WINNERS Focus On The Author – AFM

2025 November 17

WINNERS Focus On The Author – AFM

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR  

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST DIRECTOR (Category: EXPERIMENTAL FILM) & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Stay With Me

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Plumeria has a Tea Party with Friends

By Lilith Ivy von Satis

BEST CHILDREN’S MANUSCRIPT 2025 & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Malibu Madam

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST AMERICAN ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

Gold Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

The Priory of Sion and the treasure of abbey Sauniere of Rennes the Castle France

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT) & BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST SPIRITUAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM 2025 & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY 2025, BEST AMERICAN ACTOR & BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: Comedy)

Planetary Rebellion

By Fabrizio Fuochi

BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER, BEST ARTHOUSE SONG & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Music Video)

“Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL VOICE (Category: International Writer)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION 2025

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST SCREENWRITER 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA  

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST DIRECTOR 2025 (Category: Animated Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTING, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST FILMMAKER  

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ROMANCE SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE

Chasing Truths

By Dennis Manning

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Screenwriter) & BEST ORIGINAL LGBTQ+

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2025, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENWRITER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2025 & BEST POETRY FILM

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL IDEA

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ACTRESS & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Spiritual Film)

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 2025 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER, BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST EDITING