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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 StoryCaleb 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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