Winners of California Indies

24th Edition/July 2025

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Best Narrative Feature

Hentry and the Wolf Doctor

Directors: M Politis, Glen Pickering

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Best Narrative Short

VELIA TITTA WIDOW MATTEOTTI

Director: Vittorio Pavoncello

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Best Documentary Feature

Reconstruction Destructed

Director: Monique Anya Linder

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Best Director

Jose Luis Ruiz

The Dreamer Cinderella

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Best Music Video

Never Let Me Go

Director: Almarin Fisher

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Best Comedy

Granny in the nettles

Director: Aram HEKINIAN

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Best Independent Film

Io Corro - journey into the art of Luca Bray

Director: Barbara Zonzin

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Best LGBTQ

ELIXIR: After Time - EP.1

Directors: Michelle Deniesse Lugo, Alexandra Alvarez Pilonieta

 

Best First-Time Filmmaker

Saving Dingding Opera

Director: Tan Wang

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Best Female Filmmaker

Stephanie "Will" Wilson

The Long Way Back

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Best Script (Unproduced)

Secrets of Montmartre 3

Michelle Lynn