Organised by Hong Kong Arts Centre and sponsored by Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), all public screenings and showcases of finalist works of the 25th ifva Festival were cancelled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The jury meetings, however, continued and the awards results of a total of 20 awards for 5 categories were announced online on 7 March.

Open Category
Gold Award: Old Man And A Dog / Chan Hon-yan
Silver Award: Ward 11 / Tsang Tsui-shan
Special Mention: Endless Chain of Lies / Liknifena; Comrades / Kanas Liu

Youth Category
Gold Award: Bully’s Wording / Cheung Ching-ho
Silver Award: Special / Emma To
Special Mention: The Toilet Exorcist / Choi Shing-ho; A Candle Lights Others and Consumes Itself / Chong Man-chung; The Handmade Buns / Lee Pui-wa, Wong Nok-yin, Ho Cheuk-lam, Yeung Ching-tak Douglas, Chan Long
Youth Enthusiastic Award: Tin Ka Ping Secondary School

Animation Category
Gold Award: Another World / Ng Kai-chung Tommy (Hong Kong)
Silver Award: A Gong / Liu Yen-chen, Zozo Jhen, Chan Ka-yin, Marine Varguy, Tena Galovic (Taiwan)
Special Mention: Amaryllis / Wong Ying-kwan, Ng Wing-kiu (Hong Kong); Survival HK / Louise Pau (Hong Kong)

Media Art Category
Gold Award: As You Were Here / Pan I-an (Taiwan)
Silver Award: Life/Time / Witaya Junma (Thailand)
Special Mention: Mind Cut / Tung Wing-hong (Hong Kong); InkFlux - Freeland / Chris Cheung (h0nh1m) (Hong Kong)

Asian New Force Category
Gold Award: The City of Honey / Moein Ruholamini (Iran)
Silver Award: Viral Kids / Arjanmar H. Rebeta (Philippines)
Special Mention: The Remains / Manoj Babu Panta (Nepal)

Congratulations to all winners!