December 2025 (Winner)

Winners of December 2025

BEST SHORT FILM

Royal Retribution

Directed by Dustin Hawkins

BEST MID – LENGHT FILM

SHOOTING

Directed by Roberto Loiacono

BEST STUDENT FILM

Rooster Road

Directed by German A. Escalona

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

SET FREE – Fighting Human Trafficking in America

Directed by Kalley Beatrice

BEST ANIMATION FILM

The Last Bubble Tea

Directed by Ilya Ershov

BEST FEATURE FILM

A SE STESSO – To Himself

Directed by Ekaterina Khudenkikh

BEST LGBTQ FILM

Love Languages.. and Other Illusions

Directed by Blake J Askew

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

A Timid Dream – Age of Deficit

Directed by Velton J Lishke

BEST TRAILER

Women of Truth and Courage: The Widows of Kalangarai

Directed by Karen Kayser

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM

The After

Directed by Elias K. Mayfield-Brown

BEST DIRECTOR

Royal Retribution

Directed by Dustin Hawkins

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Women of Truth and Courage: The Widows of Kalangarai

Directed by Karen Kayser

BEST SCREENWRITER

SHOOTING

Written by Roberto Loiacono

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

The King’s Slayer

Cinematography by Mathieu Muller

BEST EDITOR

Have a Seat

Edited by Kyle Cyr

BEST ACTOR

Have a Seat

Award Presented to Miguel Gonzalez-Floyd

BEST ACTRESS

You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About

Award Presented to Katie Bavirsha

JURY CHOICE AWARD

BillyTheGreat The Black Tax “A Mental Note”

Directed by BillyTheGreat

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

My Gray World

Directed by Petro Aleksowski

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – SHORT FILM

L’Aube Dorée

Directed by Nicolas Lenerand

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – FEATURE FILM

Bezuidenhout

Directed by Wouter Hermans