Winner January 2025

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Winner films of January 2025.

  • Redwood Film Festival is an Online Film Festival. 

  • Our Jury screens the selections Privately and from there we select the winners. Only the winning films will get a chance to participate in a second selection at the end of the year. If they pass the second selection, we'll screen them at our annual live online screening. Where one film from each category will be awarded. 

BEST ART FILM

Award Presented to: Marion D
Film: Living Pictorial
Director: Marion D


BEST ACTOR

Award Presented to: Miha Rodman
Film: Cold Blue
Director: Jan Fabris


BEST ACTRESS

Award Presented to: Rachel Suchman
Film: Too Much of Me
Director: Benjamin Suchman


BEST ANIMATION FILM

Award Presented to: Glenna C Burmer
Film: Bippy the Little Robot
Director: Glenna C Burmer


BEST ART DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Mansoor Ahmed
Film: Devil’s Corner
Director: Mansoor Ahmed


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Award Presented to: Hugo Justin Teugels
Film: Cassandra Venice
Director: Hugo Justin Teugels


BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Keiko McAssey
Film: My Left Eyebrow
Director: Keiko McAssey


BEST DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Jan Fabris
Film: Cold Blue
Director: Jan Fabris


BEST DOCUMENTARY

Award Presented to: Mark Rose
Film: Alaska Long Hunters
Director: Mark Rose


BEST DRAMA FILM

Award Presented to: Silvano Plank
Film: Sun Comes Shining
Director: Silvano Plank


BEST EDITOR

Award Presented to: Nabaz Ahmad
Film: Dekan Cave Massacre
Director: Nabaz Ahmad


BEST EXPERIMENT FILM

Award Presented to: Craig Sim Webb
Film: Be-Living in The Ocean
Director: Craig Sim Webb


BEST FEATURE FILM

Award Presented to: Don Schroeder
Film: Miracle In The Valley
Director: Don Schroeder


BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Award Presented to: Paul Corrielli
Film: Inked in Blood
Writer: Paul Corrielli


BEST HORROR FILM

Award Presented to: Paco Arasanz
Film: Obayifo Project
Director: Paco Arasanz


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Award Presented to: Liam MacDonald
Film: Buy My Stuff!
Writer: Liam MacDonald


BEST MUSICAL FILM

Award Presented to: Akisai M
Film: Aftermath of Destiny – from the musical “This is Love”
Director: Akisai M


BEST NARRATIVE FILM

Award Presented to: Franklin Livingston
Film: Abrogation
Director: Franklin Livingston


BEST NOIR FILM

Award Presented to: Mr. Bouhaïk
Film: Defenestrated
Director: Mr. Bouhaïk


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Award Presented to: Philip Bryan Lombardi
Film: Billy Boudinot
Writer: Philip Bryan Lombardi


BEST PRODUCER

Award Presented to: Gang Chen, Cong Shen
Film: I Am Not Picky
Director: Gang Chen, Cong Shen


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Award Presented to: Anja Zabavnik
Film: Cold Blue
Director: Jan Fabris


BEST SCRIPT

Award Presented to: Phil Lombardi
Film: Chilocco
Writer: Phil Lombardi


BEST SHORT FILM

Award Presented to: Antoine Coulon, Dorian Vinai
Film: Bocal
Director: Antoine Coulon, Dorian Vinai


BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Award Presented to: Gang Chen
Film: Who Do You Think I Should Believe?
Writer: Gang Chen


BEST TRAILER

Award Presented to: Mark D. Rose
Film: Alaska Rescue Story
Director: Mark D. Rose


BEST WOMEN DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Teresa Herminia Mular MD
Film: Tango in Twilight
Director: Teresa Herminia Mular MD


BEST WRITER

Award Presented to: Kevin Schewe
Film: Bad Love Strikes
Writer: Kevin Schewe