WINNERS / MAY 2025

May 2025

MGABEST PICTURE
AWARDED PROJECTS

The winners

Alphabetical order by film title

Best Music Video

BALLAD OF THE MILLENNIAL DREAM

Yuliya Levashova

Ukraine

Best First Time Director

AZAAN

Ashit Sharma

India

Best Web/Tv Series

BAD WEATHER FRIENDS

Ron Weisberg

United States

Silver Award - Original Song

CATACLYSM DOWN UNDER - HERO

Akal Demir

United States

Gold Award - Indie Short Film

CHILDREN OF HOPE

Csaba Szuchy

Hungary

Best Animated Film

CRAB COMPANION

Sam Blackburn

United Kingdom

Best Feature Script

CRASH!

Written by Gini Graham Scott

United States

Silver Award - Experimental Film

DYSTUTOPIC

Mimi Garrard

United States

Best Experimental Film

DOWNRIVER

Andrea Boll

Switzerland

Silver Award - Original Song (Bill Mumy)

I OWE A LITTLE MONEY

Kevin Scott Davis

United States

Silver Award - Feature Script

KAM60 THE BUTTERFLY PRINCE

Written by Maria Pearce

Australia

Gold Award - Short Script

LAUNDROMAT CABARET

Wolf Bukowski

United States

Best Feature Film

MOMENTS OF YOUTH

Gregory Pellerito

United States

Best Actor (Siroos Hemati)

MONDAYS

Siroos Hemati

Islamic Republic of Iran

Gold Award - First Time Director

MOVE ON

Tomias Dagicour

United States

Best Screenplay

MY DOG'S NEEDS COME FIRST

Sheida Kermani

United States

Best Indie Short FilmGold Award - Actress

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Marion H von Loewenstern

United Kingdom

Best Actress (Martina Biskupovic)

RATTLESNAKE POINT

Alberto Diamante

Canada

Best Indie Feature Film

RATTLESNAKE POINT

Alberto Diamante

Canada

Silver Award - Short Script

SCORING INC.

Written by Glenn L Lissner

United States

Best Cinematography

SINGULARITY

SJ Cooper-White

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Indie Feature Film

SKATING ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE

Jeno Hodi

Hungary

Gold Award Music VideoGold Award - Original Song

SPEAKING SILENCES

J H

Canada

Best Short Film

STANDOFF

Brian MacReady

United States

Silver Award - Web/Tv Series

THE 2 MINUTE SHOW - HEEBIE JEEBIES

Dik Lee

Canada

Best Short Script

THE BATTLE OF THE FISHERMEN

Written by Pablo Fernández

United States

Gold Award - Animated Film

THE DAY I SAVED A FISH

Antonia Kim

Republic of Korea

Silver Award - Short Film

THE DISCRETE CHARM OF THE INTERNET TROLL

Micke Engström

Sweden

Honorable Mention

THE GOOD FIGHT: ARMEN VS GIULIANI

Amelia Hanibelsz

United States

Gold Award - Experimental Film

THE GRAVITATION OF THE LENS

Paul Wallis

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Feature Script

THE LLANDUDNO FILE

Written by Stephen D Floyd

United States

Silver Award - Indie Short Film

THE LONELIEST SPORT IN THE WORLD

Luke Main

United Kingdom

Best DirectorBest Editing (Peder)Best Original Score (Anna Elizabeth)Gold Award - Short FilmGold Award - Screenplay (Shawn Alexander Thompson)Gold Award - Cinematography (Jimmy Blanco)Gold Award - Sound Design (Pall Bryin)Silver Award - Indie Short FilmSilver Award - ProducerSilver Award - Actress (Lisa Acebo)Silver Award - Actor (Evan Hufferd & Shawn Alexander Thompson)

THE PRESENT

Shawn Alexander Thompson

United States

Best ProducerBest Sound Design (Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos & Leo Lira)Gold Award- Feature FilmGold Award - DirectorGold Award - Actress (Analuisa Ordaz Romo)Gold Award - Actor (Ricky Rojas)Gold Award - Original Score (Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos)Gold Award - Editing (Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos)Silver Award - Indie Feature FilmSilver Award - Cinematography (Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos)Silver Award - Screenplay (Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos & Sofía A. Díaz-Garza)

THE SHOE

Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos

Sofía A. Díaz-Garza

Mexico

Silver Award - Animated Film

THE SIZZLE STARS INTERGALACTIC GALAXY TOUR

Indus Alelia

United States

Best Original Song

THIS IS OUR TIME (DUET)

Debra Gussin

United States

Gold AwardWeb/Tv SeriesSilver Award - Editing

WILDERLAND: BILLABONG AND BEYOND

Brian Gregory

United States

Best EditingGold Award - ProducerGold Award - Original SongSilver Award - Music VideoSilver Award - Director

YOU GOTTA DANCE: THIS 36X AWARD WINNING CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE BY BRIAN BILLIONAIRE FEATURES TALENT IN INDIA INDONESIA + ASIA!

Brian Billionaire

United States