


WINNERS
MAY 2025















Best Feature Film
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert - 🇺🇸
by Gregory T Simmons
Best Drama Short
Freckles - 🇧🇬
by Nevena Nikolova
Best Comedy Short
Who Are You? - 🇺🇸
By Daniel Locciero
Best Animated Short
Not a Rookie Sandpipper - 🇨🇳by Jens Møller & Lei Zhang
Best Documentary
Gaza's Silent Threat - 🇵🇸🇺🇸
by Maria Fernanda Lauret
Best Horror Short
Supermarket - 🇪🇸
By Josefa Cristine J.
Best Short Noir
Dance With the King - 🇬🇧
By Sonia Amini
Best Fantasy Short
Vanda - 🇬🇧
By Daniel Loinstrong
Best Thriller Short
No Where to Hide - 🇦🇺
By Bruno Nomuit
Best Sci-fi Short
Ui - 🇫🇷
By Oliveto Washington
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
GLS - 🇺🇸
By Stephanie Magalh
Best Micro Short
Monday - 🇬🇧
By Camelia Cazan
Best Experimental Short
Slash - 🇺🇸
by David Larorca
Best Western Short
Stupid Cowboy - 🇺🇸
by Martin Vernon
Best Indie Film
The Shericks - 🇰🇿
Nurdulla Balmanov
Best Inspirational Short
The Mission Possible Book Award - 🇺🇸
by Juan P. Chisholm & Taelor Ransburg
Best Trailer
Who Are You? - 🇺🇸
By Daniel Locciero
Best Original Content
Gaza's Silent Threat - 🇵🇸🇺🇸
by Maria Fernanda Lauret
Best Web Series
Strong Girl - 🇺🇸
By Justine Loneroca
Best Series Pilot
Peru - 🇺🇸
By Joshua Noak
Best Music Video
Chaton - From the Future - 🇺🇸
Directed by Marcus CB Soori
Best Commercial / branded Film
Strong - 🇺🇸
by Spencer L. James
Best Student Film
Second Chance - 🇺🇸
by India Anne Mitchell
Best VR 360 Film
The Recluse Dongpo - 🇺🇸
by Zhong Tie & Ye Bian
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Best Director
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Gaza's Silent Threat - 🇵🇸🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Nevena Nikolova
Freckles - 🇧🇬
Best First Time Director
Juan P. Chisholm & Taelor Ransburg
The Mission Possible Book Award - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best First Time Director
Marcus CB Soori
Chaton - From the Future - 🇺🇸
Best Indie Filmmaker
Nurdulla Balmanov
The Shericks - 🇰🇿
Best Student Filmmaker
India Anne Mitchell
Second Chance - 🇺🇸
Best Actress
Jolene Legrand
Dance With the King - 🇬🇧
Honorable Mention
Best Actress
Svetlana Yancheva
Freckles - 🇧🇬
Best Actor
Brian Michael Smith
Who Are You? - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actress
Bianca Santorato
Child - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Mathew Oliver
Lonely - 🇺🇸
Best Ensemble Cast
Lateef Adedimeji, Bimbo Ademoye, Lilian Afegbai, Bolaji Ogunmola, Kachi Nnochiri, Daniel “Sir Dee” Atteh, Blessing Jessica Obasi, Etinosa Idemudia, Idowu “Yhemo Lee” Adeyemi, Okey Jude, Femi Adebayo & Tomiwa Savage
Lonely - 🇺🇸
Best Producer
Gregory T Simmons, Jordan K Yospe, Rob Rohrbach, Henry Eshelman, Jason Spiewak & Meshach Lewis
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay (produced)
Not a Rookie Sandpipper - 🇨🇳by Lei Zhang & Junqi Zhang
Best Original Score
Peter Zongting Li
Roller Coaster - 🇺🇸
Best Original Song
Holler Down To Your Girl - 🇺🇸
by Raya Yarbrough
Best Cinematography
Mohammed Natteel & Ahmed Abu Ajwa
Gaza's Silent Threat - 🇵🇸🇺🇸
Best Editing
Ian Hendry
Monday - 🇬🇧
Best Sound Design
Peter Zongting Li
Roller Coaster - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay
Eternal Life - 🇺🇸
By Monica Blank
"' In a near future where death has been medically eliminated, society thrives on the promise of immortality. But for Elias, a quiet archivist tasked with deleting outdated memories from the eternally living, something begins to fracture. As he uncovers a hidden cache of suppressed recollections—of love, rebellion, and mortality—he begins to question the cost of endless existence. Haunted by flashes of a woman he no longer remembers and chased by a system that erases emotional truth in the name of stability, Elias sets out to recover what he once was… or risk becoming a ghost inside his own mind."






































