Winners - May 2025

Best Picture

Pandaal - Shaily Sanghvi, Naosheen Ahmed, Rutul Desai, Sagar Nayak

Best Narrative Feature

Destiny's Race - Andrei Christian Bortica

Best Narrative Short

Pandaal - Shaily Sanghvi, Naosheen Ahmed, Rutul Desai, Sagar Nayak

Best Drama

Candlesticks - Darryl Ellison London

Best Comedy

The Boy Toy - Chris Harboldt

Best AI Film

The Butterfly Dream - Suhyeon Scholastica Jin, Aria Suhyun Kim

Best Sci-Fi

Marked by Destiny - Michelle Wolett, Kathy Wall

Best Musical/Dance Film

Sing My Own Song - Liuzhen Amy Huang

Best Crime Film

Overtown - Arik London

Best Web Series

Stori Strong - Laura Zaylea

Best Documentary

The Hometown of Chinese Paper - Heyuan Wei

Best Music Video

Falling Apart - Lee Miller Matsos, Louis Maxwell

Best Student Film

The Hometown of Chinese Paper - Heyuan Wei

Best Microfilm

The death of my love - Travis Smith

Best Director (Feature)

Destiny's Race - Andrei Christian Bortica

Best Director (Short)

Pandaal - Shaily Sanghvi

Best Young Filmmaker

The Hometown of Chinese Paper - Heyuan Wei

Best Actor

The Boy Toy - Rob Jaeger

Best Actress

Pandaal - Naosheen Ahmed

Best Cinematography

Destiny's Race - Matei David Reu

Best Score

Pandaal - Ramesh Kumar Kannan

Best Sound Design

Break the Silence - Erick Jolley, Lisa K. Fowle, Lawrence Everson

Best Commercial

Break the Silence - Dax Phelan

Best Original Story

Destiny's Race - Andrei Christian Bortica

Screenplay of the Month

Landry - Eric Gerard Sollars, Michael David Sollars, Geoffrey Durand Sollars

Best Feature Screenplay

Landry - Eric Gerard Sollars, Michael David Sollars, Geoffrey Durand Sollars

Best Short Screenplay

The Boy Toy - Chris Harboldt

Best Drama Screenplay

She's Never Coming Back - Jesse Dorian

Best Comedy Screenplay

The Boy Toy - Chris Harboldt

Best Horror Screenplay

Saint Lucifer - Joseph D'Urso

Best Dark Comedy Screenplay

A Regular Guy - Charles Petrilla

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

The Marauder - Robert Logan Armus

Best Television Script

Higher Plane Sacred Vow - Eddie Clay Thompkins III

Pandaal Trailer

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