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Top Shorts Film Festival

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    Jury Prize

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    Best Inspirational Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cartas a uma Jovem Mulher

      Jhenifer Emerick(producer)
      Pedro Belchior Costa(director)

    Festival Prize

    Edit

    Best Actress

    • Amara Vayder
      • Amara Vayder(actress)
      • Stone Soup

    May Award

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    Best Director

    • Todd Lien
      Winner
      • Todd Lien
      • Paper Flowers
      iStage Entertainment

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Whispers on Red Lake

      Adrian Campbell

    Best Indie Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Daisy

      Cassidy Krygger(Executive Producer, Writer, Actress)
      Mia de Rauch(Executive Producer)
      Alyssa Scott(Director, Producer)
      Nikki Apostolidis(Producer)
      Daisy Productions
      Fitzcarraldo Pictures

    Best Young Actress

    • Winner
      • Sylvia Ye
      • Paper Flowers
      iStage Entertainment

    Short of the Month

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Can

      Shadow C. LaValley
      Danielle Purdy
    • [object Object]

      The Can

      Shadow C. LaValley
      Danielle Purdy

    Best Narrative Film

    • [object Object]

      Help! I Think My Teacher is Racist...

      7.8 (8)
      Benjamin Turner
      The Spit Game

    June Award

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    Best Child Actor

    • Winner
      • Karan Vaswani
      • Love Beyond Dreams
      Sarina Film Productions

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Beyond Dreams

      Simin Vaswani
      Sarina Film Productions

    Best Indie Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Voajerka

      8.0 (15)
      Jan Fabris

    Best Romance Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Beyond Dreams

      Simin Vaswani
      Harish Vaswani
      Sarina Film Productions

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Beyond Dreams

      Harish Vaswani
      Michael White
      Sarina Film Productions

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Beyond Dreams

      Simin Vaswani
      Sarina Film Productions

    Film of the Month

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Voajerka

      8.0 (15)
      Jan Fabris

    July Award

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    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Death to Platitudes

      Stefano Di Perna

    September Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alpha 27

      9.0 (19)
      Nick Azzaro

    Best Crime Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Standoff

      Marlyn Bandiero(writer/director)
      Because I Can Productions

    Best Parody

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sospetti su un sospettato al di sotto di ogni sospetto

      Giorgio Zingone

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      If You Show Me Yours I'll Show You Mine

      Riya Agarwal
      Riyaction

    October Award

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    Best Young Actor

    • Rayce Snyder
      Winner
      • Rayce Snyder(actor)
      • Crescendo of Contention

    November Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Aleksey Zubkov(actor)
      • You are special

    Best Actress

    • Colleen Trusler
      Winner
      • Colleen Trusler
      • No Vacancy
      Reclamation Society
      Moai Films

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Ilia Noyabrov(director)
      • You are special

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You are special

      Ilia Noyabrov(director)

    Best Duo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jera and Brandon

      Jera Sky(actor)
      Brandon Weaver(actor)
      PuppyDragon

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You are special

      Olexandr Shvets(editor)

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jack Attack

      Ben Warhit
      Video Ranger

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Face

      Jeff Hilliard

    Best Musical/ Dance Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You are special

      Ilia Noyabrov(director)

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Vacancy

      Jay Sherer
      Lukas Colombo
      Moai Films
      Reclamation Society

    Best Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Vacancy

      Nathan Scheck
      Jay Sherer
      Reclamation Society

    Best Romance Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Baron Munchausen (Karl)

      Ilia Noyabrov(director)

    Best Sci-fi

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Silver Lining

      Mikey Altoft
      Bibi Lucille
      Elegant Initiative

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Baron Munchausen (Karl)

      Vladimir Bystryakov(composer)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Age of the Empath

      Steve Brown(writer)

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You are special

      Anna Khanina(singer, actress)

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Mykhaylo Kukuyuk in Bednaya Liz (2013)
      Winner
      • Mykhaylo Kukuyuk(actor)
      • Baron Munchausen (Karl)

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Irina Novak
      Winner
      • Irina Novak(actress)
      • Baron Munchausen (Karl)

    Best Web/TV Pilot

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jera and Brandon

      Jera Sky(executive producer)
      Dan Masso(director)
      Brandon Weaver(executive producer)
      PuppyDragon

    Film of the Month

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Vacancy

      Jay Sherer
      Lukas Colombo
      Reclamation Society
      Moai Films

    December Award

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    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tigre

      5.9 (18)
      Maria Victoria Sanchez
      JNR Productions
      Kai Studio

    Best Crime Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Monster's Hands

      9.9 (24)
      Christopher Sheffield

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Healing

      Ian Kirk

    Best Drama Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A List of Towns

      Eli Morrison
      Horse Joke Productions

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A List of Towns

      Matt A. Carpenter
      Horse Joke Productions

    Best First Time Director

    • Winner
      • Jack Geary
      • A List of Towns
      Horse Joke Productions

    Best First Time Screenwriter

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fido

      John Norris Ray

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tigre

      5.9 (18)
      Jhonatan Faria
      Kai Studio
      JNR Productions

    Film of the Month

    • [object Object]

      A List of Towns

      Horse Joke Productions

    January Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Geierwally

      Simon Andreas Baumgartner

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Geierwally

      Mario Dengler
      Sabrina Engl

    Best Duo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Geierwally

      Franz Braun
      Sabrina Engl

    Best Experimental Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zoltar's Fortune

      Robrecht Berg

    Best Indie Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hazing Rain

      Brian Bilica(writer)
      Rosy Isela De Hoyos(director)
      Simply Rosy Productions

    Best Indie Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hit

      Tommy Jay Dwyer
      Joseph Anthony Marcello
      Jesus Paez
      Greatest Gram Productions
      Angel Entertainment

    Best LGBTQ Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sharon and the Vege Plot

      John Brooks

    Best Sci-Fi Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      An AI Story - To Be or Not to Be

      Steve Halpern(Director) (Producer)
      Amir Mahdavi(Actor)
      Jeff Hathcoat(Actor)
      Kinzie Correll(Actress)
      Indie Film Group

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Still of the Night

      Luke Valdes-Rodriguez

    Best Web/TV Pilot

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hollywoo

      Tommy Jay Dwyer
      Joseph Anthony Marcello
      Greatest Gram Productions
      Angel Entertainment

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Hazing Rain

      Brian Bilica(writer)
      Rosy Isela De Hoyos(adaptation)
      Simply Rosy Productions

    February Award

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    Best Comedy Screenplay

    • Winner
      • Andreas Mortensen(writer)
      For un-produced screenplay: "Phantom Questions"

    Best Fantasy Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Two Conjure

      Miguel Lopez de Leon

    Best Horror Screenplay

    • Winner
      • Andreas Mortensen(writer)
      For un-produced screenplay: "Phantom Questions"

    Best LGBTQ Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Closet of Glass

      Joseph Castro

    Best Romance Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rainaissance

    Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Replacement Project 1.0

      Lisa Peng
      Todd Lien
      iStage Entertainment

    Best Screenplay

    • Winner
      • Andreas Mortensen(writer)
      For un-produced screenplay: "Phantom Questions"

    Best Short Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Built Different

      Brad Hammer Constance Elizabeth Brenneman
      Orange Street Productions

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slough

      Yutong Wang
      Yuzhu Lan

    Best Young Actor

    • Hunter Nickless
      Winner
      • Hunter Nickless
      • Gone
      Beyond the Film Productions

    March Award

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    Best Actress

    • Shola Fagbamila
      Winner
      • Shola Fagbamila
      • Candies

    Best Narrative Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Candies

      Iga Xiaoyi Zhou

    Best Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Candies

      Iga Xiaoyi Zhou

    April Award

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    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Untitled

      Silvia Gutierrez(Producer)
      SalTor Productions

    Best Fantasy Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sheltered from Time

      Sadie Duarte(director)

    Best Film Noir

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Killer Remorse

      Miguel Lopez de Leon(writer/director/executive producer/actor/editor)

    Best Romantic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Statistical Probabilities

      Stephen Zappalla
      Ryan O'Leary
      Action Press Stunts

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sheltered from Time

      Fernando Medel

    Best Young Actress

    • Shelby Wright
      Winner
      • Shelby Wright(Actress)
      • Untitled
      SalTor Productions

    Film of the Month

    • [object Object]

      Sheltered from Time

      Sadie Duarte(director)

    Jury Award

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    Best Actor

    • Shadow C. LaValley
      Winner
      • Shadow C. LaValley
      • The Can

    Best Actress

    • Zoe Yeoman
      Winner
      • Zoe Yeoman
      • The Can

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Can

      Shadow C. LaValley
      Danielle Purdy

    Best Young Filmmaker

    • [object Object]

      Gone

      Hunter Nickless
      Beyond the Film Productions

    Best Documentary Award

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    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The 90 Year Old Cyclist

      9.5 (19)
      Florent Piovesan

    Festival Award

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    Best Actor

    • Patrick Hilgart
      Winner
      • Patrick Hilgart
      • Worst Date, Best Date

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Kim Perrin
      • Worst Date, Best Date

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Worst Date, Best Date

      Cameron Thrower
      Heather Turman

    Best Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Worst Date, Best Date

      Cameron Thrower
      Heather Turman

    Best TV Script

    • [object Object]

      Blood & Betrayal

      Joseph Anthony Francis

    Best Drama Short Film Award

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    Best Drama Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Cross

      Hyunjin Lee(producer)
      Nebal Shafi(producer)
      Finalist for Best Drama at Top Shorts Film Festival
    • [object Object]

      O palhaço que há em nós

    Best Actress

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    Best Actress

    • Katie Kay
      Winner
      • Katie Kay
      • Upstream

    Top Shorts Award

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    Best Actor

    • Francisco Marquez — captured in 2025 by Nile Scott Studios. Taken after earning multiple Best Actor awards on the international festival circuit.
      Winner
      • Francisco Marquez
      • Bounty Hunters
    • Jeff Wolverton
      • Jeff Wolverton
      • Three AM
      Semi-Finalist for Best Actor

    Best Duo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Parallel Partners

      Francisco Marquez
      Meredith Vivian

    Best Experimental Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Corporeal

      Michael Gearheart
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Brief Introduction to Wrath

      Michael Gearheart

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      Tim

      Sam Burzacott
      Tan Chai
      Screen, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University

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