Presented at the Festival since its inaugural year in 1957, the Golden Gate Awards (GGAs) are among the most significant honors for emerging global film artists in the United States. Prizes are traditionally awarded in narrative, documentary, and short film categories.
Narrative Feature
The Quiet Son
Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin (France 2024, 119 min)
Xoftex
Noaz Deshe (Germany/France 2024, 99 min)
3670
Joonho Park (South Korea 2025, 124 min)
Cactus Pears
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (India/UK/Canada 2025, 112 min)
Sukkwan Island
Vladimir de Fontenay (France/Norway/Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/UK 2024, 114 min)
All That’s Left of You
Cherien Dabis (Country, Country 2025, 145 min)
Ricky
Rashad Frett (USA 2024, 108 min)
Surviving Earth
Thea Gajić (UK 2025, 97 min)
That Summer in Paris
Valentine Cadic (France 2025, 75 min)
Documentary Feature
The Brink of Dreams
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir (Egypt/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia 2024, 101 min)
Sudan, remember us
Hind Meddeb (France/Qatar/Tunisia 2024, 76 min)
Vivien’s Wild Ride
Vivien Hillgrove (USA 2024, 87 min)
Seeds
Brittany Shyne (USA 2024, 125 min)
Her/Mine
Alexandra Shiva (USA 2025, 82 min)
Sally
Cristina Costantini (USA 2025, 103 min)
The Dating Game
Violet Du Feng (USA/UK/Norway 2025, 90 min)
Endless Cookie
Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver (Canada 2025, 97 min)
How to Build a Library
Chris King, Maia Lekow (Kenya/Germany 2025, 101 min)
I Dreamed His Name
Angela Carabali (Colombia 2025, 86 min)
Only on Earth
Robin Petré (Denmark/Spain 2025, 92 min)
New Directors
Ink Wash
Sarra Tsorakidis (Romania/Greece/Denmark 2024, 90 min)
Winter in Sokcho
Koya Kamura (France/South Korea 2024, 104 min)
Isle Child
Thomas Percy Kim (USA/South Korea 2024, 88 min)
Red Path
Lotfi Achour (Tunisia/France/Belgium/Poland/Saudi Arabia/Qatar 2024, 100 min)
Honeymoon
Zhanna Ozirna (Ukraine 2024, 84 min)
Where the Wind Comes From
Amel Guellaty (Tunisia/France/Qatar 2025, 99 min)
The Devil Smokes
Ernesto Martínez Bucio (Mexico 2025, 97 min)
The Botanist
Jing Yi (China 2025, 96 min)
Shadowbox
Tanushree Das, Saumyananda Sahi (India/France/USA/Spain 2025, 93 min)
Idiotka
Nastasya Popov (USA 2025, 82 min)
Cine Latino Competition
Horizon
César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia/France/Germany/Luxembourg/Chile 2024, 125 min)
Beloved Tropic
Ana Endara (Panama/Colombia 2024, 108 min)
The Hyperboreans
Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña (Chile 2024, 71 min)
The Last First Time
Rafael Ruiz Espejo (Mexico 2025, 76 min)
Rains Over Babel
Gala Del Sol (Colombia/Spain/USA 2025, 118 min)
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Joel Alfonso Vargas (USA 2025, 99 min)
The Best Mother in the World
Anna Muylaert (Brazil/Argentina 2025, 106 min)
Narrative Short Film
Maputo
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Lucas Birolli Abrahão (Brazil 2024, 15 min)
Across the Waters
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Viv Li (France 2024, 15 min)
Bad For a Moment
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Daniel Soares (Portugal 2024, 15 min)
Vox Humana
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (Philippines/Singapore, USA 2024, 22 min)
Saint Andrews
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Erin Ramirez (USA/Jamaica 2025, 15 min)
Sola
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Lana Barić (Croatia 2023, 15 min)
Chow
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Kevin Armento, Jaki Bradley (USA 2024, 15 min)
/HAAW/
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Joe Scoma (USA 2024, 12 min)
How Was Your Weekend?
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Cam Banfield (USA 2025, 9 min)
I Lay for You to Sleep
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Ali Al Hajri (Qatar 2024, 15 min)
Stomach Bug
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Matty Crawford (UK 2024, 15 min)
Nine Days in August
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Ella Knorz (Germany 2024, 17 min)
MANGO
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Joan Iyiola (UK/France 2025, 11 min)
Buick
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Michael Godere (USA 2024, 12 min)
She Raised Me
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Ben Lewis (USA/Canada 25, 13 min)
Hermanos
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Miguel Pérez Castelazo (Mexico 2024, 13 min)
Memories of Zhi
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Mingxin Li (China/UK 2024, 23 min)
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Chheangkea (Cambodia/France, USA 2025, 19 min)
Bloomed in the Water
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Joanne Mony Park (USA 2024, 14 min)
On a Sunday at Eleven
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Alicia K. Harris (Canada 2024, 9 min)
Documentary Short Film
Losing Your Home
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Emmanuel Rioux (Canada 2024, 19 min)
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Emily Sheskin (USA 2024, 6 min)
Clara’s Fruit
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Morgan Mathews (USA 2024, 15 min)
Rat Rod
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Jared Jakins, Carly Jakins (USA 2025, 11 min)
The Hemingway
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Patrick Sean O’Brien, Evan Mathis (USA 2024, 10 min)
Fragmented
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Phoebe Dobey, George McCann (Palestine/Portugal 2025, 7 min)
Waska: The Forest Is My Family
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Nina Gualinga, Boloh Miranda, Elizabeth Swanson (Ecuador, UK 2025, 15 min)
Firefighter Goats
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Tanya Marar, Balolas Carvalho (Norway 2024, 11 min)
Swimming with Butterflies
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Karl Stelter (USA 2024, 8 min)
Animated Short Film
Retirement Plan
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
John Kelly (Ireland 2024, 7 min)
Snow Bear
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Aaron Blaise (USA 2024, 11 min)
Hoofs on Skates
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Ignas Meilūnas (Lithuania 2024, 13 min)
Ordinary Life
Part of Shorts 1: Sublime Interludes
Yoriko Mizushiri (France/Japan 2025, 10 min)
Have I Swallowed Your Dreams
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Clara Chan (Canada 2024, 6 min)
Tule
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
Jocelyn Garcia (USA 2024, 4 min)
The Girl with the Occupied Eyes
Part of Shorts 6: Family Films
André Carrilho (Portugal 2024, 8 min)
My Brother, My Brother
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar (Egypt/France/Germany 2025, 15 min)
The Mud Under My Window
Part of Shorts 4: Family Matters
Violette Delvoye (France/Belgium 2025, 12 min)
Bay Area Short Film
Camp Widow
Part of Shorts 5: Docs
Laura Green, Anna Moot-Levin (USA 2025, 15 min)
After What Happened at the Library
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Syra McCarthy (USA 2024, 15 min)
A Brighter Summer Day For The Lady Avengers
Part of Shorts 3: Dark Waves & Stranger Tides
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung (Taiwan/USA 2024, 12 min)
Dawn Every Day
Part of Shorts 2: Under Precarious Circumstances
Amir Youssef (Egypt 2024, 20 min)
Youth Works
Echoes of a Sunlit Koi
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Ying Zhao (China 2025, 5 min)
Reach for Me
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Hazel Baileh Klein Wolff (USA 2025, 5 min)
Thunderbird and Killer Whale: S-hwuhwa’us & Qul-lhanumutsun
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Jason Cheng (Canada 2024, 8 min)
Why Can’t We Just Be Ghosts?
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Patrick Jang (USA 2025, 9 min)
Junebug
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Amiko Muscat (USA 2024, 6 min)
Painting Resistance
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Dylan Clarke, Aesha Gluck, Liam Renaud (USA 2024, 9 min)
As You Are
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Daria Strachan (USA 2024, 7 min)
little dreamer
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Astrid Nymo-Young (USA 2024, 5 min)
Coop
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Mujtaba Alhejji (Saudi Arabia 2024, 12 min)
Umbral Cloak
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Cade Savage Schwartz (USA 2024, 5 min)
The Brave Ones
Part of Shorts 7: Youth Works
Mahdiyeh Abbaszadeh (Iran 2025, 4 min)