Best Feature Film

Perpetual Love - 🇺🇸

By Danny L. Lee

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Honorable Mention

Best Feature Film

Return Of The Mack - 🇺🇸

By Kamal Smith

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Best Drama Short

The Last Wish - 🇺🇦 💙💛

by Ilya Noyabrev 

(Special Seventh Time Winner)

 

Best Comedy Short

Shower - 🇺🇸

by Mois Mathew

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Best Animated Short

Dark - 🇺🇸

by Christopher Park

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Best Documentary

Ark Taroko - 🇹🇼

by Chen-Tang Lee

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Honorable Mention

Best Documentary

Exile Echoes - 🇺🇸

By Mazyar Mahan

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Best Horror Short

Phantom - 🇺🇸

By Danny Ashkenasi

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Best Crime Short

Car Race -  🇺🇸

by Film XB Inc.

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Best Fantasy Short

Woman - 🇺🇸

By Gabriel Buarque

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Best Thriller Short

SuperNova  🇺🇸

By Tobias Smith Jr.

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Best Sci-fi Short

Felt in Love - 🇺🇸

By Chia Lui Deng

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Best Western Short

Modern - 🇺🇸

by Robert Jr.

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

The Son - 🇺🇸

By Greg Jackson

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Best Micro Short

Over - 🇺🇸

By Spark Mariak

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Best Experimental Short

Gloss - 🇺🇸

by Grace Smith

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Best Indie Film

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸

by Jacques Aldridge

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Best Inspirational Short

Golden - 🇬🇧

by Ron Clemons

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Best Trailer

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸

by Jacques Aldridge

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Best Web Series

Socker - 🇺🇸

By Patrick Villeneuve

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Best Series Pilot

Desease - 🇺🇸

By Jones Dramak

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Best Music Video

It's De-lovely - 🇺🇸

Directed by George Artope & Performed By Robin Simone & Hollywood Orchestra

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Best Commercial /

branded  Film

Water - 🇫🇷

by Melina Monsou

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Best Original Content

Perpetual Love - 🇺🇸

By Danny L. Lee

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Best Student Film

Don’t Slip Up - 🇺🇸

by Mackenzie Diggins

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Best VR 360 Film

Sky - 🇺🇸

by Clara Mendes

 

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Best Director

Grace Smith

Gloss - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Chen-tang Lee

Ark Taroko - 🇹🇼

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Best First Time Director

Mazyar Mahan

Exile Echoes - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Danny L. Lee

Perpetual Love - 🇺🇸

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Best Student Filmmaker

Mackenzie Diggins

Don’t Slip Up - 🇺🇸

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Jacques Aldridge

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸​

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Best Actor

Cruz St. James

Gloss - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Actor

Jacques Aldridge

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸

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Best Actress

Elizabeth Lawson

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Dawne Ellison

As Close To Me As Always - 🇺🇸​

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Best Ensemble Cast

Daniele Aiello, Martina Varriale,  Pietro Juliano, Francesco Verde, & Elvira Pinto

Slap - 🇺🇸

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Best Producer

Naomi Sally Santangelo, Beniamino Manferlotti & Marica Di Matteo

Slap - 🇺🇸

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Salim Marabrava

Mohamed -  🇮🇳

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Best Original Score

Stop

By Marc Williams

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Best Original Song

Forever -  🇬🇧

by Anna Marie

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Best Cinematography

Michael J. Molohod

Slap - 🇺🇸

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Best Editing

Slap - 🇺🇸

By Margareth Smadson​

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Best Sound Design

Michael Everett

The Race - 🇺🇸

 

Best Screenplay

Lunar -  🇺🇸

By Scarlet Hopper

"' Every night, Lena climbs onto her apartment rooftop to photograph the moon. She says it’s a project, but no one knows what for. She lives alone, speaks rarely, and keeps her curtains drawn even during the day. When a quiet neighbor named Miguel begins asking questions, a strange friendship emerges—built on silence, shadows, and a shared feeling that something isn’t quite right with the sky. As the full moon approaches, Lena begins to confess things: that she hasn’t dreamed in years, that time feels broken, and that the moon might be trying to tell her something."