See also
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – A to H
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – I to P
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – Q to Z
Best Indie Short
Arcade Moon by William Michael Anderson (USA)
End of Day by Charlotte Conquest (UK)
Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
The 4th Branch by E Hughes Martinez (USA)
What We Got Wrong by Sosie Bacon (USA)
Best Drama Short
Beta Male by Andreas Alexander Skyggebjerg (Denmark)
M jako Máma by Nina Bhatt (Czechia)
Olan, TX by Nathan Markiewicz (USA)
Tears of War by Bennet Mc Stonefield (Germany)
Theo’s Tears by Jeremy Shinder (USA)
Best Student Short
Another Her Beneath the Sea by Steve Zhao (China)
No Mistakes by Graham Ros (USA)
Peeling Off by Yinghui Li (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Find Yourself by Seth Deter (USA)
Healing Roots by Niklas von Klitzing and Leo Stolz (Germany)
When We Get Home by Kathleen Shriver (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Baron Munchausen (Karl) by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Some Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too by Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Banjo by Cameron Poletti (USA)
Don’t Worry Grandma by Romain Meurquin (France)
Nea by Alex Ulises and Nelson G. Navarrete (Colombia)
Best Action Short
Akashic Memory by Rosa-Bélinda Sette (France)
Chapter 1 by Regis A Harrington (USA)
Jules by Tiffany M Abney (USA)
Best Crime Short
English Rose by Alexander Bather (UK)
Ice Cold Ricky by Juwan Chung (USA)
The Shadow of the Witness by Brian Rodríguez (Puerto Rico)
Best Film Noir Short
Face to Face by Sun bin Hwang (South Korea)
NetherWorld: Where is the Love? by James Higgins (USA)
The Americano by Nolan Tondreau (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Bunny’s Family by Chuming Wei (USA)
Come and Find Me by Carmine Carpenito (Switzerland)
Missing You by Emma Ray (Ireland)
Best Thriller Short
Let’s Go Disco by Austin Lewis (USA)
Quiet Please by Nic Stanich (USA)
The Junction by AJ Lambert (USA)
Best Horror Short
Origin by Joby Stephens (UK)
Praying Mantis by Mackenzie Breeden (USA)
Skin to Skin by Isaac Louis Garcia (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Decisive Moment by Chen Wang (China)
The Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)
The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Bloody Fury by Jordan Inconstant (France)
Glowing by Paul Guédon (France)
Triggered 2.0 by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (USA)
Best Animation Short
Lifted by Daniel Robichaud (USA)
Tigre by Maria Victoria Sanchez (Mexico)
Unstoppable Beat by Luke Dye-Montefiore and Rufus Dye-Montefiore (UK)
Best Children Short
Little Dog by Mario Luxxor (USA)
Little Dream Boy by Arthur Lopes (Ireland)
Measure of Creation by Ashton Sterling Bingham (USA)
Best Women Short
Heirlooms by Emma Ana Husar (USA)
Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
Phantom Pain by Boya Liu (China)
Best LGBTQ Short
Chrysalis by Arantxa Ibarra and Naz Tokgoz (Turkey)
Out of Body by Sisy M Gómez Peña (Cuba)
So To Speak by Celine Parreñas Shimizu (USA)
Best Romantic Short
All I Am by Andrew Hollinger (USA)
Allergic To Love by Steven Cornfield (USA)
Elixir by Marcus Mills (UK)
Best Experimental Short
Growing Daisies by Alessandra Gaia Williams (USA)
I, Doll by Dasol Jeon (South Korea)
Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)
Best Microfilm
Faster by Arina Rozova (Russia)
Pandora by Grégoire Vaillant and Charles-Edouard Dangelser (France)
What A Catch by Thomas Pickering (UK)
Best Music Video
Jólakötturinn by Dan Hertzog (USA)
We Are the Descendants by Steven Chesne and Nayip Ramos (USA)
Wish by Janelle Christa (USA)
Best Female Director
Alessandra Gaia Williams for Growing Daisies (USA)
Mackenzie Breeden for Praying Mantis (USA)
Sue Ann Pien for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Best Male Director
Alex Ulises and Nelson G. Navarrete for Nea (Colombia)
Jordan Inconstant for Bloody Fury (France)
Juwan Chung for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Best Student Female Director
Arina Rozova for Faster (Russia)
Sun bin Hwang for Face to Face (South Korea)
Yinghui Li for Peeling Off (USA)
Best Student Male Director
Graham Ros for No Mistakes (USA)
Isaac Louis Garcia for Skin to Skin (USA)
Jeremy Shinder for Theo’s Tears (USA)
Best First Time Female Director
Emma Ana Husar for Heirlooms (USA)
Nina Bhatt for M jako Máma (Czechia)
Sosie Bacon for What We Got Wrong (USA)
Best First Time Male Director
Andreas Alexander Skyggebjerg for Beta Male (Denmark)
Carmine Carpenito for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)
Best Actress
Angelika Sbouli for M jako Máma (Czechia)
Arielle Raycene for Growing Daisies (USA)
Sosie Bacon for What We Got Wrong (USA)
Best Actor
Brendan Scannell for King Ed (USA)
David Huynh for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Marcuz Jess Petersen for Beta Male (Denmark)
Best Supporting Actress
Abbie Steele for Elixir (UK)
Bella Norup for Beta Male (Denmark)
Marta Reiman for Stuck in Muskogee (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Adam Cardon for The 4th Branch (USA)
Matt Jones for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Zackery Alexzander Stephens for What We Got Wrong (USA)
Best Young Actress
Bella Zoe Martinez for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Colby Kipnes for Theo’s Tears (USA)
Immy Taylor for Origin (UK)
Best Young Actor
Brody Book for Theo’s Tears (USA)
Cooper Alexander for Arcade Moon (USA)
Fflyn Edwards for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Best Acting Duo
Katie Benbow and Adam Houghton for English Rose (UK)
Olexandr Yatsko and Mykhaylo Kukuyuk for Baron Munchausen (Karl) (Ukraine)
Vivian True and Travis Lincoln Cox for All I Am (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Alicia Blasingame, Emily Gateley, Frania Del Carmen, and Matthew Marzo for The Junction (USA)
Bill Nighy, Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg, James Phelps, Martin Klebba, Jordan Inconstant, Joris Adu, Benjamin Grisel, and Steve Goody for Bloody Fury (France)
Denise Smolarek, Jules Reid, and Judi Schindler for Heirlooms (USA)
Best Original Screenplay
Bella Zoe Martinez for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Emma Ana Husar for Heirlooms (USA)
Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)
Best Cinematography
Ben Zäch for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Camilo Gutier for Nea (Colombia)
James Higgins for NetherWorld: Where is the Love? (USA)
Best Editing
Austin Lewis for Let’s Go Disco (USA)
James Higgins for NetherWorld: Where is the Love? (USA)
Otto Mertins for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Best Original Score
Johannes Vogel for Tears of War (Germany)
Mark Doggett for Elixir (UK)
Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
See also
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – A to H
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – I to P
2025 ANNUAL AWARDS: NOMINATED FILMS – Q to Z
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