Winners
Announced on April 11th, 2025
Best Documentary Feature
Facing the Unknown - emergency preparedness
Director: Dieter Grohmann
Best Feature Script
The Red Zone
Writer: Terry Luke Podnar
Best Short Script
High Screams
Writer: Matt Townsend
Best Narrative Short
Not for a Few Miles
Director: Sahvannah Rae
Best Director
Betty Bird Goes to War
Director: Stephanie Chloe Hepner
Best Documentary Short
HILDE HOLGER
Director: Primavera Roxan Boman
Best Indie Feature
Through life and death
Director: Qing Chang
Best Student Film
The light of truth
Director: Adam Jones
Best Experimental
Alma Luz
Director: Heidi Duckler Dance
Best Short Environmental
Arctic Polar Bear Mothers
Director: Carol J. Amore
Best Human rights
LIKE STARS
Director: kali Bailey
Best Short Sci-Fi
Filther
Director: Simen Nyland
Best Indie Short
Limited Slip
Directors: Clint Calvert, Caleb Johnson