2025 Annual Awards

7th Annual Independent Shorts Awards

Full List of Annual Award Winners

Celebrating the Award Winners – Explore the Highlights

Ambience
Awards Show
Spotlight Q&A
After Show
Red Carpet Photo Call

Interviews

Madison Wolfe, Megan Wolfe, and Presley Richardson (Acorn, Iowa)
Choukri Rouha and Catherine Badet (Mothers)
Dunya Djordjevic (Clay Bird)
Jonathan Ward and Guymon Cheung (Egg Soldier)
Rowan Faris (Snip)
Matty Wint and Carlos Garcia (SwordPlay)
Julie Theis and Sydney Cope (Dilemma)
Pooja Batra (Echoes of Us)
Kalyn Wood (Screaming Silence)
Kayden Tokarski, co-moderator of the 2025 Q&A Panel
Roméo Abolin (Little Bunny Poop)
Karolyne Sosa (What’s Wrong, Emma)
Ella Lentini (Hemorrhage)
Luca Patrizio Taylor and Thomas McQuillan (The Pursuit Of Forgiveness)
Lyla Mzayek (The Rain Lady)
Cynthia Zitter (Argie Berman)
Veronica Tullo (Did My Heart Love Till Now)
Naosheen Ahmed (Pandaal)
Anastasia Listopadova and Vikrant Muthusamy (Perpetual Perfection)
Sonia Lowe (Solo Films)
Saaid Hasbi (Evasion 1944)
Ashton Swinford (Wizdom)
Megan Davis (Hemorrhage)
Michelle Calloway (Tallulah Park)
Edoardo Miranda (For: LiLa)
Ryan James Nunn and Rufus Shaljean (Not Another Coming Out Story)
Ziyu Gao (Ways of Talking)
Ksenia Ishoot (Clinical Case)
Taichi Kunigami (Map of Time)
Full Festival Program

All Films (A–Z)

Non Competitive Section

Full List of Nominees by Category

Nominated Films –A to E

Nominated Films – F to L

Nominated Films – M to R

Nominated Films – S to Z

Finalists (Long List – A–M/)

Finalists (Long List – Ma– Z)

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