Category: ENVISION AWARDS – 2025 WSXA AMSTERDAM

(Winner)

Original Film Title: The Sleep of Reason

Director’s Name: Aleksandr Akhmedov

Writer’s Name: Aleksandr Akhmedov

Producer: Aleksandr Akhmedov

Country of Origin: Kazakhstan

Country of Filming: Russian Federation

Language: Russian

Runtime: 21 minutes 17 seconds

Film Description:

A renowned poet is haunted by dreams that prophesy his death. Confronted with the choice to surrender to his end or defy destiny, he is drawn into a maelstrom by specters of the past—where time fractures, and the boundaries between memory and prophecy, dream and waking life, dissolve. In this liminal space, the buried truths of his hometown unravel before him.

(Honorable Mention)

Original Film Title: Take Nothing For Granted

Director’s Name: Anastasios Patouris

Writer’s Name: Anastasios Patouris

Producer: Anastasios Patouris

Country of Origin: Greece

Country of Filming: Greece

Language: English

Runtime: 1 minute 31 seconds

Film Description:

Take Nothing For Granted is an AI-crafted short film that tenderly yet unflinchingly portrays life in Gaza after the war. Told through the eyes of a young boy navigating the shattered remains of his city, the film moves between haunting scenes of destruction and intimate glimpses of life before the bombs, moments of peace, laughter, and connection now held only in memory.

Amid crumbling walls and silent streets, the human spirit endures. We see neighbors share what little they have, children invent games among the ruins, and families savor fleeting moments of joy, small acts of defiance against despair.

With cinematic realism, Take Nothing For Granted is both a meditation and a reminder that even in the harshest conditions, beauty, resilience, and meaning can still be found.
The ordinary moments we overlook may be the most precious of all.