New York International Film Awards (2025)

New York International Film Awards

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

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Best AI Film

Winner
The Last President
Bin He(director)
Xiaoyu Li(producer)
Xuetao Hu(art director)

Best Actor

Winner
Ego Mikitas
Season of Rain
Vighnesh Dheenadhayalan(actor)
Mirrors

Best Director

Winner
Vighnesh Dheenadhayalan(director)
Mirrors

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Girls, Angels, Melodies
László Bús
The Last President
Xuetao Hu(art director)
Xiaoyu Li(producer)
Bin He(director)

Best Fantasy

Winner
Ghosted MD
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Nafsika Antypas(executive producer)
Ghosted Productions

Best Feature Film

Winner
No Time for Goodbye
Don Ng
Viavix
Nietzsche's Umbrella
8.7 (22)
Huseyin Saylan(director)

Best Mystery Film

Winner
Ghosted MD
Nafsika Antypas(executive producer)
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Ghosted Productions

Best Original Story

Winner
Ghosted MD
Nafsika Antypas(writer)
Ghosted Productions

Best Romance

Winner
Ghosted MD
Nafsika Antypas(executive producer)
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Ghosted Productions

Best Series Pilot

Winner
Ghosted MD
Nafsika Antypas(executive producer)
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Ghosted Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
Saint-Sacrifice
7.3 (11)
Jean-Claude Leblanc(director)
Désaxé Films
Mirrors
Vighnesh Dheenadhayalan(producer)
Katie Lavelle(producer)

Best Silent Film

Winner
The Duet
Gica Pucca

Best Social Justice Film

Winner
No Time for Goodbye
Don Ng
Viavix

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Threat
Michaël Hardy Falch
Sydney Rose Schmieder

Best Thriller

Winner
Ghosted MD
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Nafsika Antypas(executive producer)
Ghosted Productions

Best Trailer

Winner
Ghosted MD
Jarett Bellucci(director)
Ghosted Productions

Best Western

Winner
The Stand at Alder Creek
Chase Morgan Hulett(director)

Honorable Mention: Best 1st Time Director - Short

Winner
Chengle Fang
Where the Finches Sing

Honorable Mention: Best Documentary Short

Winner
Ascending Beyond Shadows
Patrick Civitelli
Eagle Claw Films

Best Original Script

Bum
Rydder Johnston

Best Short Script

Remnants
Vighnesh Dheenadhayalan(writer)
Still Morning
Pam Renall

May Monthly Award

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Winner
Searching for Shadow
Marie Smalley
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses: The Movie
Debbie Craig Seagle(screenwriter)

Best Actor

Winner
Nick Casal
No Such Thing As Peace

Best Fan Film

Winner
The Walking Dead: Clementine
7.4 (13)
Michael A. Phoenix

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Winner
Agustín Palleres Yoffe Adaro(DIRECTOR)
No Preguntes
YR Entertainment

Best Original Story

Winner
Ghosted MD
Nafsika Antypas(writer)
Ghosted Productions

Best Screenplay

Winner
The Thought of You
9.8 (25)
Marv Hathim
Winner
Black Diamonds
Gabriella Niles-Ewen
Paul G. Andrews
GlobalWatch Films

Best Series Pilot Script

Winner
The Proxy Mom
Marie Smalley

Best Song

Winner
I'm back
Anna Khanina(Actress/singer)

Best Thriller

Winner
Bellow
Miguel Lopez de Leon(writer/director/executive producer/actor/editor)

Best Voice Over

Winner
Damsel of Distress
Kenny Loui

Best AI Film

The Last Spark
Michelle Sarah Pfuhl

July Monthly Award

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
The Mr. Sprinkles Super Happy Fun Time Show
Nick Casal
Kevin Alcazar

Best Actress

Winner
Feryal Kilisli(actress)
Caveman Crunchies
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
Caveman Crunchies
Connor Lawson(cinematographer)
Electric Dreams Productions
Winner
Reconnect
Yuxin Cha(cinematographer)
Taige Shi(director/executive producer)

Best Commercial

Winner
Caveman Crunchies
Audrey Neyer(prop master)
Connor Lawson(director of photography)
Feryal Kilisli(actress)
Andrew Senteno(colorist)
Edgar Velez(first assistant camera)
Trevor Wolfson(director) (writer)
Susan Smith(executive producer)
Joseph Collins(actor)
Finise Avery(director)
Dan Grabarz(actor)
Luis Lagera(editor)
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Director

Winners
Trevor Wolfson(director)
Finise Avery(director)
Caveman Crunchies
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Ensemble

Winner
Blestem
Andrea Hedinger(actress)
Sebastian Spengler(actor)
Myriam Tancredi(actress)
Fabian Dünow(actor)
Anja Becker(actress)
Simon Raaf(cinematographer)
Gregor Andreska(actor)
Axel Loh(Director, Actor, Writer, Producer)
Rosa Abruscato(actress)
Yasemin Delikan(actress)
Helmut Fischer(director of photography)
Frank Vogt(Color Grader)
Robin Cedric-Jäger(cinematographer)
Michael Kohlbecker(music & sound)
Heiko Zentner(actor)
Sophia Brocker(actress)
Horst Krebs(actor)
Detlev Nyga(actor)
Dominic Betz(actor)
Johannes Wirth(actor)
United Creative Studio eG
Frame Store Film & Entertainment
Magna Mana Productions

Best Fan Film

Winner
Can't Stop
9.6 (11)
Radek Belina(director)
FSFilm

Best Mystery Film

Winner
Blestem
Axel Loh(Directo, Producer, Cinematographer)
Frame Store Film & Entertainment
United Creative Studio eG
Magna Mana Production

Best Parody Film

Winner
Can't Stop
9.6 (11)
Radek Belina(director)
FSFilm

Best Romance

Winner
Stephanie Dellacosta
Al Naffah
Ak Naffah Productions

Grand Jury Award: Best Costumes

Winner
Caveman Crunchies
Roejendra Adams(costume designer)
Trevor Wolfson(director)
Finise Avery(director)
Electric Dreams Productions

Best Indie Short

Seeds of Change
Frances Wilkerson

Best Musical Film

Can't Stop
9.6 (11)
Radek Belina(director)
FSFilm

June Monthly Award

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Best Comedy Film

Winner
Long Black
Alex Barnes-Auld

Best Indie Feature

Winner
One More Like
7.7 (33)
Károly Pálfai(Director)
MyVisual Studio

Best Original Story

Winner
One More Like
7.7 (33)
Károly Pálfai(Director)
MyVisual Studio

Best Producer

Winner
The Funeral
Nick Casal

Best Documentary Short

I Can't Believe What I See
Nehemias Perez

Grand Jury Award

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
Retreat
Zamira Scattolon(actress)

Best Acting Ensemble

Winner
The Funeral
Riccardo Negron
Joel Hennessy
Matthew Eldridge
Kevin Alcazar
Sami Alexander
John Paul Casal
Rita Peraza
Nick Casal
Alessandra Greco
Bryan Lazaro Castillo
Bhojraj Harry

Best Commercial

Winner
Break the Silence
Shyanne Aponte
Dax Phelan
Eric M. Klein
Benjamin Cheek

Original Script

Winner
Poseidon's Wrath
Victoria Mullen

August Monthly Award

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Best Actress

Winner
Amber Paul
The Drive

Best Detective Script

Winner
Served
John Norris Ray

Best Director - Short Film

Winner
David Arrow
The Drive

Best Historical Film

Winner
The Drive
Leon Derriey(producer)
David Arrow(Writer/Director)
4 A Films

Best Historical Screenplay

Winner
The Forgotten Soldiers
Lawrence Whitener(writer)
The Forgotten Soldiers
Lawrence Whitener(writer)

Best Main Theme

Winner
Perpetual Perfection
Anastasia Listopadova(composer)

Best Music Video

Winner
Dren Iz Vineniy
9.6 (12)
Alexander Popov

Best Screenplay

Winner
There is Always Tomorrow
9.7 (9)
Alessandra Greco(writer)

Best AI Film

The Threshold
Jacek Kadaj(director)

Best AI Film (Artificial intelligence)

Sands of time: An AI Film
Kevin Wang(director)

Best Documentary Feature

A city of one
Jing Zhang

Best Student Director

Austin J. Lawrence(director)
Thanksgiving
Brigham Young University
Imagine It Studios

October Monthly Award

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Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Fallaway
Nicole Gutierrez
Kabir McNeely

Best Social Justice Film

Winner
The Table We Share
Brock Edwards
The Engaged Stories Lab

Best Thriller Film

Winner
The Stairs
Sami Alexander

Honorable Mention: Best Editing

Winner
The Table We Share
Brock Edwards
The Engaged Stories Lab

Best Actor

Kabir McNeely
Fallaway

Best Student Film

The Tomorrow Problem
John Christensen

September Monthly Edition

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
Tides of Grief
Bhojraj Harry(actor)
Alessandra Greco(actress)

Best Music Video

Winner
My Love
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Anna Khanina(actress/singer)

Best War Film

Winner
Tides of Grief
Joel Hennessy(director)

Best Young Actress

Winner
Sophia Shannon(actress)
Divided at Delivery

Grand Jury Award, Best Producer

Winner
Unruly
Antonia Horlick(producer)

Best 1st Time Director (Feature)

Tom Bahrani
Endless Journey

Best Documentary Feature

Endless Journey
Tom Bahrani(director)

Best Inspirational Film

The Flagbearer
Daniel Michael Tomcik
Cell Media

Honorable Mention

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Best Acting Duo

Winner
There is Always Tomorrow
9.7 (9)
Alessandra Greco(actress)
Michael J. King(actor)

Best Soundtrack

Winner
Beyond Forever
TEONI(composer)

November Monthly Award

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Best Music Video

Winners
Brad Hammer
Jane Bell

January Monthly Award

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter

Winner
Bitter Coffee
Sergio Pazos Conde(writer)

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Retreat
Zamira Scattolon(actress)

Best Acting Ensemble

Winner
Tri Sestry
Simon Catillon(director)

Best Child Actress

Winner
Olivia Cookman(actress)
Clock Shop
Demivoula Studios

Best Editing

Winner
Clock Shop
Nick Sands(editor)
Demivoula Studios

Best First Time Director

Winner
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan(director/writer)
Clock Shop
Demivoula Studios

Best Indie Short

Winner
Clock Shop
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan(director/writer)
Demivoula Studios

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Take My Hand
Kelly Bergsma
Double Shot Creative Studios

Best Producer

Winner
For Lila
Kaitron Bryant
Federica King
Indiana Pagan
Jaquair Gillette
Croatan Productions

Best Romance

Winner
Tri Sestry
Simon Catillon(director)

Best Short Script

Winner
Failures
Cesar Sanchis Romero

Best Social Justice Film

Winner
For Lila
Federica King
Malik Myers
Kaitron Bryant
Croatan Productions

Best Sound Design

Winner
Clock Shop
Trevor Misplay(sound designer)
Demivoula Studios

Best Student Film

Winner
Tyomchik
Ivan Linov(director)
Winner
Tyomchik
Ivan Linov(director)
Anhelina Stepanenko(executive producer)
Anton Gudkov(DOP)
Baccara
Cyril Paquet(director)
Amaury Gilmaire(director)
Baccara Pictures

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Kabir McNeely
Rebel

Best Trailer

Winner
For Lila
Kaitron Bryant
Federica King
Malik Myers
Croatan Productions

Best Visual Effects

Winner
My Melody
Val Nabilskiy

Best Webseries

Winner
From Buckingham Palace
Nita Mistry
2 Twenty Six Productions

Best Western Script

Winner
Bitter Coffee
Sergio Pazos Conde(writer)

Grand Jury Award: Best Acting Duo

Winner
Retreat
Zamira Scattolon(actress)

Honorable Mention: Best Comedy Film

Winner
Hey! I Like Those Short-Shorts!
Jacob Barkan(director)
Wrong Tree Productions

Best Actor

Krystian Bester
Friday the 13th: Blood Loss

Best Director

Simon Catillon(director)
Tri Sestry

Best Short Film

Tri Sestry
Simon Catillon(director)

February Monthly Award

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Best AI Film

Winner
The Bounty Hunter
Ion Kion
7th Art Studio

Best Acting Duo

Winner
The Last Wish
Mykhaylo Kukuyuk(actor)
Igor Rubashkin(actor)

Best Actor

Winner
Igor Rubashkin(actor)
The Last Wish

Best Costumes

Winner
The Last Wish
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Director

Winner
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
The Last Wish

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Facing the Unknown
Adam El Meziani
Bernhard Mayr
Dieter-Michael Grohmann
Paul Rübig
The Battle for Kyiv
7.8 (51)
Oz Katerji

Best Drama Film

Winner
The Last Wish
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Fan FIlm

Winner
A-Train: New Beginnings Part Deux
Chris Carthern
Chong Ahn
Shots by Shinobi

Best Feature Screenplay

Winner
Delaney
D.J. Stroud
Babe Wells

Best First Time Director

Winner
Leikiè(director)
PAPmusic - Animation for Fashion

Best First Time Producer

Winner
PAPmusic - Animation for Fashion
1.4 (305)
Leikiè(director)

Best Original Story

Winner
The Last Wish
Anna Khanina(writer)
Semen Khanin(writer)

Best Short Film

Winner
The Last Wish
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
The Lost Camp
9.7 (7)
Connor Etter(director/executive producer)
CJE Productions
Unit 2 Productions

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Mykhaylo Kukuyuk(Actor)
The Last Wish

Honorable Mention: Best 1st Time Director - Short

Winner
Connor Etter(director/executive producer)
The Lost Camp
CJE Productions
Unit 2 Productions

Best Comedy

PAPmusic - Animation for Fashion
1.4 (305)
Leikiè(director)
3rd place

February Monthly Edition

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Best Comedy Film

Winner
Lovers & Fools
Bruno Ferreira(director)
Marie-Louise Boisnier(director)

Best Dark Comedy Script

Winner
Short Thin Lines
Martha Millan(writer)

Honorable Mention: Best Student Film

Winner
Roma WWF Superstar to Teacher
Patrick Civitelli(director)
Ethan Chaplinski(director)

October Monthly Edition

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Winner
Alex
Nick Halavins(writer)

Best Actor

Winner
Justin Henriksen
Playing the Protagonist

Best Sports Film

Winner
A Fighting Legacy
9.8 (94)
Adam Wagner(director)

Best Short Script

BYOB (Bring Your Own Body)
Taylor McKenzie Winters(writer)

Best Student Film

Love is Stronger Than Hate
Yoey Garfield(director)
Madeline
Asher Fremont(director)

NYIFA Award

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter

Winner
The Magic Man
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Acting Debut

Winner
For Lila
Adele-Marie Ruiz
Croatan Productions

Best Action Film

Winner
Ruthless Atonement
Benét Embry
Clearwater Productions

Best Actor

Winner
A.D. Scott
Ruthless Atonement
Clearwater Productions

Best Actress

Winner
LaNita Bryant
Ruthless Atonement
Clearwater Productions

Best Adventure Feature Script

Winner
Attack of the Sasquatch
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)
Winner
Attack of the Sasquatch
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Detective Script

Winner
Splintered Front
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Drama Film

Winner
Before Fireworks
Lyncis Xueyang Niu(director, producer)

Best Drama Script

Winner
A Close Divide
Jesse Dorian(writer)
July 2025
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)
April

Best Fight Choreography

Winner
Ruthless Atonement
DeVon C. Scott
Clearwater Productions

Best Horror Script

Winner
Splintered Front
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Forever One
EO Milvado
Winner
A View to Die For
Bruce Bellocchi(director)
Big Shot Pictures
Winner
Ruthless Atonement
Benét Embry
Clearwater Productions

Best Mystery Script

Winner
Splintered Front
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Original Script

Winner
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)
April
Winner
A Close Divide
Jesse Dorian(writer)
July 2025

Best Producer

Winner
Ruthless Atonement
Hudrell Jones
Clearwater Productions

Best Romance Script

Winner
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)
April

Best Screenplay

Winner
Ruthless Atonement
Benét Embry
Clearwater Productions
Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses: The Movie
Debbie Craig Seagle(screenwriter)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Hudrell Jones
Ruthless Atonement
Clearwater Productions

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Santosha Nicole
Ruthless Atonement
Clearwater Productions

Best TV Screenplay

Winner
The First Responders
Rudolph Rajendra(screenwriter)
Winner
The First Responders
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Thriller Script

Winner
Splintered Front
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Feature Film

Ruthless Atonement
Benét Embry
Clearwater Film

Best Feature Script

The Measure of She
Karen Dee Carpenter(writer)
Bird Pictures
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)
April
A Close Divide
Jesse Dorian(writer)
July 2025

Best Short Documentary

Saving Fairy Creek
Uzair Merchant(director)
Bkreativ Productions

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BEST EDITING

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Best Actor

Best Director

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Girls, Angels, Melodies

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Best Fantasy

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No Time for Goodbye

Nietzsche's Umbrella

Best Mystery Film

Ghosted MD

Best Original Story

Ghosted MD

Best Romance

Ghosted MD

Best Series Pilot

Ghosted MD

Best Short Film

Saint-Sacrifice

Mirrors

Best Silent Film

The Duet

Best Social Justice Film

No Time for Goodbye

Best Soundtrack

Threat

Best Thriller

Ghosted MD

Best Trailer

Ghosted MD

Best Western

The Stand at Alder Creek

Honorable Mention: Best 1st Time Director - Short

Honorable Mention: Best Documentary Short

Ascending Beyond Shadows

Best Original Script

Bum

Best Short Script

Remnants

Still Morning

May Monthly Award

Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Searching for Shadow

Coffee Cups & Wine Glasses: The Movie

Best Actor

Best Fan Film

The Walking Dead: Clementine

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Best Original Story

Ghosted MD

Best Screenplay

The Thought of You