2025 | YEAR 9
AWARD WINNERS
2025 Award Winners
SHORT FILMS
Best College Animation
Kitty Bravo in Freefall Failure
Best High School Documentary
The Unsung Heroes Behind the Flying Tigers | (Blair Academy, Newton, MA)
Best College Documentary
Pages of Protest | (Ithaca University, Ithaca, NY)
Best High School Fiction
From the Moon to Her Sun | Drama (New Port News HS, Newport News, VA)
Best College Fiction
Zoe | Dramedy (University of Texas, Austin, TX)
Best Supporting Actor (SHORT)
Ronald Short as Randall | It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel
Best Supporting Actress (SHORT)
Renée Victor as Doña Maria | El Lloron
Best Actor (SHORT)
Edwin Wright as Colin | PleasureDora
Best Actress (SHORT)
Emily Thyme as September | September
Best Cinematography (SHORT)
Bruce James Bells | The Oldest
Best Editing (SHORT)
Niven Howie | Almost Home
Best Production Design (SHORT)
Johne Park | Life Support
Best Special FX (SHORT)
Dante’s Inferno – The Ascension
Best Director - Documentary (SHORT)
Riley Engemoen | Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral
Best Director - Fiction (SHORT)
Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez | El Lloron
Best Music Video (SHORT)
Let’s Keep Austin, Texas (Austin, TX)
Best Comedy (SHORT)
El Lloron (Brownsville, TX)
Best Documentary (SHORT)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral (Wimberly, TX)
Best Drama (SHORT)
Donor (Shreveport, LA)
Best Foreign (SHORT)
PleasureDora | Short Fiction (New Zealand 🇳🇿 )
Best Horror (SHORT)
Mr. Mittens (Austin, TX)
Best Science Fiction (SHORT)
It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel (Austin, TX)
Best TV Pilots/Web Series (SHORT)
Basil King (Austin, TX)
Best Festival Screenplay (SHORT)
Michael Charrone | It’s Hard Not to be Romantic About Time Travel
Best Contest Screenplay (SHORT)
This Email Could Have Been a Knife Fight | Elijah Broughton
Best Texas Film (SHORT)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral | Documentary (Wimberly, TX)
Audience Choice (ALL AWARDS)
Seasons | High School
Recyclos | College
The Eulogy | Professional
REEL Jury Award (SHORT)
Butch & Mandalin: The Search for the Golden Morral | Documentary (Wimberly, TX)
FEATURE FILMS
Best Supporting Actor (FEATURE)
Holt Boggs | The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Supporting Actress (FEATURE)
Denise McGee | Double Edge
Best Actor (FEATURE)
Tom Ward Thomas | Double Edge
Best Actress (FEATURE)
Jo Schaeffer | The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Cinematography (FEATURE)
Chris Beier | The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Production Design (FEATURE)
Maurizio Corigiliano | Double Edge
Best Director - Documentary (FEATURE)
Marlene Gale Morris | From Here From There
Best Director - Fiction (FEATURE)
Chris Beier | The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Documentary (FEATURE)
From Here From There
Best Drama (FEATURE)
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Foreign (FEATURE)
Double Edge
Best Sci-Fi (FEATURE)
Double Edge
Best Festival Screenplay (FEATURE)
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Best Contest Screenplay (FEATURE)
Hannah in Three Acts | Shannon Yocum
Best Texas Film (FEATURE)
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
REEL Jury Award (FEATURE)
From Here From There