INTERNATIONAL
GOLD AWARDS
Winners archiveJanuary 2025

INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS / OFFICIAL WINNERS

January 2025

The awarded films, projects and filmmakers of this edition.

38AWARDED PROJECTS

01 / SPECIAL RECOGNITION

FEATURED WINNER

PASSAGE OF THE RIVER - ENVIRONMENTAL MOVIE

Padma Chebrolu

United States

  • Best Picture

02 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE

The winners A–Z.

ALPHABETICAL BY FILM TITLE
37 titles in the alphabetical directory

A

A MATADOR IN PARIS

Troy Henriksen

France

  • Best Indie Feature Film

A QUIET DRINK

Darren Clark

Australia

  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

AFENI SHAKUR AND THE TRIAL OF THE PANTHER 21

Ray Barron- Woolford FRSA

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

ARTHUR AVE.

Joey Medina

United States"

  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

AVERAGE AMERICAN DREAM

Paul Helou

United States

  • Silver Award: Music Video

B

BATTLE OF LA

Patrick Pizzolorusso

United States

  • Silver Award: Short Film

BLOOZ 4 AN EARLY AUTUMN (LUPUS DOWN FOR THE COUNT)

Cornell Hubert Calhoun III

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Film

C

CHOSEN

Nicole Latisha Howard

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Film

COCK ROBIN

Frances Barth

United States

  • Best Indie Short Film

E

ELEVATE THE MIC

Ioannis Koutroubis

Canada

  • Honorable Mention

EMBERS

Wesley Crutcher & Javon Everett

United States

  • Best Music Video

F

FOLLOWING THE THREAD

Kathy Brew

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

FUMI D'AUTUNNO

Written by Luigi Salerno

Italy

  • Silver Award: Short Script

J

JAMAICAN SUNRISE

Michael Jonathan Gellis

United States

  • Best Short Film

JUST WANNA BE WITH YOU

Christopher Rokita

United States

  • Gold Award: Music Video

K

Ken Yoffe

Ellen Weisberg

United States

  • Best Animation
  • MAKING EMMIE SMILE
  • Abby Vo
  • John Vo

L

LIFE PATH

Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece

  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

LOOK UP¬ÄîTHE SCIENCE OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION

Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold & Espen Jan Folmo

Norway

  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary
  • Gold Award: Animation

M

MECCA

Written by Monte Albers de Leon

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

MEETING YOU...

Written by Michael Ringdal

Norway

  • Best Short Script

O

OLD MEN AT THE CLUB

Written by Michael Jonathan Gellis

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Script

ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE

Marta Fidalgo

Spain

  • Best Experimental
  • Silver Award: Student Film

P

PEACOCK (NEW)

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Silver Award: Experimental

PEGAME

Dylan Verrechia

Mexico

  • Best Feature Film
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Best Actor (Vladimir Zamudio)
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Gold Award: Cinematography
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound Design

S

SEXY SANTAS

Written by Joseph Anthony Francis

United States

  • Best Feature Script

SHARPEN YOUR SWORD

Al Anderson

United Kingdom

  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

SINKING 2

Joanna&Rubens

Taiwan

  • Gold Award: Experimental

SORRY MAA

Parag Chhapekar

India

  • Gold Award: Short Film

SUPER MASHUGEE AND  FREEKY PASSOVER

Dean Morgan

United States

  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

T

THE AMAZING LIMPKIN

Darryl R Saffer

United States

  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

THE DAYS OF KNIGHT

John P Martinez

United States

  • Best Indie Short Film
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Actor (Anthony F Martinez)
  • Gold Award: Original Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Gold Award: Editing
  • Gold Award: Sound Design

THE HEART KNOWS BETTER

Ken Kimmelman

United States

  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

THE JUDGE - CHARACTER CASES COURAGE

Robert Griffith

United States

  • Best Feature Documentary

THE NEW IMMIGRANTS - HONG KONGERS

Vivian Tsang

United Kingdom

  • Best Short Documentary
  • Silver Award: Student Film

U

UNFAMILIAR

Catherine Hall

United Kingdom

  • Best Super Short Film
  • Best Student Film

V

VIOLENT DELIGHTS

Written by Christan van Slyke

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

W

WALL UNIT

Joanna Polak

Poland

  • Best Director