Emile Awards team is proud to announce this year nominees in feature film and short film categories!
Congratulation to all nominees!!!!
FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
BEST WRITING IN FEATURE FILM:
- Little Amelie or The Character of Rain, France 2025 (directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han)
- Memory Hotel, Germany, France 2024 (director Heinrich Sabl)
- Sanatorium Under The Sign of Hourglass, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany 2024 (directors Stephen Quai, Timothy Quay)
BEST SOUNDTRACK IN FEATURE FILM
- Arco, France 2025 (director Ugo Bienvenu)
- Living Large, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2024 (director Kristina Dufková)
- Sanatorium Under The Sign of Hourglass, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany 2024 (directors Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay)
BEST BACKGROUNDS AND CHARACTER DESIGN
- A Boat in the Garden, France, Luxembourg 2024 (director Jean-François Laguionie)
- Arco, France 2025 (director Ugo Bienvenu)
- Savages, Switzerland, France, Belgium 2024 (director Claude Barras)
BEST ANIMATION
- Little Amelie or The Character of Rain, France 2025 (directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han)
- Memory Hotel, Germany, France 2024 (director Heinrich Sabl)
- Savages, Switzerland, France, Belgium 2024 (director Claude Barras)
BEST OF THE BEST
- A Boat in the Garden, France, Luxembourg 2024 (director Jean-François Laguionie)
- Arco, France 2025 (director Ugo Bienvenu, character designer Ugo Bienvenu)
- Living Large, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2024 (director Kristina Dufková)
- Little Amelie or The Character of Rain, France 2025 (directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han)
- Savages, Switzerland, France, Belgium 2024, (director Claude Barras)
SHORT FILM CATEGORIES
BEST SOUNDTRACK AND MUSIC
- Charbon de Terre / Earth Coal, France 2024 (director Bastien Dupriez)
- Lights, Haze, Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Finland 2025 (director Tata Managadze)
- Les Belles Cicatrices / Scars We Love, France 2025 (director Raphaël Jouzeau)
- Signal, France 2025 (directors Mathilde Parquet and Emma Carré)
- SKRFF, Austria 2024 (directors Corrie Francis Parks and Daniel Nuderscher)
BEST BACKGROUNDS AND CHARACTER DESIGN
- Autokar, Belgium, France 2025 (director Sylwia Szkiłądź)
- Dollhouse Elephant, Finland 2025 (director Jenny Jokela)
- How To Make A Friend, France 2024 (directors Jinfei Ge, Bin He, Myrtille Huet, Julie Jarrier-Stettin, Yuqiang Zhang)
- Mother’s Child, Netherlands 2024 (director Naomi Noir)
- On Weary Wings Go By, Estonia, Lithuania 2024 (director Anu Laura Tuttelberg)
BEST ANIMATION
- Adios, United Kingdom 2024 (director José Prats)
- Naive New Beaters. Star Feminine Band Ye Kou Si Kuo, France 2024 (director Lola Lefevre)
- Mother’s Child, Netherlands 2024 (director Naomi Noir)
- Sulaimani, France 2025 (director)
- Weeds, Czech Republic 2024 (director Pola Kazak)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
- A Round of Applause for Death, United Kingdom 2024 (director Stephen Irwin)
- Dull Spots of Greenish Colours, Germany 2024 (director Sasha Svirsky)
- Lights, Haze, Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Finland 2025 (director Tata Managadze)
- On Weary Wings Go By, Estonia, Lithuania 2024 (director Anu Laura Tuttelberg)
- Yellow Orange Green Blue Red Cut, United Kingdom 2025 (director Peter Millard)
BEST OF THE BEST
- Dog Alone, Portugal, France 2025 (director Marta Reis Andrade)
- God is Shy, France 2025 (director Jocelyn Charles)
- Hunting, Switzerland 2025 (director Lea Favre)
- Hurikán, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024 (director Jan Saska)
- Playing God, Italy, France 2024 (directors Matteo Burani and Arianna Gheller)
