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