AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Fall 2025-26 Edition

Main Categories

BEST FEATURE – ALL GENRE
  • The Pick Up Artist
  • Alvaro Orlando
BEST DRAMA SHORT
  • A Bottle’s Echo
  • Ronny Law
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
  • Bombay Beach Soiree
  • Sheila Gail O'Rourke
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE
  • A Close Divide
  • Jesse Dorian
Best screenplay feature comedy
  • In Search of the Wu
  • Mark Galasso
Best screenplay short drama
  • The Final Fight Short Film
  • Todd J Stein
Best director feature film
  • The Pick Up Artist
  • Alvaro Orlando
Best first time filmmaker
  • Spoken For - The. Movie
  • Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet
Best action thriller short
  • Tagnuul
  • Paolo Pagliacolo
Best lgbtq short
  • Good Service
  • Junda Wu
Best experimental short
  • Nectar
  • Lucas Arthur Massolo, Hannah Tacher
Best actor
  • The Pick Up Artist
  • Alvaro Orlando
Best documentary short
  • Altar de las Parteras
  • Michelle Roginsky
Best director student tshort
  • After Death
  • Joshua Dana Ludwig
Best woman filmmaker short
  • Budget Date
  • Kathryn Soler Beer
Best Woman Filmmaker – Feature
  • Don’t Let Them Out
  • Lila McLaughlin
Best foreign short
  • Lone Crew
  • Gabriel Fontes
Best feature comedy dramedy
  • Turmoil
  • Dante Fortaleza Trinidad
Best horror short
  • Vitacamp
  • Jeffrey Chin
Best student short drama
  • After Death
  • Joshua Dana Ludwig
Best web series new media
  • Pretty Little Lucy
  • David Williamson
Best documentary personal profile
  • The Grand Incredible Story
  • Cayce Mell
Best doc feature all genre
  • Pathway to Hope
  • Chantelle Squires
Best lgbtq feature
  • An Ordinary Couple 2.0
  • Jay Gianukos, Susan Barnes
Best feature foreign
  • Though Dead, Still Alive
  • Charles Yang
Best original score
  • The Sanguine
  • Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
Best documentary social political
  • Pathway to Hope
  • Chantelle Squires
Best feature action
  • Call of Duty Soldier Agent Brayden “Time Travel War”
  • Giewel Marzan Abrigo
Best sci fi short
  • Wake up Dolores
  • Dan James Rathke
Best director documentary feature – Environmental/Nature
  • The 3100
  • Mark Fisher
Best Director Short
  • Sanguine
  • Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
Best Cinematography
  • Blau/Bad
  • Lukas Wolfgang Martin, Merlin Lütges
Best Sci Fi Feature
  • Greyson 2.0
  • Clarke M. Smith
Best special Effects
  • Sanguine
  • Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY SHORT
  • SALTY
  • Josh Martin, Alex Raban
BEST FEATURE – STUDENT FILM
  • THE EXECUTOR (2025)
  • Valerie Resciniti

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