IGFA 2025 – WINNERS

 BEST PICTURE IGFA 2025 (ex aequo)
Bodega – Joseph Ruzer
The Storm – Zhigang “Busifan” Yang

BEST FEATURE
Bodega – Joseph Ruzer
Special Mention: Even in the Best Families,the Restoration – Gustavo Letelier

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
As Easy As Closing Your Eyes – Parker Croft
Special Mention: Exodus – Yassine EL Idrissi
Capetillo By Antonio Asencio

BEST MEXICAN SHORT
Time To Order – Leonardo Benavides

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Son of Adam – Amartya Bhattacharyya
Special Mention: All The Eyes – Mohammad Abedi

BEST SUPER SHORT
Pulchra – Fernando Rosales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Eternal You – Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck
Special Mention: The Outlaw Gardeners – Angelo Camba

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Against Time – Cesar Palacios
Special Mentions: The Visit – Ivan F. Cordeiro / Taco Mafia – Alex Wolff & Joe Rocha

BEST ANIMATION FILM
Letter From a Stranger – Shima Markazi Omidvar
The Storm – Zhigang “Busifan” Yang

BEST INDIE FEATURE FILM
The Old Man and the Demon Sword – Fabio Powers
Special Mention: Yezhu Jenmangal (7 Angels) – Harish
Sundarajan

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM
Dry – Antonio Sanchez Lorenzo
Special Mentions: Dead Graffiti – Pendar NasserSharif / El Cantante de Jazz – Antonio Bellido Marin

BEST MEXICAN INDIE SHORT
Edel – Santiago Rangel Bertran

BEST MEXICAN INDIE FEATURE
Wills – Ignacio Ferreyra
Special Mentions: Xantolo – Luis Angel Sagahón & Karen Linnet Eslava
Amongst The Ropes – Fernando A. Fisher
Cometa 1600 By Alejandra Díaz Olvera

BEST SMARTPHONE FILM
Giant – Daniel Mariel

BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Spyral – Bill Gutentag

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
In Memoriam – Patrick Cormack

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Darkside of Society – Larry Wade Carrell
Special Mentions: Flying Hands – Marta Gómez & Paula Iglesias / Apparition – Camila Freitas / Closed Gates – Naresh Kumar Rajendran

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
The Wheel Of Fortune – Luis Diaz Melgar

BEST HORROR FILM
Evil Connection – Daniel Maciel
Special Mentions: A Vampire’s Kiss – Mark Francis / Draumur – Gerardo Castañeda / The Red Market – Christopher Matthew Spencer

BEST STUDENT FILM
Gardien – Varvara Mashanskaya

BEST ACTOR
Phillip E. Walker – Sweetest Vacation
Special Mention: Gerald Fillmore & Tito Valverde – Love in Your Face

BEST ACTRESS
Laura Coover – As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
Special Mention: Sierra “Inovadora Jey” Ortega-Moore – Super Latina

BEST DIRECTOR
Joseph Ruzer – Bodega
Special Mention: Shima Markazi Omidvar – Letter from a Stranger

IGFA COURAGE IN PERFORMANCE AWARD
Mahdieh Motahari – Trémolo
For her fearless dedication to the craft of acting under conditions of artistic and personal restriction. A voice of strength and beauty rising beyond borders