HNIFF 2025
Awards
Best CinematographyThe Two Lives of Sepideh
Best ActorThe Two Lives of Sepideh
Best DocumentaryBlack Rain in My Eyes
Public Choice AwardGood Night
Best Director7 to 10
Best AnimationIn Half
Best Student FilmThe Tragedy of the Lady
The programme
175Kasra Karimi · 20 min
7 to 10Ana Pio
A "Normal" LifeYIWEN CAO · 3 min
A Modern Guide To DatingDavid Stallings, Kale Klein · 18 min
A People's WarDan Herman, Chase Kaiser · 40 min
Abandoned InstrumentsEvan Stephens · 5 min
Alex: The DetectivePreston Shuttlesworth · 7 min
Always With YouDavid Daniel Cortés Sáez · 7 min
An Epilogue to HegemonShanele Soares · 10 min
Arc Of NoahKyle Andrea, Megan St Rose, Steven Boutilier · 10 min
Bad Girls Eat BrainsRené Lai, Chantele Franz · 7 min
Badger!Barry Wilkinson · 15 min
Beautiful Life · 8 min
Before Us. After Us.Cole Rutman · 15 min
BelSebastian C. Santisteban · 11 min
Beyond the Grave - Death Defeated by LoveKamen Kuntchef · 35 min
Black Rain in My EyesAmir Athar Soheili, Amir Masoud Soheili
Blasé: A Story of HeartbreakNik Justice · 28 min
Booked A RoomKris Lefcoe · 3 min
BoundedKasey Le · 7 min
Breadhead!Graydon Eskowich · 14 min
BrunzieRJ Cusyk · 16 min
BumpFrank Ertl · 11 min
CELESTEFERNANDO M. MACEDO · 30 min
CHAINLING HAN · 5 min
ChatterboxCJ Wartley · 5 min
Christmas BudMatthew Thomas Komorowski · 9 min
Cities of the FutureGreg MacGillivray, Shaun MacGillivray · 40 min
Collateral DamageKynthia Piakis, Faith Teo · 4 min
CombattereAndrea Ricciotti · 20 min
Commitment is an act not a wordAbdulrahman Al-mana · 2 min
CozenS. Joe Downing · 31 min
Crack (French)Claire Johnstone · 14 min
Cropped: An American GothicHaley Lynn Handson · 9 min
DadaKostiantyn Mishchenko · 1 min
Dance Dance RehabilitationMadeleine Lemay · 7 min
Date with FateDaniella Vinitski Mooney · 5 min
Day 1Daniel Moscovici · 9 min
Death of a SpyRebekah Johnson · 18 min
DOG WHISTLEMoo Renzaho · 15 min
Drastic MeasuresJ. Adams · 2 min
Due ProcessClara Parker · 7 min
EDDERKOPPENShokat Harjo · 11 min
Elephant WarriorsRoberta Anne Staley · 24 min
Every Day's A BonusJane Sanger · 15 min
For Better or WorseOswald Hunter · 9 min
Forbidden Holinessdoron neeman · 14 min
FrankindiansteynManoj Anand · 6 min
God Doesn't Wanna Talk AnymoreJimmy Andrews · 40 min
Godzillamajid farzolahi · 3 min
Golden PendantJouni Uotinen · 8 min
Good NightPaulo Leão
HafizMaheshinder Singh, Gur-Inder Singh · 13 min
Hansel & Gretel 420 EditionKristine Knowlton · 7 min
Happy LifeSara Caldwell · 9 min
HendersonLori Watt · 12 min
Honey Roasted ChickenYasushi Fuluichi · 11 min
HOP-LÀThami NABIL, Julien CALEMARD, Edern VAN HILLE · 3 min
HussainTimsal Qamar · 20 min
In HalfJorge Morais Valle
InspireJobin Kuruvilla George · 3 min
IntoxicationTara Salas · 20 min
IntoxicationKristina Schippling, Matthias A. K. Zimmermann · 4 min
Jalapeño BusinessKurt Collins · 6 min
JAWS - a short film homageJeff Lemay · 11 min
Jesse James Gang Rides Again Short FilmNeil Schell · 14 min
JumpstartGurinder Singh, Harnoor Gill · 10 min
KaashfulAneesh Chatterjee · 30 min
Kiss CamHusnu Hayali · 3 min
Lady at Number 16James Newhook · 10 min
Lens in the boxNaimish Gandhi, Samuel Watson · 11 min
Lights... Camera... CUT!Denisa Doftoreanu · 13 min
LoopIman Gholamiyan · 10 min
LotusBryce Mackie, Brennan Collins · 15 min
Lucky DogUjwal Nair · 22 min
M'AMO non M'AMOJay Ruggiano · 20 min
MANGO MANTania Faria · 5 min
Meat and Potatoes: Directors CutElizabeth Newman · 7 min
MemoryLiam Pritchard · 10 min
Messy ValentinAdrian Lungu · 11 min
Mirror MirrorCandice Hill · 25 min
Mona's North Beach NoirKip Pearson · 21 min
MONEY HUNGRYEdgar Romero · 3 min
Moomtaz Khatoon: A gender fluid queer MuslimImtiaz Popat · 20 min
MorîYAKUP TEKİNTANGAC · 18 min
Moving to JapanBabak Haleky · 16 min
Mr Noah & The Second FloodKelly Jean Saxberg, Dianne Brothers · 24 min
MugshotJessica MacDonald · 2 min
My BelovedPaolo Franzelletti · 17 min
My Uncle ManoloPJ Martinez · 9 min
Okasari chesina tappu inkosari cheyam. Yuvatha Melko Chandranna ni Yennuko. Bhavitarala Bhavishythu kosamHarish alias H HT Tarigopula as T · 3 min
OLD IRONVICTOR PINEYRO · 31 min
Parallelmajid farzolahi · 8 min
Parallel WordsLogan J Reinhart · 6 min
Peace of MindJeff Lemay, Karine Bisson · 22 min
Pioneers of Change | Steve JobsRTB Ruhan, Ratul Biswas · 2 min
Prayers to the Gods of The LonelyJohn Macanas · 10 min
RAM (Like the Verb)Chance Calloway · 9 min
ResetBrenna Goodwin-McCabe · 12 min
Restoring Nature- Stories from KulluG Puneet Kumar Reddy · 8 min
RINA DAN IBLIS (and the demons)Junita Nurtahta Thiessen · 11 min
Rock of the DeadDiego Ramos · 20 min
Serial DaterPriscilla Runion · 16 min
ShaeEric Fankhauser · 5 min
ShardsJ. Martinez-Paz · 12 min
SheepskinEthan Wingrove · 5 min
SHUT THE GATEImogen Linton · 6 min
SHUT UP SIMON!HUSEIN MADHAVJI · 5 min
Siste StoppShokat Harjo · 11 min
SistersJIm McQuaid · 13 min
SKINTanner J. Perry · 23 min
Slave to LustBrian E. Neal · 5 min
Soft Coos of Forgotten NeighborsMairam Atallah · 10 min
Sunflowers In the NightAndres Useche · 4 min
SuspicionFranchesca Escano · 19 min
THE ALARMTobia Berti · 17 min
The AnniversaryJohn Murphy · 5 min
The Artist: A Creative JourneyAnne Mueller · 25 min
The Atlantis MusselsRachmat Kurniawan Idrus · 7 min
The Austral Tested by FireLola Burbail, Jules Perennes · 3 min
The Back UpCliff Divine · 4 min
The CastingSara Pettarini · 7 min
The Chihuahua ShakeChase Olivera · 14 min
The Dating GameKeith Murphy · 11 min
The Days of Knight: Chapter 3John P Martinez · 9 min
The Embrace of DeathPaul Gomez Lopez · 9 min
The Games We PlayIvan Bello · 10 min
The Imagination of a ChildCesare Catania · 15 min
The Last FarewellDenisa Doftoreanu · 9 min
The League - a Future for FreeskiingMathias Skaarup Schmidt · 40 min
The Main CharacterDaniel Krastek · 13 min
The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland ParkDaniel Hancock · 40 min
The Memory AlbumCameron Ryan Soedi · 17 min
The MomentAndrew Cohen · 26 min
The MoonstoneMichael Müller · 19 min
The Northern Part Of My LifeSamil Cimen · 9 min
The Path to the HeightsRicardo A. B. Graça · 8 min
The Rot That Grows Inside My Chestjamie alkayyali · 21 min
The Shell Covered OxDaniel Barosa · 15 min
The susceptibleLuis Dion-Dussault · 4 min
The Tragedy of the Ladydoron neeman
The Two Lives of SepidehSoha Niasti
The WhiningEdison Sun · 5 min
Trevor Hurt SomeoneSam Pinnelas · 12 min
UnMatchedMatt Dionne · 7 min
Unreturned RevsAtrin Saghafi · 17 min
Unveiling Heritage: A Blueprint for the FutureZlatoslava Kryshtafovych, Dmytro Pashko · 15 min
Utility PolesÖner Macit · 11 min
Velo LoveSam Méndez, Carlos Cruz · 12 min
Video StoreTanguy Pichon · 12 min
WAKEAvi Youabian · 18 min
Waking ConundrumDale Loon, Alyssa-Rose Hunt · 12 min
Wander to WonderNina GANTZ · 14 min
WindhorseRobert Bazzocchi · 8 min
Winner Takes AllPamela PerryGoulardt · 2 min
You Are Already DeadMartin Pizarro Veglia · 3 min
Your Everyday Heroes of Costa RicaHernán Salcedo · 25 min
Your time has comeDavid Durán · 20 min
