Summer 2025 Nominations – Technical Competitions

Summer 2025 Nominations – Genre Competitions

Summer 2025 – Semi-Finalists

Best Female Director

Laurel Eisenmann for Evelyn (USA)

Mengdi Luo for Missing You (China)

Zoe Peng for Lamp (China)

Best Male Director

Bastien Leblanc for Lucy (France)

David Jaffe for Pining (USA)

Haojie Yan for Hard to Say (China)

Best Actress

Faith Reed for Inflection Points (USA)

Kya Garwood for Lucy (France)

Mirelle Hadley for Evelyn (USA)

Best Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Aldus Puyat and Angel Gonzalez for Self Control (USA)

Huang Xiaoyu and Zhou Xue for Missing You (China)

Raul S. Julia and Mark Angelo Thurner for The Self Starter (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Jamie Bourne, Georgie Harriet-King, Simon Charles, Paul Harrison, Tommy Tweedy, Pedro Rocha, Robin Hodson, Michael Gall, Louis J Harman, Hilal Ozduru, Stefan Bailey, Michael Gardener, Steven Pegg, William White, Jamie Reeves, Kristian Colts, Harry Vinall, Winnie Solomon, Paul Reece, Michael Bourne, Lara Shakespeare, Kevin Saint, Matt James, and Eleanor Scannell for Sunday League (UK)

Jonny Beauchamp, Spencer Claus, Christopher F. Costa, and Janine Hartmann for Pining (USA)

Vernon Davis, Dushaun Thompson, Candice Bolden, Omar Bolden, Simone Leanora, Hedy Wong, Ryan Nicole Austin, Donald Lacy, Sienna Bogatin, Mariah McKay, Suzette Reynoso, Court Bivens, Analisa Mais, and Sean Berry for City of Visions (USA)