2025 award nominees
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FILms
Best Feature Documentary
More Than A Dance
by Pauls Dombrovskis
Seeds of Sovereignty
by Stuart J Tanner
These Sacred Hills
by Jacob Bailey
Against the Current
Music & Activism on the Hudson River - Ross Ferrier
Agent of Happiness
Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbo
Ebrohimie Road:
A Museum of Memory
by Kolá Túbosún
MARIMARI
by Paul Wolffram
Public Enemies, Private Friends
by Sarah E Perkins, Josh B Sabey
Best Feature Fiction
Paper Flowers
Mahesh Pailoor
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos
by Bisola Akinmuyiwa, James Tayler, Mathew Cerf, Tina Edukpo, Temitope Ogungbamila, Samuel Okechukwu, Elijah Atinkpo
Grand Jury Award
Best WCFF Impact Film
These Sacred Hills
by Jacob Bailey
Living UNDONE
by Amanda Kasmira Cryer
Public Enemies, Private Friends
by Sarah E Perkins, Josh B Sabey
Best Short Documentary
Keepers of The Coastline
by Jeremy Charles
Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain
by Hisonni Mustafa
Living UNDONE
by Amanda Kasmira Cryer
Goodnight, Mister Stalin
by Benjamin Schildknecht Kodboel
New Horizon
by Moiz Kaihanfar
Seeds from Kivu
by Néstor López, Carlos Valle
Minding Shadows
by Jenn Lindsay
Women of Wonder
by Gina Roda and Stephen Harvey
Best WCFF Impact Director
Against the Current
Music & Activism on the Hudson River - Ross Ferrier
Living UNDONE
by Amanda Kasmira Cryer
MARIMARI
by Paul Wolffram
Best Short Fiction
Lili
by Yannie Tan, Cyprien Fasquelle
It's Easy to Forget
by Yamile Abuid
Alone Together
by Chihyu Lin
Fear and Tremble
by Alci Rengifo
COURAGE
by Eric Michael Hernandez
La Cumbia (Soma)
by Carlos Carlos Jr.
Neither Donkey Nor Horse
by Robin Wang
Best Student Director
Paper Cat Heart
by Ella Shea
Dede is Dead
by Philippe Kastner
Neither Donkey Nor Horse
by Robin Wang
Best Student Film
It's Easy to Forget
by Yamile Abuid
If I Ever Forget You
Talia Tai Bitton
La Cumbia (Soma)
by Carlos Carlos Jr.
Best Animated Short
Dede is Dead
by Philippe Kastner
Flora and the Cloud Maker
by Tiffany Marin
La Notte
by Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, Francesca Sofia Rosso
Paper Cat Heart
by Ella Shea
Best Student Short
Grain
by Artem Rachkelyuk
Boil That Cabbage Down
by Candance Williamson
The Fisherman
by Vincent Essid
Wild and Bound
by Shane Hernandez
NATIONAL AWARDS
Grand Jury Special Award
México 🇲🇽
El llanto de las tortugas
by Jaime Villa
El Guardián de las Monarcas
by Emiliano Ruprah de Fina
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Freedom Way
by Afolabi Olalekan
God’s Wife
by Dika Ofoma
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos
by Bisola Akinmuyiwa, James Tayler, Mathew Cerf, Tina Edukpo, Temitope Ogungbamila, Samuel Okechukwu, Elijah Atinkpo
Tina, When Will You Marry
by Celestina Aleobua
Ebrohimie Road:
A Museum of Memory
by Kolá Túbosún
Over the Bridge
by Tolu Ajayi
I Do Not Come to You By Chance
by Ishaya Bako
India 🇮🇳
Amaran
by Rajkumar Periasamy
Article 370
by Aditya Suhas Jambhale
Binny and Family
by Sanjay Tripathy
Chandu Champion
by Kabir Khan
Fighter
by Siddharth Anand
Hanu-Man
by Prasanth Varma
Lost Ladies
by Kiran Rao
Maidaan
by Amit Sharma
Manjummel Boys
by Chidambaram S. Poduval
Sarfira
by Sudha Kongara Prasad
SCRIPTS
Writer of the Year
Who Paints the Cats?
by Stephanie Hoernes
Best Script Feature
2 Brothers
by William Wong
SACRED SUN
by Michael Louis Gould
Jazz On A Wave
by Bob Merz
The Pink Triangle
by Brenda E Clarke
WCFF Screenwriter of the Year
2 Brothers
by William Wong
SACRED SUN
by Michael Louis Gould
Jazz On A Wave
by Bob Merz
Grand Jury Award
Best Impact Script
6E
by Dash Kolos
Merch
by Simone Bartesaghi
Impact Red
by Ela Roth Capone, Joey Capone
Best Script Short
6E
by Dash Kolos
FEMME
by Abbie Hills
2024 WCFF Awards
The Monk and The Gun
by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Best Feature Film
Headwind
by Jeff Gendelman
Best Screenplay
Crown
by Dash Kolos
Best Short Film
When The Floods Come
by Nyal Mueenuddin
Best Short Documentary
I Am More Dangerous Dead
by Majiye Uchibeke
Best Student Film
Eskawata Kayawai
by Lara Jacoski & Patrick Belem
Best Featured Documentary
Makayla's Voice
by Julio Palacio
Festival Directors' Choice Award
Our Voice, Our Heart
by Laurens Goud & Justin Grant
Audience Choice Award
Vernon Foster
WCFF Spiritual Heritage Award
Indrani Pal Chaudhari
WCFF Legacy Award for Impact Innovation
Palak Patel
WCFF Legacy Award fro Contribution to Cinema
Pawo Chyoning Dorji
WCFF Luminary Award
Apple TungFong
WCFF Leadership Legacy Award
Quannah Chasinghorse
WCFF Legacy Award for Environmental Advocacy
Tom Holland
WCFF Legacy Award for Performing Arts
