GIFF 2025 Nominees & Winners

Feature Film

Eugene O’Neill’s – The First Man
Heart Full of Hope
Nate and Moriah in Venice
The Junction
Water Lilies – WINNER

Documentary

After the Fires | Café de Leche
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon – WINNER
The Opener

Drama Short

Aliadas
Darling
Homeward Dawn
INFINITY!
Life Support
Muscle Beach
NO LEFT TURNS
Penguins In Paris…A Love Story?
Reminisce
Ride Share
Someday
THE OTHER SIDE
THE PROFESSIONAL PARENT – WINNER
Two Step Forward, One Step Back
Watching Walter
We Were Young

Comedy Short

AIMEE COMES FIRST – WINNER
Beethoven’s Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild
DAD-rahpy – EP 1 – It was dads at first site
Folded
SIENNA AND THE SIT
Symptoms

Dramedy Short

Blackberry Winter
Burt and Hathaway
Exposé – WINNER
Motherload
Not Today, Not Tomorrow
Spitting Image
Toby
TOTALLY SICK
Waiting
Why Dogs Howl

Horror / Thriller Short

Forgive Me – WINNER
‘Head Sighs’ – Jumprope
HER HOUSE
The Spot

Horror / Comedy Short

Buzzkill
I-Scream
Mother
Sewing Machine
They Slay – WINNER

Sci-Fi / Fantasy Short

ANACHRONISM
Carriage Return
Erebus
Stone Garden – WINNER

Experimental Short

Church Bell
Ectropy
In Loving Memory Of Our Transgressions – WINNER
Solo Trip

Animation Short

Guys Next Door
Hullabaloo: The Curse of the Cheshire Cat – WINNER
The Magic of Santa Claus

Short Short

3 MINUTOS – WINNER
End of Things
Fairy God Bro
Good Boy
Invisible Basketball
Routine
Stranded
To Engage
Visitant
When It Hits

Student Film

Caesar’s Cache
Don’t Forget To Live
El Bar De Hernando
F*CK ME!
Jalopy
Natural Selection
Sleep
Soultones – WINNER
The Pink Skirt

Student Documentary Short

It’s an Art
Palmas – WINNER
RESTLESS
Second Chance

Student Sci-Fi / Thriller Short

Dahlia’s Monsters
Human Trial
Scary Marian, the Scariest Librarian
Secrets Kept
Sequoia – WINNER
The Diary of Nightmares
White Custard

Student Animation Short

Do Not Disturb
Escape Artist
Essence of Yourself
family dinner
Feathers and Silver
FIGHTER
God Dam
Goddamn’s Great Big Adventure: The Dating Crisis
Grandpa’s Stamps
How We Hamsters Die
Love & Gold
MISMATCH
Offspring
Outlandish
The Boulder Theory – WINNER
The Lonely Life of Lint
The Princess is Missing!
Together
When The Skies Are Blue
Wilbur & Harold

Feature Screenplay

BENEATH THE UNDERCURRENT
Don’t Eat Paper!
Sam Katt, Detective – WINNER
The Devil’s Chalice
The Fourth Psalm

Short Screenplay

Diwata
Moonshot
Oceandrop
Split
THE OLD TIMERS AND THE FOUL BALL – WINNER

Student Screenplay

Calico – WINNER
Prodigal

Velvet Award

Aimee Garcia – WINNER
Director / Writer / Producer / Lead Actress, Aimee Comes First