OMNI 1.0: "Iterations", November 2025
OMNI 1.0, "Iterations"; will unfold on November 6th, 2025. "Iterations" drew nearly 400 entires of the highest calibre from all over the world. The event will take place in Sydney, Australia at the Dendy Cinemas located in iconic Newtown. The two-hour event will include a screening of curated films from the winners of the 1.0 collection and a panel discussion led by our illustrious technology, cinema, creator, and art community.
OMNI 1.0 Mirror Award
Mirror Award: Short Form Abstract/Artistic/Conceptual - The Cinema That Never Was - Mark Wacholz - Germany
OMNI 1.0 Signal To Noise Award
Signal To Noise Award: Short Form Abstract/Artistic/Conceptual - Memory Hole - Andrew Frost - Australia
Award Winners: The Golden Cloud Award
- Long Form, Ultra Realism - Katana - Mathieu Samson Portugal
- Japan, Takeru Nakazawa - Summer Triangle
- France, Hadrien Gautrot, Ilia Gerber - 1895
- South Korea, Ji Hyun Kim - Friends
- Brazil, Carol Delgado - The Kitchen Tapes: Mr. Garlic’s last Session
- USA, Eric Argiro - The Walk
- South Korea, Roy Oh - Color of my Garden
- Australia, Bruce Hunt - Lens Wide Open
- South Korea, Yunbin An - August 32nd
- France, Nicolas Pomet - The Russian Sleep Experiment
- Australia, Andrew Frost - Memory Hole - On the Nature of Memory
- South Korea, Jae Kingsley - Over the Arirang Hill You Go
- USA, Mitchell Louis Flautt - Zìrán
Finalists: The Silver Cloud Award
- France, Eliott Hourlier - Monkzilla
- Roxanne Ducharme - The Sea that Dreamed
- Ron Baranov - Prompted
- Turkey, Emre Işındağ - Pygmalion
- USA, Alex Naghavi - Gentle
- USA, Deepak Chetty - Raksha
- France, Cokau Lab - Roped
- USA, Walter Wood - Shadows
- South Korea, Glen Park - Stop Hidin
SEMIFINALISTS
- USA, Zoey Zhang - Dating
- Herinarivo Rakotomanana - More Tears Than Harm
- Canada, Pat Tremblay - The Dimensionaires: Prelude to Abraxas
- USA, Matt Zien - Last Call Before A.G.I
- Australia, Andrew Frost - The Masked Men of Limanora
- South Korea, Young Ju Lee - The White Dharma
- China, G.G. Puentes - You Just Forgot
- Canada, Wilfred Lee - The Last Dream
- USA, Mitchell Louis Flautt - Ainulindalë of Bauglir
MUSIC VIDEO SEMIFINALISTS
- United Kingdom, Afro Futcha - Give it To Me
- USA, Matt Zien - Post Scarcity Blues
- USA, Matt Zien - Forgive the Haters
- Spain/Japan, Simone Bocchino, Akihiro Miyagi - When We Step through Gates
- France, Eric Kervern -Sunset Mirages - Sailing Away
- Turkey, Mehdi Vafayi Rad - Gesang Der Jünglinge
- France, Frederick Adrian Hornof - Act of Resistance- The Tinfoil Diaries
- Finland, Christian Luoma - Work