AFRICAN SMARTFILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ASIFF) 2025
Official Awards & Honourable Mentions
The African Smartphone International Film Festival (ASIFF) 2025 proudly presents its Official Award Winners and Honourable Mentions. These selections recognize outstanding storytelling, innovation, and creative excellence across African and international cinema.
Best African Short Film
Echoes of You
Director: Roy Amabo Ntinwa
Country: Cameroon
Best International Short Film
Mask
Director: Shiraz Khan
Country: United Kingdom
Best Feature Film – International
Cupid Saw the Star
Director: Adhithya Baby
Country: India
Best Feature Film – African
Road to Hell
Director: Kelechi Emmanuel Eze
Country: Nigeria
Best Director
Ramadhan Nungu
Films: HATUA
Country: Kenya
Best Narrative Short
ABANDONED IN THE 6IX
Director: Ariyike Akinbobola
Country: Canada
Best Experimental Short
FACETIME
Director: Tay Jade Barrientos
Country: Australia
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Fiyinfolu Okedare
Film: SABBATH
Country: Nigeria
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Priscila Buiar
Film: Prayer Petrópolis
Country: Brazil
Best Cinematography
Josè
Director: Alessia Toffoli
Country: Italy
Best Documentary Short
When the Water Rises
Directors: Wendy Isendi Isendi Munangwe, Sharon Kadenyi Senerwa
Country: Kenya
Best Documentary
Water Vapor
Director: Martin Haag
Country: Brazil
Best AI Film
Samurai Spirits
Director: Chih Hao Shen
Country: Taiwan
Best Animation
Ribbitta
Director: Daniel Ezenwa Onah
Country: Nigeria
Best Micro Short Film
It Rained That Morning
Director: Kyle Scott Wilkinson
Country: Canada
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Tosin Olomu
Film: A Plate A Dream
Country: Nigeria
Next Rated Female Filmmaker
Wendy Isendi Isendi Munangwe
Film: When The Water Rises
Country: Kenya
Next Rated Male Filmmaker
Offie Darlington
Films:Iron Condem, I am Awele’s Daughter
Country: Nigeria
Honourable Mentions
First Cut
Director: Kyungrok Kim
Country: South Korea
AWAKE: The Dark Night of the Soul
Director: Jose Antonio Marquez
Country: Venezuela
Prayer Petrópolis
Director: Young Man Kang
Country: Brazil
Bedhog Riverbank Kitchen (Pawon Bedhog)
Director: Yogi Putera Pamungkas Rukman
Country: Indonesia
Fekry’s Thoughts
Director: Essam Hayder
Country: Egypt
Keith
Director: Steven Fraser
Country: United Kingdom
And There Is Nothing Left
Director: Omnia Swedan
Country: Egypt
Into the Depths
Director: Sabelo Mehlo Khomo
Country: South Africa
Slugwoman
Director: kaho sugisaki
Country: Japan
Borderless Savanna
Director: Bertold Gerry
Country: Indonesia
ZOI
Director: Xavier Garcia Carabus
Country: United Kingdom