Winners
Announced on March, 2025
Best Narrative Feature
Sinatra Eternity
Director: Michael Oblowitz
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Best Narrative Short
Advent
Director: Rachel Danae Bass
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Best Documentary Feature
The Evidence
Director: Atakan Kerkuklu
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Best Short Documentary
Documentary_84 Nightmares
Director: Junghyun Oh
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Best Feature Script
The Tree with No Heart
Aaron Huckleberry
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Best Short Script
Faded Light
Montana Clayton
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Best Indie Short
LA FOI DU CLAN
Director: Jerome Lanvin
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Best Director
Shani Daus
BFF GHOSTING
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Best Cinematographer
Marie Gayeski
Elemental
Best Experimental
THE STORY OF A SMALL FAMILY ALBUM
Director: Deborah Sfez
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Best Comedy
Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country
Director: Amanda Richards
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Best Human Rights
TAIKO. MUSIC OF THE STRONG
Director: Olena Tumanska
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Best Environmental
The Sea of Death
Directors: A-ram Ko, Jong-hwan Lee, Yeong-ah Ahn, Jun-young Moon
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Best Actor
Michael Madsen
Sinatra Eternity
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Best Actress
Brandie Sylfae
Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country
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Best Composer
Isaiah 40:31
Yulia and Lew Laing Jr.