WINNERS SWEET DEMOCRACY FILM AWARDS 2025

2025 October 8

WINNERS SWEET DEMOCRACY FILM AWARDS 2025

Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

No Mas

By Stephen Kelly

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST EDITING, BEST MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER

Mercy

Laura Calderini

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

63Geminorum

Laura Calderini

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT SCRIPT 2025

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST CAST & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE DIRECTOR

Precious the Baby Dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL WRITER & BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

In a Whole New Way

By Jonathan Fisher

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST CAST (Category: Narrative Feature)

The Duchess

By Arnold Curry

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST DRAMA

Effata

By Anaya Music Kunst 

BEST VOICE 2025 & BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2025 & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Everland

By John Johnson

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Feature Script)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2025 & BEST POETRY FILM

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EXPERIMENTAL 2025

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

Mecca

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST LGBTQ+ & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2025

Fear not, my child

By Michaela Kuti

BEST ARTHOUSE SONG 2025 & BEST MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Dance Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL & BEST SPIRITUAL SHORT FILM

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER 2025

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST COMEDIAN, BEST ACTING & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Credo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG WRITER, BEST INDIE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST ARTHOUSE SINGER

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST FILMMAKER (Category: International Super Short Film) & BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT 2025

Calamity Jane: Queen of Spades

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT 2025

Unmaskyourlife

By Bruno Marro

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 2025 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

The Hallmark Couple

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER 2025

Gold,Glory & Nobility

By Phoebe von Satis

BEST INDIE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR 2025

Forevermore

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST AMERICAN ACTOR 2025, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Ghost Town, N.M.

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Pirandello’s Life

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN INDIE WRITER

Nossos Caminhos

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Drama)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The New Immigrants- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM, BEST SOCIAL FILM, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCREENPLAY & BEST STUDENT FILM OF THE YEAR

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST FILM 2025, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST EDITING, BEST SUSPENSE & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

Theater 8

By John Martinez

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST MOVIEMAKER

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

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

Josh’s Employment Agency of Brooklyn/the Hereafter

By Nancy Kimmel

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR (Category: International Feature Script)