Not Without Gloves
By Lena Mattsson
BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL).
The Aesthetics of Failure
By Lena Mattsson
BEST PHILOSOPHICAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR.
The Rorschach Test
By Lena Mattsson
BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST PRODUCER.
Thank you very much to Michelangelo Film Critics Awards 2025 in collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER for awarding the film ”Not Without Gloves” the honors of BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL) and ”The Aesthetics of Failure” with the honors of BEST PHILOSOPHICAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR. I am deeply grateful to the jury for also recognizing my film
"The Rorschach Test" with awards for BEST POETRY SHORT FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST PRODUCER.
It is a tremendous honor.
I am profoundly proud and thankful. My heartfelt thanks go to the jury and everyone involved.
Special thanks for the incredible work you do to support us as filmmakers:
Conny Malmqvist for the outstanding music in Not Without Gloves and The Rorschach Test. Ebba Melber, the talented actor who participated in The Rorschach Test.
Warm greetings,
"Hello!
You have won the Michelangelo Film Critics Awards!
We are very happy that your week begins with a victory at the final event of 2025 organized by the Indie Directors Guild Of the World!
In addition, your victory at the Michelangelo Film Critics Awards
qualifies you for the first event of 2026 promoted by the Indie
Directors Guild Of the World, the Athens Film Grand Prix, which is also the first qualifying “Special Event in Cannes” of 2026!
You will receive the invitation shortly!
Here are the results of the Michelangelo Film Critics Awards:
Thank you.
Warm regards and best wishes for the holidays,
The Michelangelo Film Critics Awards Team
Indie Directors Guild Of the World
In collaboration with WILD FILMMAKER"



