International Online Short Film Festival «Diogenes»

Diogenes 2025 Results

6th Tbilisi International Online Short Film Festival “Diogenes” 2025 Results:

“The “Diogenes” Festival Creative Team Honorary Diplomas were awarded to the following films:”

Director: Andrii Liubov, Ukraine, Documentary Film “I’ve Had Enough!”

Director: Joe Chang, Canada/China, Animated-Experimental Film “Bathtub, Birds and Chopin”

Director: Sergiy Luchyshyn, Ukraine, Feature Drama Film “The Road”

Director: Kristjan Holm, Estonia, Animated-Experimental Film “On the 8th Day!”

“The “Diogenes” Festival International Student Jury Diplomas were awarded to the following films:”

“Uncle Bardo” (Experimental Animated Documentary), Director: Luke Misruzzi, Canada

“In Between City” (Experimental Animation), Director: Ilya Kreines, Israel

“O/S” (Abstract Film; Optical Sound), Director: Max Hattler, Hong Kong

“Let Me Put It This Way” (Ironic, Romantic Drama), Director: Damla Ersan, Turkey

“The “Diogenes” Festival International Student Jury Prizes were awarded to the following films:

“Noble Savage” (Documentary), Director: Machiel van den Heuvel, Netherlands (Alaverdi Prize)

“Cats” (Drama), Director: Danilo Stanimirović, Serbia (Serenade Prize)

The “Diogenes” Festival International Public Jury Diplomas were awarded to the following films:

“Believe in Darkness” — Post-apocalyptic drama, Director: Oleksiy Tsymbal, Ukraine

“Feferle” — Animation, Director: Alica Khaet, Germany

“Monomyth” — Animation, Students of Kyiv Film School, Ukraine

“LEONID SHVARTSMAN – The Story of the Boy and the Old Town” — Animated documentary, Director: Ekaterina Sharomet, Belarus

The “Diogenes” Festival International Public Jury Prize was awarded to:

“Side by Side” — Drama, Director: Hashem Darzi, Iran

The “Diogenes” Festival International Main Jury Diplomas were awarded to the following films:

“Dreaming Red” — Drama with Experimental Elements, Director: Karina Hananeia, Israel

“Projector and Audience Calibration Film” — Experimental Animation, Director: Steve Wood, USA

“Auguries of Innocence” — Experimental-Animated Film, Director: Olga Goltser, Israel

“Entropic Memory” — Experimental-Animated Film, Director: Nicolas Brault, Canada

“International Main Jury Special Diploma was awarded to:”

“Monomyth” — Animated Film, Students of Kyiv Film School, Ukraine

The “Diogenes” Festival International Main Jury Prizes were awarded to the following films:

“In the Noise of the Downpour” (Experimental Poetic Film), Director: Oleksandr Stupak, Ukraine

“In Between City” (Experimental Animation), Director: Ilya Kreines, Israel

“Sinkholes” (Experimental Film), Director: Karen Russo, United Kingdom

“The Barbed Wire Between Us” (Documentary), Directors: Alex Martin Andersen Horan, Asger Denert-Nielsen, Sonny Majeske Kastberg, Denmark/Georgia

We will publish photo and video materials from the awards and closing ceremony of the 6th Tbilisi International Online Short Film Festival “Diogene” 2025 in the coming days.

Thank you all very much!

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