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WINNERS

APRIL 2025

Best Feature Film

Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture - 🇱🇨

By Curmiah Lisette & Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa

 

Honorable Mention

Best Feature Film

Destroy This Tape - 🇨🇦

By Sean McGarry & Carter Folkes

Best Drama Short

Martinica - 🇪🇸

by Víctor Munaert

Best Comedy Short

The Big Dipper - 🇺🇸
by Teranee Fransha

Best Animated Short

Oops - 🇬🇧

by Martinela Fonseca

Best Documentary

Young Legend - 🇺🇸

by Donovan J Gardener & Praheme Praphet

Best Horror Short

Bruce - 🇨🇳

By Cheng Zing-Hon

(Special Double Winner)

Best Crime Short

Students - 🇨🇳

By Cheng Zing-Hon

Best Fantasy Short

A Princess's Plea - 🇺🇸

By Brooke Thornton & Madison Hubler

Best Thriller Short

End of the Road - 🇺🇸

By Joseph Pupin

Best Sci-fi Short

Learning Machine - 🇺🇸

By Rafaela Sakaguchi

Best Western Short

Stop - 🇺🇸

by Seth Francis

Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short

No, is No - 🇬🇧

By Marcelo Lopez

Best Micro Short

Love Gone - 🇨🇦

By Phil Hazman

Best Experimental Short

Sweat - 🇬🇧

by Stephen S. Kalivon

Best Indie Film

Opala - 🇺🇸

by Steven Williams

Best Inspirational Short

Strangers -  🇧🇪

by Michael Greg

Best Trailer

The Big Dipper🇺🇸

by Teranee Fransha

Best Web Series

Over - 🇺🇸

By Heidi Mazuka

Best Series Pilot

The Rich Kid Rules - 🇺🇸

By A.L. Pruitt

Best Music Video

Can You Hear the Mothers Crying🇺🇸

Directed by Roy Oberg

Best Commercial / branded  Film

Break The Silence - 🇺🇸

by Dax Phelan

Best Original Content

Destroy This Tape - 🇨🇦

By Sean McGarry & Carter Folkes

Best Student Film

Reverb - 🇺🇸

by John Westmoreland & Matthew Westmoreland

Best VR 360 Film

Oxford - 🇹🇭

by Walter Wenders

 

Best Director

Dax Phelan

Break The Silence - 🇺🇸

Honorable Mention

Best Director

Donovan J Gardener & Praheme Praphet

Young Legend - 🇺🇸

 

Best First Time Director

Brooke Thornton & Madison Hubler

A Princess's Plea🇺🇸

Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Teranee Fransha

The Big Dipper🇺🇸

Best Indie Filmmaker

Phillippe O. Morgan

Nature - 🇺🇸

Best Student Filmmaker

John Westmoreland & Matthew Westmoreland

Reverb - 🇺🇸

Best Actress

Madison Hubler

A Princess's Plea🇺🇸

Best Actor

Jameson Chase Young

The Long Distance Department - 🇺🇸

Best Supporting Actress

Hannah Brennen

Destroy This Tape🇨🇦

Best Supporting Actor

Alexander Just

Destroy This Tape🇨🇦

Best Young Actress

Marlene Matt

Sisters - 🇬🇧

Best Young Actor

Buddy Skelton

Sisters🇬🇧

Best Ensemble Cast

Sienna Novikov, John Henry Richardson, Omar Zhari, Ernest Walker, Robyne Richards, Yashira Calo, Bruce Burns, Makenna Perkal, Ian Hopps, Taylor Elizabeth & Justen Knodel

The Rich Kid Rules - 🇺🇸

Best Producer

Thomas A. Willoughby, A.L. Pruitt & Holly Fox

The Rich Kid Rules - 🇺🇸

Best Screenplay (produced)

Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture🇱🇨

By Curmiah Lisette, Yara Ammar, Anastasia Gaisenok & Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa

 

Best Original Score

Joe Fishel 

I Swiped the Wrong One - 🇺🇸

Best Sound Design

Erick Jolley, Lisa K. Fowle & Lawrence Everson

Break The Silence 🇺🇸

Best Original Song

Can You Hear the Mothers Crying🇺🇸

Directed by Roy Oberg

Best Cinematography

Jameson Chase Young

The Long Distance Department🇺🇸

Honorable Mention

Best Cinematography

Benjamin ThomassinThe Long Distance Department

Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture🇱🇨

Best Editing

Chris Chan Lee

Break The Silence 🇺🇸

Best Screenplay

RUSAMBO - (Dowry of Deceit)  - 🇺🇸

by Angela Zivo Gapa

"'When the money goes missing at her dowry ceremony, everyone is a suspect. The bride has to question the motives, loyalty and secrets of everyone she thought she could trust."

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