Winners - September 2025

Best Picture

Desconectados 2: Reconectados - Diego Rougier, Rodrigo Vergara Tampe, Diego Ayala

Best Narrative Film

Main Remains - Abigail Bruley

Best Indie Film

Huskies - Don Tjernagel

Best Comedy

Desconectados 2: Reconectados - Diego Rougier, Rodrigo Vergara Tampe, Diego Ayala

Best Animation

The Family Photo - John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez

Best Music Video

FAKE JAMES - LIONELMESSI - Mark Riddle & Fake James

Best AI Film

Summer Triangle - Takeru Nakazawa

Best Director

Desconectados 2: Reconectados - Diego Rougier

Best Actor

Friends - Shaon Harkoo

Best Actress

Mid-lennial Life Crisis - Carlie Mantilla-Jordan

Best Ensemble

Mother/Daughter² - Suzy Hunt, Vanessa Miller, Erik Gratton, Katherine Maldonado, Peter Anthony Jacobs

Best Cinematography

Caveman Crunchies - Connor Lawson

Best Editing

Caveman Crunchies - Finise Avery, Trevor Wolfson

Best Song

The Knife in my Stigmata - Bryan Hamilton Chadwick

Best Commercial / Promotional Video

Caveman Crunchies - Finise Avery, Trevor Wolfson

Best Screenplay

Babylon Beyond! - John Joyce Baker

Best First Time Screenwriter

Mother/Daughter² - Vanessa Miller

Winners may order the official New York Film Awards statuette

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