


WINNERS
JUNE 2025















Best Feature Film
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
By Benét Embry
Best Drama Short
Captive - 🇨🇳
by Jiahui Jiang (Rachel)
Best Comedy Short
Closure - 🇺🇸
by Michael Rojo
Best Romantic Comedy
Goldilocks - 🇺🇸
By Susie Kim
Best Animated Short
Splash - 🇺🇸
by Courtney Chaves
Best Documentary
The Inventors - 🇺🇸
by Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny
Honorable Mention
Best Documentary
Right in the Sight of God - 🇺🇸
By Terrence Ward
Best Horror Short
Tik Tok - 🇨🇦
By Chen Zeng-Chui
Best Crime Short
Pastor - 🇺🇸
By Wallace Lomanoc
Best Fantasy Short
Shining - 🇺🇸
By Jessica Houston
Best Thriller Short
Nobody Cares - 🇺🇸
By Gregory Trevor
Best Sci-fi Short
What Goes Up - 🇺🇸
By Plomo
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
Overcome - 🇺🇸
By Mary Napoli Monegh
Best Micro Short
Help - 🇷🇺
By Federrick Schneider
Best Experimental Short
The Lonely Mushroom - 🇬🇧
by Dan Blackwell
Best Indie Short Film
Gloob - 🇵🇪
by Daniela Cordoba
Best Inspirational Short
Stupid Girlfriend - 🇺🇸
by Gary Steven
Best Trailer
Closure - 🇺🇸
By Michael Rojo
Best Web Series
Clock - 🇺🇸
By George Benjamin M. S.
Best Series Pilot
Motion - 🇺🇸
By Susan Spencer
Best Music Video
I'm back - 🇺🇦
Performed by Anna Khanina
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Commercial /
branded Film
Sea - 🇵🇱
By Olivato Skavanick
Best Original Content
The Inventors - 🇺🇸
by Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny
Best Student Film
Shadows Of The Past - 🇺🇸
By Teairrah Nicole Green
Honorable Mention
Best Student Film
Mismatch - 🇺🇸
by Luna Lee
Best VR 360 Film
All In Once - 🇺🇸
by Steven Carie Morshie
Best Drone Film
Farm - 🇺🇸
by Oliver Hunshein
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Best Director
Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny
The Inventors - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Dan Blackwell
The Lonely Mushroom - 🇬🇧
Best First Time Director
Michael Rojo
Closure - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best First Time Director
Jiahui Jiang (Rachel)
Captive - 🇨🇳
Best Indie Filmmaker
Maciel Navarro
Sorry - 🇺🇸
Best Student Filmmaker
Luna Lee
Mismatch - 🇺🇸
Best Actress
LaNita Bryant
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Best Actor
A.D. Scott
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Actor
Plomo
What Goes Up - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actress
Jada Jay
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Hudrell Jones
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Best Ensemble Cast
Elizabeth Holmes, Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny & John Carreyrou
The Inventors - 🇺🇸
Best Producer
Hudrell Jones
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Producer
Terrence Ward
Right in the Sight of God - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay (produced)
The Lonely Mushroom - 🇬🇧
by Sasha Reid & Amy Jane Kavanagh
Best Original Score
Sergey Nesterov
Mismatch - 🇺🇸
Best Original Song
I'm back - 🇺🇦
Performed by Anna Khanina
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Cinematography
Vernon Robinson
Ruthless Atonement - 🇺🇸
Best Editing
Teairrah Green & Kelsey Ryan
Shadows Of The Past - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay
The Grimoire - 🇺🇸
By Steven Berger & Bridget Sullivan
"' An ancient text spirited away by a 16th-century Scottish monk spells demons and danger when the epic tome resurfaces in present-day Norway in this Nordic Noir-inspired suspense thriller. "














































