2025 TAEFF AWARD WINNERS!
Official Winners List Updated – June 23, 2025
| Categories | Movies | Director / Writer NAME(S) | |
| Feature Narrative 🏆 | Don’t See, Don’t Care 🏆 | Dick Jordan | |
| Feature Narrative | The Damnation | Christopher Darton, Sébastien Godin | Honorable Mention |
| Feature Documentary 🏆 | Living Wheels 🏆 | Sree S | |
| Feature Documentary | Platoon Seven | Emilio Mounsef | Honorable Mention |
| Feature Documentary | We Lend a Hand | Colin T Field | Honorable Mention |
| Feature Documentary | Interpreting Erik | Donald D’Haene | Honorable Mention |
| Short Narrative 🏆 | What We Call Love 🏆 | ||
| Short Narrative | Ardent Suitor | Noman Shaikh | Honorable Mention |
| Short Narrative | Reflections | Abdullah Ghori | Honorable Mention |
| Short Narrative | Gaucho | Maarten Colenbrander | Honorable Mention |
| Short Documentary 🏆 | Jungle King 🏆 | Sue Penni | |
| Short Documentary | Shadow Boxing | Arwen Saleah Mercado | Honorable Mention |
| Short Documentary | The Journey of Kelly’s Bake Shoppe | Makayla Lauren Hidalgo | Honorable Mention |
| Short Documentary | A Magical Place | Paul Steinberg | Honorable Mention |
| Short Documentary | Kaashful | Aneesh Chatterjee | Honorable Mention |
| Short Documentary | CineCycle | Kezia Djungu-Sungu, Amina Elmeghalawi | Honorable Mention |
| Super Short Film | The Care Package | Manas kathuria | |
| Mobile Short | OMOTENASHI | Akiko Matsumoto, Roku | |
| Music Video | Times Six | Alyssa Rose Hunt, Camilo | |
| Student Film | All that Jazz | Polina Boyarchuk | |
| Student Film | Zero O’Clock | Noah Landry | Honorable Mention |
| Student Film | Dream Catcher | Ish Ali | Honorable Mention |
| Web/TV Series | Once Upon a Crime | Doug MacDougall | |
| Web/TV Series | It’s Still Here | Brent Hendrick | Honorable Mention |
| Experimental Film | Baste | Ben Maloney | |
| Experimental Film | Scraggliness | Johanne Chagnon | Honorable Mention |
| Experimental Film | My Fishy Friends | Algis Kemezys | Honorable Mention |
| Animated Film | Nono | Aerin Wu | |
| Animated Film | Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis | Tara Audibert | Honorable Mention |
| Horror Short Film | Malombra | Ilaria Meo | |
| Drama Short Film | A Night Before Christmas | Rey Gonzalez | |
| Thriller Short Film | Nereid | Lori Zozzolotto | |
| Thriller Short Film | THE NIGHT VISITOR | NAEEM AHMED | Honorable Mention |
| Action Short Film | Crisis Point | Valentin Raileanu | |
| Inspirational Film | BEYOND THE BRIDGE | Manas Kathuria, HImanshu | |
| Inspirational Film | Trapped in time | Brian Fang | |
| Fantasy Short Film | Zinnia the Devil | Madeleine Lemay | |
| Sci-Fi Short Film | OVaXX | John Schlag | |
| Best Comedy Short | Snowdog | Myles Vosylius | Honorable Mention |
| Best Comedy Short | Living With Grandma | Finise Avery | |
| Best Covid19 Film | I Thought I Heard Something | Lisa Wartur | |
| Trailer/Teaser | Hollow | Marc Ruiz | |
| Advertising | The Flower Seller | Bertrand Alfonso | |
| Best Photography | Color photography six | Jorge Manuel Martins Garcia | |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Last POTUS | Stevie Fernandez | |
| Original Story | A Lady’s Love | Sonia Machado-Hines | |
| Director Short Film | Death of a Spy | Rebekah Johnson | |
| Director Short Film | I.L.Y | Danielle Arouh | |
| First Time Director | The Dental Plan | Wayne Diu | |
| First Time Director | Who We Were | Jesly Okuefuna | |
| First Time Director | Mirrors In Triumph | Era Era Films | Honorable Mention |
| Best Editing | PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS | Andersen VIANA | |
| Best Actress | Wedhall | Tamboli | |
| Best Actress | I.L.Y | Serena Parsalidis | |
| Best Actor | I HAD THE HEART | Oliver Kolker | |
| Producer | Faith and the Christmas Star | Anne Trenning | |
| Feature Scripts | Sexy Santas | Joseph Anthony Francis | |
| Short Script | Hunger | Deepak Thapar |
Our heartfelt congratulations to all the winning films and the exceptional teams who brought them to life.
Warmest regards,
The TAEFF Awards Team
