Nomination! Part 1.

 

Animation

Brush Me – Nikolaus Jantsch, Austria

Reveries – Donya Willborg, Sweden

The Shell – Emil Hamberg, Sweden

Thinkle – Chiara Amenta, Claudia Antonioli, Enrica Carpentieri, Giorgia D’Aleo, Fabio La Gattuta, Gabriele Minotti, Bianca Santarelli, Italy

 

Music Video
Rex Ljungqvist – Night of the Living Cred
– Emil T. Jonsson/ Rex Ljungqvist Sweden

Talk to Me – Robin Stjernberg, Sweden

Siddharta – Mir – Ven Jemersic, Slovenia

 

Best Short film International 1-10 Min

A Little Extra – Bijoyeta Sahoriya Das, United States

Far & Few, Far & Few – Ameena Alali, United Arab Emirates

All I Want Today – Magda Adamowicz, Poland

 

Best documentary International Short 1-10 min

We Walk at Night – Agnes Athley, United Kingdom

Gold of the Plateau – Miriam Follin, China

Too Late? – Jacek Jędrzejczak, Poland

 

Best documentary International  10+

The Potter – Vessels of Exploration – Florian Ropers, Germany

The Music – Pien Vroonland, Netherlands

The Garden of Delights – Simone Spampinato, Italy

 

Best Documentary Nordic 10+

Positive Thinking – Samuel Nilsson, Sweden

Nordic Nocturne – Olli Matti Juhani Hietanen, Norway

Matti Nykänen – The Legend – Olli Laine, Finland

 

Best Documentary Nordic Short 1–10 min

Unrealistic Pictures Are the Missing Key to Open Encrypted Rock Paintings in Finland – Pekka Juhani Honkakoski, Finland

Everything I’m Not – Agnes Brede, Sweden

 

Best One Minute Film International (No animation)

Portrait – Ignacio Rodó, Spain

BATCAN
– Riu Lohri, David Riedener, Switzerland

Baby Baby Baby – Mathias Kartveit Mikalsen, Norway

Nordic Star Festival 2025 – Nominations

PART 2 

 

NORDIC FILM

Best Short Film Nordic 1–10:

  • Jack London’s To Build a Fire – Paul Petropoulos, Sweden
  • Lost In Galactic Translation – Rasmus Lindkvist, Sweden
  • Blow Out the Candle, Darling! – Emil Levin, Sweden
  • I Hate You Not – Christian Bitar, Sweden
  • Settle Down – Timmy Prag, Sweden

Best Short Film Nordic 10+

  • Windmills – Otto Lotz Lundberg, Denmark
  • Dirty Talk – Oliver Herdberg, Sweden
  • Right Now – Svend Colding, Denmark
  • All Strings Attached – Kristine Bidstrup, Denmark
  • White Guilt – Sepehr Nosrati, Sweden
  • Fortysomething – Camilla Roman, Norway
  • Your Latest Trick – Lucas Lundberg, Sweden

Nominated for Best Director:

  • Otto Lotz Lundberg – Windmills, Denmark
  • Oliver Herdberg – Dirty Talk, Sweden
  • Svend Colding – Right Now, Denmark
  • Kristine Bidstrup – All Strings Attached, Denmark
  • Sepehr Nosrati – White Guilt, Sweden
  • Camilla Roman – Fortysomething, Norway
  • Emil T. Jonsson – Night Games, Sweden

Nominated for Best Script:

  • Otto Lotz Lundberg – Windmills, Denmark
  • Oliver Herdberg – Dirty Talk, Sweden
  • Svend Colding – Right Now, Denmark
  • Camilla Roman – Fortysomething, Norway

Nominated for Best Actress:

  • Minna Flyvholm – Windmills, Denmark
  • Nora Malm – Dirty Talk, Sweden
  • Gertrud Gøtterup – Right Now, Denmark
  • Camilla Roman – Fortysomething, Norway
  • Mathilde Klostermann – All Strings Attached, Danmark

Nominated for Best Actor:

  • Jonas Bau Sellerts – Windmills, Denmark
  • Adam Stanisic Stålhammar – Dirty Talk, Sweden
  • Victor Madsen (as “Sami”) – Right Now, Denmark
  • Øyvind Efraimsen (as “Torbjørn”) – Fortysomething, Norway

 

Nominated for Best Cinematography:

  • Curtis Lee Terry – Your Latest Trick, Sweden
  • Petter Bülling – Night Games, Sweden
  • Molle Jensen – Different by Birth, Denmark
  • Marius Bjellbo – Fortysomething, Norway

 Nominated for Best Editing:

  • Anton Nilsson – Night Games, Sweden
  • Lucas Lundberg & Curtis Lee Terry – Your Latest Trick, Sweden
  • Kristine Bidstrup – All Strings Attached, Denmark
  • Allan Funch Cramer – Right Now, Denmark


Best Young Actor (Male) Feature/ Short film:

  • Felix Jamieson – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Roman Griffin Davis – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Charlie Price – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Dylan Kjellin – Night Games, Sweden

 

INTERNATIONAL

NOMINATION INTERNATIONAL  FILM +10

 

NOMINATED BEST ACTOR

  • Nilton Martins – Scraps (Luxembourg)
    • Samuel Ourabah – Mellitus (France)
    • Samuel Paul-Hus – A Knot in the Wood (Canada)
    • Etienne Forestier – Kreskine (France)
    • Tristan Halilaj – A Short Trip (Albania)

NOMINATED BEST ACTRESS

  • Catherine Arditi – La valse des adieux version anglaise (France)
    • Juliette Aubin – A Knot in the Wood (Canada)
    • Andreea Vasile – Remote (Romania)
    • Luana Bajrami – A Short Trip (Albania)
    • Laura Sépul – SAGAH (France)

NOMINATED BEST SCRIPT

  • Rafael David Kohn – Scraps (Luxembourg)
    • Louis Salvatore Bellanti – La valse des adieux version anglaise (France)
    • Michaela Lind – Where is Now (United States)
    • Vincenzo Aiello – Last Round (Switzerland)
    • Viktor Vincent – Kreskine (France)
    • Dana Rogoz – Remote (Romania)
    • Erenik Beqiri – A Short Trip (Albania)
    • Maité Lonne & Gaël Maleux – SAGAH (France)

NOMINATED BEST CINEMATOGRAFPHY

  • Thierry Pradervand – Last Round (Switzerland)
    • Rafhael Gautier – A Knot in the Wood (Canada)
    • Adrian DalBello – Kreskine (France)
    • Julien Cherpion – SAGAH – (France)
    • Marco Jarin –Scraps Luxenburg

NOMINATED BEST DIRECTOR

  • Nilton Martins – Scraps (Luxembourg)
    • Louis Salvatore Bellanti – La valse des adieux version anglaise (France)
    • Samuel Ourabah – Mellitus (France)
    • Joris Fleurot – La Croix (The Cross) (France)
    • Pascal Chaumont – A Knot in the Wood (Canada)
    • Viktor Vincent – Kreskine (France)
    • Dana Rogoz – Remote (Romania)
    • Erenik Beqiri – A Short Trip (Albania)
    • Maité Lonne & Gaël Maleux – SAGAH (France)

NOMINATED BEST FILM

  Scraps – Luxembourg
La valse des adieux version anglaise – France
Mellitus – France
La Croix (The Cross) – France
A Knot in the Wood – Canada
Kreskine – France
Remote – Romania
A Short Trip – Albania
SAGAH – France

 

Feature Film

Best Feature Film:

  • A Rare Grand Alignment – Cinqué Lee, United States
  • Just Like Me – Andreas Thelander, Sweden
  • Må du leva – Malin Dahl, Sweden
  • Giant’s Kettle – Markku Hakala & Mari Käki, Finland

 

Best Directing:

  • Cinqué Lee – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Andreas Thelander – Just Like Me, Sweden
  • Malin Dahl – Må du leva, Sweden
  • Markku Hakala & Mari Käki – Giant’s Kettle, Finland

 

Best Script:

  • Cinqué Lee – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Andreas Thelander – Just Like Me, Sweden
  • Malin Dahl & Johnny Wernersson – Må du leva, Sweden
  • Markku Hakala & Mari Käki – Giant’s Kettle, Finland

Best Cinematography:

  • Cinqué Lee – A Rare Grand Alignment, United States
  • Johnny Wernersson – Må du leva, Sweden
  • Markku Hakala & Mari Käki – Giant’s Kettle, Finland

Best Actor:

  • Kristofer Hivju – A Rare Grand Alignment, Norway
  • Thomas Dahl. – Må du leva, Sweden
  • Henri Malkki – Giant’s Kettle, Finland

Best Actress:

  • Kirsi Paananen – Giant’s Kettle, Finland
  • Cecilia Falkebring – Just Like Me, Sweden
  • Jannika Strååt – Just Like Me, Sweden