December 2025

Best US Long Feature / Love Lives On
Best International Long Feature / VELIA TITTA WIDOW MATTEOTTI
Best International Documentary / The Search for Ancient Giants
Best US Documentary / Seon Actually (2025)
Best Documentary Short / Annuzza: A Story of Love and Freedom
Best Narrative Short / Mudlark
Best Student Short / Janete
Best Experimental Short / As Time Swallows Time
Best Mobile Film / MORGAN WOOD “EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH”
Best Micro Short / Come As You Are
Best Music Video / If the Sun Dies
Best High-School Level Short / Cleanup
Best Short Director / Retake
Best Short Producer / The Long Way Back
Best Short Animation / The Boy Prince and the Bear
Best Short Actress / Mother Knows Best – Eve Austin
Best Short Script / AI Film
Best Unproduced Short Script / The Screenwriter Dies Of His Own Free Will
Best Short Editing / WHAT DANCE AM I?
Best Short Music Video / Cosmic Rhapsody: A Symphony for our Planet
Best Horror Short / Don’t Trust the Dead
Best Comedy Short / Smoke and Mirrors
Best Family Short / The Popcorn Gang
Best Covid-19 Short Film / Return of the Myth of the Golden Fish
Best Sci-Fi Short / The Pastor Protocol
Best Dance Short Film / The Tap Dancing Christmas Trees – 3 Generations on Parade
Best Thriller Short / Walker’s Game – Proof of Concept
Best Web Series / TV Pilot / 26 Seconds USA Docuseries: Episode 1, The Border Crisis
Best Trailer / The Tantalizing Tales of Amanda Sneed: The Diary of Dreams
Best Poster / NO FLOWERS
Best Actress Feature Film / The Laundress – Jennifer Moriarty
Best Music Feature Film / Not a Rock-Doc
Best Script in Feature / One Last Chance
Best Unproduced Script in Feature / Katherine and Spencer
Best Editing Feature Film / Surge of Power: Where There’s Smoke