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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

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. "

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