

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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Please note that regrettably, this year's award ceremony cannot be conducted in person due to unforeseen technical challenges at our venue.
We hope to see you all in person next year!
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