DECEMBER

Best Feature Film

Freaky Stuff - 🇺🇸

By Ramious Prazeni Musasa​

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Honorable Mention

Best Feature Film

To The Ends - 🇮🇩

By Mwita Chacha

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Best Drama Short

Piano

by moji moji​

Best Comedy Short

For the Love of Money - 🇺🇸

by Joseph Kowalski

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Best Romantic Comedy Short

Indian 4E - 🇮🇳

By Muhama Libamin

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Best Animated Film

Wild Sleepover - 🇨🇦

by Jenny Story

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Best Documentary

Awaken - 🇺🇸

by Shawn L. Hopper

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Best Horror Film

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

By Miranda Del Carmen Garza & Yumi Yuzuriha

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Best Crime Film

The Trade -  🇺🇸

by Stanislav Svetlichny

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Best Fantasy Short

Oloko - 🇵🇱

By Catherine Maramba

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Best Thriller Short

Clock - 🇺🇸

By The 2 S.I.S.

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Best Sci-fi Short

Voices in Solitude -  🇺🇸

By Donald Milne

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Best AI Film

REEF 1000 - 🇺🇸

by Solo Avital

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

Dream for a Lover - 🇩🇪

By Jool

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Best Micro Short

Our Quiet Together - 🇰🇷

By jai chul kim

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Best Experimental Short

Lovely Song - 🇺🇸

by Aldine Miller S

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Best Indie Film

Iron Man - 🇺🇸

by Kevin Palmer

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Best Inspirational Short

Moving - 🇺🇸

by Xion Thai Lin

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Best Trailer

Heritage -  🇺🇸

by Xian Liong

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Best Web Series

Submission - 🇺🇸

By Dorsey Hakim Jackson

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Best Series Pilot

Jimmy On The Rocks - 🇺🇸

By Jeff Frey​

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Best Music Video

Lullaby - 🇺🇦

Performed by Anna Khanina

Directed by Oleksandr Shvets

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YOU ARE SPECIAL - 🇺🇦

Performed by Anna Khanina

Directed by Ilia Noyabrov

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Best Commercial / branded  Film

Crazy World - 🇫🇷

by Bruce Ziantoni

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Best Original Content

Seaper Powers Mystery of the Blue Pearls Film - 🇺🇸

By Kim Cameron

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Best Student Film

Before I fall asleep - 🇨🇳

by Lexuan Kuang​

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Best VR 360 Film

Amenities - 🇺🇸

by Alexander Olimpo​​

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Best Director

Miranda Del Carmen Garza & Yumi Yuzuriha

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Ramious Prazeni Musasa

Freaky Stuff - 🇺🇸

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Best First Time Director

Joseph Kowalski

For the Love of Money - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Shuo Zhao

Reborn In Love - 🇨🇳

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Lost - 🇦🇹

by Carol Marlonig

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Best Student Filmmaker

Lexuan Kuang

Before I fall asleep - 🇨🇳

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Best Actress

Nina Vara

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Best Actor

Jonatan Pinke

The Choice - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Maddy Rose

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actor

Will Nunziata

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Best Ensemble Cast

Freddy John James, Dominique Nicole, Bri Ana Wagner, Morgan Tritsh, Haley Kahn, Ryan Rathbun, Papp Johnson, Paul Logan, Christine Mulhern & Kristin Vasoyan

Big Foot Burgers - 🇺🇸

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Best Producer

Voices in Solitude -  🇺🇸

By Donald Milne

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Marlene Maciel

Both of Us -  🇺🇸

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Best Original Score

Tasos Eliopoulos

The Shepherd's Supper - 🇬🇷​

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Best Cinematography

James Martin

To The Ends - 🇮🇩

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Best Editing

Charlie Tiner

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Best Sound Design

Sophie Peeler

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Sound Design

Zhao Shuo

Reborn In Love - 🇨🇳

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Best Original Song

Just Human - 🇺🇸

by Mohammed K Paika​

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Best Make Up & Hair

Ree Santos & Denis Shuhler

Killer Threads - 🇺🇸

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Best Screenplay

The Owners -  🇺🇸

By Nick Nelsen

"' After a bush plane crash in remote Alaska, wildlife photographer Nick and his girlfriend Sara become stranded in the freezing wilderness. Nick discovers a nearby cabin occupied by a fugitive family who have murdered its owners and are now hunting him to eliminate witnesses. A brutal cat-and-mouse chase unfolds across the frozen landscape as Nick fights the killers while searching for Sara and a surviving child. As the violence escalates, Nick’s desperation pushes him to kill repeatedly to survive. Sara begins to fear that survival has transformed him into someone unrecognizable. When rescue finally arrives, Nick is left questioning whether he saved lives—or lost his humanity."

Honorable Mention

Best Screenplay

The Long Wake -  🇺🇸

By Tracy Leon Streeter

"' In 1975, racist shop owner Earl Caldwell lures Isaiah, a young Black man, into the woods after a jealous rage, intending to kill him. Isaiah fights back in self-defense and leaves Caldwell alive, but the man falls into a coma for fifty years. When Caldwell awakens in 2025, he is shocked by a diverse world and becomes obsessed with revenge. Tracking Isaiah down, he discovers Isaiah is now Dr. Isaiah Reed, a respected leader who secretly helped Caldwell’s family for years. Their confrontation reveals Isaiah protected Caldwell’s wife and paid a moral debt rather than seeking revenge. Forced to face his past, Caldwell begins a difficult path toward accountability, learning that redemption comes through daily actions, not forgiveness. "