**MHFF 2025 WINNER LIST** 🏆🎉

Grand Jury

Winner

Be-Living in The Ocean

Director Craig Sim Webb

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Festival Special

Winner

My Father's Footsteps "Letters to the Fallen”

Director Terrance A Williams

 

Feature Film
Winner

Sight and Sound in Love

Director Sandosh Kesavan

 

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

LOST WORLD 2020
Director MITRA MAZUMDER

Lawmaker Dissent
Director Von Krome


Foreign Film  
Winner

Fireside

Director Xiaopei Wang

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Finalists
Method To My Madness
Directors Behrang Mortazavia


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 
Winners

1st Place Winner

Rotten Apple

Director Justin Hunt

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2nd Place Winner

  Face To Face: Overcoming Fear With Sharks

Director Florian LAUNETTE

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3rd Place Winner

The Most Biodiverse Place in America

Director John Fiske

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Finalists
Seeds of Sovereignty
Director Stuart J Tanner

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
1st Place Winners

The Axe Forgets

Director John Christopher

 

2nd Place Winners

Vasomotor Rhinitis

Submitter Mikheil Gabaidze

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3rd Place Winners

Baron Munchausen (Karl)

Director Ilya Noyabrev

 

Finalists 
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
Winner

Denali

Director Jiafan Lin

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

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
Winner

ORANGE BLUES 24

Director Alyssa Dann

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Finalists  
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
Winners

1st Place Winner

The Venetian Man

Writer Le'Roy Kester

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2nd Place Winner

The Inconspicuous Hero Feature Film 

Writers Yoshiko Julie Kusano

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3rd Place Winner

White Orchid

Writers Maura Campbell, RIk Sinkeldam

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Finalists
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
Winner

1st Place Winner

The Home of Y&Y

Writer Yelena Demikovsky

 

2nd Place Winner

No Worries!

Writers Chris Dicker, Stephenson,Shane Langan,

PJ Gallagher, Una McKevitt, Lena Byrne

 

3rd Place Winner

Served

Writer John Norris Ray

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Finalists 
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
Winner

Paul Tells All: The Regrets of a Sad Slasher

Director Nicky Lazos

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Finalists 
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
Winner

Legend of Sun Knight

Directors Remy Rosenthal, Sam Billings,Oscar Waldman,

Landon Nuzum-Clark

 

Finalists  
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
Winner

STARPOWER

Director Sam Thor

 

Finalists 
The Unusual Suspects
Director Kevin Ruiz

THRILLER FILM
Winner

Ghosted MD

Directors Jarett Bellucci, Nafsika Antypas

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Finalists
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
Winner

Fractal

Director Amy Geist

 

Finalists
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
Winner

The Booth

Director Ryan Christopher

 

Finalists
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
Winner

Crossing through the Highlands of Iceland

Director Dan Razvan Coman

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Finalists
Be-Living in The Ocean
Director Craig Sim Webb

MOBILE FILM
Winner

Traitor

Director Lawrence Bucher

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Finalists
Menopause Menopaws
Director Akiko Matsumoto


BEST ACTOR-ACTRESS
Winner

Say His Name
Director Silas James Rowland

• Merritt Vann 

  Key Cast

  "John Word

Finalists
It's All Play
Director Alexia Mychal Ross

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• Lily Speiser Key Cast "Diane"
  
  
  BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
  Winner

• Nadine

• Director Tash Ann

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• Finalists
  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

Winner

Rotten Apple

Director Justin Hunt

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Finalists

Bir Umud

Director S. Ynakioglu

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• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Winner

• Happy Pals

• Director Ryan Palmer

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• Finalist

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• Ballet 
  Director: Evgeniy Sangadzhiev

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• FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

• Winner

• To Nora

• Director Brandon Maxwell

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• Finalist

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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

• Winner

• Ghosted MD               

• Directors Jarett Bellucci, Nafsika Antypas

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• Finalist

 

            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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