Winners

21st Edition/2025

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Best Documentary Feature

A Way of Life: East Texas Cowboys

Director: Curtis Craven

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Best Narrative Short

Special Will

Director: Chelsea Ray Gilson

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Best Documentary Short

The Connector

Director: Ian Mitchell

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Best Composer

Yantra de Vilder

In The Silence

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Best Actress

Cynthia Zitter

Argie Berman

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Best Animation

Making Emmie Smile

Directors: Abby Vo, John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg

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Best Music Video

Borderline: Chaos At the Border

Director: Patrick Costello

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Best Student Film

CRAMPED

Director: Haley Grace Foster

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Best Comedy

Argie Berman

Director: Fon Davis

 

Best Independent Film

FOUR MOTHERS

Director: Inbal Abergil

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Best Female Filmmaker

Valerie Chaney

Best Life

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Best Script (Unproduced)

Katherine and Spencer

Walt Alexander