Winners of California Indies
23rd Edition/July 2025
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Best Narrative Short
Conditioned for Love
Directors: Frank Shiva, Elizabeth Turner
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Best Documentary Feature
Wof Zerash Coffee
Director: Sylwia Pecio
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Best Documentary Short & Best Director
Slow Tsunami
Director: Julie Dumont
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Best Cinematographer
THE STORY OF A SMALL FAMILY ALBUM
Deborah Sfez
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Best Composer
Erika Fitzpatrick
Just Trying to Chill
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Best Actor
Nick Casal
No Such Thing as Peace
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Best Actress
Coco Taylor
It's Not Me, It's You
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Best Animation
Easter Egg
Directors: Giacomo Rinaldi, Alessia Garofalo and Massimo Carrier Ragazzi
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Best Edit
The Flowers
Adam Jones
Best Horror
Fritchi Manor
Director: Jermaine Alexander
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Best Music Video
Box of Pins
Director: Joseph Brien
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Best Student Film
Verwegenheit
Director: Metecan Erol Duren
Best Thriller
The Artist: La Décapitation
Director: Michael M Joy
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Best Web-Series-Pilot
Books
Director: Micah Khan
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Best Independent Film
M.A.D Stories
Director: Mark Anthomy Duckitt
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Best LGBTQ
RETREAT
Director: Mari SanGiovanni
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Your choices are…
Director: Ming Ming Li
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Best Script (Unproduced)
Emma Who?
Laura Michelle Edmundson