


WINNERS
MARCH 2025















Best Feature Film
Separate - 🇩🇪
By Emmanuel Müller
Best Drama Short
No One - 🇮🇹
by Luca Finato
Best Comedy Short
WI-FI - 🇺🇸
By Timothy Anderson
Best Animated Short
Under the Sea - 🇺🇸
by Kimberly Myers
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
Kiss - 🇺🇸
by Daniel Nancy
Best Documentary
Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸
by April Anderson & Martin Chytil
Best Horror Short
Iolanda - 🇭🇳
By Ieda Sintra
Best Crime Short
No, No, But Yes - 🇺🇸
By Gregory Matheus
Best Fantasy Short
Stronger - 🇺🇸
By Kathlyn Spart
Best Thriller Short
Just Enough - 🇺🇸
By Michelle Morrison
Best Sci-fi Short
Pepe - 🇺🇸
By Thomas Oliver T.
Best Western Short
Hola - 🇪🇸
by Osala Benjin
Best Micro Short
Special One - 🇬🇧
By The D2o (Erick Platter & Martin N.)
Best Experimental Short
When The Clocks Stop - 🇺🇸
by Brett Willis
Best Indie Short Film
ET - 🇺🇸
By Sol Manarch
Best Inspirational Short
Somebody need to Kill Him - 🇺🇸
by Donald Barlow
Best Trailer
Forgotten - 🇺🇸
by Gary Martin K.
Best Web Series
Summer - 🇺🇸
By Oliver Chen
Best Series Pilot
Clock - 🇺🇸
By Amanda Emblik
Best Music Video
Copilot - 🇺🇸
Directed by Jeremiah Hammerling & Robert Devine
Honorable Mention
Best Music Video
Smoldering-Smoldering - 🇺🇦
by Ilya Noyabrev
(special eighth time winner)
Best Commercial / branded Film
Closer - 🇬🇧
by Peter Monroe
Best Original Content
It's me - 🇫🇷
By Lorenzo Mathernick
Best Student Film
Suspicious - 🇺🇸
By Charlie Manal
Best Drone Film
SoCal Spirit - 🇺🇸
by Steve Pollard
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Best Director
April Anderson & Martin Chytil
Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Ilya Noyabrev
Smoldering-Smoldering - 🇺🇦
Best First Time Director
Brett Willis
When The Clocks Stop - 🇺🇸
Best Indie Filmmaker
Kino Lee
Mark Robert Nicacio - 🇹🇼
Best Student Filmmaker
Zihan Zhang
Unsustainable - 🇺🇸
Best Actress
Kate Monarco
Lonely Heart - 🇺🇸
Best Actor
Huston Cleveland
Lonely Heart - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actress
Elena Sahagun
Peace - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Armando DuBon Jr.
Jonas, R.I.P. - 🇺🇸
Best Young Actress
Rebecca Smith
Last One - 🇺🇸
Best Young Actor
Thomas Schneider
Last One - 🇺🇸
Best Child Actress
Adam Müller
Cross - 🇬🇧
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 - 🇺🇸
Best Producer
Jeremiah Hammerling & Robert Devine
Copilot - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay (produced)
Horses of Faroe - 🇺🇸
By April Anderson & Martin Chytil
Best Original Score
Michele Josia
Joachim and the Apocalypse - 🇺🇸
Best Cinematography
Mark Waring
Awake - 🇬🇧
Best Editing
Oliver Li
Unsustainable - 🇺🇸
Best Sound Design
Mengchen Sun
Unsustainable - 🇺🇸
Best Original Song
Unsustainable - 🇺🇸
by Robert Jackson P.
Best Visual Effects
Unsustainable - 🇺🇸
Directed by Stuart Johan
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.."














































