WINNERS / OCTOBER 2025

October 2025

MGABEST PICTURE
AWARDED PROJECTS

The winners

Alphabetical order by film title

Silver Award  Experimental Film

THE JOLLY AUTOCRAT

Mimi Garrard

United States

Gold Award  Short Film

A BOTTLE'S ECHO

Ronny Law

United States

Best Feature Film

A DATE IN NOVEMBER

Mehdi Sodagaran

Germany

Gold Award  Animated Film

AM I DREAMING?

Jake Lee

United Kingdom

Gold Award  Feature Script

ANGELIQUE

Written by Hans Sluijter

Netherlands

Best ActressGold Award Actress

AVENCA

Gabriela Dyminski

Brazil

Silver Award  Music Video

BACK TO OMAHA

SCOTT WEST

United States

Best Indie Short Film

BETTER NOT WRITE

Tatyana Batalova

United States

Gold Award  Web/Tv Series

BETWEEN THE REINS

Marilyn Swick

United States

Gold Award  Indie Feature Film

DON'T FORGET 4 - FEATURE FILM

David Motaze

United Kingdom

Gold Award  First Time Director

DOOR 66

B√°rbara Medinas

Portugal

Gold Award  Music Video

DOORWAY IN THE DARK

S.P. Somtow

Thailand

Best Animated Film

DYNAMICS

Teo Baehler

Netherlands

Gold Award  Experimental Film

EMBRACE DISRUPTION

Johanne Chagnon

Canada

Gold Award  Feature Film

ETHNIC MIGRATION

Monet Roy Saha

India

Gold Award  Indie Short Film

FOR YOU

Emanuele Gualdoni

Italy

Silver Award  Indie Short Film

FOSSIL RECORD

Karla Weber

Canada

Gold Award  Feature Script

GIN AND SIN

Scott Wheeler

United States

Honorable Mention

HOW HOUSE CONQUERED HATE - 30 YEARS WITH NAPOLI'S 'ANGELS OF LOVE'

PAUL G ROBERTS

Italy

Best Short Documentary

I VERI SUPEREROI IL GUERRIERO DELL'ACQUA

Flavio Cammerano

Italy

Gold Award  Feature Script

KERRY COWBOYS

Written by Zeff Lawless

United States

Silver Award  Feature Script

LAST JUMP

Written by Mark John Alden

United States

Silver Award  Short Documentary

LIBERATION WE CANNOT HEAR (VERSION 1 -FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY)

녹달녹 알

South Korea

Best First Time DirectorSilver Award  Short Film

LOVE

Olga Polukhina

Italy

Best Short Film

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Wyndham Price

United Kingdom

Best Feature Script

MODERN FRANKENSTEIN

Gabriel Jeanne

Romania

Gold Award  Indie Short Film

NICE TO MEET YOU

Noah Kara

Sweden

Best Indie Feature Film

ONE LAST SHOW IN TAGHMON

Alan Walsh

Ireland

Honorable Mention

ONE LAST SHOW IN TAGHMON

Alan Walsh

Ireland

Silver Award  Experimental Film

PROBABLY

Alberto Mart√n-Arag√≥n

Spain

Best Music Video

SHINING YELLOW - MUSIC VIDEO

Shana Nielsen

United States

Best Web/Tv Series

THE 2 MINUTE SHOW - MUSTACHIOS

Dik Lee

Canada

Best Producer

THE CORNER.701

Stella Degli-Kassis

United Arab Emirates

Silver Award  Indie Short Film

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Jeremiah Bueno

United States

Silver Award  Feature Script

THE HIVE

Shawn Alexander Thompson

Not Specified

Gold Award  Short Documentary

THE PICTURE OF MIKEY KRATZER

Dan King

United Kingdom

Gold Award  Producer

THE WHITE RIDER: HOPE

Sean Hunt

United States

Best Director

THIS IS BUSHWICK

Rose Gutierrez

United States

Honorable Mention

TURNING TO BIRDS: 200 YEARS OF EVIL CHILL

Andre Semenza

Fernanda Lippi

United Kingdom

Silver Award  Indie Feature Film

WACKO (FEATURE)

Matthew J. Roch

United States

Silver Award  Director

WELCOME TO SALEM

Paul Darroch

United Kingdom

Best Experimental Film

YOU WILL FOLD

R.E. Wolfe

United Kingdom

Gold Award  Director

YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US

Sheida Kermani

United States