INTERNATIONAL
GOLD AWARDS
Winners archiveSeptember 2025

INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS / OFFICIAL WINNERS

September 2025

The awarded films, projects and filmmakers of this edition.

52AWARDED PROJECTS

02 / COMPLETE ARCHIVE

The winners A–Z.

ALPHABETICAL BY FILM TITLE
51 titles in the alphabetical directory

0–9

20.10.20 - FLUGTEN FRA HERSTEDVESTER

Tara Salas

Denmark

  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

A

ARGOR (DECADENCIA)

GERARDO CASTAÑEDA

Mexico

  • Best First Time Director

ASHES OF FREEDOM

Written by Daniel Arreola

United States

  • Gold Award: Feature Script

B

BEFORE THEY FORGET

Teresa Garza

United States

  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

BLACK COW

Andrew Pearson

United States

  • Silver Award: Music Video

C

CAR

Suraj

India

  • Gold Award: Experimental

Christina Teenz Tan

Samudra Kajal Saikia

United Kingdom

  • Best Music Video
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Best Original Song (Ron J Danziger & Christina Teenz Tan)
  • TIMELESS: A SYMPHONY IN MOTION
  • Susan Mey Lee Lim

CONTACT: THE PARANORMAL REALM

Sharon Ann Rowland

Australia

  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

D

DOPPELGANGER

Written by John M Grace

United States

  • Honorable Mention

DYNAMICS

Teo Baehler

Netherlands

  • Best Experimental

E

EVER AFTER

Kateryna Molokopieieva

Ukraine

  • Best Drama

F

FADE 2 BLACK

Cornell Calhoun III

United States

  • Honorable Mention

FANUS

Aydogan Rayman

Turkey

  • Silver Award: First Time Director

FATHER TO SON

George Perrin

Hungary

  • Gold Award: Short Film

FILTER

Jennifer Prettyman & Alex Suszko

United States

  • Best Short Film

FLOATING EYES

Written by Daniel Arreola

United States

  • Silver Award: Short Script

FOUR

Aydogan Rayman

Turkey

  • Best Indie Short Film

G

GAGGED

Guy Guy Pearson

United Kingdom

  • Gold Award: Thriller

GANGSTA TO GRACE: THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER RETURNS

Letitia Scott Jackson & Valerie Denise Jones

United States

  • Honorable Mention

GLORY AND LOOT

Written by Jamie R Kadavy & Troy M Kadavy

United States

  • Honorable Mention

GO FOR IT

Victor Mirch

United States

  • Silver Award: Drama
  • Silver Award: Student Film
  • Gold Award: Comedy
  • Silver Award: Editing
  • Silver Award: Cinematography
  • Silver Award: Actor (Noah Chin & Garion Yoon)
  • Silver Award: Original Score
  • Gold Award: Original Song ("Direction of the Heart" by Victor Mirch)
  • Gold Award: Original Screenplay
  • Gold Award: Sound Design

GRANDCHILD 139

Gabriela Pierina Pinasco

Argentina & United States

  • Best Student Film

L

LANYARD

Biz Thompson

United Kingdom

  • Best Comedy
  • Silver Award: Producer

LAST EXIT GRAN CANARIA

Tim Lienhard

Germany

  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

LAST SURVIVOR

Erfan Smiley

United States

  • Honorable Mention

Leo Billy Mayberry

William Brandt

United States

  • Gold Award: Music Video
  • BAD NEWS

LETHAL INJECTION

Ramona Taylor

United States

  • Silver Award: Feature Script

M

Manu Martin

Christina Teenz Tan

United Kingdom

  • Best Short Documentary
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Best Original Score  (Manu Martin)
  • COSMIC RHAPSODY: A SYMPHONY FOR OUR PLANET
  • Susan Mey Lee Lim

MASTERS AND VICES

Gregory Mallard

United Kingdom

  • Best Editing (Jack Burney, Davin Jeayes & Isaac Garry-Madden)
  • Best Producer

N

NEWT

Steven Bednar

United States

  • Honorable Mention

P

PROPHET THE STORY OF NAT TURNER

Kenya Cagle

United States

  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

R

R.E.M

Written by John P Martinez

United States

  • Best Short Script

RETURN TO MY BLUE

Yuta Noguchi

Japan

  • Silver Award: Short Documentary

RIDING ON DUKE'S TRAIN

Written by Ken Kimmelman

United States

  • Best Feature Script

S

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 1 - EL CHEAPO -- THE 2 MINUTE SHOW

Dik Lee

Canada

  • Honorable Mention

SHADOW DOCKET

Kevin B Ploth

United States

  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

SOCKS TO BE YOU

Josh Popusoi

United Kingdom

  • Best Super Short Film

STRANGERS INVITATION

Teddy Joseph

United States

  • Best Indie Feature Film

T

THE ARCHIVIST

Jacek Kadaj

Poland

  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

THE CAGE WE CHOOSE

Rafael Paiva

United States

  • Gold Award: First Time Director

THE CLONE

Anji Wang

United States

  • Gold Award: Student Film

THE DISTANCE OF TIME

Mitch Greer

United States

  • Honorable Mention

THE ECSTATIC TREE DWELLERS

Jeff Grupp

United States

  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

THE FOREST ECSTATICS

Jeff Grupp

United States

  • Honorable Mention

THE JOLLY AUTOCRAT

Mimi Garrard

United States

  • Silver Award: Experimental

THE SEASON

Jacob Zabinski

United States

  • Best Feature Documentary

THE SILENCE WITHIN (LAUTLOS)

Christian Peschken

Germany

  • Gold Award: Cinematography

THE YARD

Cameron Moon

United Kingdom

  • Silver Award: Short Film

TIDES OF GRIEF

Joel Hennessy

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Film
  • Best Actor (Bhojraj Harry)

TO THE RESCUE

Laurence Fremont

France

  • Gold Award: Drama

W

WISDOM'S TEETH

Written by Daniel Taimanglo

United States

  • Gold Award: Short Script