BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Comedy) & BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER
Something ain’t right
BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary) BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCER
Homeless Street Artist
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2025, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Documentary Short Film)
Planetary Rebellion
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)
The Bag
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER
You Are Here – A Dylan Brody Project
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2025, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
The Arcangel Of Death
BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER
Passacaglia
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST DIRECOR & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: International Film)
Lambada The Dance of Fate
BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT
Cassandra Venice
BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY
Three for Hire
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
The Bag
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST SOUND DESIGN (Category: Indie Narrative Short)
Mind over Matter
BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Super Short Film)
The Girl Made of Earth and Water
BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Wax Colors
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY
Riding on Duke’s Train
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SOCIAL FILM, BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?
BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: ANIMATION)
Alta California
BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENWRITER
Pirandello’s Wife
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT
Thankful
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER
The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST AMERICAN CAST
Routine
BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST SOUND DESIGN & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR
Talita l’abbandono
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER
It’s the Gravy
BEST SCREENWRITER, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: COMEDY)
The Hallmark Couple
BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRTER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)
Only in Malibu
BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Only in Malibu
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT
The Insomnia Experiment
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT 2025
Gold Glory & Nobility
BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER (Category: BOOK/MANUSCRIPT)
Gold Glory & Nobility
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY
Malibu Madam
BEST ORIGINAL BOOK & BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
The Days of Knight: Chapter 3
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST INTERNAIONAL INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Eye of the Storm
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2025
The Stones of Rome
BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM & BEST PRODUCER
The Pathos of Hamlet
BEST INSPIRATIONAL ACTOR & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING
NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT, BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER
I Waited for You
BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Katabasis
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY
Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding
BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)
Doctor Hyphoteses
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY 2025
Not Without Gloves
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST INSPIRATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Rorschach Test
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MOVIEMAKER
The Duchess
BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Colombano & La 21Esima Fetta
BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST EUROPEAN FILM & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)
An easy question to start with (naturally, I’m being ironic!), but I’ll still try to explain myself better—knowing full well I’ll fail. How can one define oneself? It almost feels criminal to attempt defining a shifting nature. Yet… I am a singer-songwriter related to poetry: a multifaceted singer-songwriter, a being capable of rapidly adapting to its surroundings. Perhaps that’s why I feel a certain affection for the chameleon. I used to do my makeup by drawing its tail beside my eyes. Still, deep down, there’s a part of me that remains loyal to itself, immutable, eternal. I am a kind of perpetual paradox. Beyond metaphors, practically speaking, I’m a musician who experiments and is closely tied to other art forms. I cross boundaries, composing across various representational planes—not just notes, not just sounds. I’m a composer and singer-songwriter with a vision that stretches into theater, poetry, contemporary art, and even cinema. I’ve written songs for myself and others, produced albums and created soundtracks for theater and film, crafted digital art sets for my shows and for others, and performed my music throughout Italy and abroad—from Asia to the United States, naturally passing through Europe. So yes, I’m also a curious traveler. I’ve coined many terms in an attempt to describe myself appropriately. The latest is “cantapoeta” (singer-poet). I like it for now—it sounds right. We’re almost there, but I must mention philosophy, the field in which I earned my degree and specialization with a thesis on Schopenhauer. Philosophy, in a way, saved me—smoothing out the precarious balance among the different parts of myself, curbing the dangerous extremes, and harmonizing reality with dreams. And that’s a never-ending task, in fieri… … the magical work of living and becoming self-aware.
-) When did you realize that music would define every aspect of your life?
I think I already knew at age five, around the time I started studying classical piano and instinctively began composing short instrumental pieces—despite having no knowledge of music theory or extensive training on the instrument. The same thing happened with writing essays at school. While my classmates would stare at a blank page, I, quick and fearless, would fill it in an instant. It was like a beautiful race, me and my inspiration running together. Then society—with its rules and conventions—tried to make me forget that deep, intimate self-perception… but it failed miserably. Fortunately, the songs prevailed. A voice, a light, an untamable inner song has always guided, inspired, and empowered me. The stubbornness of Capricorn, my zodiac sign, surely did the rest. There were also crucial encounters and collaborations with great music legends who recognized my worth and helped boost my self-esteem and public recognition. First and foremost, Lucio Dalla, one of the greatest Italian singer-songwriters ever. The super producers Mauro Malavasi and Corrado Rustici — they also lived in the United States. Malavasi, among other things, produced for Bocelli, while Rustici worked as a producer with Aretha Franklin… I can’t leave out “the alien” Red Ronnie, a charismatic figure you at WILD FILMMAKER recently interviewed—one of the most original music journalists and communicators ever. He has always supported and promoted me—we care deeply for one another. He, who interviewed Jimi Hendrix (and owned his guitar), Bowie, Harrison, Fidel Castro, and many more… Last but not least… Bologna, the city I chose to live in: an ancient university and art city, mystical and magical, played a big role in my destiny. It gave me inspiration and awareness, also through encounters with gifted artists and musicians in whom I recognized myself—as kin. Life is marked by magical encounters: recognizing one’s kindred spirits—or as Goethe called them, “elective affinities”—helps us understand where we come from, who our soul family is, and where we’re headed. It also helps us have, as Pier Paolo Pasolini would say, “the courage to shine.”
-) Tell us about your special concert taking place at the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, your adopted city.
This concert feels like one of the most meaningful and important of my life and artistic journey—as a musician and as a cantapoeta. We’re talking about a sacred, monumental place: a Gothic basilica that hides mysterious details even in its aesthetics. San Petronio in Bologna is the last great late Gothic work in Italy, started just after the Milan Cathedral in 1386. The façade is partially unfinished, which gives it a strong dualism: shining white marble at the bottom, and dark, exposed brick above. When I looked at it—especially at night—it reminded me of the face in Munch’s The Scream. The large window looks like an open mouth in a cry of pain, the side aisles like hands on a face (the central nave). Easier to see than explain… Anyway, in this vast basilica, I said my final goodbye to my dear friend and mentor Lucio Dalla.
For years, I think I avoided entering it to not relive that painful farewell… and later, because it was even at risk of terrorist threats. However, some places call us back—and we must return. When I was invited to hold a concert for Peace as part of a major exhibition by Catalan sculptor Juan Crous—who reimagined Picasso’s Guernica in a massive sculpture made of glass tiles—I thought: how lucky am I? This concert is and will be a gift, a blessing—for me and for those who attend. The desire for peace that fuels it is the noblest of causes, and it must be cultivated and grown. I’m working on the setlist now. I’ll perform solo, just me and the piano—my long-time friend and confidant. I’ll draw inspiration from the aura of the place and the energy of the souls present. And there will be many… May 12, 2025 will be a historic date for me—a turning point, a new baptism. I’m grateful, happy, full of enthusiasm and joy.
-) What would you change about the world?
Simple: No more wars. No more oppression. No more violence. No more deception. We must learn to dream “marvelous utopias” again: to find the missing beauty, to thirst for justice and truth. We should give ourselves the luxury—and powerful gift—of dreaming again, lighthearted and a bit wild, like children… free to imagine and shape the world we want to live in. I believe in the magical art of words and visualization. So I try to imagine boundless beauty, powerful harmony, human connection, philanthropy, choirs of angels (with a few off notes—imperfection is necessary…). I stubbornly dream of Peace, Beauty, Art, Lush Nature, Joy in living, Joy in existing. These words, mind you, are not abstractions—they are realities we’ve forgotten how to dream, to even conceive.
-) When you hear the word “soul,” what comes to mind?
In one of my songs I say: “The soul is an animal, and it dwells beyond good and evil.” That’s what I believe—it’s a living thing, in motion, also appearing as sacred animal visions or totems. If I don’t think and just follow instinct, I see a shimmering light moving across crystal-clear water—a light dancing on the water’s surface…
-) What do you think of WILD FILMMAKER?
You are amazing! And without exaggeration, I’d even say that you feel a bit like family. Staying on the theme of “elective affinities,” I feel related to you: an indomitable yet supportive community. You’re a beautiful paradox that is and will continue to impact the reality of cinema today and in the future. Everyone should know about WILD FILMMAKER , a platform with which I’ve already built a valuable relationship of mutual respect and original collaborations. Honestly, I hope this connection continues. The journey of mutual discovery felt immediately interesting, even predestined… I believe it will keep surprising us. Wishing the best to the entire community—visionary, like its founder.
Navy international film festival ( Best producer )
Sharjah International Film Festival, ( BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM )
Sharjah International Film Festival ( BEST DIRECTOR )
Saudi Arabia Independent Film Festival ( BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM , BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER
Ajman International Film Festival ( BEST PRODUCER , BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM , BEST DIRECTOR , BEST EDITOR , BEST SOUND DESIGN , BEST POSTER , BEST TRAILER )
Robinson Film Awards (International Film Festival)
Riffa International Film Festival ( BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM , BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER )
Faten hamama film festival jury Award
/EasternEuropeFilmFestival. Best Director
Rome International Movie Awards Best Director
Madrid intarnationl movie awards Best DRAMA
Muscuat intarnationl film festival BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM , BEST writter, BEST PRODUCER
Zeal International Film Festival ( IMDb Paris) Best Original Music – “Magic Moment”
The World Class Film Awards IMDb
-Best Oceanian Project –“ Magic Moment”
-Best Song – “Silence”
-Best Music Video – “You’re Safe With Me”
“Indie Oscar Awards 2025” USA – Best original song “Running Out Of Time” In the International music video category- – Best Arthouse Project – Best Indie Producer
“Magic Moment” Bronze Medal in the Global Music Awards! March 2025
“Canadian International Indie Film Critics Awards 2025” Best original song “You’re Safe With Me” – Best Arthouse Song – Best Original Sound Designer – Best International Singer
“Magic Moment” Kyoto Cinematic Film Festival 2025, JAPAN! Best Music Video – “Magic Moment”
“25 Steps” winner in the CLOUZINE International Music Awards Spring 2025!
“Running Out Of Time” Winner International Music Video Category… Wild Filmmakers Awards, Special Event at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival – Best Indie Arthouse Project – Best Indie Producer
“Right Now” SCANDINAVIAN Film Critics Awards, Helsinki, Finland!
The World Class Film Awards – March 2025 -Best Oceanian Project – “Magic Moment” -Best Song – “Silence” -Best Music Video – “You’re Safe With Me”
“Bellagio New Cinema” from the World Film Festival 2025 – Best Original Indie Song – “Magic Moment”
The Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards
Best Indie Music Video – “Magic Moment”
– Best Sound Designer
The LIT Music Awards 2024 – Best Adult Contemporary – “You’re Safe With Me” – Studeo
The Hawaii Film Awards 2024 “Silence” – Best Original Music Video “You’re Safe With Me”- Best Original Music
Zeal International Film Festival IMDb (Paris) 2024 Best Original Music – Studeo – “You’re Safe With Me”
Clown International Film Festival 2024 – “Magic Moment”
Filmnest International Film Festival 2024 – “Silence”
Zeal International Film Festival IMDb (Paris) 2024
Best Original Music September 2024, “Silence”
Filmnest International Film Festival 2024, “You’re Safe With Me”
Best Original Music – Studeo – “You’re Safe With Me”
Frida Film Festival 2024– “You’re Safe With Me”
One Earth Awards 2024– “Silence”
8 & Halfilm awards- “When It’s Over”
International Songwriters Day Song Contest – “Find Your Detsiny”
International Network Film Festival 2024 – “When It’s Over”
Frida Film Festival 2024 – “When It’s Over”
Wild Filmaker Festival 2024 – Award Winner – “Right Now”
Best Biographical Screenplay & Best International Editing
3. Mastroianni -100 Film Awards, Cannes, France
Best International Director (Category: Biographical Documentary Feature), Best Editing & Best Producer
4. Miami Film Awards
BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature), BEST PRODUCER & BEST ARTHOUSE BIOGRAPHICAL FILM
5. SoHo – New York Co-production Film Festival
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM, BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Documentary)
6. La Habana International Film Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY 2024
7. Tribeca Christmas Film Awards
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL STORY & BEST EDITING (Category: International Documentary Feature)
8. Hawai’i Film Awards
BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY
9. Greek Film Critics Awards
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary Feature)
10. Hollywood Indie Film Critics Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: International Documentary) & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL INDIE FILM
11. Indie Golden Globe 2025
BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
12. Scandinavian Film Critics Awards
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY
13. OKLAHOMA – New Directors/New Films
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM
14. NEON on Contemporary Cinema
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
15. SIENA International Film Showcase
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR (Academy Award Winner Robin Williams – Lifetime Achievement Award) & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
16. Osaka Film Awards
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
17. Oxford Film Network Awards 2025
BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM
18. Bellagio New Cinema From the World Film Festival 2025
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM
19. AEFF, America Europe Film Festival
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: International Documentary Feature) & BEST ARTHOUSE CAMERA OPERATOR
20. Independent Special Event at Sundance
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
21. Lights in the Shadow Film Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR (Academy Award Winner Robin Williams – Lifetime Achievement Award) & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
22. Canadian International Indie Film Critics Awards 2025
BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
23. Special Event at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam
BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER
24. Best Director’s Cut of the Year – San Diego, California
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
25. Indie Oscar Awards 2025
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
26. Cannes Screenwriter Awards 2025
27. Indian Film Critics Award 2025
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
28. AMDb Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
29. Taormina Film Meeting Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR (Academy Award Winner Robin Williams – Lifetime Achievement Award) & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
30. Alice Film Festival 2025
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
31. Film Emmy Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR (Academy Award Winner Robin Williams – Lifetime Achievement Award), BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary) & BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
32. Indie Hall of Fame Awards
BEST MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR (Category: Biographical Documentary Feature) & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING
33. Santa Monica, LA Indie Critics’ Choice Awards 2025
BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
In the last two years, the WILD FILMMAKER Community has achieved unprecedented milestones worldwide. We have managed to give the artists in our Community the opportunity to spread their creativity globally and at major international film events. For the second consecutive year, the WILD FILMMAKER Community will be featured in The Hollywood Reporter during the Cannes Film Festival, after having promoted our activities in Variety at last year’s Venice Film Festival. We are building together a new and revolutionary way of understanding cinema, in which the individual independent producer, with the support of WILD FILMMAKER, no longer feels like a solitary sailor on a small boat in the vast ocean. We are one great Community! We are making history! Thank you for your trust! Below are the annual Critics’ Awards presented by WILD FILMMAKER:
Fractures In Time
BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category Feature Script)
Croix – The Prequel: Kiss The Ring
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT
The Son of Amaros
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE FILM 2025
Soularis
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Experimental Film)
True Friend
BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Drama)
The Connecting Betrayal
BEST THRILLER SCRIPT 2025
The Art of Documentary Filmmaking: A Comprehensive Guide
BEST ORIGINAL BOOK/MANUSCRIPT
Urban Eats MTL
BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/SERIES
Mecca
BEST ARTHOUSE DRAMA & BEST LGBTQ 2025
Cataclysm Down Under – Hero
BEST ARTHOUSE SONG
Cassandra Venice
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER
The Solomon Project
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT
Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2025
The Dream
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER
Routine
BEST INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE SHORT FILM & BEST SOUND DESIGN
Brothers of Babylon
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Anything You Lose
BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
À Matador In Paris
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
There on e was a melody in The Bronx
BEST AMERICAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
Boombox (The God of THe Dance) – TV Series (pitch deck)
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR
Eve
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental)
Middle
BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Lambada The Dance Of Fate
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER
Shucks
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, BEST FANTASY & BEST INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK
What Is Wrong With This Country?
BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
The Bag
BEST INDIE SUPER SHORT
Eye of the Storm
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)
Elevation to the Depths I
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025
Canta la gioia
BEST MUSIC VIDEO & BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER
Prodigio
BEST EUROPEAN SINGER
The Broken Road
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Feature Script)
The Priory of Sion
BEST EUOROPEAN WRITER 2025 & BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT
Hummel
BEST WRITER (Category: Short Script)
K Bender (The Bloody Benders)
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script)
Adelaide’s Magic Sunglasses
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT
The Wood Ranch Country Club
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT
The Insomnia Experiment
BEST ORIGINAL WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Script)
Prima del giorno dopo
BEST ARTHOUSE FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY
The Mint
BEST INDIE SHORT SCRIPT 2025
Split Endz
BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE
The White Chronicles: The Beginning? Book One
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK/MANUSCRIPT
The Taste of Rain
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025
NEVERWERE: a Lycan Love Story
BEST ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
The Duchess
BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2025 & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR
Moomtaz Khatoon: A gender fluid queer Muslim
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER (Category: Documentary Short)
The Hallmark Couple
BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Only in Malibu
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Gold Glory & Nobility
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: International Feature Script)
Something ain’t right
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)
I Can’t Save You
BEST ARTHOUSE SUPER SHORT FILM 2025
The Days of Knight: Chapter 3
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)
Iriso
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY (Category: Drama)
When the Withered Leaf Awakens
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE
Destination Marfa
BEST PICTURE, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
Doctor Hyphoteses
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN
Katabasis
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHER
Riding on Duke’s Train
BEST VIDEO POETRY 2025 & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM 2025
Omnipotent Resolution
BEST MUSICAL, BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Monument to Love
BEST EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Dragul and Forbes
BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT
Drowning
BEST MUSICIAN & BEST SONG OF THE YEAR
The way of Mizoguchi
BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DOCUMENTARY
Static
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025
The Hourglass
BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Arthouse Narrative Short)
Mind Over Matter
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST EDITING (Category: International Super Short Film)
Ye Ole Glorya
BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER
Big Momma Earth
BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST SCRIPT (Category: Comedy)
Over Exposed
BEST COMEDY 2025
Thankful
BEST WRITER 2025 (Category: Feature Script)
Dojo
BEST ACTION MOVIE, BEST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category Action)
The Arcangel Of Death
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM
The Demon
BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ACTOR OF THE YEAR
2020: life and death of a virus
BEST FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: International Experimental Film)
Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Mashuga Wedding and Sheldon’s Jewish Christmas
BEST AMERICAN COMEDY & BEST EDITING
L’Amour est temps de reflets
BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2025
Lifes Mapped Out
BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
Roses are Blind
BEST FILMMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Thriller)
I’ve Fallen
BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO
Ageless
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK
Giulietta e Romeo?
BEST YOUNG SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Out of State-A Gothic Romance
BEST FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION COMPANY
Two Fridges
BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM
The Dragonfly Dreaming Project
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Asherah’s Colors
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Ice Hockey Orphans
BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Dinner Party
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST SOUNDTRACK
NOI Crusaders – 30 anni di football americano in Sardegna
BEST INTERNATIONAL SPORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR
Fascino d’altri tempi
BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR
Der Rote Klang
BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT & BEST INDIE ACTRESS
Sam and Dukes Big River Adventure
BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Walking With God
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2025
Sequoia Spirits
BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE
Vessel – 2024
BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR OF THE YEAR & BEST SUSPENSE
The G-Files
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Dogma
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Everland
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT
Boxed In
BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Wave Man
BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT
Revisited – Life is Short
BEST ORIGINAL AUTHOR (Category: International Music Video)
In Search of A P-I-G
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Web/Tv Series)
The Second Coming
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST SOUND DESIGN & BEST ORIGINAL CAST
In a Whole New Way
BEST INDIE PRODUCER, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
Homeless Street Artist Documentary
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
Not Without Gloves
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM
The Rorschach Test
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
Edgar
BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2025 (Category: Animated Film)
A Perfect Love
BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: International Indie Documentary Short)
I am God
BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST CAST & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Narrative Short)
Effata
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER & BEST SOUND DESIGN
Ciccillo
BEST EUROPEAN DRAMA & BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER
Luck Court
BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)
Princess Zarabanda
BEST ANIMATION 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Animated Short Film)
The Dead Ringer
BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE WRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Feature Script)
Something ain’t right
BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY
Is He Cheating?
BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ FILM
Riding on Duke’s Train
BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE VIDEO POETRY
Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged
BEST ARTHOUSE COMEDY
The Waiting Room
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE BLANKET -Die schwarze Decke
BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Animated Short)
Revisited – Life is Short
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGN & BEST EDITING (Category: International Music Video)
Remnant
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Film)
YOU ARE HERE – a dylan brody project
BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST CAST & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Film)
Antiquarius
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CAST (Category: International Short Film)
The Stones of Rome
BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ACTOR
The Pathos of Hamlet
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING
BLIND FAITH: Moments of Missed Understanding
BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Experimental Film)
Planetary Rebellion
BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE MUSICIAN
Alta California
BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Pirandello’s Wife
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT
Louie (KR ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Chateau De Tarot
BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT
Life is Beautiful
BEST SONG OF THE YEAR
Precious the Baby Dragon
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2025
Can’t Figure It Out
BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Turtle On A Fence Post
BEST SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: Indie Feature Script)
Running Out Of Time
BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST ARTHOUSE PROJECT (Category: International Music Video)
Umbra/Eclipse of the moon
BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Flint&Ema
BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: International Animated Short)
Blooming Sisters
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
The Age of the Empath
BEST PILOT/TV
Ghost Executioners 2
BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Comedy)
Enipheres
BEST INDIE FILMMAKER (Category: Arthouse Narrative Short)
WINNER SPECIAL EVENT AT THE BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER LIGHTS IN THE SHADOW FA
NOMINATION AMERICA SCREENPLAY AWARDS ( CANNES ) May 2025
WINNER NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS
WINNER LONDON MOVIE AWARDS
WINNER PARIS FILM AWARDS
WINNER INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS
WINNER HOLLYWOOD GOLD AWARDS
WINNER VIRTUAL VIEW INTERNATIONAL FILM CHALLENGE
WINNER VISION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER INDIE DOC PRO
WINNER MOVIE PLAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER ABUDHABI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER INTERNATIONAL FILM TALENT AWARDS
WINNER ANGEL FISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER GREAT ARABIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER HOLLYWOOD GOLD AWARDS
WINNER IF INDIE FESTIVAL
WINNER FESTIVAL DE INDIE
WINNER 8& HALFILM AWARDS
WINNER NEW CINEMA FESTIVAL
WINNER WILD FILMAKER FESTIVAL
WINNER CLOSE FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER FRIDA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER FILMZEN INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION
WINNER ANGRY LION FESTIVAL
WINNER INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS
WINNER BLUEZ DOLPHINS MONTHLY ONLINE INTERTIONAL
WINNER GREAT MAPLE SCREEN FESTIVAL
WINNER SRI MATHA FILM AWARDS
WINNER PIRCHAVARAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER HUMRO CINEMA FILM FEST
WINNER THE DREAMERS FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEST
WINNER ROME WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
The other awards are older, the ones above happened in 2024-25. for the winning awards not counting WCFN awards. Also not counting the finalist, semi finalist and nominations are all not counted in the above awards. That includes the Cannes awards we have that are semi finalist and finalist awards. which we have 5 of those. we have over 500 awards and counting right now. Most of the awards are for my films
The Macher in Mr Big
Franken-Pranken
Sheldon’s Cat
Sheldon gets fired
Sheldon Mashuganan returns to the future (sceenplay)
Mashuga Wedding
Super Mahsugee and Freeky Passover
Mashuga Wedding and Sheldon’s Jewish Christmas
Traveling Putz
Picture Me This
School of Idiots by Sheldon Mashugana
The following are the awards I received. Best director, Best short film, Best international short, Best cinematographer, Best editing, Best arthouse comedy, Best comedian, Best cast, Best international film. Best american comedy.
You can currenlty watch these films on Elevation Movies, Youtube, Roku, Amazan fire, Apple stick.
