Month: September 2025

Everland

By John Johnson

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INDIE WRITING STYLE

Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter

By Nancy Kimmel

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT

Mercy

By Laura Calderini

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE WRITER

Get Out Breathing

By Nathan Benham

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Screenplay Short)

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INDIE WRITER & BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST DANCE FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR (Category: Musical)

No Lifeguard On Duty

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT (Category: Comedy)

No Mas

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT

The Second Coming

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SCI-FI & BEST WEB/ TV SERIES OF THE YEAR

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST ARTHOUSE TV/SERIS

Whispers in the Walls

By Ioannis Koutroubis

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Platinum Corpse: A Detective Gabrielle Lax Mystery

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT TV/TELEVISION SCRIPT 2025

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER & BES AMEICAN FANTASY SCRIPT

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAST, BEST EDITING & BEST AMERICAN INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

A Melody In The Bronx

By Frank Mancuso

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Revisited – Life is Short

By TerryLee WHETSTONe

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Precious the Baby Dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2025

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of Abbey Saunière Rennes The Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Chateau De Tarot

By Reid Barwick

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITER 2025

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: STUDENT FILM)

Once There Were Stories

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Gold Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY

Asherah’s Colors

By Gary Mazeffa

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST CAST

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Silver Lights

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK/MANUSCRIPT 2025

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING SYLE (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM)

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: POETRY FILM)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025

Nelle Sue mani

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG WRITER

La cosa importante

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2025

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: ANIMATION)

Mecca

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: COMEDY)

Nossos Caminhos

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Drama) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

In a Whole New Way

By Jonathan Fisher

BEST EDUCATIONAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM

Doctor Hypotheses 2 – The Breakdown

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY SCRIPT

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Duchess

By Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Drama)

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, & BEST EDITING

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INTERNAIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST AMERICAN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2025 & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR, BEST INDIE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM & BEST ACTING

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO 2025

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS THE BEST OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA OF THE 2025 SEASON!

A kaleidoscope of stories, languages, and visions from all over the world: emerging directors and established authors, original screenplays, short films, documentaries, art films, experimental projects, and music intertwined with the visual language.

This selection celebrates creativity without borders, honoring the dedication, talent, and passion of those who choose the independent path to tell the story of humanity, society, and the emotions of our time.

May Liu — Blooming Sisters, Phoebe’s Echo

Akal Demir — Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

Damiano Rossi — Eyesolation

Henk Pringels — Man in a Can

Alberto Martín-Aragón — Ghost Chef

John Johnson — Mine

Eve Leonard — Because We Are Too Many

Vivian Tsang — The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

Geoffrey Gould — The Rings

Anna Morelli — Wave Man

Larry Gene Fortin — Flannel & Rue

Tom Gallagher — Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

Molly Vernon — I/O (Input-Output) Proof of Concept

Yuliya Levashova — Ballad of the Millennial Dream

Don Pasquale Ferone — Nelle Sue mani

Don Pasquale Ferone — Credo

Nancy Kimmel — Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter

Nicholas Snyder — Hot Air Hippo

John Martinez — Theater 8

John Martinez — The Green Machine – Part 1

Janja Rakuš — Soularis

Lori Hamilton — Potato Family

Angelena Bonet — Change The World

Wendy White — Roses are Blind

Frank Mancuso — The Sicilians

Florence Cazebon-Taveau — The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

Jeremy and Christine Stork — Running Out Of Time

Gary Mazeffa — Asherah’s Colors

Earnest Diaz — Thankful

Ruth Finnegan — The Mountain

Pamela PerryGoulardt — The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

Pamela PerryGoulardt — Calamity Jane: Queen of Spades

Whitney Hamilton — Union

Mattia Paone — Flashes of Light (Bagliori)

Carla Di Bonito — Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

Silvano Perozic — Q1

Jonathan Fisher — In a Whole New Way

Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti — Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

Uniqueness Heiress & Azia — Omnipotent Resolution

Lesley Ann Albiston — Fractures In Time

Suzanne Lutas — The Dead Ringer

Dr Dawn Menge — Precious the baby dragon

Charli Brown — Croix – The Prequel: Kiss The Ring

Matthew Roch — Wacko

Dylan Brody — You Are Here

Alexander Senicki — Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

John Johnson — The G-FILES

Cherie Carson — Sequoia Spirits

Royce Freeman — Indie Jax Grind

Robert Tobin — The Good Americans

Andronica Marquis — Medea

Jaymz Bee — Artists and Aliens

Francis Billingsley — Dancing with Spies @Goddess

Michael Mayhan — The Ballad of Wonderhussy and Other Desert Tales

Keith Szarabajka — In Search of A P-I-G

Keith Szarabajka — The Second Coming

Russell Emanuel — Staycation

Colleen Fuglaar — Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me

Anton Svantesson-Helkiö — See me

Phoebe von Satis — The Hallmark Couple

Phoebe von Satis — Gold Glory & Nobility

Phoebe von Satis — Only in Malibu

Danilo Del Tufo — Forevermore

Gary St. Martin — Dirty Revenge

R. Scott MacLeay — Noise

Cassandra Hodges — Wild Blooms

Chris Ross Leong — NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

Gary Beeber — Water

Valto Baltzar — Le Cafe De Mes Souvenirs

Shaun Guzman — Hope!

Shaun Guzman — Alone

Graciela Cassel — We are Rivers

Michelle Lynn — Secrets of Montmartre

Michelle Lynn — An Ever After Drama

Michelle Lynn — The Green Mill

AnayaMusic Kunst — Sanctuary

Anaya Music Kunst — Effata

Brooke Wolff — Eye of the Storm

Dr Dawn Menge — Legends of the Land of Quails

Stephen Kelly — No Mas

Stephen Kelly — Mikey Blue Eyes

ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ — Voyage in the desert

Ken Kimmelman — Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

Gianni Salamone — Sinestesìa

Dean Morgan — Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

Daniel W Smith — Calamity & Mercy

Valérie Verseau — Love Is My Gun

Michał Kucharski — Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

Jacob Comforty — Monument to Love

Lynn Elliott — Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

Lynn Elliott — Alta California

Lynn Elliott — Pirandello’s Life

Lynn Elliott — Ghost Town, N.M.

Vicentini Gomez — Doctor Hyphoteses

John Martinez — The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

Kai Fischer — Lambada The Dance Of Fate

Sean Gregory Tansey — The Stones of Rome

Sean Gregory Tansey — The Pathos of Hamlet

Michaela Kuti — Fear not, my child

Larry Gene Fortin — Sonnets (words in despair)

Larry Gene Fortin — Fire Flies

Larry Gene Fortin — Sundown In Beaver Creek

Lynn Elliott — The Quisling

Tommy Anderson, Sherry Severs — Hollywood Elite Podcast Episode 1 Salute to the 2025 Oscars

Vincenzo Amoruso — The Arcangel Of Death

Monte Albers de Leon — Mecca

Gabriel Womack — Brothers of Babylon

Christopher Pennington — Virulence

Lena Mattsson — The Rorschach Test

Lena Mattsson — Not Without Gloves

Uwe Schwarzwalder — The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

C. Arnold Curry — The Duchess

Samantha Casella — Katabasis

Hugo Teugels — Cassandra Venice

Susan Downs — Something ain’t right

Roger Paradiso — Searching for Camelot

Ioannis Koutroubis — Urban Eats MTL

Denise Mack — Mourning Coffee

Joseph Starzyk — The Golden Years

Victoria Bugbee — Out of State-A Gothic Romance

Linda Harkey — The Case of the Missing Pink Piggy

Siona Talekar, Zachary Simpson, Erin Rementer, Linda F. Radke — “Hey Mommy” Theme Song