AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Summer 2025 Edition

Main Categories

Best feature film all genre
  • SWALLOW AND DRAGONFLY
  • Julia Pierrepont
Best Drama Short
  • GEAR
  • ANDREY SIZOV
Best Music Video
  • THE THING THAT MAKES YOU WIN
  • Jeeve Ducornet

BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE – DRAMA

  • The Grimoire
  • TEVEN BERGER, BRIDGET SULLIVAN

BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE – COMEDY

  • LOVE EXPERIMENTS
  • Andry Platrites
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT DRAMA
  • TRIPLE SCREW KNOT
  • Kymberly Harris
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
  • CURIOUS CATERER: FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  • David Winning
BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • BURIED CRIES: ENDANGERED CHILDREN OF THE AMAZON
  • YUTAKA HAGIHARA

Additional Categories

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
  • WECOME TO VEGAS
  • Hae Sun Hong
BEST ACTION THRILLER SHORT
  • DANTES INFERNO - THE ASCENSION
  • Sofian Francis
BEST LGBTQ SHORT
  • LONG AWAY
  • Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
  • FATHER BROWN - PART 1
  • M K SOARES
BEST ACTOR
  • GASOLINE
  • Patrick Christopher Ehler
BEST DOCUMENTARY – SHORT
  • PEDRO CUETO: POWER OF A DREAM
  • Brendan Dalton Bowers
BEST DIRECTOR. STUDENT SHORT
  • REVERB
  • John Westmoreland, Matthew Westmoreland

BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER -FEATURE

  • SWALLOW AND DRAGONFLY
  • Julia Pierrepont

BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER - SHORT

  • GOLDILOCKS
  • Susie Kim

BEST FOREIGN SHORT

  • STRANGERS IN A PARK
  • Lakshay Khetarpal

BEST FEATURE COMEDY/DRAMEDY

  • MAYBE NEXT YEAR
  • Christopher John Benjamin

BEST HORROR SHORT

  • BE NICE
  • Eric Baktanian

BEST STUDENT SHORT DRAMA

  • MALAAL
  • Abhishek Tata, Chirag Patel

BEST WEB SERIES/ NEW MEDIA

  • DICE AND DESTINY: NATURAL ONE - PILOT EPISODE
  • James G. Maynard

BEST DOCUMENTARY - PERSONAL PROFILE

  • BILL W CONSCIOUS CONTACT
  • JAY STINNETT

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - ALL GENRE

  • THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD
  • Doug Hawes-Davis

BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE

  • LOVE EXPERIMENTS
  • Andry Platrites

Best LGBTQfeature

  • Sugar Beach
  • Noely Mendoza

BEST FEATURE FOREIGN FILM

  • SANTA ZETA
  • Antonio Munoz de Mesa

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

  • ROMANCING SYDNEY
  • CONNOR DOWLING, ANMOL MISHRA, SUSANNE RICHTER, TRENTON SHIPLEY

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • SWALLOW AND DRAGONFLY
  • NATHAN WANG

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SOCIAL/POLITICAL

  • ANNA MAY WONG FIRST CHINESE AMERICAN MOVIE STAR
  • RICHARD A PINES

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SOCIAL/POLITICAL

  • ANNA MAY WONG FIRST CHINESE AMERICAN MOVIE STAR
  • RICHARD A PINES

BEST FEATURE ACTION

  • THIRD FLOOR PIGU
  • Innocent Kawooya, Richard Nolton Ssekiwunga, George William Ssevubya, George Kasakya

BEST FEATURE STUDENT FILM

  • BELA BELARA’S A VAMPIRE
  • Juaquin Sebastian Rosales

BEST DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT

  • HELP SOLVE A MURDER
  • Mary Matthews

BEST COSTUME

  • SWALLOWTAIL AND DRAGONFLY
  • SELENA XIN JIN

BEST SCI FI SHORT

  • LAS FUERZAS EXTRANAS
  • Ricardo Tobon, Alex Restrepo

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