2025 | YEAR 9
AWARD NOMINATIONS
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SHORT FILMS
Best High School Animation
NA
Best College Animation
Announced at awards ceremony
Best High School Documentary
Echoes of Silk and Tides | (Kincaid School School, Houston, TX)
Music Roots | (Salisbury HS, New Orleans, LA)
Second Chance | (Petaluma HS, Petaluma, CA)
The Unsung Heroes Behind the Flying Tigers | (Blair Academy, Newton, MA)
Best College Documentary
I Wouldn’t Call it God | (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA)
Pages of Protest | (Ithaca University, Ithaca, NY)
To Trinity | (University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN)
Best High School Fiction
Click | Drama (Kecoughton HA, Hampton, VA)
From the Moon to Her Sun | Drama (New Port News HS, Newport News, VA)
In the Wake of Silence | Drama (McCallum HS, Austin, TX)
Omelete Sunday | Comedy/Sci-Fi (Hampton City Schools, Hampton, VA)
Seasons | Drama (Legacy HS, Tyler, TX)
Best College Fiction
3:55 A.M. | Mystery/Thriller (University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA)
Banana Bo | Comedy (University of Texas, Austin, TX)
Counterfeit | Drama (Baylor University, Waco, TX)
When Skies are Gray | Drama (NYU, New York, NY)
Zoe | Dramedy (University of Texas, Austin, TX)
Best Supporting Actor (SHORT)
Darrion Johnson as Ty | September
Scott Langer as Blake | A Thousand Paper Cuts
Lee Peña as Jake | The Eulogy
Ray Revello as Harvey Weebs | Frank Barnett in “Love’s Long Shadow”
Ronald Short as Randall | It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel
Best Supporting Actress (SHORT)
Iris Anthony as Nurse Nora | Life Support
Erica Ibsen as Isa | Almost Home
Yazzmin Newell as Maya | Dante’s Inferno – The Ascension
Alyssa Rivera as Liv | It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel
Renée Victor as Doña Maria | El Lloron
Best Actor (SHORT)
Andrew Chu as Dr. Danny | Life Support
Kamal Kahn as Aamir | Almost Home
Dylan Picard as The Stranger | Desert Flower
Bobby Soto as Felipe | El Lloron
Edwin Wright as Colin | PleasureDora
Best Actress (SHORT)
Veronika Bozeman as Cheryl | The Ohio, Texas Remix
Gordy Cassel as Beth | Donor
Nikki Massoud as Anna | The Ghost
Tiana Stuart as Wife | The Fires We Play With
Emily Thyme as September | September
Best Cinematography (SHORT)
Bruce James Bells | The Oldest
Jake Gonzalez | September
Thomas M Harting | Almost Home
Robert Nielson | Ridin’ Dirty
Bricen X | Desert Flower
Best Editing (SHORT)
Leah R Brown | The Oldest
Niven Howie | Almost Home
Jessica Perlman | Life Support
Christian Skolvy | Desert Rose
Juan Carlos Tonda | El Lloron
Best Production Design (SHORT)
Jesús Enrique & Treviño Mendoza | El Lloron
Nathaly Lopez | Almost Home
Johne Park | Life Support
Katarina Soto | Desert Flower
Milly White | Dante’s Inferno – The Ascension
Best Special FX (SHORT)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Director - Documentary (SHORT)
Riley Engemoen | Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral
Chris Hanna | Reel Outlaw in Hico
Aaron Hosé | A City That Cares
Mazyar Mahan | Exile Echoes
Diego Riley and Will Buckley | What the River Knows
Best Director - Fiction (SHORT)
Alberto Aizenman | Desert Rose
Shannon R Chance | Sweet Boy
Kamal Kahn | Almost Home
Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez | El Lloron
Jamon Tolbert | Life Support
Best Dance Film (SHORT)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Music Video (SHORT)
East Texas Son (Austin, TX)
Grace – My Heart’s Desire (Stephenville, TX)
Let’s Keep Austin, Texas (Austin, TX)
Best Comedy (SHORT)
El Llron (Brownsville, TX)
Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob (Santa Clarita, CA)
Pregnancy Smart (TX)
Sorority Court (Brooklyn, NY)
The Eulogy (Terrell, TX)
Best Documentary (SHORT)
A City That Cares (Orlando, FL)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral (Wimberly, TX)
Exile Echoes (Richardson, TX)
Reel Outlaw in Hico (Stephenville, TX)
What the River Knows (Los Angeles, CA)
Best Drama (SHORT)
Donor (Shreveport, LA)
Life Support (Palo Alto, CA)
Sweet Boy (Dallas, TX)
The Ohio, Texas Remix (Austin, TX)
The Oldest (Austin, TX)
Best Foreign (SHORT)
Dante’s Inferno | Short Sci-Fi (United Kingdom 🇬🇧)
Desert Flower | Short Drama (Mexico 🇲🇽)
PleasureDora | Short Fiction (New Zealand 🇳🇿 )
Best Horror (SHORT)
A Thousand Paper Cuts (Santa Fe, NM)
Mr. Mittens (Austin, TX)
September (Austin, Texas)
The Ghost (New York City, NY)
The Hard Way (Ft. Worth, TX)
Best Science Fiction (SHORT)
Apologies (Arlington, TX)
Dante’s Inferno (United Kingdom 🇬🇧)
It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel (Austin, TX)
PleasureDora (New Zealand 🇳🇿)
The Fires We Play With (Corpus Christie, TX)
Best TV Pilots/Web Series (SHORT)
Basil King (Austin, TX)
Égypte IV: Double Agenda the Series (Toluca Lake, CA)
Sexless in the City (Richmond Hill, NY)
Best Festival Screenplay (SHORT)
Alberto Aizenman | Desert Rose
Michael Charrone | It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel
Kamal Kahn | Almost Home
Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez | El Lloron
Paulina Manseau | The Fires We Play With
Best Contest Screenplay (SHORT)
Hopeless Heart | Vivika Thompson Robinson
Laundry | Nathan Westfall
This Email Could Have Been a Knife Fight | Elijah Broughton
Weighted | Aaron Connor
Best Texas Film (SHORT)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral | Documentary (Wimberly, TX)
El Llron | Comedy (Brownsville, TX)
Exile Echoes | Documentary (Richardson, TX)
It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel | Sci-Fi (Austin, TX)
Reel Outlaw in Hico | Documentary (Stephenville, TX)
Audience Choice (ALL AWARDS)
Announced at awards ceremony
REEL Jury Award (SHORT)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral | Documentary (Wimberly, TX)
El Llron | Comedy (Brownsville, TX)
Exile Echoes | Documentary (Richardson, TX)
It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel | Sci-Fi (Austin, TX)
Life Support (Drama | Palo Alto, CA)
FEATURE FILMS
Best Supporting Actor (FEATURE)
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Best Supporting Actress (FEATURE)
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Best Actor (FEATURE)
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Best Actress (FEATURE)
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Best Cinematography (FEATURE)
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Best Production Design (FEATURE)
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Best Director - Documentary (FEATURE)
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Best Director - Fiction (FEATURE)
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Best Comedy (FEATURE)
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Best Documentary (FEATURE)
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Best Drama (FEATURE)
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Best Foreign (FEATURE)
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Best Horror (FEATURE)
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Best Sci-Fi (FEATURE)
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Best Festival Screenplay (FEATURE)
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Best Contest Screenplay (FEATURE)
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Best Texas Film (FEATURE)
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Audience Choice (FEATURE)
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REEL Jury Award (FEATURE)
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