New York Movie AwardsInternational Monthly Film Festival
WINNERS - August 2025
Official results as published by the festival.
DYNAMICS
Teo Baehler
Netherlands(tie)
Ollie McFalrane
Liam Obrien
United Kingdom(alphabetical order by Film's title)
- Silver Award: Web/Tv Series
ABNORMAL FIXATION
John Kenneth Muir
United StatesADAPTATION
Alexander Shingurov
KazakhstanALICE DANGER - STUBBORN BONES
Ciaran Behan
United StatesALL'S WELL THAT ENDS
Carl Hunter
United KingdomAMBER OAK: THE TIME TRAVELER'S DILEMMA
Ceara Comeau
United StatesANFAAS/BREATHS
Hana Ashraf Saleh
United Arab Emirates- Best Comedy
- Best Actor (John Clarence Stewart)
- Best Cinematography (Garland McLaurin)
- Best Editing (Luqi Zhao)
- Best Sound Design
- Silver Award: Screenplay (A. Cooper)
- Silver Award: Original Score (Xueshen Qiu)
- Gold Award: Director
- Gold Award: Actress (Rejena J Taylor)
AUGUST & EBONY
Sunyin Zhang
United States- Best Experimental
- Best Cinematography (Li Bo)
- Best Screenplay (Bai Huiyuan & Chen Jingjing)
- Best Original Score (Fan Tiangu)
- Gold Award: Producer
- Gold Award: Director
- Gold Award: Actress (Chen Jingjing)
- Gold Award: Editing (Chen Jingjing)
- Gold Award: Sound Design (Li Zeyang)
BESPOKE ART
Jingjing Chen
China- Silver Award: Feature Documentary
BORDER CROSSING
Sam Rider
United StatesBRUSHSTROKES-REV
Ken Kimmelman
United States- Gold Award: Original Score
BY ANY STRETCH
Danny Rio
United States- Silver Award: Indie Short Film
CACEROLADA
Teresa Ruiz Velasco
Spain- Silver Award: Web/Tv Series
CALLBACKS (PILOT)
Samuel Daniel Miller
United StatesCASE OF CHOICE
Written by Daniel Arreola
United States- Best Original Score (Thomas Yamada)
CAT-TASTROPHE
Morgan Seigler
United StatesCATHARSIS
Felix Alberto Nolasco
United States- Silver Award: First Time Director
CATHARSIS
Felix Alberto Nolasco
United StatesCHRISTMAS KILLERS
D. Emmet Wilson
United StatesCOME SEE WHAT SPECIAL MEANS
Written by Mario Luis Telles
United States- Best First Time Director
- Best Actor
- Silver Award: Director
DANTE'S INFERNO - THE ASCENSION
Sofian Francis
United Kingdom- Best Actress (Lillian Lamour)
DERANGE
Lillian Lamour
United StatesDERNIERE PLAGE
Alessandro Onorato
Italy- Gold Award: Web/Tv Series
DICE & DESTINY: NATURAL ONE - PILOT EPISODE
James G. Maynard
United States- Silver Award: Student Film
- Gold Award: First Time Director
DOORS
Jamie Larsson
United Kingdom- Silver Award: First Time Director
ECHOES THROUGH TIME
Elise Wells
United States- Silver Award: Experimental Film
EYESOLATION
Damiano Rossi
Italy- Gold Award: Feature Script
FAITH,MARRIAGE AND LOYALTY
Gang Chen
China- Silver Award: Director
- Silver Award: Cinematography
- Silver Award: Original Score
- Silver Award: Editing
- Silver Award: Sound Design (Zoltán Vadon)
- Gold Award: Actor (Kálmán Németh)
- Gold Award: Screenplay
FATHER TO SON
George Perrin
HungaryFELT
Joseph Rossi
Canada- Gold Award: Feature Documentary
- FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY ANCESTORS AN UTE KOHLER DOCUMENTARY
Ute Koehler
Katherin Wermke
GermanyGARBAGE REX
Steve Hunyi
United Kingdom- Silver Award: Student Film
GHOSTS OF THINGS TO COME
Germano Sardinha
SwedenHOW'S THAT WORKING FOR YOU?
Brian Reilly
United StatesIL SOGNO DISEGNATO
Andrea Corazza
ItalyINSIDE THE CLOSET
Roger Betancourt
United States- Gold Award: Indie Short Film
ISRAEL UND SARA
Tim Gralke
Germany- Silver Award: Animated Film
JOURNEY IN CALDECOTT
Mitch Greer
United States- Silver Award: Director
- Silver Award: Cinematography (Awais Gohar)
- Gold Award: First Time Director
KAREEM
Abdul Majid Abbasi
PakistanLAST PLACE ON EARTH
Joel Maquera
United KingdomLAST STOP TOKYO
Written by Nancee LaFayette
United StatesLE JARDIN | THE SECRET STORY OF SAFI
Will Bendix
MoroccoLEAVING'S NOT EASY
William Samson
United Kingdom- Silver Award: Comedy
- Silver Award: Actress
LOVE ON MARS
RK Israel Tamang
JapanLYMPH DANCE FOR THE PLANET REACH OUT TO THE NATURE.
Carlo Magrì
ItalyMACAU IN-BETWEEN
Sergio Basto Perez
MacaoMARABU'
Fabio Teriaca & Juan Pablo Etcheverry
ItalyMOM
Alise Sandri
LatviaMONDAYS
Siroos Hemati
Islamic Republic of IranMONSTER
Fabio Dellazzari
BrazilMOTHER MOTHER
Micki Dickoff
United States- Silver Award: Cinematography
ON PURPLE
Joe Quartararo
United States- Gold Award: First Time Director
PELEAS FRATERNALES
Jerry Morales
Mexico- Gold Award: Indie Feature Film
PIECE FOR SOLO SOLITUDE
Jefferson Bittencourt
Brazil- Best Feature Documentary
- Best Director
- Best Editing
POINT WASHINGTON OUTLAWS
Kirby Clements
United StatesPOINT WASHINGTON OUTLAWS
Kirby Clements
United StatesPOKROVA
Alexandre Bertella Rodrigues
Brazil- Silver Award: Short Documentary
- POMPEII - THE CITY WHERE TIME STOOD STILL
- Jaeyong Choi
Hwanjuhg Lee
Jisook Kim
Republic of Korea- Silver Award: First Time Director
PRETTYFACE
Marcelle Guilbet
United StatesRAHYAB
Kamal Weiss Rahyab
Afghanistan- Gold Award: Inspirational Film
ROSITA
Gerardo Castañeda
Mexico- Silver Award: Inspirational Film
- Silver Award: Original Score (Nawid Orokzai)
SAMSARA
Ramona Taylor
United StatesSINGO
Ashkan Chavoshi
Not Specified- Best Music Video
- Best Original Song
SLUDGE (THE WATER BARONS' SHOW) - SYNTH FARMERS
Grant Hunter
United Kingdom- Gold Award: First Time Director
SPIRAL
Annabelle Fernando
United KingdomSUBURBAN SAFARI: A BACKYARD WILDLIFE ADVENTURE
James Edward Porter
United StatesTAKE IT EASY MAN
David Denić
Serbia- Silver Award: Super Short Film
TAKE-OUT
Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi
AustraliaTELL - A HUNTER'S TALE
Luke Gasser
SwitzerlandTHE BAD BOY OF GOSPEL EXPERIENCE
Neil Carr
United States- Best Drama
- Gold Award: Short Film
THE BLANK CANVAS
Fabio Riccobono
ItalyTHE BUTCHER
Jackson Stewart
CanadaTHE CLASS ANALYSIS
Webb Pickersgill
United StatesTHE CONSTANT GARDENERS
David Hradetzky
Austria\United Republic of Tanzania- Gold Award: Super Short Film
THE FAREWELL MELODY
Francisco Jose Bassignana
Chile- Gold Award: Inspirational Film
THE FOREST ECSTATICS
Jeff Grupp
United States- Silver Award: Feature Script
THE FOURTH NIGHT
Written by Mike Briock
United StatesTHE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER - THE HIDDEN SIDE OF THE STORY
Philippe Carillo
United States- Silver Award: Original Song
THE GIPSY
Anaya (AnayaMusic) Kunst
BrazilTHE GIVETAKER
Jack Nagle
United StatesTHE GREAT MASSACRE OF ALIMOS
Athan Tom Sklavos
GreeceTHE RED FRAME
Al M. Hemphill
United States- Gold Award: Feature Script
THE SILENCE OF THE MOUNTAINS
Written by Hans Sluijter
Netherlands- Gold Award: Cinematography
THE SILENCE WITHIN (LAUTLOS)
Christian Peschken
GermanyTHE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH
Francisco Bassignana
Poland- Silver Award: Short Script
THE YELLOW BIRD
Written by Reham Ozjan Yeshar
Saudi Arabia- Best Inspirational Film
- Silver Award: Indie Short Film
THEORY
Aydogan Rayman
Turkey- Gold Award: Short Documentary
THREE MINUTES. THE STORY OF SILVIA RUOTOLO
Adriano Natale & Sara Camardella
Italy- Silver Award: Feature Film
TIME REWIND
Lincoln Fenner
Australia- Silver Award: Feature Script
UNPROTECTED WITNESS
Written by Beverly Louise Gandara & Jack Knight
United States- Silver Award: Music Video
- Gold Award: Original Song
WE ARE
Rafael Maria Friebe
Germany- Silver Award: Feature Film
- Silver Award: Indie Feature Film
- Silver Award: Producer
- Silver Award: Director
- Silver Award: Actress (Irene Gualerzi)
- Silver Award: Cinematography
- Silver Award: Editing
- Silver Award: Sound Design
- Gold Award: Actor (Patrizio Recchioni)
- Gold Award: Original Score
WHATEVER HAPPENS
Filippo Ruggieri
Italy- Silver Award: Feature Documentary
WOMEN OF PINOT
Bruce M Jaqua
United StatesWOMEN OF PINOT
Bruce M Jaqua
United StatesYOUR CHOICE
Ana-Isabel Cantera
United Kingdom