Best Picture
TELL - A HUNTER'S TALE
Luke Gasser
Switzerland
WINNERS / AUGUST 2025
August 2025
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AWARDED PROJECTS
The winners
Alphabetical order by film title
Gold Award - Actor (Michael Cipiti)
A SITDOWN WITH CARLO
Edward Lee Cornett
United States
Gold Award - Indie Short Film
ALARM CLOCK
Franklin Thomas Yi
United States
Best Web/Tv SeriesSilver Award - Short Film
AMBER OAK: THE STOLEN LEGACY
Ceara Comeau
United States
Best Indie Short Film
BASIC HUNDRED SONGS
Mitch Greer
Not Specified
Gold Award - Animated Film
BLOOM
Vanessa Marques-Navaratnasingham
United Kingdom
Gold Award - Short Script
CASE OF CHOICE
Daniel Arreola
United States
Honorable Mention
CAST A COLD EYE .......
Emer O Shea
Michael McMonagle
Ireland
Silver Award - Short Script
COME SEE WHAT SPECIAL MEANS
Written by Mario Luis Telles
United States
Best Experimental Film
CRASH PUNK CLASH
Alberto Martín-Aragón
Spain
Best Short FilmBest Actor
DANTE'S INFERNO - THE ASCENSION
Sofian Francis
United Kingdom
Gold Award - Music Video
DERNIERE PLAGE
Alessandro Onorato
Italy
Honorable Mention
EARTH MANIPULATING AND SETTING ON FIRE
Riccardo Maffioli
Italy
Best Feature Script
END IT ON THIS
Written by Christan van Slyke
United States
Honorable Mention
EYESOLATION
Damiano Rossi
Italy
Best Feature Documentary
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY ANCESTORS AN UTE KOHLER DOCUMENTARY
Ute Koehler & Katherin Wermke
Germany
Best Student Film
GHOSTS OF THINGS TO COME
Germano Sardinha
Sweden
Gold Award - Experimental Film
HELD
Ollie McFalrane & Liam Obrien
United Kingdom
Gold Award - Feature Script
HI: PART ONE
Written by Monte Albers de Leon
United States
Silver Award - Animated Film
IF I WERE A CARPENTER
Elizabeth Lewis
Canada
Best Animated Film
JOURNEY IN CALDECOTT
Mitch Greer
United States
Gold Award - Student Film
LITERARY ECHOES
Multiple Directors
United Kingdom
Silver Award - Music Video
LITTLE WILD ONE
PJ Bracco
United States
Best Actress (Eru Gibson)
LOVE ON MARS
RK Israel Tamang
Japan
Silver Award - Feature Documentary
MY LIFE BETWEEN THE REINS
Marilyn Swick
United States
Gold Award - Feature Script
NOTE BETWEEN TWO BOOKS
Written by Daniel Arreola
United States
Best Music Video
OOPS NOT ACAPULCO!
Kostiantyn Mishchenko
United States
Best EditingGold Award - Feature DocumentarySilver Award - Director
POINT WASHINGTON OUTLAWS
Kirby Clements
United States
Best DirectorGold Award - Indie Feature FilmGold Award - ProducerGold Award - Screenplay (Marina Welsch & Christian Schu)Gold Award - Cinematography (Robert Wilkos)Gold Award - Original Score (Rachel Kew & Hariz Danial)Gold Award - Sound Design (El Moe Hussaini)Silver Award - Actress (Marina Welsch)Silver Award - Editing (Christian Schu)
SECONDS IN ETERNITY
Christian Schu
Estonia\Germany
Best ProducerBest Cinematography (Anton Svantesson-Helkiö)Best Screenplay (Anton Svantesson-Helkiö)Best Sound Design (Emil Lindqvist)Gold Award - DirectorGold Award - Actress (Marie Rosenberg)Gold Award - Actor (Antti Saarikallio)Gold Award - Editing (Anton Svantesson-Helkiö)Silver Award - Indie Short FilmSilver Award - Actress (Sara-Maria Pirhone)Silver Award - Actor (Simon Häger & Niklas Söderling)Silver Award - Original Score
SEE ME
Anton Svantesson-Helkiö
Finland
Best Short Script
SERVED
Written by John Norris Ray
United States
Silver Award - Feature Script
STARSHIP SAKIRA
Written by Leslie Brockett
United States
Silver Award - Short Film
STRINGS ATTACHED
Danny Cotton
United Kingdom
Silver Award - Indie Short Film
SWEET REVENGE
Martin Michiels & Armin Lautz
Spain
Silver Award - Indie Feature Film
TERI MERI BAATEIN
Hasan Qureshi
Canada
Gold Award - Web/Tv Series
THE 2 MINUTE SHOW - MAMA'S BOY
Dik Lee
United States
Silver Award - Experimental Film
THE AESTHETICS OF FAILURE
Lena Mattsson
Sweden
Gold Award - Short Film
THE BARN
Jonathan P. Brooker
Chichester Filmmakers
United Kingdom
Best Original Score (DJs Neverending Story)
THE COPS CODA
Sean Hunt
United States
Best Indie Feature Film
THE GREAT MASSACRE OF ALIMOS
Athan Tom Sklavos
Greece
Gold Award - Indie Short Film
THEORY
Aydogan Rayman
Turkey
Silver Award - Indie Short Film
THINGS I NEVER DID
Teresa Ruiz
Spain
Gold Award - Short Script
TIME
Written by Mario Luis Telles
United States
Best Feature Documentary
WOMEN OF PINOT
Bruce M Jaqua
United States