Finalists: February/March 2025

A Rose Town Christmas by Thomas Peek (USA)

A September to Remember by Sam Gollestani (USA)

A-F-R-O: Posse Part 3 (80 Emcees) by A-F-R-O (USA)

Abby by Dorséa Palmer (USA)

After the Freeze by Tenley Eakin Raj (USA)

Caesar by Reine Johansson (Sweden)

Do Not Update by Jon Allison and Nate Allison (USA)

Healthy Anarchy by Xavier Serna (USA)

Herbie by Mekko Toretto (USA)

Homa – The Guardian Of The Light by Juan Pablo Bornio (Uruguay)

I’ve Been Thinking About How Much Time We Have by Jesse Reyes (USA)

Just The Worst Time by Nihal Singhsachathet (USA)

Liftoff: The Cosmic Rhapsody by Susan Lim (Singapore)

Meet Helen: A Different Perspective and Journey by Donald Sallot (USA)

Passenger Me by Sophia Suzanne Longoria (USA)

Portrait of Omeed by Ariana Mamnoon (USA)

Princess by Christopher D. Arrington (USA)

Puzzled – Paths Are Made By Walking by Brooklyn-Owen Julian Giannin Etzweiler (Switzerland)

Report From the Interior by Lucas Crawford (Canada)

Roll, Scene, Take by Zhe Li (China)

Secrets Of The Babylonian Lottery by Kostiantyn Mishchenko (Ukraine)

Simon, The Poet Troll by Marcus Solomon (USA)

Springfest by Hannah Sobon (USA)

Sundra by Marcio Fein (Brazil)

Team Moms by Joel Joseph Cocciolone (USA)

Thanks Diabetes by Devon Daniel Green (USA)

The Child Free Cat People by Douglas J. Corcoran (USA)

The Guest by Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly and Maasatimbala Sanefer Miling Holly (USA)

The Long Road Home by Barbara Anne Lindstrom (USA)

The Purkinje Effect by Craig Trumbo and Mary Beth Eversole (USA)

Transit Town by David Owen Thomas (USA)

Tunnel Vision by Joey Garza (USA)

Two by Zhe Li (China)