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The Greenstone Narrated By Orson Welles

By Kevin Irvine

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

The Edge “Into The Past”

By Gary St. Martin

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST PILOT TV

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Thomas Gallagher

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2025, & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)

Life’s Mapped Out

By Akal Demir

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMPEDY SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2025, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL FILM

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Animation) & BEST INDIE ANIMATED SHORT FILM

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Feature Script)

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTRESS 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST WRITER & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST EDITING (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENWRITER  

The Queen of Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST WRITING STYLE

Nelle Sue mani

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST GUITARIST & BEST SOUND DESIGNER (Category: EUROPEAN MUSIC VIDEO)

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SINGER 2025 

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INDIE DRAMA 2025, BEST ROMANCE & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILM 2025 & BEST SCREENPLAY

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST FILM 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST AMERICAN ACTOR 2025 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2025, BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST EDITING

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST COMEDIAN 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE SCRIPT

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER 2025, BEST EDITING & BEST ANIMATION OF THE YEAR

See me

By Anton Svantesson-Helkiö

BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Mecca

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST BEST LGBTQ+ & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST HORROR, BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST

For the third consecutive year, WILD FILMMAKER confirms itself during the American Film Market as the world’s leading platform for the promotion of independent cinema.

We are thrilled to have received this recognition once again, a result that belongs above all to you, the filmmakers who have supported us. Your creative commitment fuels our mission, and we will continue to support you thanks to our network of independent producers and distributors.

After the great success at the American Film Market, we are already working on new projects for 2026, from the European Film Market in Berlin to Cannes next spring.

We deeply believe that independent artists can succeed only by standing united, a strategy that is definitely rewarding us! We are proud of you and thank you sincerely.

Below are some of the artists who joined the Press Release for Focus On The Author 2025:

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR

Stay With Me

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

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

Chasing Truths

By Dennis Manning

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

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

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST SCREENWRITER 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA 

“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

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL CINEMATIC VISION 2025

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

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

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

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

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

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

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ACTRESS & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Spiritual Film)

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2025 & BEST INDIE ORIGINAL IDEA

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

The Surprise Visit

By Serah Henesey

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

By Alexander Senicki

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Musical)

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Nice To Meet You

By Noah Kara

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST EDITING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2025 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Bagliori – Flashes of Light

By Mattia Paone

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST ARTHOSUE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM, BEST ANIMATION, BEST INIDE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST ACTOR 2025 & BEST COMEDY SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2025

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST ACTING

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING STYLE, BEST EDITING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film)

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary)

Potato Family

By Lori Hamilton

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Animated Film) & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Fran

By Cristiano Esposito

BEST LGBTQT+

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Poetry Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST POETRY FILM & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

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

By Florence Cazebon-Taveau

BEST EUROPEAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY & BEST WRITER 2025 (Category: FEATURE SCRIPT)