Il Monza Film Fest ha dato il là alla sua sesta edizione (ottobre 2025 – settembre 2026) con la proclamazione dei vincitori del primo bimestre di selezioni, relativo al periodo settembre – ottobre 2025.
Oltre 150 cortometraggi da tutto il mondo inaugurano il Monza Film Fest
Un avvio entusiasmante, che ha visto la partecipazione di circa 150 cortometraggi provenienti da oltre 40 Paesi, confermando ancora una volta la vocazione internazionale e indipendente del festival. I titoli selezionati rappresentano la varietà e la vitalità del cinema breve contemporaneo: storie intime e sperimentali, produzioni indipendenti e opere d’autore che spaziano tra generi e linguaggi diversi, con una qualità in costante crescita.
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VINCITORI SETTEMBRE – OTTOBRE 2025
Di seguito i vincitori di settembre ottobre
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Best Film: Over My Dead Body – Daniel Sadler, Erica Rowe – United States
Best International Film: Fine – Meirav Heiman – Israel
Honorable Mention: The Infinity Beyond The Void – Lucas Marques – Brazil
Best European Film: Tantibus – Angel M. Pecci – Spain
Honorable Mention: Nowhere Man – Omar Bradosti – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film: The Riverside Ghost With Long Braids – Lizixia Zhang – China
Honorable Mention: Fight Bravely – Arun Mohan – India
Best American Film: Old Well – Andrès Hernandez Covarrubias – Mexico
Honorable Mention: Resurrection – Sam Zaslow-Braverman – United States
Best Italian Film: Il Rumore Del Mare – Alessandro Piga – Italy
Honorable Mention: La Crepa – Alessandro Serafino – Italy
Best Lombard Film: Il Rumore Del Mare – Alessandro Piga – Italy
Honorable Mention: Kintsugi – Chiara Rivosecchi – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5min): In Captivity Of A Finger +2 – Zahra Shafiei Dehaghani, Mohammadali Taheri, Ali Akbar
Ardeshir, Isamil Mokhtarian – Iran
Honorable Mention: Home – Shiry Price – Israel
Best Super Short (under 15min): Buried – Sukru Gursoy – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Infinity Pool – David Siroy – Germany
Best Medium Length (under 30min): Father’s Son – Nadan Pines – Israel
Honorable Mention: In The Ocean Of Time – Korinna Krauss – Germany
Best Low Budget Film: Solar Neighbor – Austin Cole – United States
Honorable Mention: Paw And Scissor – Shamim Shoomali – United States
Best Title: Mein Surname – Adam Cowie – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: Acquallegoria – Matteo Piacenti – Italy
Best Original Idea: Man Versus Ferry – Gee Stewart – Canada
Honorable Mention: There’s A Robbery In Progress – Morgan Miller – United Kingdom, United States
Best Animation: Red Snow – Jonathan Dumosch – Israel
Honorable Mention: Self-Loathing – Maria Jaramillo Ramirez – Colombia
Best Documentary: Shattered Memory – Hayat Labban – State of Palestine
Honorable Mention: The Bus Savior – Fanny Ben David – Israel
Best Debut Film: A Place That Doesn’t Exist – Tehilla Ruddell – Israel
Honorable Mention: Black Balloons – Gal Attia – Israel
GENRE FILM AWARDS
Best Drama: Pinky Promise – Karam Awadat – State of Palestine
Honorable Mention: Trifles – Yarden Pelach – Israel
Best Comedy: Over My Dead Body – Daniel Sadler, Erica Rowe – United States
Honorable Mention: Mein Surname – Adam Cowie – United Kingdom
Best Horror & Mistery: Tantibus – Angel M. Pecci – Spain
Honorable Mention: The Other – Cyril Ferment – France
Best Thriller & Crime: Killer – Rina Horen – Israel
Honorable Mention: Rose – Philippe Turcotte – Canada
Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Stuck At The Spaceport – John Semerad – United States
Honorable Mention: Sisters – Tobias M. Huber – Germany
Best Music & Romance: Explicita – Renny Pan – Spain
Honorable Mention: The Girl With Red Hair – Eli Lev – United States
Best LGBTQ+: Coding Is Papa – Michael Pogoy – Philippines
Honorable Mention: My Dear, – Aragon Yao – Portugal
Best Pulp: Avax – Roots – Lorenzo Atzei – Italy
Honorable Mention: No Holidays In August – Filippo Pino – Italy
Best Noir: Staged Limerence – Nadia Hope – United States
Honorable Mention: Queer Noir – Kevin McGuiness – Canada
Best Silent Film: Day Of The Catch – Jared Engel – United States
Honorable Mention: Sette – Bayan Musa Shaheen – State of Palestine
Best Arthouse: Fine – Meirav Heiman – Israel
Honorable Mention: Sensus Mori – Sydney Rincòn – United States
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director: Trifles – Yarden Pelach – Israel
Honorable Mention: Nowhere Man – Omar Bradosti – United Kingdom
Best Young Director: A Family Stain – Miguel Laranjeira, Matilde Lopes – Portugal
Honorable Mention: Coding Is Papa – Michael Pogoy – Philippines
Best Soundtrack: Wild Alps – Cristian Paduano – Italy
Honorable Mention: The Table We Share – Brock Edwards – United States
Best Editing: Hen Night – Angel M. Pecci – Spain
Honorable Mention: Forgive Me, Father – Giulia Fenati, Gabriella Nishimura, Lucy Solinger – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay: In The Ocean Of Time – Korinna Krauss – Germany
Honorable Mention: Dark Pieces – Amit Karny – Israel
Best Cinematography: Forgive Me, Father – Jacob Young – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: A Family Stain – Albert Valdemar Stenum – Portugal
Best VFX: DreamBrew – Ben Bayliss, Anthony Hampshire, Joel Dutton – United Kingdom
Honorable Mention: The Devil Walks At Midnight – Valerie Denise Jones, Phillip A. Driskell II – United States
Best Actor/Actress: Over My Dead Body – Wyatt Unger – United States
Honorable Mention: Mein Surname – Joe Carmichael – United Kingdom
Best Producer: The Angel’s Tears – Yohann Saki Claude, Alchimyfilm Production – France
Honorable Mention: Fight Bravely – Sevenraj R – India
Best Movie Poster: A Form Of Consciousness – Mirac Cavdur – Turkey
Honorable Mention: Kintsugi – Chiara Rivosecchi – Italy
Prossimo appuntamento: secondo bimestre (novembre – dicembre 2025)
Le selezioni per il secondo bimestre del Monza Film Fest sono ufficialmente aperte. I filmmaker interessati possono iscrivere i propri cortometraggi — di qualunque genere e nazionalità, con durata massima di 30 minuti — tramite la piattaforma FilmFreeway.
https://filmfreeway.com/MonzaFilmFest
Non ci sono limiti all’anno di produzione e ogni autore può presentare più opere. Le selezioni continueranno a ritmo bimestrale fino alla serata finale di settembre 2026, presso il Capitol Anteo SpazioCinema di Monza.