


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
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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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