


WINNERS
JULY 2025


















Best Feature Film
Brown & Bonded - 🇺🇸
By James Evans
Honorable Mention
Best Feature Film
Mission Peace 2 - 🇺🇸
By Gregory T Simmons
Best Drama Film
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
by Steve McMichael
Best Comedy Film
#ÇaGeth's - 🇫🇷
by Jérôme Jacob
Best AI Film
NO - 🇮🇹
by Ahmed Alameldeen
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Stolen - 🇺🇸
by Samuel L Munock
Best Animated Film
Roast apple¿ - 🇨🇳
by Chengrui
Best Documentary
Echoes Of Giants - 🇹🇭
by Dr. Alongkot - Chukaew
Honorable Mention
Best Documentary
Era of Hate - 🇰🇷
by Woojin Jang
Best Horror Short
Mirror - 🇪🇸
By Paco Kimonra
Best Crime Short
Across the Blue Line - 🇺🇸
By Dominic Goodie
Best Noir Short
NOIR - 🇬🇧
By Charlene Wango
Best Western Short
Killer Miller - 🇦🇺
By Michel Lavene
Best Thriller Short
Grandma - 🇺🇸
By Elvis Henderson
Best Sci-fi Short
Seen Already - 🇺🇸
By Arthur Joseph
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.P.N.+ Short
Two Love Birds - 🇺🇸
By Raegan Young
Best Micro Short
Sunset again - 🇨🇦
By Julio Spike
Best Experimental Short
Modern Life - 🇬🇧
by Greg Holt
Best Indie Film
The Devil Returns To Monolith - 🇺🇸
By William Stancik
Best Inspirational Short
Warm Spring - 🇨🇳
by Yunhui Li
Best Trailer
#ÇaGeth's - 🇫🇷
by Jérôme Jacob
Best Web Series
Born at Night - 🇺🇸
By Brian Nesbit
Best Series Pilot
Word of Mouth - 🇺🇸
By Mike Baro
Best Music Video
Memory of Xinjiang - 🇨🇦
Performed By Zhang Yi, Yu Ping, He Ying, Zhou Yating & Li Sisi
Directed by Tan Wei & Li Lan
Best Commercial / branded Film
Love Gone - 🇺🇸
by Gregory Frank
Best Original Content
Roast apple¿ - 🇨🇳
by Chengrui
Best Student Feature Film
Happy Ethan - 🇺🇸
by Max Hortick
Best Student Short Film
Silent Scream - 🇺🇸
by Cobra Yu
Best VR 360 Film
Echo - 🇦🇺
by Richard Jones
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Best Director
Gregory T Simmons
Mission Peace 2 - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Richard Jones
Echo - 🇦🇺
Best First Time Director
Steve McMichael
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
Honorable Mention
Best First Time Director
James Evans
Brown & Bonded - 🇺🇸
Best Indie Filmmaker
William Stancik
The Devil Returns To Monolith - 🇺🇸
Best Student Filmmaker
Max Hortick
Happy Ethan - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Student Filmmaker
Cobra Yu
Silent Scream - 🇺🇸
Best Actress
Diana Lovell
Across the Blue Line - 🇺🇸
Best Actor
Gabriel Gordon
Happy Ethan - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actress
Muriel Vanel
#ÇaGeth's - 🇫🇷
Honorable Mention
Best Supporting Actress
adwoa akoto
Noir - 🇬🇧
Best Supporting Actor
Jaylen Hobdy
Caught - 🇺🇸
Best Young Actress
Megan Brown
The Selfie Project - 🇺🇸
Best Young Actor
Buddy Skelton
Trigger Finger - 🇬🇧
Best Ensemble Cast
Joe Zumba, J. Gabriel Wagner, Adrian J. Heap, Robert C. Minnick, Chris Zumba, Christophe L. Verlinde, Rebecca Reeder, Tony Zumba, Annette Zumba & Wendy Stancik
The Devil Returns To Monolith - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Ensemble Cast
Clemmie Garard, Gary Garver, Barry Goldwater jr, Lou Ferrigno, Maggie Connor, Ed Lozzi, Bo Persiko, Meshach Lewis & Gregory T Simmons
Mission Peace 2 - 🇺🇸
Best Producer
Lindsey Dietz
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
Honorable Mention
Best Producer
Jerome Norman, Dominic Goodie, Taylor R. Hamilton, Tazi Starfire & Austin Turner III
Across the Blue Line - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay (produced)
NOIR - 🇬🇧
By Shaznay Martin
Best Original Score
Samuel L. Munock
Stepfather - 🇺🇸
Best Original Song
Wang Gang
Memory of Xinjiang - 🇨🇦
Best Cinematography
Jarrett Craig CSC.
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
Honorable Mention
Best Cinematography
Dr.Alongkot Chukaew, Pharanpop Phipatcharoenpop, Wuttichai Nadthong, Sittichok Saikeaw, Titinan nantasen & Peerapan Phobut
Echoes Of Giants - 🇹🇭
Best Editing
Taylor Graw
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
Best Sound Design
Diana de gracia
Breaking Chains - 🇨🇦
Best Visual Effects
Ahmed Alameldeen
NO - 🇮🇹
Best Screenplay
The Erasure - 🇺🇸
by Dana Wall
"'On the night she receives her termination notice, EPA climate scientist Celine Chan sits alone in her kitchen, processing the destruction of both her career and the foundational climate protections she spent sixteen years defending. Celine unpacks the Trump administration's plan to repeal the "endangerment finding"—the scientific declaration that gives the federal government authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. As dawn breaks and her 8-year-old daughter Ember wakes, Celine confronts the devastating reality that the very words that once protected her child's future are being systematically erased. Based on actual events."
































































