2025 Winners
Audience Award
TBD
Best Narrative
“ The Re-Education of Jane Brown ” Dir. MK McGehee
Best Documentary
“ Love Letters ” Dir. Niglmoro Okuk
Best Student Film
“ BEHIND THE MIC: The Arvie Lowe Jr. Story ”
Dir. Deji Emmanuel, Amber Mitchell
Best Animation
“ Dead Umbrella Bostonella ” Dir. Anya Belkina
Best Foreign Film
“ Reddening ” Dir. Sinem Kayacan
Best Experimental
“ La Petite Mortimer ” Dir. Nickolas Gilbert
Best Music Video
“ Copilot ” Dir. Jeremiah Hammerling, Robert Devine
Best Script
“ Salem Aftermath ” by Tom Phillips
Honorable Mentions
“ #BlackSheeps ” Dir. Oliver Rihs
“ A Long Way Home ” Dir. Javon Johnson
“ Annu ” Dir. Miya Hatav
“ Baby Fever ” Dir. Nupur Chitalia, Pascale Potvin
“ Colga ” Dir. Caleb Money, David Swanson
“ Distant Shore ” Dir. Cooper Richman, Bradley Schatz
“ Driven By Angels ” Dir. Brett Buescher, Nick Costello
“ Lone Samurai ” Dir. Josh C. Waller
“ Nothing To See Here: Watts ” Dir. Michael Soenen
“ Rex Bixby ” Dir. Dillon Joseph
“ The Corruption Of Science ” Dir. Gary Null
“ Traction Park Massacre ” Dir. Adam Dubin, Douglas diMonda
Finalist
“ Angst ” by Jeff Kimball
“ Jewels Of The Night ” by Javon Johnson
“ Precursor ” by Steve Brown
“ Red Sea ” by Rosalyn Rosen
“ The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews ” by Rossi
“ The Revver ” by Mike Hanson, Kelly Susan Moothart
