WINNERS RENAISSANCE CINEMA PRIZE 2025

2025 May 24

WINNERS RENAISSANCE CINEMA PRIZE 2025

The Days of Knight: Chapter 3

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The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

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Lido Cimber

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Urban Eats MTL

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Wacko

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Brothers of Babylon

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Homeless Street Artist

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Omnipotent Resolution

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2 Million Bro

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Into LA Art Show

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Shout It Out

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Not a thing

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Cock Robin

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The Priory of Sion and the treasure of Abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

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Bitter Brownies

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Prodigio

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Fortezza

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Monument to Love

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Katabasis

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Black Wolf

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The way of Mizoguchi

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The Rorschach Test

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Not Without Gloves

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NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

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Out Of Control

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Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

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Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

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Mind over Matter

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The Dead Ringer

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L’Amour est temps de reflets

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The Duchess

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Lambada The Dance of Fate

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Eye of the Storm

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The Arcangel Of Death

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Alta California

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Ghost Town, N.M.

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Only in Malibu

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Gold Glory & Nobility

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Malibu Madam

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The Hallmark Couple

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The Insomnia Experiment

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Something ain’t right

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Planetary Rebellion

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Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

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The Stones of Rome

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The Pathos of Hamlet

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Antiquarius

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Belles paroles

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Nossos Caminhos

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Routine

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The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

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In a Whole New Way

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Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir By Max Rothschild and Dr. Shulamit Reinharz

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE BOOK

A Taco

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Room Available

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Short Film)

Etnoragù

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America Boxed In

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY & BEST FILMMAKER 2025 (Category: Documentary Feature)

An Ever After Drama

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2020: life and death of a virus

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Walking With God

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Cassandra Venice

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Virulence

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Ambrogio The First Vampire

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Phoebe’s Echo

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All My Tomorrows

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YOU ARE HERE – a dylan brody project

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Errata in blue

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Because We Are Too Many

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Artists & Aliens

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Soularis

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Medea

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GODFORSAKEN: A Story Of Three Marys

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT

PAULA’S DAD and the right button in his head

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Seasoning of the Soul

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Chateau De Tarot

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Colombano & La 21Esima Fetta

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE FEATURE & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR     

   

A Fable Before Apocalypse

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Thankful

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER    

A Fable Before Apocalypse

BES INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FILMMAKER

Marabu’

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

In a Whole New Way

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Revisited – Life is Short

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The Victims of Sundarbans

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The Musgrave Ritual

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On My Special Day

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Aunt Tilly’s Last Hurrah

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Dragul and Forbes

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Attack Of The Snowbirds

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Mind Network

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Stalker Hair Twirl

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Pantaneiro

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025