**MHFF 2025 TOP LIST** 🏆🎉

Feature Film
Finalists
Sight and Sound in Love
Director Sandosh Kesavan

My Little Moon
Director Ali Atshani

Exit Interviews
Director Garrett Abdo

Semi-Finalists
Final Broadcast
Director Davide Ippolito

Frozen Revenge
Director Gamito Fumane

The Premiere
Director Jon Silver

Family Hug
Directors Mihaela Tudorof, Michael Eric

Quarter-Semi-Finalists
Cantana for 108 Martyrs of WWII
Director Marek Wojtasik

LOST WORLD 2020
Director MITRA MAZUMDER

Lawmaker Dissent
Director Von Krome


Foreign Film  
Finalists
Method To My Madness
Directors Behrang Mortazavia

Fireside
Director Xiaopei Wang

Semi-Finalists
Sunday League
Director Jamie Bourne

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd
Director Uwe Schwarzwalder

Closed Gates
Director Naresh Kumar Rajendran

Quarter-Finalists
Eddy - Extreme Back Packer
Director Michael Gill

Pegasus
Director Hermes Cavagnini


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DOCUMENTARY FILM 
Finalists
  Face To Face: Overcoming Fear With Sharks
Director Florian LAUNETTE

Seeds of Sovereignty
Director Stuart J Tanner

The Most Biodiverse Place in America
Director John Fiske

Rotten Apple
Director Justin Hunt

MOVING ARTS | Setting Hearts Ablaze
Director Zac Cornfield

  Semi-Finalists
Creating A Photojournalist
Director Erik Castro

Beyond The Veil - Paranormal Exploration
Director Tim RIGAUD

Montana Grind
Director Danilo dos Reis

Zero Limits
Directors Dr. Kasia Wezowski, Patryk Wezowski

Driven By Angels
Directors Brett Buescher, Nick Costello

 Quarter-Finalists
God Bless America, Baby
Submitter Tracey Eaton

Memory for burial
Directors Charlotte Jarrix, Maud Guillaumin

Prisoners of Fire: The Dude Fire Story
Director Scott E Briggs

State Champions
Director Cime Bruce

After the Bridge
Director Thomas Slack

My Father's Footsteps "Letters to the Fallen"
Director Terrance A Williams

Where's the Craic?
Director Lauren Hakulinen
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SHORT FILM WINNERS
Finalists 
The Axe Forgets
Director John Christopher

Vasomotor Rhinitis
Submitter Mikheil Gabaidze

Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Director Ilya Noyabrev

Night Shift at Ned's
Director Hagen Mattingly

Bartogay Lake
Director Katya Mokolo

Fireside
Director Xiaopei Wang

Semi Finalists 
CALLIGRAPHER - TO DIE BEFORE DYING
Directors Denizhan Ayar, Ahmet Serhat Ak

THE KING OF FORKS
Director Raphaël Lopez

The Insight
Director Jimmy Hurt

Happy Pals
Director Ryan Palmer
 
Quarter Finalists
The Soldier & The Butterfly
Director Stefano Da Frè

Practice Squad
Director Clark Birchmeier

Living in the past
Directors Jeremy A Contreras, Sebastián Rendón

The Silence within ("Lautlos")
Director Christian Peschken

Forgiving Retribution
Director Curt Samlaska

Say His Name
Director Silas James Rowland


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STUDENT FILM
Finalists
Legend of Sun Knight
Directors Remy Rosenthal, Sam Billings,
Oscar Waldman, Landon Nuzum-Clark

Denali
Director Jiafan Lin

Guiding Light
Director India Anne Mitchell

Semi Finalists  
Star of the Day
Director Ashleigh Lawless

A Line To Draw
Director River Rainbow O'Mahoney Hagg

Fire of an Artist
Director Katerina Lecourezos

Quarter Finalists
What we imagined
Director Shubhavi Arya

The Bird & I
Director Allan Lamarre

Fireside
Director Xiaopei Wang
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MUSIC FILM
Finalists  
ORANGE BLUES 24
Director Alyssa Dann

Anime Song "You Light the Stars"
Director Gregory Christopher Snelgar

Semi Finalists  
There Is A Moose
Director Robert Hicks  

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FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Finalists
The Venetian Man
Writer Le'Roy Kester

The Inconspicuous Hero Feature Film
Writers Yoshiko Julie Kusano, Yoshiko Julie Kusano

White Orchid
Writers Maura Campbell, RIk Sinkeldam

Sexy Santas
Writer Joseph Anthony Francis

The Amazing Garrett Morgan
Writer David Siracusa

Semi Finalists 
Spectre 7
Writer John P Martinez

A Fire in the Mind
Submitter Ken White

At the Mercy of Faith
Writer Samuel Taylor

EYE OF WAR
Writer Dr. Ronald Dalrymple

ATOMIZED TIGERS
Submitter KUNNAN CHEN 

Quarter Finalists
Child of Dawn
Writer Leslie A Lee

Gang Agley
Writers Jeremy Hogan, Aaron Krygier

KOPLEVA
Writer Theo Leipert

LOVE EXPERIMENTS
Writer Andry Platrites

Love Reunited
Writer Joseph Anthony Francis

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SHORT SCREENPLAY
Finalists 
The Home of Y&Y
Writer Yelena Demikovsky

No Worries!
Writers Chris Dicker, Stephenson,
Shane Langan, PJ Gallagher, Una McKevitt, Lena Byrne

Served
Writer John Norris Ray

Spy VS. Spy
Writer Mohammad  Safwan Fayez Moubaydeen

Silent Sundays
Writer David Michael Glahn

Semi Finalists 
R.E.M
Writer John P Martinez

Pockets
Writers Erik Walker Neill, Anthony DeVine

Hugoliad
Writer Kostiantyn Mishchenko

LAST SURVIVOR
Writer ERFAN SMILEY

Quarter Finalists
 I’ve got to say, it was a good day.
Writer Ana Verde Visuals

Fouled Nest
Writer Tania Kamal-Eldin

Digital Support Group #75,200B
Writer LINDA PALLOTTA
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WEB FILMS
Finalists 
Paul Tells All: The Regrets of a Sad Slasher
Director Nicky Lazos

Los Aspirantes -The Applicants-
Directors María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández

Semi Finalists
The Goodbye
Directors Utsav K, Amanda Graner

The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Director John P Martinez

Quarter Finalists
Trios
Director Antonio Orbe
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ANIMATION FILM
Finalists  
Legend of Sun Knight
Directors Remy Rosenthal, Sam Billings,
Oscar Waldman, Landon Nuzum-Clark

RAY THE RUG
Director Mohammad Ali Shakeri

Colorfast
Submitter Studio Aileron

Semi Finalist  
Underneath
Director Matthew James Biss

Making Emmie Smile
Directors Abby Vo, John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg

The Weather Balloon
Director Arvin Ash

Memories of the Little Pond
Director Yeon Choi 

Quarter Finalist
Lifeguard_training
Submitter Alicia Lee

out of control
Director bellopropello
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COMEDY FILM
Finalists 
The Unusual Suspects
Director Kevin Ruiz

STARPOWER
Director Sam Thor


THRILLER FILM
Finalists
Ghosted MD
Directors Jarett Bellucci, Nafsika Antypas

Dream
Director Angel Azcona

Semi Finalists
The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Director John P Martinez

WOMAN ON THE BEACH
Director Dimitris Panakis

SCI-FI FILM
Finalists
Fractal
Director Amy Geist

Las Fuerzas Extrañas
Directors Ricardo Tobon, Alex Restrepo

Mya: the beginning
Director Frederick Taouil

Semi Finalists
The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Director John P Martinez

Sumarsólstöður
Director Amélie Ravalec

The Last President
Director Bin He

Quarter Finalists
Triggered 2.0
Directors Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm

DRAMA SHORT FILMS
Finalists
The Booth
Director Ryan Christopher

The Last Wish
Director Ilya Noyabrev

Semi Finalists
At the Mercy of Faith 
Director Andrew Arguello

Seeds of Change
Director Frances Wilkerson

To Engage
Director Le Chau

Fireside
Director Xiaopei Wang

DRONE FILM
Finalists
Crossing through the Highlands of Iceland
Director Dan Razvan Coman

Be-Living in The Ocean
Director Craig Sim Webb

MOBILE FILM
Finalists
Menopause Menopaws
Director Akiko Matsumoto

Traitor
Director Lawrence Bucher

BEST ACTOR-ACTRESS
Finalists
Say His Name
Director Silas James Rowland

• Merritt Vann 

  Key Cast

  "John Word
  
  
  It's All Play
  Director Alexia Mychal Ross

• Lily Speiser Key Cast "Diane"
  
  
  BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
  Finalists
  Nadine
  Director Tash Ann
  
  All I Want Today
  Director Magda Adamowicz
  
  OASIS
  Director jiarui
  
  Semi Finalists
  Fireside
  Director Xiaopei Wang
  
  Method To My Madness
  Directors Behrang Mortazavian, Hoda Hamzehali
  
  Piece Of The Wall
  Director Charlotte Wincott
  
  Quarter Finalists

• Anhanguera, 92
  Directors Huli de Paula Balász, Ma Gonzaga

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• BEST MALE DIRECTOR

• Finalists

• Rotten Apple
  Director Justin Hunt

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      Bir Umud

        Director S. Ynakioglu

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• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Finalist

• Trumpet Player  
  Director: Felino Dolloso

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• Ballet 
  Director: Evgeniy Sangadzhiev

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• Semi-Finalist

• Happy Pals
  Director Ryan Palmer

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• FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

• Finalist

• To Nora
  Director Brandon Maxwell

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               Dreamful
Directors Sarko Meene, Vahan Khachiyan

 

               BUZZ
           Director Nina Ruggero

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            Semi-Finalist

            Dream
            Director Angel Azcona

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           Lily
            Director Scham Salomon

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                THE FAREWELL MELODY
            Director Francisco Bassignana

 

                Quarter Finalist

               SIGNAL
                   Director Chih Hao Shen

 

                        For Love or Rock
                       Director Tony Pacheco

 

              SOMNAMBULISTIC
                 Director ALAN EMSLIE

 

 

• BEST TRAILER

• Finalist

             Ghosted MD
               Directors Jarett Bellucci, Nafsika Antypas

 

            Crazy Texas 
               Director FRANCIS JUAREZ

 

             Bad Therapist
             Director Murisa Harba

 

 

 

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          OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Life is Prickly
Director Diane Sherry

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WIde Awake
Director Mitch Greer

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Mistletoe Manor
Writer Joseph Anthony Francis

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Red Hands, a Mary MacIntosh novel by Maureen Anne Meehan
Writer MAUREEN ANNE MEEHAN

Suburban Safari: A Backyard Wildlife Adventure
Director James Edward Porter

 

LANGSTON AND BACARI'S TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Writer LaRue Hasty

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Maker and the Doll
Director Mohsen Tamizi

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The Third
Director Meredith Lawder

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America's Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History
Director E. Philip Brown

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SACRED SUN
Writer Michael Louis Gould

 

Mr. Jack
Writer Mick Lexington

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Wings
Director Petra Terzi

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AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Terror Version
Writer Samuel Lee Taylor

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The Man with the Microphone: A European Tour Documentary
Director B Menace

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Bats in the Belfry
Director Rich West

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PROGRAMS
Writer IRINA VYSOTSKAYA

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The Boston Bulldogs
Director Bryan Cote

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The Stalker- Virtual play- film noir
Director Emily Kathleen

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Cataclysm
Director abiel micheal

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