Winners
Announced on Aug, 2025

Best Narrative Feature

De La Cruz

Director: Michael Baez

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Best Narrative Short

A Brother’s Love

Director: Dino Anthony May

 

Best Documentary Feature

Our Castle – The Fairytale Story of Tarasp Castle

Directors: Susanna Fanzun, Oliver Conrad

 

Best Short Documentary

ImmiGreat

Director: Brandon Cole Widener

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Best Feature Script

Last Stop Tokyo

Nancee LaFayette

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Best Short Script

Tears of Gold

Nicholas P. Runfolo

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Best Indie Short

Gods have problems too

Director: Maria Chelidoni

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Best Director

Thevin Gamage

The ONSET

 

Best Animation

Departure

Director: Bolormaa Luvsandorj

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Best Experimental

NOISE

Director: Robert Scott MacLeay

 

Best Science Fiction

Nothing happened in 2058

Director: Charles Ritter

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Best Student Film

Three S3conds

Director: Diana Shield

 

Best Environmental

Defend the Deep

Director: Richard Allen Charter, Liz Ruben

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Best Actor

FRANCISCO CONDE

THE ZONE OF AVOIDANCE

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Best Composer

Justin Gray

Immersed - A Cinematic Immersive Album