New York Movie AwardsSubmit a film ↗
New York Movie AwardsInternational Monthly Film Festival

WINNERS - November 2025

Official results as published by the festival.

← All winners74 titles
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director

MOTHER KNOWS BEST

Benjamin Schwartz

United States

(ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY Film's title)

  • Gold Award: Actor (Emre Coşkun)

ASK AND LISTEN

Emre Coskun

Turkey
  • Best Thriller

AFTER DARK

Tyler Evan Leyva

United States
  • Gold Award: Animation

AM I DREAMING?

Jake Lee

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Indie Short Film

AMORIS POMUM

Felipe Sanguinetti

Uruguay
  • Gold Award: Music Video

ANGEL

Octavian Uta

Romania
  • Gold Award: Super Short Film

APERTURE

Danny Cotton

United Kingdom
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

BEAUTIFUL STRANGER

Written by Brian Lutes

United States
  • Silver Award: Web/Tv Series

BEING PATSY - DIGITAL SERIE

Antonio Esposito

Italy
  • Gold Award: Short Film

BETH

JOSHUA JONES

United Kingdom
  • Best Animated Film

BRUSHSTROKES

Ken Kimmelman

United States
  • Gold Award: Comedy

BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Aglaya Semenova

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Documentary
  • Silver Award: Editing Nick D'Anca

CHICAGO ON ICE

Marcus DiPaola

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Documentary

CHOTA BHEEM THE SNARED KING OF BANDHAVGADH

Anshuman Sharma

United States
  • Gold Award: Web/Tv Series

CLOSER

Adam Courtney

Australia
  • Best Short Film
  • Gold Award: Director
  • Silver Award: Producer
  • Silver Award: Actor Greg Poppa
  • Gold Award: Actress Sugey Cruz
  • Gold Award: Screenplay (Greg Poppa & Sugey Cruz)
  • Gold Award: Editing (Chris Ruppert & Greg Poppa)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Michael Mowen9
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Original Score Richie DeVon

COLD (SHORT FILM)

Greg Poppa

United States
  • Silver Award: Drama

CONDOLENCES

Noel Thomas Brady

Ireland
  • Silver Award: Indie Feature Film

CONTACT: THE PARANORMAL REALM

Sharon Ann Rowland

Australia
  • Silver Award: Original Song (James G. Maynard & Queens Proud)

CURB DOLLS - QUEENS PROUD (VIDEO)

James G. Maynard

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Script

DAPHNE

Sara Caccinelli

United States
  • Best Music Video
  • Best Original Song

DOORWAY IN THE DARK

S.P. Somtow

Thailand
  • Best Comedy

DREAM FARM

Bryce Mackie

United States
  • Best Super Short Film
  • DRIVING CREATIVITY TO SPACE

THE FERRARI ORBIT(창의성을 우주로, 페라리의 궤도)

Jinju Shin

Republic of Korea
  • Silver Award: Inspirational Film

DROPS OF LIFE

Nijat Habibullayev

Turkey
  • Best Experimental

DYNAMICS

Teo Baehler

Netherlands
  • Gold Award: Experimental

ELIAS AI

Marco Casado

Mexico
  • Best Original Song

ELYSIAN DREAMS

Anaya(AnayaMusic) Kunst

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Cinematography

EVERY DAY IS THE END OF THE WORLD

Greg L. Hines

United States
  • Silver Award: Actor (Nick Chechera)

GOLDEN HEAD

Ildar Musin

Russian Federation
  • Silver Award: Animated Film

GRANDMA

Ronaldo Pereira

Brazil
  • Gold Award: Original Song

I'M KILLING YOU

Allen Brooks

United States
  • Silver Award: Super Short Film

IF BABIES COULD TALK

Scott Terry

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Documentary

IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

Zaya Benazzo & Maurizio Benazzo

United States
  • Best Feature Script

JUNIOR'S FARM

Alec Cuddeback

United States
  • Gold Award: Inspirational Film

LET'S GO! LOVE ISHINOMAKI - UNITED SMILES ACROSS THE WORLD

Tomohisa Ishigami

Japan
  • Best Feature Script

LOVE EXPERIMENTS

Written by Andry Platrites

Cyprus
  • Best Indie Feature Film
  • Silver Award: Feature Film
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Editing (Wendy Pini & Steve Warky Nunez)
  • Gold Award: Sound Design (Wendy Pini, Steve Warky Nunez & John Montoya)
  • Silver Award: Original Score (Gregory Nabours)

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH : A MUSICAL THRILLER

Wendy Pini

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

MISDIRECTION

Written by Bongo Jack Hooper

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Documentary

MORGAN WOOD EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH

Richard Gonzales

United States
  • Silver Award: Screenplay (Sheida Kermani)

MY DOG'S NEEDS COME FIRST

Sheida Kermani

United States
  • Gold Award: Indie Feature Film

MY MOVIE STARRING PAUL DANO

Joe Bartone

United States
  • Silver Award: Student Film

MY WESTERN WORLD WITHOUT THE SEA

Linsheng Wu

China
  • Best Feature Film
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Best Producer
  • Best Actor (Leo Ashizawa)
  • Best Actress (Yuna Shin)
  • Silver Award: Screenplay
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound Design
  • Gold Award: Cinematography
  • Gold Award: Original Score

NAGASAKI

Dominic Higgins & Ian Higgins

Japan\United Kingdom
  • Best Student Film

ONCE AGAIN

Christopher Luke McCulloch

United Kingdom
  • Best Short Script

PERFECTION

Written by Liesel Galletly

Canada
  • Best Horror

RED

Borja Ros

Spain
  • Best Web/Tv Series

S2, E3: "AIRSHOW FLYING" | 2025 WINGS OVER CAMARILLO AIRSHOW

Tommy Mel Anderson & Sherry Severs

United States
  • Best Feature Documentary

SEE THROUGH THE DARKNESS YOUR LIFE MATTERS

Frank X Panico

United States
  • Gold Award: Short Script

SEVEN BLADES

Armand Arekian

United States
  • Silver Award: Feature Script

SLOWED

Written by David A. Miller

United States
  • Silver Award: Director

SOFT FLOATING IN THE FIELDS OF SPHERES

Peter Korday

France
  • Best Short Documentary

SOULS NOT NUMBERS

Mike Large

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Film

STYLES NIRVANA

Larry Saunders

United States
  • Silver Award: Comedy

SUPER MASHUGEE

Dean Morgan

United States
  • Best Drama

TEAMMATES

Emre Orun

United States
  • Silver Award: Experimental Film

TEMPUS SIDEREUM

Mimi Garrard

United States
  • Silver Award: Horror

THE BUNNYMAN CHRONICLES

Jake Sparta - Ecolano

United States
  • Gold Award: Horror

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Jeremiah Bueno

United States
  • Best Indie Short Film

THE EDEN TRIALS

Stephanie Kirves

United States
  • Silver Award: Music Video

THE ENEMY

Tyler Evan Leyva

United States
  • Silver Award: Short Film

THE LAST STORY

Rozhan Rezvanian

Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Gold Award: Indie Short Film

THE NOISE BENEATH

Anastasia Aleksandrova

Indonesia
  • Gold Award: Drama

THE OLD BENCH IN NEW YORK

Alexandra Tomilina

United States
  • Gold Award: Thriller

THE PARDON

Will Diggs

United States
  • Best Inspirational Film
  • Gold Award: Original Score

THE PATH SHORT FILM FAITH BASED DRAMA POC

Wes Gillum

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Script

THE STAR SEEKER

Suzanne Lutas

French Polynesia
  • Best Short Documentary
  • Gold Award: Student Film
  • Best First Time Director
  • Silver Award: Director
  • Gold Award: Producer
  • Best Screenplay (Brock Edwards, Jess Ramirez, Evan Gagny)
  • Best Editing
  • Silver Award: Sound Design
  • Silver Award: Cinematography

THE TABLE WE SHARE

Brock Edwards

United States
  • Gold Award: Feature Film

THE WANTED PART I

Austen Hamel

United States
  • Silver Award: Director

THE WHITE RIDER

Sean Hunt

United States
  • Best Actor (Bhojraj Harry)

TIDES OF GRIEF

Joel Hennessy

United States
  • Best Animated Film

UNDER THE FLOWER

Sijie Xiao

China
  • Gold Award: First Time Director

VYR COLLECTIVE

Ellada Ludogovska

United Kingdom
  • Silver Award: Drama

WHAT WAS

Adam Courtney

Australia
  • Best Super Short Film

WHISPER IN THE ABYSS

Junda Wu

United States