2025 Awards and Nominees

Award Winners

Award Name
Film Name
Filmmaker Name
Best Documentary Short
All Things Metal
Motoki Otsuka, Lucy Sexton, Jenna Kelly, Beth Aala, Dee Snider
Best Student Film
Baking & Entering
Lance Harbour, Cole Keisling, Andrew Lacy, Zach Legaux, Brooklynne Scivally
Best Narrative Feature
Beacon
Roxy Shih, Neil Elman
Best Supporting Actor
Beacon
Demián Bichir
Best Sound
Beautyosity
Joseph Minadeo, Salvatore Cordova
Best Director
Border Hopper
Nico Cassavechia
Best Editing
Campfire
Austin Bunn
Best Actress
Dirty Towel
Emma Parks
Best Actor
George
Adrian Martinez
Best Cinematography
Keepers
Marcus Goldbas, Eric Stumpf
Grand Jury Prize
Memory Project
Timothy Parsons, Brett Parsons
Best Documentary Feature
Skategoat
Van Alpert, Nicholas Cook, Michael Lawrence
Best Narrative Short
Somebody Cares
Julien Lasseur, Patrick Koitsch, Megan Short
Best Production Design
String Head
Matthew Vargas
Best Supporting Actress
The French Italian
Ruby McCollister
Best Costume Design
The Wychwood Cycle
Andrea Wakely
Best VA Film
Waiting For April
Timothy Parsons, Kyle Schick, Stephen Cook, Brett Parson
Audience Choice
Memory Project
Timothy Parsons, Brett Parsons

Award Nominees

Best Actor

  • Asterion – Pedro De León
  • Somebody Cares – Shawn Parsons

Best Actress

  • Boder Hopper – Gabriela Ortega
  • Waiting For April – Marsha Rehns

Best Cinematography

  • George – Alex Craig
  • Remnants of Nova – Emily Kordovich

Best Costume Design

  • Consumed – Tanner Ortiz-Ingold, Cat Modica
  • Memory Project – Jasmine Thompson

Best Director

  • Beautyosity – Zach Solberg
  • Memory Project – Timothy Parsons

Best Documentary Feature

  • Escape From Extinction: Rewilding – Matthew Brady, Robin Ganzert
  • The Body Politic – Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough, Dawne Langford, John Benam, Marilyn Ness, Mark Grieco, Katy Chevigny, Rudy Valdez

Best Documentary Short

  • More Than Brothers – Andrea von Siebenthal
  • The Secret Game – Greg de Deugd, Michael Pack

Best Editing

  • Beautyosity – Zach Solberg
  • Memory Project – Timothy Parsons

Best Narrative Feature

  • Saturn – Eric Esau, Douglas Haines, Anna Esau
  • The French Italian – Rachel Wolther, Allison Rose Carter, Jon Read, Miranda Kahn

Best Narrative Short

  • George – Aaron Craig, Alex Craig, Chris Weigand, Kelly, Keith, Robin, Debi & Barbie Crawford
  • Waiting For April – Timothy Parsons, Kyle Schick, Stephen Cook, Brett Parsons,

Best Production Design

  • Always With You – David
  • The Wychwood Cycle – Robert

Best Sound

  • Asterion – Alejandro
  • Memory Project – Tim

Best Student Film

  • How To Feel Fulfilled At Work – Nate
  • The Show Must Go On – Liam, Annabelle

Best Production Design

  • Always With You – Antonio Lugo, Deyaneira Lugo
  • The Wychwood Cycle – Kim Reyes, Kyle Clark, Robert Kendzie

Best Supporting Actor

  • Border Hopper – Santiago Reyes
  • Saturn – Elijah Maximus

Best Supporting Actress

  • Beautyosity – Sherrie Provence
  • Remnants of Nova – Gabrielle Sarah Lewis

Best VA Film

  • 500 Fireflies – Lysandra Petersson, Bill Creighton, Tim Estep, Zan Gillies, Samantha Iles, Zach Laliberte, Matthew Lucas, Chase Williamson, Ashby Wratchford
  • The Wychwood Cycle – Robert Kendzie

Grand Jury Prize

  • George – Aaron Craig, Alex Craig, Rex Alexander, Keith Crafword, Kelly Crawford, Shane Spillers, 
  • Keepers – Paul Emile, Eric Stumpf, Marcus Goldbas, Nancy Union, Christopher Fitzsimmons, Christopher Wiegand