2025 Annual Award Winners

Best Indie Short: Steady by Joey Rogoff and Brian Yuran (USA)

Best Drama Short: Evasion 1944 by Saaid Hasbi (France)

Best Documentary Short: Belly Button – Mezcal by Dan Goldberg (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Àsaka by Edduardo Viera (Spain)

Best Comedy Short: Dadda by Aimee Hoffman (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez (UK)

Best Action Short: Aria by Hugo Will (USA)

Best Crime Short: For: LiLa by Kaitron Bryant and Malik Myers (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Glasshouses by Lawrence Whelan (UK)

Best Mystery Short: Down by Ben Rogers (UK)

Best Horror Short: Did You Remember The Cat? by Daniel Foster (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Wizdom by Layne Marie Williams (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: The Crone by Catherine Kasima Kanda (Poland)

Best Experimental Short: Out of the Fire by Maximilian Curnow (UK)

Best Student Short: Generation Well by Jack Serra (USA)

Best Animation Short: Clay Bird by Kiran Bhakta Joshi (Nepal)

Best Children Short: Little Bunny Poop by Roméo Abolin (France)

Best Women Short: Hemorrhage by Ella Lentini (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Not Another Coming Out Story by Rufus Shaljean (UK)

Best Microfilm: Snip by Rowan Faris (USA)

Best Music Video: Earth by Yura Katynsky (Ukraine)

Best Female Director: Phynley Joel for Henry and the Horrible Thing (USA)

Best Male Director: Teo Frank for What’s Wrong, Emma (France)

Best Student Female Director: Roqiye Tavakoli for Sorry, She Can’t Help Herself (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Jack Serra for Generation Well (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Jamie Savarese for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Edduardo Viera for Àsaka (Spain)

Best Actress: Michelle Calloway for Tallulah Park (USA)

Best Actor: Tate Donovan for Steady (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Badet for Mothers (France)

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Paré for Steady (USA)

Best Young Actress: Maeve Tuma for Flirtologist (USA)

Best Young Actor: Camden Welker for Henry and the Horrible Thing (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Adam Irigoyen and Megan Davis for Hemorrhage (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Tate Donovan, Michael Paré, Zane Austin, and Emma Beubis for Steady (USA)

Best Cinematography: Micha? Dolny for The Crone (Poland)

Best Editing: Igor Yevdokymov for Aria (USA)

Best Original Score: Marcos Cruz Lloréns for Àsaka (Spain)

Best Original Story: Madeline O’Leary for Flirtologist (USA)