Hollywood Gold Awards
WINNERS - AUGUST 2025
Best Picture
ON PURPLE
Joe Quartararo
United States
(alphabetical order by Film's title)
Best Super Short Film
ADAPTATION
Alexander Shingurov
Kazakhstan
Silver Award - Feature Documentary
AERIAL RECOVERY: THE SILENT HEROES OF HURRICANE HELENE
FFH Foundation
United States
Gold Award - Animated Film
ALEA JACTA EST
Ileana Andrea Gómez Gavinoser
Argentina
Honorable Mention
ALTER EGO (OFFICIAL VIDEO) BY MISFIT ALLEY
Rafael Maria Friebe
Germany
Silver Award Feature Script
CAFE ROMEO
Written by Alberto Diamante
Canada
Gold Award - First Time Director
CALLBACKS (PILOT)
Samuel Daniel Miller
United States
Best Short Script
CASE OF CHOICE
Written by Daniel Arreola
United States
Gold Award - Horror
CATHARSIS
Felix Alberto Nolasco
United States
Honorable Mention
CHERISHED VICIOUSNESS
Written by Daniel Arreola
United States
Silver Award - Original Song
CHRISTMAS KILLERS
D. Emmet Wilson
United States
Best Feature Script
COSMOSIS OF WORLDS
Written by Richard Meaker Trask
United States
Gold Award - Drama
CRISIS
Shirod W Greene
United States
Gold Award - Inspirational Film
CROSS EXAMINATION
John Kestner
United States
Gold Award - Actor
DANTE'S INFERNO - THE ASCENSION
Sofian Francis
United Kingdom
Best Feature Film
DE LA CRUZ
Michael Baez
Mexico
United States
Best Actress
DERANGE
Lillian Lamour
United States
Silver Award - Drama
DISPARITY
Jason DelSignore
United States
Silver Award - Short Documentary
DIVERSAMENTE
Luis Luyando & Willy Martin
United States
Silver Award - Super Short Film
DON'T BE AFRAID
Matthew Winters
United States
Honorable Mention
ELEVATION TO THE DEPTHS III (29-07-23)
Written by Andrew John Noble
United Kingdom
Best Actor (Nir Guzinski)
FELT
Joseph Rossi
Canada
Best Comedy
FLAMING MATCH
Alan Natale
United States
Best Feature Documentary
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY ANCESTORS AN UTE KOHLER DOCUMENTARY
Ute Koehler & Katherin Wermke
Germany
Best Short Documentary
FOOD LIES
Luis Luyando & Willy Martin
United States
Best Indie Short Film
GHOSTS OF THINGS TO COME
Germano Sardinha
Sweden
Gold Award - Music Video
Gold Award - Original Song (Jeffrey George Moline)
GRANDPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PILL
Jacob McCaslin
United States
Honorable Mention
HI: PART ONE
Monte Albers de Leon
United States
Silver Award - Short Script
I KILLED ELVIS
Written by Wolf Bukowski
United States
Gold Award - Experimental Film
INTERLOCKING PAROXYSMS
Mimi Garrard
United States
Gold Award - Short Documentary
IN THE HEART OF THE SUN
Karwan Omar & Hawta Omer
Sweden\Switzerland
Best Horror
INSIDE THE CLOSET
Roger Betancourt
United States
Best Inspirational Film
LEAVING'S NOT EASY
William Samson
United Kingdom
Gold Award - Actress (Eru Gibson)
LOVE ON MARS
RK Israel Tamang
Japan
Honorable Mention
LOVE TO THE OCEAN
Rafael Maria Friebe
Germany
Silver Award - Comedy
MASKE
Cat Henry
United States
Honorable Mention
MECCA
Written by Monte Albers de Leon
United States
Honorable Mention
MODERN FRANKENSTEIN
Written by Gabriel Jeanne
Romania
Best Short Film
MOTHER MOTHER
Micki Dickoff
United States
Silver Award - Feature Documentary
MY LIFE BETWEEN THE REINS
Marilyn Swick
United States
Gold Award - Feature Film
Gold Award - Director
MY MOVIE STARRING PAUL DANO
Joe Bartone
United States
Best Indie Short Film
OCEANSIDERS
Angel Castro & Joaquin Camilo
United States
Best Animated Film
ON TIME OFF TIME
Julia Mukai
United States
Best Director
ONSEN / HOT_SPRING_WITH_YOU /// BOY_GUITAR/少年ギター
Hiroaki Hirakata
Japan
Best Experimental Film
POEM OF THE PAST
Anastasia Xu
China
Gold Award - Super Short Film
REVELATIONS
Matt Winters
United States
Gold Award - Indie Feature Film
SECONDS IN ETERNITY
Christian Schu
Estonia\Germany
Silver Award - Horror
SLAYED
Tahirr Aashhraf
United Kingdom
Best Music Video
Best Original Song
SLUDGE (THE WATER BARONS' SHOW) - SYNTH FARMERS
Grant Hunter
United Kingdom
Silver Award - Experimental Film
SONG OF THE OCTOPUS
Mitch Greer
United States
Silver Award - Experimental Film
STRIPES-TIME-25
Mimi Garrard
United States
Gold Award - Short Script
SURVIVOR
Written by A. L. Jobrail
United States
Best Student Film
TAKE IT EASY MAN
David Denić
Serbia
Honorable Mention
TECHNICAL INSPECTION
Kimia Khalaj
Islamic Republic of Iran
Gold Award - Comedy
THE 2 MINUTE SHOW - MAMA'S BOY
Dik Lee
United States
Gold Award - Cinematography (David Hradetzky)
THE CONSTANT GARDENERS
David Hradetzky
Austria\United Republic of Tanzania
Silver Award - Indie Feature Film
THE DEVIL RETURNS TO MONOLITH
William Stancik
United States
Silver Award - Indie Short Film
THE FOREST ECSTATICS
Jeff Grupp
United States
Best Indie Feature Film
THE GREAT MASSACRE OF ALIMOS
Athan Tom Sklavos
Greece
Silver Award - Short Film
THE MACHER IN MR BIG
Dean Morgan
United States
Honorable Mention
THE MIDNIGHT CREW
Written by Gary Miceli
United States
Best First Time Director
Gold Award - Student Film
THE PARADOX OF CHOICE
Liliana Berman
United States
Gold Award - Short Film
THE PARADOX OF CHOICE
Liliana Berman
United States
Best Sci-Fi
THE PATH
Shirod Greene
United States
Silver Award - Short Script
THE PROMISE
Written by Kristian Comer, Sean Collishaw & Peter Simpson
United States
Gold Award - Feature Script
THE SILENCE OF THE MOUNTAINS
Written by Hans Sluijter
Netherlands
Best Cinematography
THE SILENCE WITHIN (LAUTLOS)
Christian Peschken
Germany
Gold Award - Short Film
THE SOSPECT
Giuseppe Ivan David Di Giorgio
Italy
Silver Award - Short Film
THE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH
Francisco Bassignana
Poland
Gold Award - Sci-Fi
THEORY
Aydogan Rayman
Turkey
Silver Award - Animated Film
THREE CHICKS AND A UNICORN
Lorenzo West
Canada
Gold Award - Original Song (Ron J Danziger & Christina Teenz Tan)
Silver Award Music Video
TIMELESS: A SYMPHONY IN MOTION
Susan Mey Lee Lim
Christina Teenz Tan
Samudra Kajal Saikia
United Kingdom
Gold Award - Indie Short Film
TO THE RESCUE
Laurence Fremont
France
Best Drama
TRAITOR
Lawrence Bucher
United States
Silver Award - Original Song
WE ARE
Rafael Maria Friebe
Germany
Silver Award - Student Film
WHILE THE AUTO WAITS.
Nadin Black
United States
Best Inspirational Film
WINGTIPS AND SCRIPTS
James Scott
United States
Best Feature Documentary
WOMEN OF PINOT
Bruce M Jaqua
United States