

WINNERS 2025

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FEATURE FILMS
COURAGE - Best Feature Film, Ankur Arun Kakatkar
THE 3100 - Best Feature Documentary, Mark Fisher
PARADISE - Best Experimental Feature, Yun Jiang
I KNOW ALL BETTER THAN MEN - Best Comedy Feature, Susan LaFlaming
WAIT FOR ME UNTIL SUMMER - Best Foreign Feature, Claudia Ernestto
FAREWELL PARIS - Best Romance-Fantasy Feature, David Adam Becker
2199 - Best Sci-Fiction Feature, Lucas Mark Brown
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SHORT FILMS
PATIENT LUCIDITY - Best Short Story, Caleb Mihill
IMPUNITY - Best Short Thriller, André M. Zucker
BREAK THE SILENCE - Best Short Public Service Announcement, Dax Phelan
I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS - Best Short Fiction, Billy Baker, David Gianopoulos
RED CLAY - Best Foreign Short Fiction, Tian Zeng Runzhu Runhao Ruoxi
IT HAS HIS EYES - Best Short Horror, Gustavo Montano
QUIT DEACON ME AROUND - Best Short Comedy Horror, Emily Clark Gallagher
LIFE PATH - Best Short Experimental, Ioulia Lymperopoulou
THE SHIP OF THESEUS - Best Student Short Film, Yijiao Liu
DAY ONE - Best Short Documentary, Daniel Buckley
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SCREENPLAYS
ALL UP IN YOUR BIZNESS: MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS CRAP - Best Feature Screenplay, Julianna M Newland
CAT LADY, A PSYCHO-BIDDY HORROR - Best Horror Feature Screenplay, Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters
I THINK I WENT TO LONDON - Best Fantasy Feature Screenplay, Ernest Pick
THE TREE WITH NO HEART - Best Inspirational Feature Screenplay, Aaron Huckleberry
TROPHIES - Best Feature TV Screenplay, Phillip Cook
PRECURSOR - Best Sci-Fiction Feature Screenplay, Steve Brown
THE WHITE SCARF - Best First Time Screenwriter, Marc Angelo
ZERO EMISSIONS - Best Short Screenplay, Andrew David Gallagher
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CAST & ACTING
COURAGE - Best Ensemble Cast in Feature Film
PATIENT LUCIDITY - Best Ensemble Cast in Short Film
COURAGE - Best Actress in Feature Film, Sanskruti Balgude
COURAGE - Best Actor in Feature Film, Sharib Hashmi
I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS - Best Actors in Short Film, David Gianopoulos, Michael Dempsey
RED CLAY - Best Actress in Short Film, Huang Jun
RED CLAY - Best Supporting Actress in Short Film, Zhou Diling
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DIRECTING & PRODUCING
COURAGE - Best Producers in Feature Film, Sushant Prashant Tungare, Uday Devaskar
COURAGE - Best Director in Feature Film, Ankur Arun Kakatkar
LITTLE SINGER - Best Writer in Feature Film, Maurizio Benazzo
LIFE PATH - Best Producer in Short Film, Ioulia Lymperopoulou
IMMORTAL - Best Director in Short Film, Alan Blake
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EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND
LITTLE SINGER - Best Editing, Finley Macneil
LITTLE SINGER - Best Cinematography, Nickoloz Kachibaia, Caroline Janet Campbell
LITTLE SINGER - Best Sound Design & Mixing, Luc Meilland, Jeremy Gaucher
LITTLE SINGER - Best Original Soundtrack, Armand Amar
COURAGE - Best Costume Design, Kalyani Shroff
COURAGE - Best Make-up Design, Sachin Gathe, Vijay Wakode
COURAGE - Best Production Design, Tanvi Leena Patil
COURAGE - Best Art Direction, Tejas Ravindra Amurtkar
THE 3100 - Best Visual Effects, Kristen Brockel, Robert Gibson
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GRAND JURY AWARDS
THE SAN QUENTIN NEWS - Grand Jury Award, Feature Screenplay, Thomas William Bolema
PS LOVE ROBBY - Grand Jury Award, Short Documentary, Brian Thomas, Maggie Sposato
LITTLE SINGER - Grand Jury Award, Feature Documentary, Zaya Ralitza Benazzo
ARMOIRE - Grand Jury Award, Short Drama, Jonathan Betzler
LONESOME TUNE - Grand Jury Award, Short Student, Kelly Locke
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
I THOUGHT TOMORROW WE'D GO FOR A WALK - Honorable Mention, Short Drama, Eddy Wang
HOURS, DAYS, MONTHS, AND YEARS - Honorable Mention, Student Short , John-Paul Casella
LOVE WAR - Honorable Mention, Short Story, Mekhi Harper
KILL ME SOFTLY - Honorable Mention, Feature Screenplay, Rodrigo Brand
DISARMED - Honorable Mention, Short Screenplay, Mark Bourbeau
BOUNDLESS DREAMS - Honorable Mention, Student Short Script, Elliot Kim
THE MARK ON THE WALL - Honorable Mention, First time Script writer, Roberta Peña Coindreau
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