See also Summer 2025 Award Winners – Technical Competitions
Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Lamp by Zoe Peng (China)
Best Documentary Short: Trapped by Madeleine Engel and Joe Purtell (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): One in Two by David Izekor (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Hard to Say by Haojie Yan (China)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): The Self Starter by Ben Heller and Daniel Calcagne (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Knight Owls by Ron Aldrin Bilon (Philippines)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): New Horizons by Jared Fassbender and Easton Tabin (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Mimi’s Day by Yihfen Chou (Taiwan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Evelyn by Laurel Eisenmann (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Pining by David Jaffe (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): There Goes Stacy by Gabriel Del Rosario (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): No.1614 by Junhao Fu (UK)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Self Control by Jared Adler Gomez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): A Slice Of The Family Business by Stefano Da Fre (Italy and USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): I’m Back by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): It’s Open by Doug Maguire (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Delvin by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)
See also Summer 2025 Award Winners – Technical Competitions
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