WINNERS Brooklyn Pizza Film Festival 2025

2025 November 16

WINNERS Brooklyn Pizza Film Festival 2025

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)