The 2025 winners of the third annual Sony Future Filmmaker Awards were revealed on Thursday night at a special black-tie ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Emmy-winning “Entertainment Tonight” correspondent Denny Directo.

Created by Creo and sponsored by Sony, the global awards program is designed to spotlight short films made by up-and-coming artists from around the world and help push them forward on their respective filmmaking paths. In 2025, over 11,750 films were submitted to the program from over 7,500 filmmakers originating from 158 different countries and international territories.

This year’s awards jury included filmmakers Minhal Baig (“We Grown Now”) and Jason Reitman (“Saturday Night”), president of 3000 Pictures Elizabeth Gabler and director Justin Chadwick (“Mandela: Long

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