December 2025

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

60 Pounds of Home

Michael Eibl

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Rice & Sugar

Phillip O'Leary

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Taming the Fish

Jiancheng Ding

BEST ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

The Automotive Human

Reinhard Seiss

BEST FEATURE FILM

Most Longest Day

Vis Vitalis

BEST FAMILY AND CHILDREN FRIENDLY FILM

Snow Over Kigali

Kerim Esen

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Waltz of the Free World

Amir Ghandi

BEST SCIENCE FICTION

Texas Strange

Justin Eugene Evans

BEST ANIMATION

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Alina Popescu

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Elemental Feelings

Charlie Tweed

BEST STUDENT FILM

ANTIOCH – On the trails of history

Lucas Yalaza

BEST SHORT FILM

The Liars of Black Mountain Road

Parker Croft

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

FEIBO AMIDST FLOWERS

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