In this first GYP Festival, in total 14 awards were given to youth age from 8 to 25 from all over the world.
2025 Award Highlights
GYP Filmmaker Special Awards
Recognizing filmmakers under age 13, supported by parents or mentors:
- “Chirp Talker” — Audrey He-Qing Cheng, Taiwan (with mentor
- “What We Imagined” — Shubhavi Arya, USA
- GYP Rising Filmmaker Award – Silver (Ages 13–18, Junior Division)
- “Hidden Lives” — Nicholas Gao, Hong Kong (age 17)
GYP Emerging Filmmaker Award – Silver (Ages 19–25, Senior Division)
- “Who Am I Here?” — Victor Santos and team (Brazil, Dominican Republic, Romania, United Kingdom)
- “History Looks the Same on Us” — Zoe Epperson, USA
- “Dark Room” — Mobin Hajilooie, Iran
GYP Rising Filmmaker Award – Gold (Ages 13–18, Junior Division)
- “Sail Alone” — Cindy Qianran Li, China
- “Becoming Jeremy” — Cole Adefuin Aylaian, USA
- “Second Chance” — India Anne Mitchell, USA
GYP Emerging Filmmaker Award – Gold (Ages 19–25, Senior Division)
- “Yahima” (Animation) — Rodolfo Enrique, USA
- “By Chance, Demetria” — Eduardo None, Brazil
- “Lost” — Yuka Asami, Malaysia
- “Right Choice” — Dimantha Ranaweera, Sri Lanka
GYP Jury Grand Prize (Festival’s Top Honor)
- “The Wrong Side” — Nikoletta Olenchyn, Ukraine
