2025 MBL Short Film Contest — Winners Announcement
The 2025 MovieBloc Short Film Contest has successfully concluded.
Under the slogan “Freeflow Films,” this online festival welcomed creators worldwide to compete freely — without restrictions on year of production — across three sections: General Short, Experimental Short, and AI Short.
Finalists were unveiled on August 4 on MovieBloc, and audience voting ran through August 31.
Based on the jury’s evaluation of artistic merit together with your valuable votes, we are pleased to announce the winners below.
🏆 Winners
✨ Gold Bloc (Grand Prize) — 〈THE KILLING LINE〉, Director Kyujin KIM
Prize: MBL equivalent to USD 10,000
✨ Silver Bloc (Second Prize) — 〈Lesson〉, Director Jinwoo KIM
Prize: MBL equivalent to USD 6,000
✨ Bronze Bloc (Third Prize) — 〈Touch〉, Director Junyong SEO
Prize: MBL equivalent to USD 4,000
✨ Vision Bloc (Experimental Short Award) — 〈ME〉, Director Minkyu LEE
Prize: MBL equivalent to USD 4,000
✨ AI Bloc (AI Short Award) — 〈MYDEAR〉, Directors Dohee JEON & Sohee KIM
Prize: MBL equivalent to USD 4,000
🎥 Audience Award
Your ONE PICK! A total of 10 films received the Audience Award.
Each title will receive MBL equivalent to USD 200.
📽️Butterfly Story — Director Kim Woo-ju
📽️The Ant — Director Yunhyeong OH
📽️A Golden Complex — Director Jiwon YOO
📽️swell — Director Soyoung KWON
📽️The Pathless Path — Director Joohye PARK
📽️Tear Measurement Machine — Director Dongah KIM
📽️Merabian law — Director JinYoung NAM
📽️Killing Spirits for Glow — Director Jooeun KIM
📽️Desirable Bias — Director Hua HWANG
📽️Duty to Listen — Director Junhyung LIM
This year’s contest was a chance to discover the bold visions filmmakers can deliver within the brevity of the short-film form.
We thank every creator, viewer, and partner who joined this journey and kept the conversation — and consolation — of cinema alive.
MovieBloc will continue working to bring independent films to wider audiences and to create steady, new screening opportunities for short films.
