KIFF Winners · Autumn 2025
You may find…
Patricia Spehar - Miss France 1997
Joey Brooks - The social Network part II (2026) A Pale Blue Eye (2022) Ella McCay (2025)
Carlos Segundo - Cannes Palm D'Or nominee
Milton Welsh - Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
🌊 Kraken Film Festival
This season’s best short films are two:
The Application
Country: USA
Director: Joey Brooks
Mosquito
Country: Singapore
Director: King Lam Wong
In Alphabetic Order
Adas Falasteen
Award: Best Short Documentary
Country: Palestine
Directors: Samar Taher Lulu, Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini
Anomalia
Award: Best Experimental Film. Best female filmmaker
Country: France
Director: Delphine Sicard Malafosse
Battle Of Mole Hill
Award: Best Actor in a Short Film, Best Supporting Actor in a short film
Country: USA
Director: Joey Brooks
Everyday
Award: Best Actress in a Short Film, Best Italian Film
Actress: Adrianna Maria Szafranska
Country: Italy
Director: John Pentassuglia
Faces within the Wheel
Award: Best Animation
Country: Germany, South Korea
Director: Eunchae Won
Howl Of The Blue Moon
Award: Best Indie Feature Film
Country: USA
Director: Marie France Louis
La Mort Pourpre
Award: Best Production Design, Best Make-Up & Hairstyle, Best Fantasy
Country: France
Director: Erwan Ott
Mosquito
Award: Best Short Film, Best Sound Design
Country: Singapore
Director: King Lam Wong
My Love
Award: Best Music Video
Country: Ukraine
Director: Ilia Noyabrov
R.E.M
Award: Best Short Screenplay
Country: USA
Writer John P Martinez
Rhythms of the Land
Award: Best Soundtrack
Country: Canada
Director: Jarrod Tully
Satori
Award: Best Produced Screenplay
Country: Sweden
Director: Emanuel Amadeus Markskog
Send
Award: Best Cinematography
Country: USA
Director: Matthew Quaid
Sideral
Award: Best Director Short Film
Country: Brasil
Director: Carlos Segundo
The Application
Award: Best Short Film, Best First Time Filmmaker, Best Costume Design
Country: USA
Director: Joey Brooks
The Family Photo
Award: Best Animation
Country: USA
Director: John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez
The Flourishing of Love
Award: Best Women Film, Best Editing
Country: The Netherlands
Director: Myra Bax
The Other
Award: Best Horror
Country: France
Director: Cyril Ferment
The Villa - Life. Together
Award: Best Cinematography (Feature)
Country: Germany
Director: Max Rohland
Visions of Doc
Award: Best Feature Lenght Screenplay
Country: USA
Writer: G Calder Nash
Waiting
Award: Diversity Spotlight Excellence Award
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Aleksandra Bucevac
What the Sand Remembers
Award: The Kraken Spirit Award
Country: Palestine
Director: Mahmoud Mohmed Abu Ghalwa
What we imagined
Award: Best Student Film
Country: USA
Director: Shubhavi Arya
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