Winners of the festival:

Announced on May, 2025

Best Narrative

Close of Play

Director: George Nelson

Best Documentary

Mzia Leaves the Room

Director: Madeline Leary

Best Indie Short

Faithless

Director: Patrick Lazzara

Best Animation

Captain Keith

Director: Miles Presha, Antoine Onomo

Best Experimental

Ectropy

Director: Jordan Schulz

Best Student

Refrain

Director: Benjamin Anthony Slusarczyk

Best Sci-Fi

Mint Condition

Director: So Man Tsoi

Best Comedy

American Comedy

 Director: Brian Connors

Best Director

Dylan George

What Lies Between Us

Best Cinematographer

Lorenzo Pace

First Light

Best Editor

Robert Tate

Is Joe Home?

Best Music Video

Ancestral Thatched Hut

Director: Yuge Ge

Best Actor

Kobi Frumer

Alone Together

Best Actress

Lisa Winans

Real Mother

Best First Time Filmmaker

Curtain Call

Director: Harrison Winter Altmann