Edinburgh nomination 2025
Best Unproduced Script
Dougie’s Last Christmas
Thrums
Keerah
Balik
EL MALE
DARK ECHO
The Lamplighter II: The Oyster Wars
Scoops
CHINESE WHISPERS
Best Costume
Scallywags
Higa Ochi Ru
BLOODY FURY
Six Roasted Chickens
Sage
Cowgirls and Synthesizers
Draw me
Best Set Design
Dojo
In Vitro
Two Lifetimes
BLOODY FURY
Six Roasted Chickens
“The Animals’ Video Conference”
Zsa
Best Hair & Makeup
Goons, Guns and the Gumshoe
Zé
Sage
Cowgirls and Synthesizers
Raymar
The Short Game
The Chocolate club
Best Visual Effects
BLOODY FURY
SHINE animation
Best Sound Design
George Street
Orca – Black & White Gold
Sage
Taco Mafia
what YOU eat
The Chocolate Club
Skategoat
Best Originally Recorded Song
George Street
Six Roasted Chickens
Cowgirls and Synthesizers
SHINE animation
Historical interest award
YOURS IN FREEDOM, BILL BAIRD
YALLAH GAZA
Exceptional Showcase of the Arts Award
George Street
“The Animals’ Video Conference”
Best Editing of a Documentary
YOURS IN FREEDOM, BILL BAIRD
Black, Queer & Done
YALLAH GAZA
EROS
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
George Street
YOURS IN FREEDOM, BILL BAIRD
Orca – Black & White Gold
Taco Mafia
The Merry Makers 2
Fight for Ukraine: For the Children (working title)
Best Director of a Documentary
Joseph Adam LeBaron
George Street
Rebecca Cammisa
YOURS IN FREEDOM, BILL BAIRD
Sarah Nörenberg
Orca – Black & White Gold
Roland NURIER
YALLAH GAZA
Jean-Sebastien Busque
The Merry Makers 2
Rachel Daisy Ellis
EROS
Van Alpert
Skategoat
Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold & Espen Jan Folmo
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Karen Floyd
Fight for Ukraine: For the Children (working title)
Best Documentary
George Street
YOURS IN FREEDOM, BILL BAIRD
Orca – Black & White Gold
Black, Queer & Done
Taco Mafia
YALLAH GAZA
The Merry Makers 2
Skategoat
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Best Editing of a Short Film
The Building Manager
Two Lifetimes
What I Think Of You
Zsa
Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Sage
Dojo
Scallywags
Outstanding Actress in a Short Film
Claudia Doumit
The Building Manager
Tiffany Marina Pearmund
Two Lifetimes
Freya Lund
Scallywags
Outstanding Actor in a Short Film
Nick Bartlett
The Building Manager
Jon Paul
Dojo
Jack Watson
What I Think Of You
Rahul Pattni
Two Lifetimes
Bob Brett
Scallywags
Gerald Prince
zsa
Best Director of a Short Film
Nick Bartlett
The Building Manager
Max Blustin
Sage
Armin Alic
Dojo
Max Hanover
What I Think Of You
Aaron Singh
Two Lifetimes
Will Thomas Freeman
Scallywags
Lary Campbell
zsa
Best Short Film
What I Think Of You
Two Lifetimes
Scallywags
Zsa
The Building Manager
Sage
Dojo
Best Director of a Short Foreign Language Film
Kohei Kiyasu
Draw me
Ryo Sena
what YOU eat
Jan Hřebejk
IVETA I.
Best Short Foreign Language Film
IVETA I.
Draw me
what YOU eat
Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film
Zé
The Chosen One
what YOU eat
Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film
IVETA I.
THE DAUGHTER
Draw me
Distancia
Outstanding Actress in a Foreign Language Film
Alžbeta Ferencová
IVETA I.
Samantha Jones
Zé
Liza Kozlova
THE DAUGHTER
ANGEL LIM
The Chosen One
Momoko Kobayashi
Draw me
Akana Ikeda
what YOU eat
Outstanding Actor in a Foreign Language Film
Caio Horowicz
Zé
Ahtem Sevket oglu Seit-Abla
THE DAUGHTER
ZIJIE ZONG
The Chosen One
Javier B. Suarez
Distancia
Best Director of a Foreign Language Feature Film
T.S. Meek
Distancia
Rafael Conde
Zé
Suat Yen Lim
The Chosen One
Yuji Kakizaki
Higa Ochi Ru
Best Foreign Language Feature Film
Higa Ochi Ru
The Chosen One
Distancia
THE DAUGHTER
Best Actress
Margarete Thompson
Kate Edney
Nicola Wright
Katherine Cunningham
Best Actor
Adam Rebora
Goons, Guns and the Gumshoe
BILL NIGHY
BLOODY FURY
Will Howarth
In Vitro
Kyle Coffman
Raymar
Josh Taylor
The Chocolate Club
Will Howarth
In Vitro
Bhasker Patel
Reel Survivors
Best Director
INCONSTANT JORDAN
BLOODY FURY
Tom McKeith & Will Howarth
In Vitro
Deborah Hadfield
The Chocolate Club
Adrien Boublil
Raymar
Jasdip Sagar
Reel Survivors
Frank Sanza
The Short Game
Best English Language Feature Film
Goons, Guns and the Gumshoe
BLOODY FURY
In Vitro
Distancia
Raymar
The Chocolate Club
Reel Survivors
Best Picture of the Festival
BLOODY FURY
THE DAUGHTER
In Vitro
Distancia
The Short Game