22 Nov 2025

21st ​New York City Short Film Festival

INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL MENTION

MOTHER IS A NATURAL SINNER (Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, Germany)

BEST LGBTQ+ 

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING AGAIN (Vitória Fallavena, Thassilo Weber, Brazil)​

BEST STUDENT

THE TRAP (Vitalii Havura, Poland)

AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM A

​WE HAD FUN (Linda Lô, France)

AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM B

FAMILY SUNDAY (Gerardo Del Razo, Mexico)

BEST OF FEST

FAMILY SUNDAY (Gerardo Del Razo, Mexico)

BEST ANIMATION

THE SOUNDS OF THINGS ABLAZE (Hayat Najm, Canada)

BEST COMEDY

​RETIREMENT PLAN (John Kelly, Ireland)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE CONSCIENCE FILES (Brian Bolster, USA)

BEST DRAMA

THREE KEENINGS (Oliver McGoldrick, Ireland/UK/USA)

​BEST INTERNATIONAL

MY MOTHER IS A COW (Moara Passoni, Brazil)