Best Feature Film

Separate - 🇩🇪

By Emmanuel Müller

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Best Drama Short

No One - 🇮🇹

by Luca Finato

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Best Comedy Short

WI-FI - 🇺🇸

By Timothy Anderson

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Best Animated Short

Under the Sea - 🇺🇸

by Kimberly Myers

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

Kiss - 🇺🇸

by Daniel Nancy

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Best Documentary

Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸

by April Anderson & Martin Chytil

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Best Horror Short

Iolanda - 🇭🇳

By Ieda Sintra

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Best Crime Short

No, No, But Yes - 🇺🇸

By Gregory Matheus

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Best Fantasy Short

Stronger - 🇺🇸

By Kathlyn Spart

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Best Thriller Short

Just Enough - 🇺🇸

By Michelle Morrison

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Best Sci-fi Short

Pepe - 🇺🇸

By Thomas Oliver T.

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Best Western Short

Hola - 🇪🇸

by Osala Benjin

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Best Micro Short

Special One - 🇬🇧

By The D2o (Erick Platter & Martin N.)

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Best Experimental Short

When The Clocks Stop - 🇺🇸

by Brett Willis

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Best Indie Short Film

ET - 🇺🇸

By Sol Manarch

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Best Inspirational Short

Somebody need to Kill Him - 🇺🇸

by Donald Barlow

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Best Trailer

Forgotten - 🇺🇸

by Gary Martin K.

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Best Web Series

Summer - 🇺🇸

By Oliver Chen

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Best Series Pilot

Clock - 🇺🇸

By Amanda Emblik

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Best Music Video

Copilot - 🇺🇸

Directed by Jeremiah Hammerling & Robert Devine

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Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

Smoldering-Smoldering - 🇺🇦

by Ilya Noyabrev

(special eighth time winner)

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Best Commercial / branded  Film

Closer - 🇬🇧

by Peter Monroe

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Best Original Content

It's me - 🇫🇷

By Lorenzo Mathernick

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Best Student Film

Suspicious - 🇺🇸

By Charlie Manal

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Best Drone Film

SoCal Spirit - 🇺🇸

by Steve Pollard

 

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Best Director

April Anderson & Martin Chytil

Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Ilya Noyabrev

Smoldering-Smoldering - 🇺🇦

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Best First Time Director

Brett Willis

When The Clocks Stop - 🇺🇸

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Kino Lee

Mark Robert Nicacio  - 🇹🇼

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Best Student Filmmaker

Zihan Zhang

Unsustainable - 🇺🇸

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Best Actress

Kate Monarco

Lonely Heart - 🇺🇸

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Best Actor

Huston Cleveland

Lonely Heart - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Elena Sahagun

Peace - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actor

Armando DuBon Jr.

Jonas, R.I.P. - 🇺🇸

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Best Young Actress

Rebecca Smith

Last One - 🇺🇸

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Best Young Actor

Thomas Schneider

Last One - 🇺🇸

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Best Child Actress

Adam Müller

Cross - 🇬🇧

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Best Ensemble Cast

Eric Lutz, Angel Garet, Mary Garet, Luca Soleimanpour, Kara Soleimanpour, Leo Soliemanpour, Andrew Tamarkin, Seth Goodfellow, Carissa Tajudeen, Christopher Sánchez, Grant Merritt, Louie Espinosa (puppy), Jacklyn Dardarian, Priscilla Välldejuli, Danny Richmond, Miguel Rivermax, Sammy Elliot, Angie Xifaras, Jennifer Nicole Leon, William Murphy, Logan Saldana (puppy), Kevin Johnson & William Murphy

When The Clocks Stop - 🇺🇸

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Best Producer

Jeremiah Hammerling & Robert Devine

Copilot - 🇺🇸

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸

By April Anderson & Martin Chytil

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Best Original Score

Michele Josia

Joachim and the Apocalypse - 🇺🇸

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Best Cinematography

Mark Waring

Awake - 🇬🇧

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Best Editing

Oliver Li

Unsustainable - 🇺🇸

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Best Sound Design

Mengchen Sun

Unsustainable - 🇺🇸

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Best Original Song

Unsustainable - 🇺🇸

by Robert Jackson P.

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Best Visual Effects

Unsustainable - 🇺🇸

Directed by Stuart Johan

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Best Screenplay

The Sun - 🇺🇸

By Larry Spetters

"'After an unfortunate viral moment involving a tanning bed, a failed motivational speaker named Clóvis becomes convinced that the actual Sun is trying to ruin his life. Determined to prove his theory, he launches a one-man crusade to “cancel the Sun” — complete with interviews, sunscreen boycotts, and late-night conspiracy rants on YouTube. But when his campaign accidentally gains traction and turns him into an unlikely cult hero for night-shift workers and pale people everywhere, Clóvis is forced to confront what he's really avoiding: his own shadow. The Sun is a warm, absurd, and oddly touching comedy about chasing fame, avoiding responsibility, and learning that sometimes the thing you fear most is just trying to help you grow.."