Best Documentary
“ Wearing Colors ” Directed by Isaac Jaemin Shim
Best Narrative
“ L’Arca ” Directed by Giorgio Caporali
Best Music Video
“ NAI NOUMIE by JALALADDIN RUMI (1207-1273) ” Directed by ILIYAS DAUDI
Best Script
“ Macho Picchu ” by Noah Greenspan
Fall 2025 Honorable Mention Winners
“ #BlackSheeps ” Directed by Oliver Rihs
“ Destiny’s Race ” Directed by Andrei Christian Bortica
“ Forgiving Retribution ” Directed by Curt Samlaska
“ Lucy The Lion ” Directed by Kalman Apple
“ Meeting The Buddha ” Directed by Marta György-Kessler
“ Mirror ” Directed by Jasmine Jia
“ My Love Flows Like A Song ” Directed by Xiaotian Fan
“ Nado ” Directed by Daniele Farina
“ The Bad Man ” Directed by Manny Duran
“ The Last Soufflé ” Directed by Jonathan Ingalls
“ The Victim ” Directed by Annie Liones Nguyen
“ Tits Up ” Directed by Selene Huang
“ Lights Out ” Directed by Xinyue Wang
“ Vita Nova ” Directed by Gianni Miroglio
Fall 2025 Award of Merit Winners
“ A Stranger Among Us ” by Ellesa R Turner
“ Angst ” by Jeff Kimball
“ Code Juden ” by Rosalyn Rosen
“ CyberKnight and the Hand Puppet commandos ” by Robert J Gold
“ End Of The Dream: Part I ” by Harry Hanfei Liu
“ Sixty Nine ” by Ksenia Tolmazin
“ The Allegory Of The Hood ” by Diane Thomassin
“ The Secret Of The Prairie ” by Markiss McFadden, Amanda Cortez, Mike Hormek
“ Wicked Women and Their Men ” by Merrill Anway Jones