See also: 2025 Annual Awards: Finalists (Long List – A–M/)
Marla and Darla by Ava Nielsen (USA)
Matches by Zebulon Griffin (USA)
Matilda and the Brave Escape by Ash Reed (UK)
Mint Condition by So Man Tsoi (Hong Kong)
Mirage by Shuyue Zhang (China)
Mors by Cilin Chen (USA)
Mothers by Choukri Rouha (France)
Muted by Jenny Yu (China)
Mzia Leaves the Room by Madeline Leary (USA)
Not Another Coming Out Story by Rufus Shaljean (UK)
Obolus by Kim Fabienne Hertinger (Germany)
One Lucky Day by Heon Jung (South Korea)
One Night in Brooklyn by CJ Taglione (USA)
Out of the Fire by Maximilian Curnow (UK)
Overdressed by Kendri Rodriguez (USA)
Pandaal by Shaily Sanghvi (USA)
Paradox by Wonki Choi (South Korea)
Peeling Off by Yinghui Li (USA)
Polemos by Evgen Brooks (Ukraine)
Popcorn by Fangjian Li (USA)
Purim by Dana Mor Katz (Israel)
Put To Sleep by Eric C. Yang (USA)
R.E.S.C.U.E by Keenan Ferguson (Kenya)
Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez (UK)
Remento by David Shane and Thaddeus McCants (USA)
Retrieving Roadie by Luke Stone (USA)
Say Something in German by Amit Barnathan and Mila Stephan (Germany)
Secret Garden by Yihui Hu (USA)
Show Up by Anisha Sisodia (USA)
Siasar by Mahmood Sharifi Asl (Afghanistan)
Single Buffalo by Laura Anastasia Jones (USA)
Snip Snip by Rowan Faris (USA)
Sonata by Eljin Yoo (USA)
Sorry, She Can’t Help Herself by Roqiye Tavakoli (USA)
SOS, But Don’t Worry If Not by Florence Poppy Deary (UK)
Steady by Joey Rogoff and Brian Yuran (USA)
Sticky Note by Sam Orchard (Australia)
Strays by Or Schraiber (USA)
Subconscious by Omar Zaki (Egypt)
SwordPlay by Noah Sutton and Matty Wint (USA)
Tallulah Park by David Guillermo Borges (USA)
Teaser Trailer by JJ Gibson (USA)
Tennis, Oranges by Sean Pecknold (USA)
The Cigarette Files by Johnny Robaina (USA)
The Crone by Catherine Kasima Kanda (Poland)
The Hard R by Adad Warda (USA)
The Hicks Happy Hour by Kate McCarthy (USA)
The Missing Image by Maxime Pargaud (France)
The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
The Rain Lady by Lyla Mzayek (USA)
The Song of the Village by Zelong Liu (China)
The Treehouse by Mac Shoemaker (USA)
There’s Something I Have to Tell You by Jamie Savarese (USA)
Tides of Change by Justin Wheelon (USA)
Together Days by Isabella Tan (Malaysia)
Unhinged Date by Jordan Low (Canada)
What’s Wrong, Emma by Teo Frank (France)
Wizdom by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
You Can Never Go Home by Jordan Qin (USA)
You Got Me by Christopher Brown (Germany)
See also: 2025 Annual Awards: Finalists (Long List – A–M/)
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