Winter 2024/2025 Nominations – Genre Competitions
Winter 2024/2025 – Semi-Finalists
Best Female Director
TBA
Best Male Director
Antonio Aleixo for The End Was Just The Beginning (Portugal)
Juwan Chung for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)



Best Actress
TBA
Best Actor
TBA
Best Acting Duo
TBA
Best Ensemble Cast
David Huynh, Brian James O’Connell, Ashley Elliott, L’Metrius Long, Albania Sofia Sagarra, Alyx Lee, D.C. Wolfe, Blake Bagby, Kev Tai, and Sal Rodriguez for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Emma Adamson, Eunice Ahn, Lena Tatum, Claire Frankland, Olivia Adamson, Patrick Adamson, Loreto Peralta, and Chloe Cohen for Hybrid (USA)
Eric Lutz, Grant Merritt, Mary Garet, Angel Garet, Andrew Tamarkin, Seth Goodfellow, Carissa Rhea Tajudeen, Christopher Sanchez, Jacklyn Dardarian, Kevin Evans Johnson, and Priscilla Valldejuli for When The Clocks Stop (USA)
Mariana Monteiro, Joana Coelho, Rodrigo Soares, Joana Cardoso Coelho, Marta Mota, Filipe Amorim, Maria Simões, Carolina Aleixo, Pedro Aleixo, and Yasmin Pereira for The End Was Just The Beginning (Portugal)
Nelson Avidon, Tara Westwood, Kelly Deadmon, Christina Toth, Eddie Kehler, David Gideon, Judy Jerome, Elizabeth Narciso, Ebba Østergaard, Skylar Matthews, and Lincoln Matthews for Stop Time (USA)





Best Cinematography
Calvin Callaway for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Eris Zhao for Ornamental Bird (USA)
João Bernardo de Souza for The End Was Just The Beginning (Portugal)
Luan Kraz for The Light of Things (Brazil)
Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)





Best Editing
TBA
Best Production Design
Lily DeConcini for Hybrid (USA)
Natasha Heeszel for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)
Ornamental Bird (USA)



Best Original Score
TBA
Best Original Screenplay
Antonio Aleixo for The End Was Just The Beginning (Portugal)
Claire Frankland for Hybrid (USA)
Juwan Chung for Ice Cold Ricky (USA)



Winter 2024/2025 Nominations – Genre Competitions
Winter 2024/2025 – Semi-Finalists
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