May 2025 Selections

 
CKF International Film Festival is pleased to announce that the official selections for the May 2025 Edition are now complete. Please note that 14 entries have been selected across submission categories. Congratulations to all those who have been Selected! Official Laurel will be emailed soon. May winners will be announced on 12th June 2025.
 
Micro Short:
  • Secret Santa – Director: Sophia Iannazzo (United Kingdom) 
  • The Wait (PARKHAi) – Director: Aashish Thapa Magar (Nepal) 

Mini Short:

Burn to Black – Director: Kai Antoine, Velizar Nikolov, Danny Szam (United Kingdom) 

Mid Short:

  • Aftershock – Director: Ryan Freeston (United Kingdom) 
  • Asura – Director: Kevin Paramananthan (United Kingdom) 

Student Mid Short:

  • Off the Rails (탈선) – Director: Geonwoo Ko (Republic of Korea) 
  • Reframing East Asian History – Popular Culture of the Modern Era – Director: Sojoong Kim (Republic of Korea) 

Feature (Fiction and Documentary):

  • NADO – Director: Daniele Farina (Italy) 
  • Gifted Pain  – Director: Tobias Jon (United Kingdom) 

Web Series/ TV/ Mockumentary Episode :

ÉGYPTE IV: Double Agenda The Series – Director: Tanner Beard (United States) 

Screenplay/Script:

  • Make Yourself At Home – Writer: Michaelle Lee (United States)
  • Is she Chinese or …? – Writer: Yew gene Kuan (Malaysia) 
  • Two Max – Writer: Matty Mahoney (United Kingdom) 
  • Black Diamonds – Writer: Gabriella Niles-Ewen, Paul G Andrews (United Kingdom)