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|| Award Winners AUGUST 2025 - GMIFF ||

Great Message International Film Festival
Award Winners August 2025 Edition - GMIFF 2025

Short Film :

BEST SHORT FILM:

A. una mirada limpia A clean look (Bernardo Hernández Conejero)

B. Ek Umeed (Pundalik Laxman Dhumal | RSM Films)

C. For The Billionth Time Today (Jack Chisik)

D. Tailed Shorts (Director: Viral Bhatt | Writer: Anurag Sharma)

BEST DIRECTION:

A. Beyond Love (Ashwin Alok)

B. KATKOM (AJAY NAGORAO TAYADE, AKASH BALIRAM MESHRAM)

C. ANTAR ( DISTANCE ) (GANESH SHIVAJI SHELAR)

D. A Night, After All (Director: Anshul Agrawal)

BEST SCREENPLAY:

A. Serendipity's book (Ahana Rishi Punjabi)

B. Quiet Companion (Gagan Singh)

C. AAJ MAIN BOLA (Omkar Ravindra Chitnis)

BEST ACTING:

A. Peepal (Ganesh Hanmantrao Chowgule)

B. Coupling (Amandeep Singh | Actors: Somya Singh, Akassh Ghosalkar)

C. SORRY MAA (PARAG CHHAPEKAR | DR. PARVINDER SINGH LUBANA)

D. Neverland (Director, Actor: Suneeta Misra)

BEST EDITING:

A. Damru (Riya Agarwal)

B. The Days of Knight: Chapter 3 (John P Martinez)

C. Gani Bhai (Saleem Shaikh)

BEST CINEMATOGraPHY:

A. The Heir (Nikita Tuzov | Camera: Anton Konobievsky, Dmitry Bobrov)

B. Corona (Lolo Martín)

C. Uncle Steve (David Rupert)

BEST WRITER :

A. Ti (She) (Director: Rahul Jadhav | Writer: Rahul Sahebrao Jadhav, Ashutosh Bhagawanrao Ambhore )

B. An Irony (Mahesh Bochare)

C.Well Who Knew (Durga Raju Myakala, Aleks Spurmanis, Sri Bhupathiraju)

D. Beloved Of Dreams (Yashvardhan Jha)

Feature Film :
BEST FEATURE FILM:

A. Mukkam Post Devach Ghar (Director, Story: Sanket Mane | Producer: Mahesh Kumar Jaiswal, Kirti Jaiswal)

B. SANKET (Siraj Ansari)

C. VISHARDA (Shubhraaj Gupta | Actors: Dr. Sujata Kapoor, Dr. Puneet Kalra, Visharda Kalra)

BEST DIRECTION :

A. Satyabhama-A Forgotten Saga (Sarang Manoj, Abhijit Jhadgaokar)

B. Tadhiginathom (Prashant Narayan, Siddharth Usha Ramesh)

C. Citizens of the Roof (Director: Gulshat Smagulova | Producer: Aliya Sharipbayeva)

D. DAAL ROTI / BREAD & BUTTER (JULEE JASMIN)

BEST WRITER :

A. S (Masahiro Ota)

B. Love, & Duct Tape (Danny MAlin)

C. Proverbs 31 (Ja'Mal Jones)

D. DIL KYA KAHE (Director, writer: Aniruddha Sharma | Producer: Chandramohan)

BEST ACTING AWARD :

A. SUNSHINE AGAIN (Director: Manoj Kumar Deka | Actor: Pragyan Raj Kashyap)

B. Ringtone of the President (Director: Aera Byun | Actor: Eun-Kyung Hwang)

C. Twisted Life (Director: Lisa Schulz | Actress: Bettina Wagner)

BEST SCREENPLAY :

A. Prawasi (Om prakash Ddhoundiyal)

B. Satyabhama-A Forgotten Saga (Writer: Manisha Pekhle | Director: Sarang Manoj, Abhijit Jhadgaokar)

C. Bhav Bhagwan Che (Anish Kumar)

BEST PRODUCER AWARD :

A. The Kidnapping of Jasmine Delray (Jay Carney, Penny Towers, Frank Farbehind)

B. Mukam Post Devach Ghar (Producer: | Director: Sanket Mane | Producer: Mahesh Kumar Jaiswal, Kirti Jaiswal)

B. Welcome to Vegas (Hae Sun Hong)

C.Sasubaicha Sakharpuda (Director: Dr. Dilip Abnave | writer: Balasaheb Gore)

DOCUMENTARY:

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

A. Grinding waves (Nupur Divekar)

B. Sublimation Nation (Roland Paul Marconi, Gary Null)

C. Sholem Soul Goal (Devora Benchimol)

BEST DIRECTION:

A. Soil of Deccan (Karim Sayyad)

B. Inward Life (David Stanely)

C. What I learned from cycling 6 times around the world (Kenji Ogusu)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT :

A. Life Afloat (Peter Goetz | Clif Briley, Mark Stewart Iverson, Kevin Hoban) Cambodia

B. Reviving Millets for Climate Resilience (Kavita Carneiro)

C. Killings of the century (Shihyun Wang)

D. Talking Fingers Film (Producer: Prahlad Menon)

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ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

A. PAIGHAAM (Vaibbhav Shirke | Ravi Shah, Sameer Mhatre)

B. Flower of the Partisan (Director: Charles Badenhorst | Writer, Producer: Catherine Sofianos)

C. GASPAR (ENRIQUE GUSTAVO TAPIA)

D. Hugo (Chico Cardoso, Carla Henze)

BEST DIRECTION:

A. The Ringing (Ishwin Razdan)

B. तहानलेली हाक/Tahanlelee Haak (Apurv Anil Gautam)

C. The Legend of Hanuman Season 4 - Episode 6 (Jeevan J. Kang, Navin John)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM AWARD :

A. Tweenbot (Hannah Samantha Simicic)

B. Nowhere (Simone Massi)

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM:
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM:

A. Thanal (VIJO JOSE)

B. Beautiful Sundays (Director: Yukiko Fujinaga | actor: Mia Scandals)

C. Samson Hairdressers (Mihir Apte)

D. Demons (Erin Elizabeth Cuellar)

BEST DIRECTION:

A. Post Mortem (AAKAR PARAB)

B. LIVE FOR TODAY (BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)

C. AI Mania Selfie (Kostiantyn Mishchenko)

D. In a dream... (Narine Gevorgyan, GRISHA SEVYAN)

Music Video -

BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD:

A. Bhoom Shankara (Anil Krishna, Mahesh Raj)

B. Until the last minute (Director: Ilya Noyabrev | Vocalist: Anna Khanina)

C. Impossible (Artist: Amariah Poni Lodiong | Director: Innocent Bidong)

- Best Director Award :

A. Awesome In Austin (Director: H.Cherdon Bedford | Artist: Freddie Pate)

B. LIVE FOR TODAY (BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)

C. Kurinji (Ranjana K)

- Best Music Performer Award :

A. Strong Vibes (Omkar Bankar)

B. Al Revés (Director: Luis Figeuredo | Artist: Daniel Prypchan)

BEST WEB SERIES / TV Series:

A. Drive On: Heal Military Trauma & Thrive as a Vet (Scott DeLuzio, Joshua McConkey)

B. Trumpet Player (Felino Dolloso)

C. HIGHLIGHT NATURE (Ajay Saxena)

D. Friends Not Food (Peter Stray | Felicia Greenfield)

BEST SCREENPLAY:

A. DAFFODILS (Andry Platrites)

B. My Favorite Narcissist (Diane Thomassin, Michael Miceli)

C. The Age of the Empath (Steve Brown)

SCREENPLAYs:

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD (Feature):

A. Path of Liberation (Mansoor H Laghari)

B. A Man's Integrity (Ja'Mal Jones)

C. In The Garden (Christal Kahles-Jones, Kathy Krantz Stewart)

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD (Screenplay Feature):

A. Modern Frankenstein (Gabriel Jeanne)

B. The Nihilist (Rick Mannoia)

C. Good (Monte Albers de Leon)

D. The Venetian Man (Le'Roy Okechukwu Kester)

BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD (Short):

A. He/She/Us (susan kelejian)

B. Questwalker - Reverend's Journey (Dalton Chase Crawford)

C. I am Eshu (Sahil Juneja)

D. "CAPTIVE" In GYM....?? (Manisha Gupta, Aparajita Gupta)

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BEST SMARTPHONE SHORT:

A. Rickshaw (Shourya Kumar Lal)

B. Kezhaman (Anandhapadmanabhan)

C. The Smile I was waiting for (Dr. Jaideep Singh Chauhan | Voiceover: aarti Jadon)

D. Ex Libris (Nathaniel Lachenmeyer)

E. Shirt (Prafulla Kharkar)

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BEST MULTIMEDIA:
Best Multimedia Award:

A. Permanently Temporary (Michael Podgorac, Mikal Maldoror)

B. Ikite Iru (Mizuki Hayashi)

C. Together in action (Somnath Jadhav)

BEST AD FILM / (Social - Commercial):

A. Tricorder.Zero™ (Marcus C.B. Soori)

B. Think Boat (Sulabha Kulkarni)

C. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Oxford City Council (Sharon Woodward, Natasha Davis, Sobia Afridi)

BEST TRAILER AWARD:

A. Trinity End (Nusseir Adil)

B. Vastrakala (Saurab Pokhriyal)

C. And That Day will be Last (Reshma Giri, Suresh Vidhate)

Shiva Global Filmmaker Award :

A. All are in the same boat (Itsuki Kobayashi)

B. Corona (Director: Lolo Martín | Production: 23 Razones Creaciones Artísticas)

Best Writer Award :

A. HASAD (Writer: Deepak Ghoshal | Director Sushant Hadkar)

B. Breathing (Writer: Liz Chiodo | Director: Josh Winrow)

C. URIMAIKURAL (Director, Writer: Purandradas S)

Best Director of the Year Award :

A. Immersion (William R.A. Rush)

B. The Last Riot - आख़िरी फ़साद (Darshan Dave)

C. OPPA (CAPTAIN DENIL CHOONG LIN LOONG)

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Best Debut Director Award :

A. A KNIFE IN THE MOONLIGHT (Manoj Koloth)

B. Seconds in Eternity (Christian Schu)

C. Jane and the Rose (Evyh Cerhus)

D. Prabhat Pheri (Mahendra Shrivas)

Best Debut Director Award:

A. HASAD (Writer: Deepak Ghoshal | Director Sushant Hadkar)

B. Khwabeeda (Prashant Beybaar)

C. A Gust of Wind (Sakshi Ramnathkar)

D. Kanyadaan - An unfulfilled Dream (Santosh Joma Kumbhar)

Best Actor / Actress of the Year Award :

A. URIMAIKURAL (Director: Purandradas S | Actress: Meenakshi Raveendran)

B. Baggages (Writer, Director: Chaitanya Bhatia | Actress: Phalguni Agarwal )

C. DIL KYA KAHE (Aniruddha Sharma | Actress: Geetanjali Vajpayee)

Best DOP / Cinematographer Award :

A. RAIN (Mark Limburg)

B. Sunny Side Up (Satvik Bhatt)

C. Samson Hairdressers (Dir.: Mihir Apte | DOP: Saleel Phatak | Prod.: Meiosis)

Best Editor Award :

A. GREEN (Raaj Vijay)

B. ARTHUR AVE. (Director: Joey Medina | Editor: Jack Sherman)

C. I want to live (Yunus Şevik)

Best Film Production Company of the Year Award :

A. NAZREIN (Shunyaka Production | Disha Chopra Sharma)

B. Prabhat Pheri (Director: Mahendra Shrivas | Producer: Eesha Agrawal, Ankeet Mishra)

C. Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes (Pat Mitchell)

Best Talent Awards -

Music :

a. OUT (Director: DANIEL MEGUELA, VALENTINO CANALE | Producer: MARK WILLIAM MCDOWELL, GIUSI FERRARO, SANDRA DI BELLO)

b. Swift Current Swimmer (JOHN W Bushell)

Cinematography :

a. Mourning (Jackie Walsh)

b. Stubborn Lady (Niopher Aslam)

Editing :

a. LIVE FOR TODAY (BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)

b. BREAK THE SILENCE (Dax Phelan)

Writing :

a. In The Garden (Christal Kahles-Jones, Kathy Krantz Stewart)

b. Secrets of Montmartre 2 (Michelle Lynn)

Acting :

a. THE AUDITION........?? (Manisha Gupta)

b. Mind Games (Christina Millers)

Direction :

a. DERUN (Muge Ugurlar)

b. ARTHUR AVE. (Joey Medina)

Best Producer Award :

A. Anmol Virasat (Jainism in Tamil Nadu) (Directors:Usha AbhayaKumar, Dr Harish L Metha | Producer: Abhaya Kumar Srisrimal Jain)

B. Life Afloat (Peter Goetz | Clif Briley, Mark Stewart Iverson, Kevin Hoban)

C. OUT (Director: DANIEL MEGUELA, VALENTINO CANALE | Producer: MARK WILLIAM MCDOWELL, GIUSI FERRARO, SANDRA DI BELLO)

D. The Dogs Seperation (Deepali Suvahhdan Angre, Suvahhdan Suhas Angre )

Best Animator Award :

A. Tinkling Sound (Xiao Ling)

B. Laal Maati (Anil Birajdar)

Best Sound Award :

A. The Red Market (Christopher Matthew Spencer)

B. The Days of Knight: Chapter 3 (John P Martinez)

Best Music Award :

A. Bhoom Shankara (Music: Anil Krishna | Director: Mahesh Raj)

B. The Witch of Pico Valley (Mayur Bharadwaj Hazarika)

C. Ram Aaye (Vaibhav Thakar)

Best Screenwriter Award :

A. AT THE MERCY OF FAITH (Samuel Lee Taylor)

B. NO NEW FRIENDS (Lakiesha Edwards)

C. Mecca (Monte Albers de Leon)

D. The Amber room (Lazar Karov)

Best Film of the Year Award :

A. Tricked and Treated (Victoria Monai Richards | Writers: Victoria Monai Richards, Sherrie Richards, Michael Anthony Snowden)

B. The Jungle Hustle (Liu Chen Yang)

Best Short Film of the Year Award:

A. ASTRAM - Chapter 1 (Mahamkali Vinay Kumar)

B. No Warning (Tony Germinario)

C. The Art of Eternal Love (Dawn Reavis Martin)

Best Documentary of the Year Award :

A. What is Love? (Martina Herzog, Reinhard Steiner) Switzerland

B. Becoming SonShine (Adelita Smith) USA

Best Feature Film of the Year Award :

A. REM (Branford Marsalis Parker. Julisa Marcel)

B. Honey Bee and the Rose (Karthik Nair)

Great Message Award :

A. VISHARDA (Shubhraaj Gupta)

B. BREAK THE SILENCE (Dax Phelan)

C. APPU #ElephantLivesMatter (PROSENJIT GANGULY, AJAY VELU, ARCHISMAN KAR | Producers: SURESH RAHEJA, SURAJ RAHEJA, SANJAY RAHEJA)

D. Baggages (Writer, Director: Chaitanya Bhatia)

Great Filmmaker Award :

A. Tough Time (Noufal Ahmed)

B. I want to live (Yunus Şevik)

C. Mecca (Monte Albers de Leon)

Best Shorts Award :

A. Lost Haven (Marisol Diaz) (United States)

B. Mourning (Jackie Walsh)

Best Movie of the Year Award :

A. Third Floor Pigu (Innocent Kawooya, Richard Nolton Ssekiwunga, George William Ssevubya, George Kasakya)

B. Mecca (Monte Albers de Leon)

Best Fiction Film Award :

A. Good (Monte Albers de Leon)

B.Be Kind ! (Antoine BEGUIN)

Best Non-Fiction Film Award :

A. Octopus Race (Adithyan Pillai)

B. Gangsta to Grace (Letitia Scott Jackson, Valerie Denise Jones)

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