NOMINEES & WINNERS PRIFF 2025
Congratulations to all the selected films this year! Please see below our complete list of nominees and winners for PRIFF 2025.
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST BRITISH
FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Fuochi
The Ballad
The Delay
Hold
A Short Trip
The Breadwinner
NOMINEES
Falling Rocks
Last Gasp
Perfect Age
Mein Surname
Perfect
NOMINEES
Mirko Genduso (Fuochi)
Tom van Avermaet ( Hearts of Stone)
Mariame N'Diaye (Sira)
Mattia Napoli (The Delay)
Kristian Fitsall (Don't Bury It)​
WINNER
​​​​A Short Trip​
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WINNER
Perfect
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WINNER
​​Tom van Avermaet
(Hearts of Stone)
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BEST ACTOR
SHORT FILM
BEST ACTRESS
SHORT FILM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Vincenzo Nemolato (The Delay)
David Suchet (Last Gasp)
Nayeem Mahbub (The Ballad)
Malcolm Jeffries (Perfect Age )
Joe Carmichael (Mein Surname)
Henry Cross (Falling Rocks)
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WINNER
Nayeem Mahbub
(The Ballad)
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NOMINEES
Noomi Rapace (Hearts of Stone)
Mariame N'Diaye (Sira)
Miranda Nolan (Perfect)
Luàna Bajrami (A Short Trip)
Vladislava Ermolaeva (The Breadwinner)
Susana Lynch (Tracey)
WINNER
Mariame N'Diaye
(Sira)​​
NOMINEES
Fabio Vita (Fuochi)
Jacopo Maria Caramella (The Delay)
Harry Steele (Like Father Like Son)
Hans Bruch Jr. (Hearts of Stone)
Aleksandra Ermolaeva (The Breadwinner)
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WINNER
​​​​​​Harry Steele
(Like Father Like Son)​​
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR
NOMINEES
Gianfranco Quero (Fuochi)
Skott Beal (Falling Rocks)
Waleed Elgadi (Last Gasp)
Ruaridh Aldington (Ill Fares The Land)
Djibril Sangaré (Sira)
Anders Blentare (The Ballad)
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WINNER
​​​​​Djibril Sangaré
(Sira)
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BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
BEST CASTING
NOMINEES
Debra Monk (Hold)
The Ballad (Anna Granath)
Luna Calero (Collage)
Jessica Barden (Hearts of Stone)
Claudia Levis (Lucia & Nicole)
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NOMINEES
Hearts of Stone
Fuochi
The Breadwinner
The Ballad
Mein Surname
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WINNER
Debra Monk
(Hold)
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WINNER
Hearts of Stone
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BEST BRITISH
DIRECTOR
BEST FEMALE
DIRECTOR
BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEES
William Sash (Falling Rocks)
Tom Cholmondeley (Last Gasp)
Jason Moore (Perfect Age)
Adam Cowie (Mein Surname)
Miranda Nolan (Perfect)
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WINNER
Miranda Nolan
(Perfect)
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NOMINEES
Daisy Bata (Bloodbuzz)
Mariame N'Diaye (Sira)
Miranda Nolan (Perfect)
Kathryn Carmichael (The Orchard)
Romy Robbin (Dust)
WINNER​​​​
Mariame N'Diaye
(Sira)
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NOMINEES
Merlyn's Beard
The Boy Who Cheated Death
Hot Mess
Nuno
Geometries of Time - The Cockroach
WINNER​​​​​​​​​
The Boy Who Cheated Death
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BEST LGBTQ FILM
BEST COMEDY FILM
BEST HORROR FILM
NOMINEES
Lucia and Nicole
Collage
A Different Home
Hearts of Stone
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NOMINEES
Don't Bury It
Tracey
Al Fresco
Mein Surname
Headnoise
Little Finger - Mignolo
NOMINEES
Slaughterhouse
Lennox-Friedkin Tape #004
6ft Deceit
The Orchard
Bloodbuzz
WINNER
​​​​​Hearts of Stone
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WINNER
Don't Bury It
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WINNER
​​​​​​Bloodbuzz
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BEST FILM EDITING
SHORT FILM
BEST SOUND DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Luigi Caggiano (The Delay)
Zrinka Ivanko (Fuochi)
Matilda Henningsson (The Ballad)
Dustin Curtis Murphy (Don't Bury It)
NOMINEES
Alessandro Fusaroli (The Delay)
Chen Chau Chin (The Light in the Dark)
Romain Huonnic, Yohann Benard & Benoit Michel (Fuochi)
David Forshee & Walid Alhamdy (Hold)
John Mellor (Don't Bury It)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Antoine Duchêne (The Boy Who Cheated Death)
Will Davies (Perfect)
Robin Schlochtermeier (Last Gasp)
Dave Malkin (Don't Bury It)
Niki Demiller (Sira)
WINNER
​​​​​Luigi Caggiano
(The Delay)
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WINNER
​​​​​Romain Huonnic, Yohann Benard &
Benoit Michel​
(Fuochi)
WINNER
Antoine Duchêne
(The Boy Who Cheated Death)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
SHORT FILM
BEST MAKEUP
SHORT FILM
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
Monica Avitto (Selvedge)
Sofie Callaerts (Hearts of Stone)
Mariam Coulibaly (Sira)
Claudia Santaniello (The Delay)
Thea Miller (Don't Bury It )
NOMINEES
Katrien Frenssen (Hearts of Stone)
Drue Konings (Selvedge)
Rebecca Birch (The Orchard)
Rebecca Wheeler (Bloodbuzz)
Aimee Dennet (Don't Bury It )
NOMINEES
Filippo Altomare (The Delay)
Lorenzo Nicolosi (Fuochi)
Thea Miller (Don't Bury It)
Raisa Shostik (The Breadwinner)
Marie Cheruel (Sira)
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WINNER
​​​​​Sofie Callaerts
(Hearts of Stone)
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WINNER
​​​​​Katrien Frenssen
(Hearts of Stone)
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WINNER
Filippo Altomare
(The Delay)
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BEST SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEES
Alone Across Gola
Breakthrough
Reflection
Beyond Words
W: Return to Oz
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WINNER
Alone Across Gola
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL
BEST MICRO SHORT FILM
NOMINEES
The Motion
The Sight is a Wound
Get Home Safe
Babylon?
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NOMINEES
Goldfish
V Margine
The Punt
The Tinder Trap
Dairy
WINNER
Babylon?
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WINNER
The Punt
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BEST MID-LENGTH FILM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST STUDENT FILM
NOMINEES
Like Father Like Son
Hearts of Stone
Man Eater
The Reach
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WINNER
Hearts of Stone
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NOMINEES
Walk With Me Through The Fire
Selene
In Another World
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WINNER
Walk With Me Through The Fire
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NOMINEES
Papa
Babylon?
All I Want Today
Dreamcatcher
Keeper of the Night Sky
WINNER
Papa
BEST SCI-FI, FAN, FANTASY FILM
IMPACT AWARD
BEST BLACK & ETHNIC
FILM
NOMINEES
Wolfenstein: Legacy Of Defiance
Selvedge
Black Time
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WINNER
Selvedge
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NOMINEES
Last Gasp
What We Carried
Scarlett
Roya Was Here
Michigan Visits Matter
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WINNER
Last Gasp
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NOMINEES
7 times 7 times 7 times
Love Law Legacy
I Had A Fall
Elijah
Babylon?
WINNER
7 times 7 times 7 times
BEST SCREENPLAY
(SHORT FILM)
BEST WEB-SERIES
BEST ENSAMBLE
NOMINEES
Mariame N'Diaye (Sira)
Adam Cowie (Mein Surname)
Tom van Avermaet, Alison K. Kelly (Hearts of Stone)
Kristian Fitsall (Don't Bury It )
Christofer Nilsson (The Ballad)
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WINNER
Christofer Nilsson
(The Ballad)
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NOMINEES
Falling Rocks
The Breadwinner
Perfect Age
Last Gasp
Don't Bury It
NOMINEES
The Zoo
Agent Alan
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WINNER
The Zoo
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WINNER
Last Gasp
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BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (TV PILOT)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (SHORT FILM)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY (FEATURE FILM)
NOMINEES
Parliamentary Privilege by Elliot Stanton
When Stars Align by Dave Orvis
The Coal Kids by Alessandro Biacca
Open Wide by Martin Richmond
Universal Gambit by James Noir
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NOMINEES
Precursor by Steve Brown
Hope Springs Maternal by Marie Belsten
The Orchard A Seed Of Hope
by Kathryn Carmichael
Remorse Court by Melanie Villines
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NOMINEES
Mic Drop by Charlie Nadler
The Fourth Psalm by John Martins III
The Red Zone by Terry Luke Podnar
Sam Katt, Detective by V.R. Marianne Zahn
WINNER
Precursor by Steve Brown
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WINNER
The Coal Kids by Alessandro Biacca
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WINNER
The Red Zone by Terry Luke Podnar
BEST OF THE FEST
NOMINEES
The Ballad
Fuochi
The Boy Who Cheated Death
Beyond Words
Sira
Don't Bury It
Babylon?
Perfect Age
Hearts of Stone
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WINNER
Sira (Gold)
The Ballad (Silver)
Hearts of Stone (Bronze)
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