To qualify for an award, entries had to receive a score of 90 or above in judging

Screenplay awards

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BEST TV Pilot Script

1st place - Shadowfall - Joann Hess

2nd place - Bravado - Connor Smith

 

BEST SHORT DRAMA SCREENPLAY

1st place - Tomorrow Will Be Okay - Aaron Paul Mendoza

2nd Place - Best of Time - Jim Normand

 

BEST SHORT HORROR COMEDY SCREENPLAY

I am Eshu - Sahil Juneja

 

BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT SCREENPLAY

Ohio Psycho - Deason Xu

 

BEST HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY

1st place - Unsafe to Occupy - Derek Stewart

TIED 2nd place - Applause and Ashes - Bob Messinger

TIED 2nd place - Paranormal Deception - Heather Bayles

 

BEST DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY

1st place - Both Hands In - Douglas Esper

TIED 2nd Place - Letters To Daniel - Amy Leigh McCorkle 

TIED 2nd Place - Sallie - Chase Yancey

 

BEST LGBTQ+ FEATURE SCREENPLAY

1st place - Like A Virgin - Leah Caroline Collins

 

BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY

1st place - Wave of Destruction - Derek Stewart, Ason Intrigue, Ali Ferda

 

BEST SCI FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY

1st place - Beta - Ben Hernstrom

 

BEST ACTION/DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Falling - Phil Peyton

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​​Film awards

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Best Animated Short

1st place - ORANGE BLUES 24

2nd place - Ascended

3rd place - Blue - John Maslowski

Best Student Animated Short

Mother's Child - Director Naomi Noir

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Best Animated Feature

Autistic Mode - Directors Bob Clark, Nix Busby, Charles Moss, Malcolm Thomas, Gabrielle Teaford

 

Best Action Feature

Hitman: The Slaughter - Directed by Seth Christian Nardo

 

Best Action Short

1st place - AKA the surgeon, directed by Jason Anthony Fisher

2nd place - The Scramble, directed by Nick Muhlbach

 

Best Sci Fi short

1st place - Terra Luna, director Scott Lentz

2nd place - Solitude, director Johnny K. Wu

 

Best Trailer

1st place Trailer for Thalidomide in the USA, Director C. Jean Grover

2nd place Trailer for Chasing Zombies, Directed by Mike Ancas

 

Best Microfilm

The Coffee Shop - Alex Edward McComas

 

Best Student Microfilm

Pride in Our Steps - Jonathan Riles

 

Best Music Video

1st place - Fish Astronaut, Director - Matt Costa

TIED 2nd place - Here With Me, Director - Amy Leigh McCorkle

TIED 2nd place - Biosphere, Director - Jen Poland, Emerson Santuomo

 

Best Student Music Video

Nightcall - Mason Gainey

 

Best Drama Short

1st place - Radical Rubber Band Ball of Chris - Tom Hanicak

TIED 2nd place - Bay for Blood - Harry Waldman

TIED 2nd place - The Last Departure - Salvatore Marotta

 

Best Documentary Short

Placed: The Journey Through Foster Care - Gregory Kennedy 

 

Best Romantic Comedy Short

It Came to This - Sheldon Elias Schiffer

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Best Comedy Short

1st place - The Scramble - Nick Muhlbach

2nd place - Endowed - Ben Caplan

 

Best Documentary Feature

Follow the Triptik -  Mary Casey Walsh

 

Best Thriller Feature

Staycation - Russell Emanuel

 

Best Thriller Short

Cowboy Christmas - James Bowersock

 

Best Experimental Short

1st place - Jobs Plus Benefits - Michael McCurdy

2nd place - Aoife’s House  - Solomon Hewitt Wolf

 

Best Experimental Feature

1st place - To Beyond - Stephen Bailey Michaels

 

Best Comedy Feature

1st place - Who Is It? - Jim Menza

2nd place - Eight Lessons In Living Together - Jim McQuaid

 

Best Drama Feature

1st place - I Never Said Goodbye - Yev K'banchik

2nd place - Sometimes She Bites - Lee Zellars 

 

Best Dramedy Feature

Accepting Loneliness - Austin French, Kyle Schodorf

 

Best TV Pilot

1st place - J4CKSN4CK Variety Show - Zane Joaquin Silas Johnson

2nd place - The Rich Kid Rules - A.L. Pruitt

 

Best Webisode

1st place - TRILOGY - Joy Waldinger

2nd place TIED - Sexless in the City - Talia Fayaz

2nd place TIED - Soulbound - Jeff Stirling

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Best Foreign Film

Washing - Yeohyeon Jung

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Best Director

In the Hands of Fate - Samuel Fronsman

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Best of Festival 2025

Pleasure, Bye - directed by Adam Vencil

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