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