money

Paul Eric Odgren

Salt in their Veins

Rita Hencke

The museum keepers. Chapter 1. Ivankiv

Solomiia Kozolup

Little Mother Lies

Amanda Deering Jones

Waiting for Cloto

J. Julian Vacas

PRAYING MANTIS

Mack Breeden

Devi (the goddess)

Grace Gill

The photo of us all

Chong Zhang

DU KANNST MICH MAL

Zoë Stach

It Gets Closer

Matthew "Gray" Strack

Treasure Imagination

Scott Rice

FOXBODY

Cameron Monaghan

The Composition Of An Oyster

Jon Campbell Rose

Fadin'

Dom Scott

Sad Little Boy

xavier magot

Lost Paradise

Olga Neff

The Last President

Bin He

Chill Ravine

Ran AO

Felt

Branislava Dragovic, Sam Grima

Let Sleeping Bears Lie

Oskar Willers

The Mermaid Collector

Juliana Rodriguez

Boudoir

Parker Love Bowling

Penumbra

Ganpy Nataraj

GOODNESS!

Gray Weller

Kukràdjà

Palmer Douglas Durr

In twilight

Kirsti Lovas

Daphne Always

Amanda Mustard

"The Myth of Death"

Timothy Wyatt

Innovation in Connecticut

Zeljko Mirkovic

The Caller (Feature Version)

Andy Blithe

Stories from my window

Marie Chiriac

Ah Crap

Torin Collins

The Route

Geronimo Reig

Cassandra Venice

Hugo Justin Teugels

Kill the girl

Olga Kostyanova

BARE

Marc-Antoine Kelertas

Empty Pages

Karen Kaeja

Rattlesnake Point

Alberto Diamante

Erebus

Brian Reynolds

A Bad Wish

Hugo Coelho, Tommy Le

Whisper of the Tides

Michelle Segura

Solidão Feminina (Female Solitude)

Rodrigo Brand

Notes of Change

Mauricio Uribarri

BATCAN

Riu Lohri, David Riedener

GOOD LUCK / RASTGELE

Meltem Altay

After the Fall

Polly Schattel

Bardo

Mishki Vaccaro

All The Love And Money In The World

Diana Cheivan

Charlie

Nicole Field

Hurry Up and Wait

Miguel Corado

Deep Time

William Barrios

The Adventures of the Bull Demon King-The Old man and the sea

He Bing

The Decision

Vahid Salehizadeh

NADO

Daniele Farina

Diaboli Sanguine

Thaddeus Daniel Wall Robertson

Mondays...Monster Days!

Lea Galarneau, Marie-Lou Gonzales

The Girl Who Faded Away

Brent Heise

ANYTHING FOR HER

GERARDO GOUVERNEUR

Silvergirl & the Planet Chokers

Seamus Smyth

Metamorphosis: Women’s Resilience to Oppression in Türkiye

Aslihan Kas

It happens in one night

Emiliano Canova

The Tempter's Desecration

Alessio Tornese

One In The Chamber

Daniel Cass Senior

It's You

Reese Morgan

I WANNA BE

Tone Davies

FreerAIde

Michael Bernshausen

HAPPY DAY

Boru Zheng

Mimosas

Gal Zaidman

Separate From You All

Adam Hobbs

the Flock

Chen Wang

Redraw

Marcos Rangel

VOID.exe

Kostiantyn Mishchenko

resin

Daniel Weismüller

M/OTHER

Andy Twyman

brainstorming

Mohammad Ali AL-Thobaiti

First Date

Luís Filipe Borges

The Home of Y&Y

Yelena Demikovsky

Under the Rubble

Abdulrahman Alkilany

Road to Death

Obada Albaghdadi

ALONE WITH OTHERS

Natalie Budkin

NATURE MORTE

Natalie Budkin

Horizon

Alessio Panarese

The Rorschach Test #1 by Lena Mattsson, music Conny C-A Malmqvist

Lena Mattsson

Closure

Joyce Northey

Every Line Becomes A Circle

Lynnette Luis, Christopher Leete, Ottilie Maters

GODFORSAKEN: A STORY OF THREE MARYS

Kevin Irvine

High Functioning (Proof of Concept)

Cassandra Alexa

Percocet Jesus

Matthew Simser, Ryan "Tank" Hammond, Callum Sheedy

Beads

Hannaleena Bensky

Bat Diary

Silvano Plank

FLOW

Tamai

Lust

Hansson

Psychoco

Agnė Daniūnaitė

Sedona

Julia Canale

The Evening Standard - Knife Crime

Edward Spreull

A Matador In Paris

Troy Henriksen

Tick Tock

Bella Catania

My Friend, Melvin

Carter Poskozim

Reflexos

Sarah Galantini

Three Sisters in a Sketchbook Brief

Romana Turina

Healing Words

Sara Alves

East End

Grant Curatola

Dwbwl Trwbwl

Gruffydd Huws

The Speed of Dust

BORIS BEKCHONOV

PEPE

Daniel Belton

Reflections of Beauty

Dawn Donohue

Secret Identity

Gurjoeth Bassra

Tazer-girl

Deanna Arthur

Sinkhole

Kate Liston

Americans in Egypt

Thomas Gruenberg

Ma Mao

Ngo Thanh

Then You Should Live

Farris Langley

Helezon Akışkan

Cihan Abdal

Diamond

Meat Dept

LE COURT CIRCUIT

Pareena Noguès

El Gran Aviso

Juan Carlos Salas Tamez

The Visit

Nereo Rossi

Ghosted

Benjamin Hirschhorn

Clevius Curry

Five Past Twelve

Kevin Van Doorslaer

Under the Northern Skies

Ida Elina

The Bully doesn't Dance

Michele Ferrante

Dert

Ali Zhetpis

Breath of Life

Mo Nanxi

The Shelf

Jessica Gentle

SOCA RIVER

Martin Kokles

Heirs of The Family

JV Hernández

THE CITY WAS SLEEPING AND DREAMING OF US"

Natalia Vasilyeva

Blank Canvas

Marc Arricale

America In The Dark: The J6 Pardons and Big Tech Censorship

Christopher Carter

Missing

Laura Calle

Thriving over Trauma

Wouter Klijn

The gold of sotiel coronada

Rafa Duna

Tu

mª luisa ruiz monclova

Shelters

Kiko Prada

Irina’s letter

Adriana Davidova

The binkies secret

Ane Molina Irujo

Mosquitoes

Dongyeon Kim

Stay Alive

Marret Emilien

The law of Sodom

Rafael Gordon

Voices of Pallars Sobira

laia rissech pere manrique

Peripheral Violence

Davinia Burgos Narváez

The Speed of Dust

Julia Ruzheynikova