All the winning works of the season: November 3, 2025 - January 12, 2026
Julien Moreau
Founder & Art Director
Dear participants, finalists and winners,

We sincerely congratulate you on the end of the festival season and on your outstanding participation in this rich, bright and inspiring cinematic journey!

Every application, every script, every frame - became part of the unique artistic space that we created together. Your works did not just add to the festival program - they gave it depth, courage and sincerity.

We were amazed by how diversely and powerfully you use the language of cinema to talk about important things, raise sensitive topics, touch hearts and open new horizons of audience perception.

Participation in the festival is already an achievement. This is a step that requires courage, faith in yourself and your story. All those who were selected for the finals proved that they are able to surprise, inspire and speak with a voice that is heard and valuable. And the winners... you were the ones who left a particularly bright mark - and we are proud that we could witness your triumph.

Our festival exists thanks to creators like you. People who are not afraid to try, explore, take risks. Those who see cinema not only as a form, but as a mission - to convey feelings, change perception, awaken thought.

Let this festival stage become for each of you not the end, but a new starting point. We sincerely believe that your creative journey is just beginning.

Keep creating, telling, surprising - the world needs such stories.

With gratitude and deep respect,
Julien Moreau
Founder & Art Director of Cinema Royale: Paris Edition
info@cinemaroyale.space
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE" FEATURE FILM (INCLUDES 6 CATEGORIES)
Finding Faith

Directed by
Tajoura Davis
A Long Road to Tao

Directed by
Alex Carig
Abdo and Saneya

Directed by
Omar Bakry
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE" SHORT FILM (INCLUDES 6 CATEGORIES)
Fading Memory

Directed by
Yiftach Samocha
LYFE AMONGST THE WATERS

Directed by
Jerod D. Taylor
Five Stars

Directed by
Demetrius Joyette
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF TRUTH" FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (INCLUDES 5 CATEGORIES)
Nazar's Letters

Directed by
Goderdzi Sharashia
Searching for the Light

Directed by
Andres A Parra
"You will die in prison"

Directed by
Gerry McColgan
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF TRUTH" SHORT DOCUMENTARY (INCLUDES 5 CATEGORIES)
Playing Through

Directed by
Michael Corvo, Simone Buteau
The Wheelchair Mafia

Directed by
Cade Martin
From The Farm To Your Cup

Directed by
Ousmane Ndoye
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF INNOVATION" FEATURE EXPERIMENTAL FILM (INCLUDES 5 CATEGORIES)
Moontrip

Directed by
Balint Balassa
Winners in the nomination

"CROWN OF INNOVATION" SHORT EXPERIMENTAL FILM (INCLUDES 5 CATEGORIES)
She's Not There

Directed by
Paul A. Levin
Winners in the nomination

"ROYAL SCREENPLAY" FEATURE SCREENPLAY (INCLUDES 3 CATEGORIES)
Symbiosis

Directed by
Justin Hunt
The Tale of Two Blades

Directed by
Alanna Faby
Rock Star

Directed by
DAVID FAULKNER
Winners in the nomination

BEST FEATURE FILM
take me tzoran

Directed by
Dondi Schwartz
LIKE ASHES IN YOUR COFFEE

Directed by
Yael Segal
Winners in the nomination

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
No WiFi

Directed by
Natasha Mashkevich
LIKE ASHES IN YOUR COFFEE

Directed by
Yael Segal
Winners in the nomination

BEST SHORT FILM
Closing Act

Directed by
Mariane G Rech
Mother and Electricity

Directed by
Zhichun Zhou
Dhani Jhankal

Directed by
Mauricio Osaki
Winners in the nomination

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
Talkies

Directed by
Sonya Kanevskaya
A Dream For My Daughter

Directed by
Mauricio Osaki
Avagunthan

Directed by
Dhani Jhankal
Winners in the nomination

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
In The Circle of Life

Directed by
Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo
Making Megaforce

Directed by
Bob Lindenmayer
Pinball - The American Game

Directed by
Mark Helms
Winners in the nomination

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Conspiracists

Directed by
Liz Smith
Gray Justice

Directed by
Skye La Fever
Pinball - The American Game

Directed by
Mark Helms
Winners in the nomination

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Songs of the Storm


Directed by
Aaron Stone, Caroline Aylward
One Fighting Irishman


Directed by
Sharon Yamato
"Rolling Film, Rocking History, Al Maysles Captures the Beatles"

Directed by
Bart Weiss
Winners in the nomination

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Lethe – The Voice of the River


Directed by
Konstantinos Katsianis
DREAM IT, MAKE IT - Corentin Osouf


Directed by
Tony Nuon
"Rolling Film, Rocking History, Al Maysles Captures the Beatles"

Directed by
Bart Weiss
Winners in the nomination

BEST FEATURE EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Gadi

Directed by
ROHAN PINGAL
Winners in the nomination

BEST SHORT EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Ode to Invisible

Directed by
Linn Obrestad
Imagine a World Without Pain

Directed by
Alina Zheng, Alan Zheng
Hu Li Jing: The Fox Spirit

Directed by
Alena Saveleva
Winners in the nomination

BEST LGBTQ+ FILM
Stuck in a Moment


Directed by
Aditi Sridhar
Winners in the nomination

BEST ANIMATION FILM
Juliet & the King

Directed by
Ashkan Rahgozar
The Simple Life

Directed by
Betul Celik
Back to Life

Directed by
Anna Rose Martin
Winners in the nomination

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Poe: The Prism

Directed by
Elizabeth Marcellin
LIKE ASHES IN YOUR COFFEE

Directed by
Yael Segal
We Are Perishing

Directed by
William R Kanter
Winners in the nomination

BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Credit

Directed by
Dion Aralihalli
Miss You

Directed by
Dion Aralihalli
Last Year

Directed by
Reginald Butler
Winners in the nomination

BEST AUTOR
Katabasis

Directed by
Samantha Casella
Winners in the nomination

BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT
Ciúnas - An Animated Short Film (2025)

Directed by
Mo Jeffries
Middlescence

Directed by
Angela Manfredi
Winners in the nomination

BEST PILOT SERIES
(Un)Bound

Directed by
Carrie-Lynn Neales
Hot Manga Girl

Directed by
Beatrice Yilin Jiang
American Mythos - The Cathedral

Directed by
CRAIG L GRAAFF
Winners in the nomination

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
The Enemy

Directed by
Tyler Evan Leyva
Winners in the nomination

BEST CONCEPT VIDEO
A Vernacular of the Numinous

Directed by
M Freeman
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