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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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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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