WINNERS 2025

Best Movie Poster

113 Words For You

Bo Qing Tang, Xiao Lan Zeng

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Trailer

Density

Graham M Bishop

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Drone Film

Discover Indonesia

Ty Rogers

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Dance Film

Motherhood

Nicole Spring

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Music Video

Embers

August Falcon

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Visual Art

Lonesome Town

Caleb Garrett

CASH PRIZE: $100

Festival Pick #1

Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad

Nicholas Luciano, Joy Regullano

CASH PRIZE: $100

Festival Pick #2

The Rain

Kā’eo Luke

CASH PRIZE: $100

Festival Documentary

Sheepdogs

Brian Knappmiller

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Student Film

The Lights Above

Luke J. Salewski 

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Script ex-aequo

Conch

Kevin Bibo

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Script ex-aequo

The Spider’s Warning

Staci Mallett

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Animated Short Film ex-aequo

Pow!

Joey Clift

CASH PRIZE: $200

Best Animated Short Film ex-aequo

One Final Day

Paul Hollingsworth

CASH PRIZE: $200

Best Short Film

Milk Baby

Kristen Gerweck Diaz

CASH PRIZE: $200

Best Director

Dual Agency

Frank Blake

CASH PRIZE: $250

Yucca Valley Award

Will & Silence

Robbi Robb

CASH PRIZE: $300