Winners – November 2025

Best narrative Us short film / The Alchemy of Strangers | certificate
Best international short film / Imperfect Cadence | certificate
Best first time filmmaker short / A Priest Walks into a Bar | certificate
Best student short / Literary Echoes | certificate
Best documentary short / A friendship: From Mashad’s Prison to San Diego | certificate
Best animation short / The Goblins of Sycamore Street | certificate
Best experimental short / “In the Time of…” | certificate
Best horror short / Buyer Beware | certificate
Best sci-fi short / Save the CAT! – Festival Cut | certificate
Best music video / Electric Car | certificate
Best web series / Welcome to the Whimsical Desert! (Going Solo) | certificate
Best micro-short / Don’t Look Out | certificate
Best pilot / Rewind | certificate
Best LGBTQ short / A Priest Walks into a Bar | certificate
Best female director / Echo | certificate
Best male director / Buyer Beware | certificate
Best producer / St Georgia Hotel | certificate
Best original screenwriting / Tides of Grief | certificate
Best unproduced short script / Fade 2 Black | certificate