CONGRATULATIONS
BEST OF FEST
2025
"WHITCH"
BY HOKU UCHIYAMA
FEATURE FILM AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
A CELL PHONE MOVIE – WILL STERLING
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER AWARD
THIRST TRAP – CHANTAL MASSUH-FOX
BEST DIRECTOR
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER - SCOTT SLONE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER – SCOTT SLONE
BEST EDITING
FALLEN STAR – KYLE PARISH
BEST SOUN DESIGN
YOUR VALLEY, MY VALLEY – BRENDAN FAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
YOUR VALLEY, MY VALLEY – BRENDAN FAY
BEST WARDROBE
WARLORD – STUART BRENNAN
BEST MAKEUP DESIGN
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER – SCOTT SLONE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
FAUST – SABINA SHIARI, PEYMAN MAJIDI
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER – SCOTT SLONE
BEST ACTOR
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER – MIKE CARAVELLA
BEST ACTRESS
A REQUIEM FOR DESIRE – SOPHIE KARL
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
GOODNIGHT KILLER – NICOLAS SIDIROPULOS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
THE CARE TAKER – MACKENZIE LARSEN
RISING STAR AWARD
DUCK RABBIT – HARLAN HUCKABY
MOMENTS OF YOUTH – JULIA TOLCHIN
PRODUCER AWARD
EDWARD JOHN OSREDKAR
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
YOUR VALLEY, MY VALLEY – BRENDAN FAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE SPACE RODENT – JASON D. MORRIS
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
GOODNIGHT KILLER – PATRICK SCHULZ
BEST DOCUMENTARY
CARTEPESTA: CARNIVAL OF FANO – THE MOVIE – ANDREA LODOVICHETTI
OUTSTANDING COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
A CELL PHONE MOVIE – WILL STERLING
OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
THE MYSTERY OF EMMA THORN - GREGORY BLAIR AND LYNN LOWRY
BEST SHORT FILMS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (DOMESTIC)
WHITCH.- HOKU UCHIYAMA
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (INTERNATIONAL)
LAKE ABYSS – ARIC GARCIA
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (LONG FORM DOMESTIC)
THEY SLAY – MADDIE MACLOUD
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (LONG FORM INTERNATIONAL)
CONFRONTATION – MARIE ABBENANTI – SANDY PUJOL LATOUR
BEST IRANIAN SHORT FILM
THE SCRATCH – ALI KOOSHA
BEST MICROSHORT
PIG MAN – WAYN WINTERSTEIN
BEST LGBTQ SHORT
BLACK GOLD – ABDULLAH SHOAIB KHAN
BEST HORROR SHORT
WHITCH – HOKU UCHIYAMA
BEST SUSPENSE SHORT
BLOOD MIST – DARWIN REINA
BEST THRILLER SHORT
DANA IN THE NIGHTMARE – ALAN TRACE
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILIM
SOLILOQUY OF ONE – MAX RADBILL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL / AVANTGARDE SHORT
MANSION APPARITIONS – ALEX HOFFMAN
BEST ROMANCE SHORT
OCEAN BLUE – GUIELLERMO E. BARAHONA C.
BEST ACTION SHORT
WALK OF SHAME – FAVIO VINSON
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT
RIVER: THE LAST BUTTERFLY – CHAD ANSERMET
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
THE BIG BAD WOLF – LEO WILLIAM WRIGHT
BEST DOCU – SERIES (WEB)
SAM AND COLBY SURVIVING DEMON SCHOOL – SAM AND COLBY
BEST COMEDY TV SERIES
TOTALLY MIND BLOWING SHOW – BLAKE LAITNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE DEEP DIVE - BLAIR MURPHY
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
HELIUM – ZACK ABDULBAKI
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE FORGIVEN – BURAK KABLAN
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
ZAHIRA DOESN’T WANT TO DANCE – JEAN-LUC SERVINO
FIRST TIME DIRECTOR AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
BANG! BANG! BANG! – STEFAN DJORDJEVIC
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A SHORT FILM
THEY SLAY - MADDIE MACLOUD
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
WHITCH – ROSEMARY HOCHSCHILD
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
BLOOD MIST – JULIA HELBICH
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILIM
GLORY OBSCURED – CHIMELE GEORGE
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
LAKE ABYSS – CARL SOLOMON