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Hollywood Film Competition

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    Diamond Award

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    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Jaimie Marchuk(actress)
      • Mirror
    • Diana Pérez Riveros
      Winner
      • Diana Pérez Riveros
      • Bipolar

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Steve Halfpenny

      Elaine Heney(Elaine Heney)

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      NAMCAR Night Race

      Lance Khazei(writer/director)
      Space Age Entertainment

    Best Director

    • John Balazs
      Winner
      • John Balazs(Director)
      • Dancer
      Prima Lux Films
    • Jaroslaw Marszewski
      Winner
      • Jaroslaw Marszewski
      • Bikini Blue
      Zebra Film Studio
    • Winner
      • Elaine Heney(Elaine Heney)
      • Steve Halfpenny

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Treading Yesterday

      8.7 (76)
      Craig Bettendorf(executive producer)
      Kai Morgan(associate producer)
      Kenneth Erhnman(co-producer)
      Pilot Episode Silent Night Ubiquitous Light

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What is Real

      Josiah Cuneo(editor)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      People Eat People

      Josiah Cuneo(editor)

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Babilim

      Larissa Saldarini(director)
      Noise Film Factory
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Silent Love Stories

      Amr Al-Hariri

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Pleasures of the Glove

      Josiah Cuneo(producer)
      Duane Michals(director)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dancer

      8.6 (19)
      John Balazs(Director)
      Marlane Ghmed(Producer)
      Prima Lux Films

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bikini Blue

      4.2 (206)
      Jaroslaw Marszewski
      Zebra Film Studio
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zelos

      7.4 (53)
      Painted Gate Pictures

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (336)
      Tao Liu(composer)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      8 Steps to I Love You

      Zheng Li(Music producer)
      Hachiko Productions

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaker

      6.4 (553)
      Philippe McKie
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Titles Vol. 1

      6.3 (28)
      Ryan ElHosseiny(director)
      Opreme Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sprinkles

      6.0 (308)
      Brooke Lewis Bellas
      Roger A. Scheck
      Philly Chick Pictures
      Scheck Media Production
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dee

      Mike Edward Stevens
      Raven Feather Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The QUEEN

      Hugo Teugels(director)
      TVP services Video Art Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Das Stundenglas

      Dieter-Michael Grohmann
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rose Garden

      9.3 (9)
      Rafael Nani
      Caliope

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mirror

      8.4 (40)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Promised Neverland

      Yiheng Guo
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Float

      Jiayi Li
      China Lighthouse Pictures

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rub Your Eyes Until You See Stars

      Judith Knubben(director)
      Guy Renardeau(composer)

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Review: A Fatal Frame Fan Film

      Zack Birlew
      Babs Do Productions

    Jury Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Raul Phoenix
      • Honest Lies
      A Phoenix Film

    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.6 (35)
      Davide Melini
      Fabel Aguilera

    Best Sci-Fi

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Last Day on Earth

      8.3 (11)
      SangJin Ko
      Cinema Kography

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Honest Lies

      5.7 (17)
      Raul Phoenix
      A Phoenix Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Beautiful Dream

      Bita Elahian

    Best Student Director

    • Sara Eustaquio in Los Angeles.
      Winner
      • Sara Eustáquio(director)
      • Mirror

    Best Visual FX

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.6 (35)
      Gianluca Bonomo

    Best Director

    • Davide Melini
      • Davide Melini
      • Lion

    Platinum Award

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    Best Actor

    • Elaine Partnow
      Winner
      • Elaine Partnow
      • Slipaway
    • Jackson George
      Winner
      • Jackson George
      • This Is Jack
      JKO Productions

    Best Actress

    • ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA FOUNDATION’S 50TH ANNUAL GRACIE AWARDS 2025- Brooke Lewis Bellas
      Winner
      • Brooke Lewis Bellas
      • Sprinkles

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The QUEEN

      Hugo Teugels(cinematographer)
      Daria el-Samad(camera operator)
      TVP services Video Art Productions

    Best Director

    • Philippe McKie
      Winner
      • Philippe McKie
      • Breaker
    • Winners
      • Julia Butler(director)
      • Daniel Mentz(director)
      • Slipaway
      Creative Vision
    • Winner
      • Mikhail Romanovskiy(Director)
      • Odinokie dushi mikrobov
    • Jiayi Li
      Winner
      • Jiayi Li
      • Float
      China Lighthouse Pictures

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hot Lap

      Brent Perrott(director)
      Lawford County Productions

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Getting Over

      Michele Lyman

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      NAMCAR Night Race

      Lance Khazei(supervising editor)
      Alan Wagner(editor)
      Zack Matzganis(additional editor)
      Space Age Entertainment

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What is Real

      Josiah Cuneo(producer)
      Duane Michals(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Somnambulist

      Josiah Cuneo(producer)
      Duane Michals(producer)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (336)
      Tigran Mutafyan(producer)
      Glasscore Entertainment

    Best Horror

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      Winner

      Black Cat

      William Allum
      Isolation Films

    Best Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Treading Yesterday

      8.7 (76)
      Craig Bettendorf(writer)
      Pilot Episode Silent Night Ubiquitous Light

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      4242

      8.4 (45)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In My Heart

      Marcus Mullen
      Marts Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Jack

      Kristi Anderson Ornstein(executive producder)
      Darrett Sanders(producer)
      Amanda Tepe(producer)
      JKO Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amalgame

      Charline Odiot
      8-Productions
      Sibay Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Apeiron

      7.4 (60)
      Philip Thomas Morelli(director)
      Alice Del Corso(writer)
    • [object Object]

      Amalgame

      Charline Odiot(director)
      8-Productions
      Sibay Films

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Memories

      Darren Marshall(director)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Bikini Blue

      4.2 (206)
      Jaroslaw Marszewski
      Zebra Film Studio

    Silver Award

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    Best Actor

    • Nicholas Adam Clark
      Winner
      • Nicholas Adam Clark(actor)
      • Videl

    Best Director

    • Sara Eustaquio in Los Angeles.
      Winner
      • Sara Eustáquio(director)
      • 4242
    • Winner
      • Rafael Nani
      • Rose Garden
      Caliope

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Steve Halfpenny

      Elaine Heney

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lilt

      5.7 (8)
      Josiah Cuneo(director)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The RockMan

      6.3 (26)
      Glenn McAllen-Finney
      GM Finney Productions

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Scream That's Trapped Inside

      8.2 (37)
      Savvas Christou
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odinokie dushi mikrobov

      Mikhail Romanovskiy(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Laws of the Game

      8.0 (6)
      Aegina Brahim(director)
      Regina Seifert(producer)
      JP Garcia(director of photography)
      Annemarieke Kloosterhof(production designer)
      Faidra Tsolina(first assistant director)
      Ricardo Saraiva(editor)
      Radu Ghelbereu(writer)
      Barney Brookes(sound)
      Eren Kaplan(videographer)

    Gold Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Michele Lyman
      Winner
      • Michele Lyman
      • Getting Over
    • Lianne Harvey
      • Lianne Harvey
      • Bikini Blue
      Zebra Film Studio

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaker

      6.4 (553)
      Hans Bobanovits

    Best Director

    • Lance Khazei
      Winner
      • Lance Khazei(writer/director)
      • NAMCAR Night Race
      Space Age Entertainment

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.6 (35)
      Daniel Salinas

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      People Eat People

      Josiah Cuneo(producer)
      Duane Michals(producer)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Recovery

      5.5 (25)
      Heath Hetherington
      Marcus Scott
      O.B.D. Films

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Delightful

      Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

    Best Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Red Light

      Dempsey Tillman
      Ted Dewberry

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Golden Age

      Jermey Ashley(Writer/Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Timeline

      Mikhail Romanovskiy(Director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eternal Waltz

      Laurie Lamson
      Angel Baker Productions
      Dec. 2017
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hooked

      Luca Vecchi(director)

    Award of Excellence

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    Best Visual FX

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Golden Age

      John Darian(VFX Artist)
      Sachie Masuda(VFX Artist)
      Casey McClain(VFX Artist)
      Javier Marcial(VFX Artist)
      Noah Goldberg(VFX Artist)

    Bronze Award

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    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Duane Michals(director)
      • The Pleasures of the Glove
    • Winner
      • Adonis Johnston(director)
      • Depiction
      Wireless Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ane and the Stars

      Karlos Alastruey
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Depiction

      8.3 (17)
      Adonis Johnston(producer)
      Ben Kerr(producer)
      Wireless Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Skin in the Game

      Mark Schmitz(written by)
      Poverty Clique

    Hollywood Film Competition Award

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Family Shadows

      Laura Malatos

    Short Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Mother's Bond

      Rafaela Galindo
      Ant Films

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