The winners of the 9th Annual Actors Awards 2025 have officially been announced, celebrating exceptional talent and truly outstanding performances from this year’s selections. Here is what our jury had to say about the remarkable work that stood out and left a lasting impression. Best Performance of the Year Cruz St. James in Gloss It is very rare to see such tender truth on screen. And Gloss seems the perfect vehicle for powerful and magnetic young actor Cruz St. James. St.

In the short drama Next , written by Jennings Rice and directed by Chelsea Alden, an intriguing and thought-provoking question is posed:...

Set in the waning days of the Ulbricht era in 1970s East Germany, The Inadequacy to be Together is an intense, intimate exploration of...

Mouayed Zabtia directs Story of Godia, a series about a dysfunctional family moving into a cursed home. Wasof Alkhuwaylidi carries the...

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Kevin Austra, Steven Vogel, Michael Santiago light up the screen as rival 1920s East coast gangsters in Monster, a new short film by...

Actress Ellen McLain updated and adapted “Night, Mother” - the 1983 Pulitzer-prize winning play by Marsha Norman - to be set in the...

Sam Clark paints a picture of white ignorance and privilege with his performance in Fairview, a mockumentary about a guy running for City...

Woonyea Han delights the screen with her nuanced performance in Fix Me, a short film about a woman who goes to a shoe repair store after...

The Wall Between Us is a German feature film, written by Susanne Fuelscher, Antonia Rothe-Liermann and Norbert Lechner, and directed by...