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SHORTLIST 2025

GPA

Congratulations to all those that made the 2025 shortlist!
The winners will be announced at an exclusive awards ceremony on 19 May in Cannes, France.

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 City of Film 

Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Screen

Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Australia

Gold Coast Film Commission

New York

New York City, US

NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment

Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Screen NSW

Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb Film Office

 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award 

A Quiet Love

A Quiet Love

Curious North Productions
(Ireland)

Blood Legacy

Blood Legacy

Gambit Films
(South Africa)

Empowered

Empowered

MirrorWater Entertainment, LLC
(US)

Awesome Animal

Move Like An Awesome Animal

Final Pixel
(UK)

Never Look Away

Never Look Away

GFC Films
(New Zealand)

The Club George Built

The Club That George Built

whynow Studios & TNT Sports
(UK)

 Economic & Social Impact Award 

And Then Come

And Then Come The Nightjars
 

Finite Films & TV
(UK)

Blood Legacy

Blood Legacy
 

Gambit Films
(South Africa)

Maoriland

Māoriland Productions
& Film Festival

Māoriland Charitable Trust
(New Zealand)

Screen Berkshire

Screen Berkshire
 

Screen Berkshire
(UK)

Canterbury NZ

Screen CanterburyNZ Production Grant | We Were Dangerous
for Piki Films

ChristchurchNZ
(New Zealand)

Film Lauderdale

Screen Industry Transferable Skills Training Program

Film Lauderdale / Broward County
Film Commission
(US)

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Season 3

Spain Film Commission
(Spain)

Young Irish Film Makers

Young Irish Film Makers
 

Young Irish Film Makers
(Ireland)

 Emerging Location Award 

Film Lauderdale

Broward County, US

Film Lauderdale

New Zealand

Canterbury, New Zealand

ChristchurchNZ

Wexford

County Wexford, Ireland

Screen Wexford

El Paso

El Paso, US

El Paso Film & Creative Industries Commission

froya

Frøya, Norway

Midgard Film Commission Norway

Missouri

Missouri, US

Missouri Film Office

Ailand Islands

The Åland Islands, Finland

Åland Film Commission

 Film Commission of the Year - City/Region 

BC Film

BC Film Commission
at Creative BC, Canada

NYC

NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment, US

Savannah

Savannah Regional Film
Commission, US

Sussex

Sussex Film Office,
UK

Vienna

Vienna Film Commission,
Austria

 Film Commission of the Year - Country  

Ausfilm

Ausfilm, Australia

New Zealand

New Zealand Film Commission

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Screen

Spain

Spain Film Commission

 Impact Leadership Award 

NBCUniversal

Adam Mosey

NBCUniversal
(US)

Fremantle

Babita Bahal

Fremantle
(UK)

Bavi

Bavi Yassin

Kurdistan Film Commission Slemani
(Iraq)

Craig

Craig Gainsborough

Greenlit
(New Zealand)

Katie B

Katie Bailiff

Women in Film & TV
(UK)

Linn Rott

Linn Rott

EVERGREEN PRISMA, LAFC & the Department for Art & Culture Lower Austria
(Austria)

Zoe R

Zoe Ramushu

Wrapped
(South Africa)

 Location of the Year Award - sponsored by South Side Studios 

NZ

Canterbury, Selwyn District,
New Zealand

ChristchurchNZ

Maraya

Maraya,
Saudi Arabia

Film AlUla

Moab

Moab, Utah,
US

Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission

Hospital

Ravenscourt Park Hospital, UK

Location Collective

Palace

Schönbrunn Palace, Austria

Vienna Film Commission

 Outstanding Use of Locations 

Horizon

Horizon: An American Saga
- Chapter 1

Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission
(US)

Norah

Norah
 

Film AlUla
(Saudi Arabia)

Touch

Touch
 

Focus Features & Universal Pictures
(US)

 Studio of the Year 

Cinespace

Cinespace Studios

(Canada)

NFI

NFI Studios

(Hungary)

Shinfield

Shinfield Studios

(UK)

Bottle Yard

The Bottle Yard Studios

(UK)

Vancouver

Vancouver Film Studios

(Canada)

 Sustainability Initiative Award 

Evergreen

EVERGREEN PRISMA
 

EVERGREEN PRISMA, LAFC & the Department for Art and Culture Lower Austria
(Austria)

Garden Studios

Re-Set Programme
 

Garden Studios
(UK)

Rolling Green

Rolling Green
 

Quebec Film & Television Council
(Canada)

StepUP

StepUP - Sustainability Toolkit &
E-learning Platform

Ecoprod
(France)

Northern ireland

Stories, Skill, & Sustainability
Strategy

Northern Ireland Screen
(UK)

The Grid Project

The Grid Project

Film London
(UK)

TOHO Studios

TOHO Co & JERA Co's Hydrogen Power Generation

TOHO Studios Co.
(Japan)

 Sustainable Production Award (Film) 

Bridget Jones

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

Universal Pictures
(US)

Love Hurts

Love Hurts

Universal Pictures
(US)

Mean Girls

Mean Girls

Paramount Pictures
(US)

Wicked

Wicked

Universal Pictures
(US)

 Sustainable Production Award (TV) 

Awesome Animals

Awesome Animals And Mini Me

Three Arrows Media, Final Pixel & Sky Kids
(UK)

Bridgerton

Bridgerton

Netflix
(US)

Lockerbie

Lockerbie: A Search For Truth

Carnival Films (part of Universal
International Studios)
(US)

Notruf

Notruf Hafenkante

Letterbox Filmproduktion
(Germany)

day of Jackal

The Day Of The Jackal

Carnival Films (part of Universal
International Studios)
(US)

 Virtual Production Innovation Award 

Awesome Animals

Move Like An Awesome Animal
 

Final Pixel
(UK)

pixojam

PIXOJAM Virtual Production
 

PIXOJAM Virtual Production
(United Arab Emirates)

virtual production spain

Virtual Audiovisual Production White Paper & El Escorial Digital Assets

Spain Film Commission
(Spain)