2025 Awards by Title

113 Words for You Today – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Animation – Bo Qing Tang & Lan Zeng
113 Words for You Today – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Animation
A Guest In My Country – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Short Film – John Gray
A Guest In My Country – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Short Film – Bayo Akinfemi
A Guest In My Country – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Drama
A Haunt in Bushwick – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Comedy – Daniel Padulo
A Really Good Deal – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Horror
A Really Good Deal – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Horror
Abigail Before Beatrice – Best In Fest – Best Feature Film –
Abigail Before Beatrice – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Feature Film – William Tanner Sampson
Abigail Before Beatrice – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – Olivia Taylor Dudley
Abigail Before Beatrice – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Shayn Herndon
Babushka – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Featurette – Robin Webster
Benjamin, What Are You Doing Here? – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Blunt – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series-Pilot – Hadeel Ramadan
Blur – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Pilot – Web Series (Unproduced) – Oneika Mays
Born Ready – Grand Jury Award – Best Music Video –
Bread and Circuses – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series-Pilot – Larry H. Pollack
Burking – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series-Pilot – Beauregard Rue Marie
Cats Vs Geese: Vs Raccoon – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Rachel Santos
Childless Cat Lady – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series-Pilot – Meaghan Hynes Reese
Dark Matter – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama
DEVIL’S DILEMMA – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy
Disco Demolition Night – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Matthew Taub
Do Us Part – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Horror
Do Us Part – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – Ryan Beene
Do Us Part – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Horror
Don’t Watch This – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror
Don’t Watch This – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Daniel Pineros
Fledged – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Focal Point – Best In Fest – Best Featurette –
Focal Point – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Featurette – Raphael Buisson
Focal Point – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette
Focal Point – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Featurette – Jessee J. Clarkson
Gilgo Beach – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Maureen Anne Meehan
Giving Mom the Talk – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy – Vidhya Iyer
Giving Mom the Talk – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Comedy
Good Samaritans – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Drama
Good Samaritans – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Marcus Lamar Corrothers
Haunted Spotlight – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Dinesh Chandra Cherukuri
HELP – Audience Award – Best Short Film –
HELP – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Collin Black & Erin Bechler
Hey HeLP-O! Let’s Go! – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – SciFi
His Forbidden Sword – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Hope – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
How The Rose Reaches – Best In Fest – Best Short Film –
How The Rose Reaches – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – Belle Adams
How The Rose Reaches – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Cast – Short Film
How The Rose Reaches – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Short Film – Kelley Boonruang
How The Rose Reaches – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Katelin Chesna
I’ve Seen All I NEed To See – Audience Award – Best Feature Film –
I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Feature Film – Zeshaan Younus
I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Drama
I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Grand Jury Award – Best Score – Feature Film – Benjamin Doherty
I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Aidan Neuner
In The Garden – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Christal Kahles-Jones & Kathy Krantz Stewart
Is That a Mirage? – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental
Is That a Mirage? – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental
Is That a Mirage? – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Grace Shi
It’s Not For Me To Say – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Animation
It’s Not For Me To Say – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Animation – Ari Flesch
Jesus Loves Me – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Jokers Wild – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – Aaron William Bennett
Jokers Wild – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Short Film – Matt Broadfoot
La Petite Mortimer – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy
Lawyered Up – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – SciFi
Lawyered Up – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – SciFi – Tatiana Blackington James
Lawyered Up – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – SciFi
Lifted – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Life Support – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Lines In The Sand – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Michael Peter Bolus
Little Bird – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – Kirsty O’Donnell
Little Bird – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama
Lochia – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Horror
Lochia – Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Krsy Fox
Lone Wolf – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Lonesome Town – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Caleb Garrett
Lonesome Town – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental
LOOM – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – SciFi
Lullaby of 1 Million Lurkers – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Feature (Unproduced) – Raqui Minwell
Maneater – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Meeting Your Maker – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Short (Unproduced) – Gregory Kasunich
Merry Heistmas – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Comedy
Merry Heistmas – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film
Missing Rhythms – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama
Missing Rhythms – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Aja Houston
More Dead Than Living – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy
More Dead Than Living – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Comedy – JT Doran
My Age Now – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental
My Dog Loves Broccoli – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Sam Gasch
Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Documentary
Our Happy Place – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Horror
Out of the Fire – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama
Outed – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy
Pandaal – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama
Panes Taking – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Dance
Parikrama – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
PICKLE VISION – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Pierre West – Grand Jury Award – Best Featurette – Drama
Pierre West – Grand Jury Award – Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Alexandra Lindqvist
Playin’ Around – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Action-Thriller
Playin’ Around – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Action-Thriller
Rob Roy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Enrique A. Mendoza
Rob Roy – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Ren Olivieri
Rob Roy – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Action-Thriller
Roughing It – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Comedy
Scissor Sleepover – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror
Sing Me Your Questions – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Steven Traviss Smith
Sirens – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Web Series – TV Pilot –
Sorry For Your Loss – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
The Butchers – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Action-Thriller
The Desert Shrine – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – V.R. Marianne Zahn
The Doll Keeper – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Diane F Sismour
The Falling – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror
The Mail Gaze – Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross
The Nine – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy – Lauren W. Bott
The Nine – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy
The OC Effect – Audience Award – Best Feature Film – Documentary
The Re-Education of Jane Brown – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – MK McGehee
The Re-Education of Jane Brown – Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Horror
The Stain – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Phil Bucci
The Storm – Audience Award – Beat Featurette –
The Storm – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Animation
The Storm – Grand Jury Award – Best Sound Design – Featurette – Richard Larimore
The Suitcase – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Sophia Lee
Tongue – Grand Jury Award – Best Web Series – TV Pilot –
TWEENS – Programmers Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking –
Twitch: The Life and Times of Daniel Franco – Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Documentary
Until the Candle Burns Out – Grand Jury Award – Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Rich Van Tine
Wait To Tell Mother – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – Emma Elizabeth Steiger
Wait To Tell Mother – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama
Wait To Tell Mother – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Emma Elizabeth Steiger
Weirdest Shit – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy
What If … You Had The Perfect Person – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – SciFi
What If … You Had The Perfect Person – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – SciFi – Kristina Sullivan
When The Clocks Stop – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Featurette – Brett Willis
Where Darkness Dwells – Grand Jury Award – Best Production Design – Feature Film – Jordan Wayne Long
Where Darkness Dwells – Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Michael May & Alexandra Grunberg
Where the Rain Stops – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Animation
Willow and Wu – Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Kathy Meng & Harry Bacon
Willow and Wu – Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Short Film – Sancheev Ravichandran