# Film of the Year 2025

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Published: 2026-02-01 20:43:20 UTC
Updated: 2026-02-01 20:43:20 UTC
Author: TMFF Editorial Team




## FILM OF THE YEAR

Winners and contenders of 2025

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## CONTENDERS (12):


 

 	

 	



OBOLUS (January Winner)







Category:


Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2023 - January 2025







Duration:


18 minutes










Director:


Kim Fabienne Hertinger













 	



Umbral (February Winner)







Category:


Drama, Student







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - February 2025







Duration:


14 minutes










Director:


Miguel Andrade














 	

 	



LBO (March Winner)







Category:


Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - March 2025







Duration:


15 minutes










Director:


Gilles Laborde














 	

 	



Dive (April Winner)







Category:


Drama, Thriller







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - April 2025







Duration:


8 minutes










Director:


Victoria Horn














 	

 	



Freckles (May Winner)







Category:


Drama, Thriller







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - May 2025







Duration:


16 minutes










Director:


Nevena Nikolova














 	

 	



Ruins (June Winner)







Category:


Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2025 - June 2025







Duration:


39 minutes










Director:


Vagelis Karampasoglou, Alexandros Saoulidis














 	

 	



Chop Chop! (July Winner)







Category:


Comedy, Drama, Student







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - July 2025







Duration:


12 minutes










Director:


Ievgen Koshyn














 	

 	



The Mulberry Tree (August Winner)







Category:


Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2024 - August 2025







Duration:


19 minutes










Director:


Cornelia Schöpf, Federico Campana














 	

 	



A Life in the Shadows (September Winner)







Category:


Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2025 - September 2025







Duration:


13 minutes










Director:


Nanna Isabella Hjorslev














 	

 	



Lev Berger (October Winner)







Category:


Drama, Mystery, Thriller







Release Year & Edition:


2025 - October 2025







Duration:


25 minutes










Director:


Jan Fabris














 	

 	



Where The Shadows Wait(November Winner)







Category:


Crime, Drama







Release Year & Edition:


2025 - November 2025







Duration:


16 minutes










Director:


Riley Robbins














 	

 	



The Man in the White Mask (December Winner)







Category:


Horror, Thriller







Release Year & Edition:


2025 - December 2025







Duration:


13 minutes










Director:


Kendall Christianson