New York Movie AwardsInternational Monthly Film Festival

WINNERS - October 2025

Official results as published by the festival.

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  • Best Picture

MISSING MEANING

Vasco Diogo

Portugal

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

  • Best Animated Film
  • A FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND INANIMATE
  • Susan Mey Lee Lim

Samudra Kajal Saikia

Christina Teenz Tan

Singapore
  • Silver Award: Student Film
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary
  • Best Inspirational Film

A LINE TO DRAW

River Rainbow O'Mahoney Hagg

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

A SUSPENDED TIDE

Félix Caraballo

Canada
  • Silver Award: Short Script

AFTERNOON

Written by Drew Henriksen

United States
  • Best Student Film

AISLE OF MAN

Briana Rivera

United States
  • Gold Award: Comedy
  • Best Actress (Michelle Lynn)

AN EVER AFTER DRAMA

Michelle Lynn

United States
  • Best Indie Feature Film
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Producer
  • Best Director
  • Best Actress (Sritama Dey)
  • Best Actor (Sayantan Mukherjee)
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best Original Score (Anjanabha Roy (Title track & End track))
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Gold Award: Editing
  • Silver Award: Original Song

ANDROPOLIS

Anjanabha Roy

India
  • Silver Award: Animated Film

ASSIMILATION

Piotr Chodup

Ireland
  • Best Comedy

BARBIE AND KEN - BROS OVER DOLLS

David Cheung

United States
  • Best Web/Tv Series

BETWEEN THE REINS

Marilyn Swick

United States
  • Gold Award: Student Film

BUTTER BLISS

Jinny Jin

South Korea
  • Gold Award: Experimental

CHASING A DREAM

Aygul Abizgildina

Serbia
  • Silver Award: Horror

CHOMPERS

Chef Joe Gatto

United States
  • Best Short Script

COFFEE & NIETZSCHE

Written by Armand Arekian

United States
  • Best Feature Script

COSMOSIS OF WORLDS

Written by Richard Meaker Trask

Not Specified
  • Gold Award: Web/Tv Series
  • CREATIVES ON THE COUCH

Chris Jackson

Dave Bannister

United Kingdom
  • Best Super Short Film
  • DOG

Silver AwardND GHOSTS

Sarah Bostock

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Short Script

DOUBLE SESSIONS

Written by Jonathan Ramirez

Not Specified
  • Best Horror

DRAUMUR (DREAM)

Gerardo Castañeda

Mexico
  • Gold Award: Short Film

DREAMS

Antoine Allen

United States
  • Silver Award: Comedy

DRIVER'S ED

Wendy (Jean) Wilkins

United States
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

DUSTY MEMORIES

Grace Lam

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

DYNAMICS

Teo Baehler

Netherlands
  • Gold Award: Thriller

EXPOSED (2025)

Siamak Dehghanpour

United States
  • Silver Award: First Time Director

EXTRAS

Ahmad Marouf

Canada
  • Gold Award: Producer

FAKE NEWS

Joachim Weber

Germany
  • Silver Award: Comedy

FISH FACE

Bradley Gamborski

Canada
  • Gold Award: Inspirational Film

FLORHOOD

Fiona Torres Moino

United States
  • Silver Award: Comedy

FOSSIL RECORD

Karla Weber

Canada
  • Best Indie Short Film

GAME FOR TWO

Qinyuan Liu

China
  • Gold Award: Drama

GOOD VIBRATIONS

Dionne Blaize

United States
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

HAPPY FIFTY (THIRD)

Jacques Durand

United States
  • Silver Award: Sound Design
  • HAUNTERS OF THE SILENCE

Tatu Heikkinen

Veleda Heikkinen

United States
  • Best Drama
  • Best First Time Director

HE/SHE/US SHORT FILM

Susan Kelejian

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

HELLO! MY NAME IS BLOTTO THE MOVIE

Robert Lichter

United States
  • Gold Award: Horror

HOTHEADS | SHORT FILM

Lars Magnus Holmgren

Australia
  • Silver Award: Indie Feature Film

I LOVE DANIEL

Robert L. Pepper

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary
  • IF AN OWL CALLS YOUR NAME

Zaya Benazzo

Maurizio Benazzo

United States
  • Silver Award: Music Video
  • Best Original Song
  • LUNA

Antonia Kim

GAME FOR TWO

Republic of Korea
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

MANY DIE TOO LATE

Julian Bonnin

Portugal
  • Silver Award: Short Film

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Wyndham Price

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Short Script

MERCY

Writer Vini Hedglen

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

MODERN FRANKENSTEIN

Written by Gabriel Jeanne

Romania
  • Silver Award: LGBTQ

NICE TO MEET YOU

Noah Kara

Sweden
  • Best Short Documentary

OTHERWORLDLY: DANCING IN THE DEEP

Juliette Sutherland

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary
  • OUT OF REACH: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
  • Adam Sheiner Najberg

John W Miller

Faith Kohler

United States
  • Gold Award: Action

POWER OF PRAYER

Andrew Damon Henriques

United States
  • Best Experimental
  • PROPHECY OF A FAGGOT(DIRECTORS CUT)

Mr Venus(Director)

Ashleigh (Musical Director) April

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Animation

PUPA

Mizhqua Rinoa Jin Tabuena Natividad

Ireland
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

RECONSTRUCTION DESTRUCTED

Monique Anya Linder

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

SECRETS OF MONTMARTRE 4

Written by Michelle Lynn

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Film

SEE ME ONCE MORE MY DEAR KID

Margaret Bihong Sha

United States
  • Gold Award: Music Video

SODA / ZIPPA_DIPPA_BOO_LA /// BOY_GUITAR/≈∞ë≈π¥√ÇÆ√ÇØ√ɺ

Hiroaki Hirakata

Japan
  • Best Short Film
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Actress (Maïlys Gilet-Couraud)
  • Gold Award: Actor (Corentin Masson)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Adrien Viñas)
  • Gold Award: Cinematography (Maryline Dufourg)
  • Gold Award: Original Score (Cindy Roch)
  • Gold Award: Screenplay (Chris Garcia)
  • Best Editing (Aude Guérin)

THE ANGEL'S TEARS

Chris Garcia

France
  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Best LGBTQ
  • Gold Award: First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Actor (Danilo Castro)
  • Silver Award: Sound Design (Guile Martins)
  • Silver Award: Cinematography (Petronio Neto)
  • Silver Award: Screenplay (Nathalie Costa, Leonardo Raphael, Israel Cordova)
  • Silver Award: Original Score (Leonardo Britto)
  • Silver Award: Editing (Israel Cordova)

THE BLAME SILENCE

Israel Cordova

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Sci-Fi

THE CAGE WE CHOOSE

Rafael Paiva

United States
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series

THE CHIEF OF NASH VALLEY PART 2

Aundra’ Segrest

United States
  • Silver Award: Inspirational Film

THE CROSS AND THE SWORD

Fabrizio Notarpietro

Switzerland
  • Silver Award: Producer

THE HOUSE OF MY PARENTS

Sophia Liu

France
  • Best Sci-Fi

THE INHERITOR OF MEMORY

Jae yong Choi

South Korea
  • Best Experimental

THE JOLLY AUTOCRAT

Mimi Garrard

United States
  • Gold Award: Original Song

THE MAKING OF STAR AMONG THE COSMIC CLOUDS : FROM SONG TO SYMPHONY

susan mey lee Lim

Singapore
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film
  • Gold Award: Editing
  • Silver Award: Cinematography (Mikhal Bolotov)
  • Gold Award: Screenplay

THE MUSCLE

Ryan Halasz

United States
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

THE SOLDIERS (MOTHER UKRAINE¬ÄîLAYERS OF WAR)

Linda Pallotta

United States
  • Gold Award: LGBTQ

THE YARD

Cameron Moon

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Actress

THIS IS BUSHWICK

Rose Gutierrez

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

TRANCENDANCE

Yana Toyber

United States
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Original Song

TRUTH

Grant Hunter

United Kingdom
  • Best Music Video

UHL - DREAM LIGHTLY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Hunter Thompson

United States
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

VEILS OF ANONYMITY

James M Perry

United States
  • Silver Award: Action

WALKERS

william m mesa

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Film

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

Michel Pascal

United States
  • Best Action

WHERE DOES IT MATTER

Bailey Wall

United States
  • Best Thriller

WHERE DOES IT MATTER

Bailey Wall

United States
  • Silver Award: Actress

YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US

Sheida Kermani

United States