Winners - October 2025

Best Picture

See - Erika Waldorf, Krystle Hosmer

Best Narrative Film

See - Erika Waldorf, Krystle Hosmer

Best Indie Film

Float - Yam Presberg

Best Drama

Before the next step - Zou Zheng

Best Comedy

Sunday League - Jamie Bourne

Best AI Film

Echoes in the Grey: The Stardust Drifter - Misha George

Best Sci-Fi

Requiem Zone IV - Legacy of The Gravelord - Leonidas Alexandrou Goudelis

Best Documentary Feature

Brown & Bonded - James Evans

Best Documentary Short

Spirit of the Driftless: Preserving Our Legacy - Jonas Stenstrom, Timothy Steven Jacobson, Rob Nelson, George Howe

Best Animation

The Family Photo - John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez

Best Music Video

My Love - Anna Khanina, Ilia Noyabrov

Best Student Film

Reproduce - Liu Kexin

Best Director

Hushaby, O-Hushaby - Xu Yunqing

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Brown & Bonded - James Evans

Best First Time Director (Short)

Horse Grandpa - Morton Chen

Best Actor

See - Ryan Swanson

Best Actress

See - Krystle Hosmer

Best Cinematography

Spirit of the Driftless: Preserving Our Legacy - Rob Nelson, Jonas Stenstrom, Jake Greseth, Tim Jacobson, Raptore Resource Project

Best Song

How Do You Know? - Marty Dodson, Debra Gussin

Best Original Story

See - Krystle Hosmer

Screenplay of the Month

WINGS - Maja Pavic

Best Feature Screenplay

WINGS - Maja Pavic

Best Short Screenplay

Silent Screams - Jiayi Ouyang

Best Drama Screenplay

Then Christ Came: A Still Small Voice - Brian J Pucci

Best Comedy Screenplay

A Family's Business - Jim Norman

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Gold Mine - Andrzej Ciesielski

Best Animation Screenplay

WINGS - Maja Pavic

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Lemuria Almost Home - Phillip Elton Collins, David Sheridan Spangler

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Echo - Xiaoyi Li

Best Television Script

The Cursed Island - Cody Joshua Smith

Special Jury Award - Film

Roast apple¿ - Chengrui Lei

Special Jury Award - Screenplay

Bloody Kansas - James F. Kanady

Spirit of the Driftless - Trailer

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