the Jury members and The AWARDS
THE VANIA EXERJIAN AWARD
Founder's Award given to a film or person/s for Empowering Women & Girls
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Fernando Brenner
Béatrice Thiriet
Eve Pomerance
Gerald Papasian
Helen Hamada
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Alexandra Drobac Diagne
George Jose
Edwin Gerard
Brigitte Leloire Kerackian
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Julia Verdin
Simon Kristiansen
Anna Fahr
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Sonia Herman Dotz
Essam Nagy
Aline Issermann
SCRIPTWRITING
Therese Gilardi
Jacque Quigley
Brigitte Gauthier
THE INDIEPIX VISION AWARD
by IndiePix
Erica Peek
THE KIRK AWARD
Raffi Regis Bakian
the 2025 Jury members
SONIA HERMAN DOTZ
HELEN HAMADA
GERALD PAPASIAN
FERNANDO BRENNER
EVE POMERANCE
BRIGITTE LELOIRE
KERACKIAN
BEATRICE THIERIET
ERICA PEEK
ALEXANDRA DROBAC
DIAGNE
ANNA FAHR
EDWIN GERARD
BRIGITTE GAUTHIER
HERFLIX
We thank our diligent
International jury members for their time and dedication
in choosing the winners.
The Madagascar Silk Bandana Scarf
by Lost Pattern (*)
The Awards & Prizes
Awards by SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY
The Vanya Exerjian Award
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
The KIRK Award
Named after Kirk Kerkorian
Raffi Regis Bakian
given to two Armenian films in the selection
The IndiePix Unlimited Vision Award
Awarded to a film of exceptional merit and commercial prospect.
It consists of a distribution offer from IndiePix Films.
The Scriptwriting Competition
Three winners (first place, second place, and third place), certificates of inclusion on the InkTip site respectively.
Winners will receive a 3-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read the scripts, and scriptwriters will be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
Consultancy session with CinemaLibre Studio
The feature film winners in the Narrative Feature and Documentary feature categories are offered an hour-long free consultation and first choice for the distribution of their film.
(*) The Award
The award trophies this year are special LOST PATTERN scarves graciously donated by Lost Pattern to the winning filmmakers.
