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2025 FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 25 -28
THE NORTH FILM FESTIVAL - NEW YORK CITY
Feb 25 -28 / 2025 LIVE & ONLINE *** SELECTED MOVIES AND NOMINATIONS ***
On a regular basis, we will be adding the names of the Nominated films.
NOMINATIONS 2025
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Feb 25 - 28, 2025
Times Square, New York
Harlem - New York City, USA​
Remember, you don’t have to be at the venue to win an award! If your film wins, we’ll make sure to ship your original certificate to you.
​​BEST FEATURE FILM
Ultimate Chabite - Dir. Julien Ivanowich - 01:36:06 min – France
An Egypt Affair - Dir. Marlin Darrah - 01:23:00 min – USA
The Mollie Project - Dir. Ahmet Alim Yılmaz - 41:02 min – Turkey
Damn Ghosts - Dir. Ricard Gomez Rodriguez - 01:43:59 min – Spain
The Deserving - Dir. S.S ARORA - 01:14:59 min - USA
Solitude - Dir. Jeremy Brown, Mick Strawn - 01:27:04 min - USA
LET’S MAKE IT A BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT - Dir Amir Shah - 01:20:00 min - USA
​CHOICE$ - Dir. Jalen Fauntleroy - 01:24:35 min - USA
Gloria - Dir. Hope Martinez - 01:47:21 min - USA
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
Dir. Marlin Darrah - An Egypt Affair - 01:23:00 min – USA
Dir. Hope Martinez - Gloria - 01:47:21 min - USA
Dir. Julien Ivanowich - Ultimate Chabite - 01:36:06 min – France
Dir. S.S ARORA The Deserving - 01:14:59 min - USA
Dir. Jeremy Brown, Mick Strawn - Solitude - 01:27:04 min - USA
Dir. Ricard Gomez Rodriguez - Damn Ghosts - 01:43:59 min - Spain
Dir Amir Shah - LET’S MAKE IT A BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT - 01:20:00 min - USA
BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM
Christophe Marcillac - Ultimate Chabite - 01:36:06 min - France
Jarred Harper - An Egypt Affair - 01:23:00 min – USA
VENKAT SAI GUNDA - The Deserving - 01:14:59 min - USA
Paúl Ponce - Damn Ghosts - 01:43:59 min - Spain
Jalen Fauntleroy - CHOICE$ - 01:24:35 min - USA
Apollo Dukakis - Gloria - 01:47:21 min - USA
BEST ACTRESS FEATURE FILM
Léonie Langlart - Ultimate Chabite - 01:36:06 min - France
Simone Stadler - The Deserving - 01:14:59 min - USA
Yolanthe Cabau - An Egypt Affair - 01:23:00 min - USA
Sam Wren Vincent - Solitude - 01:27:04 min - USA
DUNYA AYDOGDU - The Mollie Project - 41:02 min - Turkey
Zahara Montoya - Damn Ghosts - 01:43:59 min - Spain
BEST DOCUMENARY FEATURE FILM
The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine. - Dir. Paul Thomas - 01:14:00 min – Ukraine
Everything's Kosher - Dir. Adam Fried - 01:20:00 min – USA
The Art Whisperer - Dir. Flemming Fynsk - 44:27 min - USA
​UNDERDOG: An Americana Love Story - Dir. Zane - 02:45:00 min - Canada
​"Who Dat" The JT Money Story - Dir. Dante S Briggins - 01:05:00 min - USA
reEarth ...Rights of Nature - Dir. Dhama Pundarika - 01:22:10 min - Germany
Responsible - Dir. Tristan Lochon, Julien Demond - 52:00 min - France
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Parley - DIR. Andrew McCracken - 16:11 min - United Kingdom
​Salvation - Dir. Zane - 3:00 min - Canada
​....And the Beat Goes On - Dir. Rachel Patrice Perkins - 12:28 min - USA
Lost Focus - Dir. olayinka itage yusuf - 14:00 min – Nigeria
AËRC-02 - AG ORLOZ - 8:00 min – USA
TINMAN - Dir. Hudson Price - 11:09 min – USA
Suitcases - Dir. Cody Alexander Curtis, Zachary Tyler Wheaton - 24:48 min – USA
The birds - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze - 12:40 min – USA
Daddy's Gonna Die - Dir. Rikard Westman - 16:15 min – Sweden
Alala High - Dir. yael arad zafrir - 20:58 min – Israel
ALL I NEED - Dir. Katia Spivakova - 11:00 min - Armenia
​The Soldier & The Butterfly - Dir. Stefano Da Frè - 24:38 min - USA
Wild Horses - Dir. Wenjie Lee, Zhengyang Yin - 2:30 min - China
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Bleed for Me: Art of the DeathMatch - Dir. Matthew L Lenz - 27:24 min – USA
Valley Stream Engine 4 Celebrates 100 Years - Dir. Zach Feldman - 13:57 min - USA
The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse - Dir. Sam "Gebar" Gebremiche - 20:14 min – USA
ADRIANISNTADUB - Dir. Tyler Hunter Perpall - 9:04 min – USA
Mt. Misery Rd - Dir. Michael Richard Warren - 16:40 min – USA
Dain Bramage: Voyages into Visual Collage - Dir. Shankar Neil Sudhakaran - 7:09 min – USA
Art As Hope: Breast Cancer Reflections - Dir. Alina Avila Ko - 9:49 min - USA
FragilExpress Presents: Prologue I - Dir. Eric Louis Jimenez - 9:05 min - USA
​Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration - Dir. Bryce Mackie - 12:24 min - USA
​Borderline: Mental Healthcare in the Balance - Dir. Maria Fe Picar - 24:31 min - USA
Bike Life: Sonia - Dir. Eric Louis Jimenez - 10:12 min - USA
​Effort in Motion: Kernan Bundy's Journey to Iona - Dir. Elizabeth Riccio - 9:39 min - USA
El Ruedo - Dir. Genaro Rivas - 14:02 min - Venezuela
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Hamelin 77 - Dir. Javier Ideami - 16:46 min – Spain
Too Much Sand - Dir. Rosso Pérez Bueno - 14:14 min – Sweden
Depending on the music... - Dir. Hugo Brument Scuderi - 14:10 min – France
Moonlight - Dir. Eduardo Flores, Henry Flores - 14:50 min – Sweden
Zheimer - Dir. Álvaro Gabarrón - 12:32 min – Spain
Fiddle and Flush - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 4:16 min - United Kingdom
Studs - Dir. Edward Russell - 14:50 min - United Kingdom
​The Void - Dir. JORGE PEREZ RUIZ - 11:38 min - Spain
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
Parley - Dir. Andrew McCracken - 16:11 min - United Kingdom
Who's Afraid Of Shorty Virginia? - Dir. Levon Manoukian - 17:20 min – USA
The Stalker- Virtual play- film noir - Dir. Emily Kathleen - 29:06 min – USA
The Lost Boys - Dir. Bryan Young - 9:20 min – USA
Zheimer - Dir. Álvaro Gabarrón - 12:32 min – Spain
Tis The Season - A Grief Story - Dir. Tamia Dow - 10:00 min – USA
Hold On - Dir. Ryan Daniel Kavanagh - 3:42 min - USA
Extraordinary Appetite - Dir. Eric Louis Jimenez - 6:21 min - USA
Ties That Choke - Dir. Amir R. Windley - 5:31 min - USA
Mislead - Dir. Angel Reyes, Amir Windley - 21:00 min - USA
​Bleeding Heart - Dir. Autumn Libengood - 15:00 min - USA
BEST SHORT FILM OF THE STATES
Madina - Dir. Kevin Coval - 15:13 min – USA
​I am Not the Voice in my Head - Dir. derek fleming - 7:11 min - USA
Watching Walter - Dir. Mitch Yapko - 17:13 min - USA
Who's Afraid Of Shorty Virginia? - Dir. Levon Manoukian - 17:20 min – USA
The BiodiverCity - Dir. Masataka Ishizaki - 11:21 min – USA
Resonance - Dir. jonathan R BAUMAN - 7:35 min – USA
A Violent Breakup - Dir. Tyrell Jason - 8:28 min – USA
Bastard Toadflax - Dir. Koka Singh Arora, Juggy Arora - 12:00 min – USA
Salt and Pepper Short Film - Dir. Karen Johnson - 14:41 min - USA
No Laughing Matter - Dir. Rajiv Mallick - 14:56 min - USA
The Bench - Dir. Terry Rodriguez - 6:26 min - USA
​Ranger Kids Cookies - Dir. Marty Krzywonos - 14:00 min - USA
​Crossroads - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze - 22:21 min - USA
BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM
Don't Call Me Archibald - Dir. Patrick Grady - 8:23 min – USA
And tonight too - Dir. Briana Turi - 11:58 min - Argentina
Ghost of the Game - Dir. James Hartranft - 5:00 min – USA
The Redeemables 2 - Dir. Al Dubinsky - 25:28 min – USA
Hat - Dir. Jimmy Liang - 4:36 min - USA
The Author - Dir. Babak Haleky - 15:00 min - Canada
Blondie Boy - Dir. Kienan Lyons - 21:00 min - USA
Checkmate - Dir. Craig Alexander Cosentino - 19:34 min - USA
Time To Kill - Dir. Vincent Ferrari - 10:02 min - USA
​Je - Dir. Zane - 19:57 min - Canada
​The Basement Papers - Dir. Oscar O'Reilly - 12:33 min - USA
​The Days of Knight - Dir. John P Martinez - 8:59 min - USA
​....And the Beat Goes On - Dir. Rachel Patrice Perkins - 12:28 min - USA
​Rotten - Dir. Telly Bitsakakis - 13:36 min - Canada
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
GREEN GREEN GARDENS - Dir. Elijah Simon Pollard - 25:26 min – USA
Faamoe - Dir. Marika Renhuvud - 25:00 min – Sweden
​BellaDonna - Dir. LeAnn Scrimmager - 3:33 min - USA
Somnus - Dir. Josh McCausland, Glen Kwon - 30:35 min – USA
13 Strokes... - Dir. Ioulia Lymperopoulou - 7:28 min – Greece
Resonance - Dir. jonathan R BAUMAN - 7:35 min – USA
​Hat - Dir. Jimmy Liang - 4:36 min - USA
Bunny's Home - Dir. Diana Horbatiuk - 4:22 min - USA
Frozempic - Dir. Crystal Muma Rivers - 1:28 min - USA
Leaf Peeping - Dir. Vince Breheny - 1:00 min - Ireland
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
The Pasta Divorce - Dir. Faith Kenya Williams - 5:12 min – USA
Opening Doors - Dir. James Hartranft- 9:19 min – USA
A Text From Fear - Dir. Mel Richards - 8:38 min – USA
Scott - Dir. Olivia Andrade - 5:38 min – USA
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! - Dir. Michael Richard Warren - 14:15 min – USA
The Hitchhikers - Dir. Jason Weiss - 17:50 min – USA
My name is Dania - Dir. Lev Brodinsky - 22:24 min – Israel
Mr. Bizarro's Coffee Shop - Dir. Katie Smith - 6:01 min – USA
AfterSchool - Dir. Lexie Mosby - 8:51 min – USA
Parabola - Dir. Spencer T Sickle - 19:06 min - USA
Evolution - Dir. Michael Jacoby - 7:25 min - USA
Johnny Jr. - Dir. Lily Andrews - 9:20 min - USA
Ghost of the Game - Dir. James Hartranft - 5:00 min - USA
Calls - Dir. Brandon Keeton - 21:01 min - USA
​Blood Ties - Dir. Joey Tangradi - 8:52 min - USA
BEST MUSIC/DANCE VIDEO
RECALL - Dir. Erik Jasaň - 6:00 MIN – Slovakia
Brooke Josephson - Good Kinda Tired - Official Music Video - Dir. Michelle Bossy - 3:48 min – USA
TEOTIHUACAN - Dir. Andersen VIANA - 8:06 min – Brazil
Darkstar - Dir. Kally Kaitlyn Hall - 8:27 min – USA
Let's Rock - Dir. Malcolm J Solomon - 4:06 min – USA
Reading the Body: Body Politic - Dir. Danielle Ofri - 15:00 min - USA
New Life by NewAir ft. Clairedemilune - Dir. Edoardo Vivenzio - 2:58 min - Italy
​Starless Skies - VANNIE - Dir. Vannie Polaboot - 3:26 min - Singapore
Sunscin- Libra (Official Music Video) - Dir. Elizabeth Riccio - 3:31 min - USA
BEST Sci-Fi SHORT FILM
M23 - Cargo/ Mechanical - Dir. Levon Manoukian - 22:57 min – USA
Aurum - Dir. Marco Gentili - 22:00 min. - San Marino
Hamelin 77 - Dir. Javier Ideami - 16:46 min – Spain
The Silver Lining - Dir. Mikey Altoft - 24:58 min - United Kingdom
​The Harsh Vibe of Space - Dir. derek fleming - 3:30 min - USA
​The Days of Knight - Dir. John P Martinez - 8:59 min - USA
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
Bay for Blood - Dir. Harry Waldman - 18:00 min – USA
​Wrong Move - Dir. Priscil·la Zanni Bertrán - 12:20 min - USA
Poodle’s chainsaw murders - Dir. Josué Gabriel Fiallo - 25:34 min - Sweden
Smugglers Rest - Dir. Steven Lancefield - 5:23 min - United Kingdom
Foredoomed - Dir. Chris Chichester - 6:00 min - USA
Grandma's Recipe - Dir. Carla Pekander - 6:38 min - Finland
The Legend - Dir. Keith Armonaitis - 7:06 min - USA
BEST WEB - SERIES
Smile Library - Bernardo Bibancos - 5:18 min – Brazil
Wheel Gone Kid Three And A Half-Plane Stupid - Dir. Matt Holt - 7:14 min - United Kingdom
Quarter Life Crisis - Dir. Raven Smith, John Caccamo - 24:23 min – USA
Wheel Gone Kid 4-Crash Course - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 10:287 min - United Kingdom
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
Vestige - Dir. Yu-Hsuan Teng - 4:46 min – Taiwan
PRINCËNEY - Dir. ARIEL ORAMA LOPEZ (AG ORLOZ) - 8:45 min - USA
Lingering Echoes of Time - Dir. Xinhui Chen - 2:10 min – USA
The Tag-ALong - Dir. Jia Cheng Hu - 2:20 min – USA
Tormented - Dir. Liz Lugo - 9:21 min – USA
FRANK - Dir. Kurt Fleischer - 1:45 min - USA
MÄRBLES - Dir. Ariel Orama Lopez - 1:23 min - USA
BEST LGBTQ SHORT FILM
Puddle of Fire: Denial Until You Smile - Dir. Rhett Sever - 7:01 min - USA
ILLUSION - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze - 14:03 min - USA
The Song You Sung - Dir. Eliza Mullins, Ela Moss - 5:11 min - USA
BODIES - Dir. MARIA MAYA - 3:00 min - USA
PRINCËNEY - Dir. ARIEL ORAMA LOPEZ (AG ORLOZ) - 8:45 min - USA
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
Dir. Wayne Kelly - Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It - 4:41 min - United Kingdom
Dir. yael arad zafrir - Alala High - 20:58 min – Israel
Dir. Rajiv Mallick - What are you waiting for - 4:00 min - USA
Dir. Javier Ideami Hamelin 77 - 16:46 min – Spain
Dir. Edward Russell- Studs - 14:50 min - United Kingdom
Dir. Katia Spivakova - ALL I NEED - 11:00 min - Armenia
​Dir. Cody Alexander Curtis, Zachary Tyler Wheaton - Suitcases - 24:48 min - USA
Dir. Brandon Keeton - Calls - 21:01 min - USA
Dir. Autumn Libengood - Bleeding Heart - 15:00 min - USA
BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM
Andrew McCracken - Parley - 16:11 min - United Kingdom
Garbis Tavitian - Who's Afraid Of Shorty Virginia? - 17:20 min - USA
Cody Alexander Curtis - Salt and Pepper Short Film - 14:41 min - USA
Miguel Brito - Somnus - 30:35 min - USA
Koka Singh Arora - Bastard Toadflax - 12:00 min - USA
Jens Eriksson - Daddy's Gonna Die - 16:15 min - Sweden
Jay Wood - TINMAN - 11:09 min - USA
JORGE PEREZ RUIZ - The Void - 11:38 min - Spain
Jordan Mullins - Bleeding Heart - 15:00 min - USA
BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM
Tamia Dow Tis The Season - A Grief Story - 10:00 min – USA
Rita Jagpal-Mohan - Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It - 4:41 min - United Kingdom
Victoria Doctor - Salt and Pepper Short Film - 14:41 min - USA
Tatiana Spivakova Saakiants - ALL I NEED - 11:00 min - Armenia
Lone Fleming - Zheimer - 12:32 min - Spain
Caitlin Borek - Ties That Choke - 5:31 min - USA
efrat arnon - Alala High - 20:58 min - Israel
Stephanie Cheng - The BiodiverCity - 11:21 min - USA
​Cassandre Anaya - Je - 19:57 min - Canada
BEST PRODUCER SHORT FILM
Wheel Gone Kid Three And A Half-Plane Stupid - Dir. Matt Holt - 7:14 min - United Kingdom
​Je - Dir. Zane - 19:57 min - Canada
M23 - Cargo/ Mechanical - Dir. Levon Manoukian - 22:57 min - USA
The Redeemables 2 - Dir. Al Dubinsky - 25:28 min - USA
Daddy's Gonna Die - Dir. Rikard Westman - 16:15 min - Sweden
Bastard Toadflax - Dir. Koka Singh Arora, Juggy Arora - 12:00 min - USA
​The Days of Knight - Dir. John P Martinez - 8:59 min - USA
BEST SCRIPT FEATURE
SACRED SUN - Wri. Michael Louis Gould - United Kingdom
Pay Dirt - Wri. Dan Angus Morrison – USA
An Open Door - Wri. Nela Wagman - USA
BEST SCRIPT SHORT
Eye For An Eye - Wri. Ashley Bowers - USA
The Dishwasher - Wri. Shelly NunChucks, Donnie Soares, seng2kx - USA
​The Plowman - Wri. Wayne Paul Mattingly - USA
​Stories - Wri. Brandon Keeton - USA
Bagel Dog - Wri. Tracy L Swanson - USA
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