Award Winners

2025 Award Winners:

International Feature Film Competition

Award Winners:

MY HERO // Avinash Vijaykumar

MEMORI // Abid Husain

Honorable Mentions:

INDONESIA RAYA ?! // Andy Nugraha Harahap

New Directors Competition

Award Winners:

Bird of a different feather // Manohara K

Honorable Mentions:

NINJA BEEF // SHUN J SAKO Jr

Documentary Competition

Award Winners:

The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China // Bill Callahan // Kieran Hanson

Mended Together // Chen Chih Ming

The Most Australian Band Ever! // Jonathan J Sequeira

THE BODY POLITIC // Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough

Team Ocean Quest - The Impossible Journey // Shane Vermooten

Honorable Mentions:

Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic // David Gregory

Taiwan Undaunted: in search of the nation that cannot call itself a nation // Neal E Robbins

The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge // James Gerrand

The Path of Stones // LEOW (Dian Wang)

Danggol // Taesun Hong

Visitation Rights // JuA LEE

FIRE AT SEA: The HMAS Westralia Disaster // David Jenkins

Short Film Competitions

Award Winners:

NoNameBlade // Xiang-Pu Zhu

Meme, Myself and AI // Chris Boyle

The Metamorphosis Project // Kaylen Ng

JUST 5 MINUTES // Maxwell Wang

Honorable Mentions:

Inversion Protocol // Ray Ong

BAAHUBALI: CROWN OF BLOOD Season 1 - Episode 6 “Dark Secrets" // Jeevan J. Kang // Navin John

The Legend of Hanuman Season 4 - Episode 6 // Jeevan J. Kang // Navin John

RECORDER // Chandru

Kill Me Please // Yuanyuan Zheng

HWANDO // Will LeForestier

LEG DAY // Nasrul Ekram

Southeast Asia Showcase

Award Winners:

561 // Isha Wang

Shadow Assassins // Nilaanjan Reeta Datta

Honorable Mentions:

Plastic Tourism // Ira Setiawati