Fall 2025 Award Winners

Big Apple Film Festival is proud announce its 2025 Fall Edition film award winners. Congrats to all!

FEATURE FILM

WINNER: Between Two Waves

Nominees

Between Two Waves

Happy as Larry

Illusions

What the Heart Says

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: Aria

Nominees

Las Muertes Mas Bellas del Mundo/The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World

Aria

No Baby on Board

SHORT FILM

WINNER: Tiger

Nominees

Little Bird

Wax Girl

Heaven Help Me

Tiger

Heartless

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: The Patchwork Girl

Nominees

Disposable Roots: A True Story of Chris Chu

"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited

The Patchwork Girl

Eat My Words

Pinsetters Needed

The Embrace

SERIES/EPISODIC

WINNER: The Last Bohemians: Life & Art at the Chelsea Hotel

Nominees

The Last Bohemians: Life & Art at the Chelsea Hotel

Heals

A Slice of the Family Business

FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS

WINNER: A Boy Like Me

Nominees

Hard Times

Lethe

Dragon and Me: Prologue

Quit Deacon Me Around

A Boy Like Me

WOMEN FILMMAKERS

WINNER: Sheet Cake

Nominees

Angst

Sheet Cake

A Perfect Pair

Pissed

Illusions

Lifesaver

STUDENT FILM

WINNER: Beatriz

Nominees

Through Your Eyes

Oldest

Beatriz

The Entertainer

Bad Actor

Contract of Love

Tape of '25

MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER: Death Comes to My Side

Nominees

Timeless: A Symphony in Motion

Martin Jarl - Dark Places

Death Comes to My Side

Apple

ANIMATION

WINNER: White Hare

Nominees

An InterView

White Hare

The Family Photo

Voyage of the Red Rabbit