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Top Shorts Winners - August 2025

  • Writer: Top Shorts Team
    Top Shorts Team
  • 3 hours ago
  • 2 min read





Film of the Month

How We Hamsters Die - Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov


Best Narrative Film

A Brief Mental Lapse With Mallory Kane - Andrew Frescas


Best Indie Film

The Pocket Watch - Sreejith Jayadevan


Best Drama

At the Mercy of Faith - Samuel Lee Taylor, Andrew Arguello


Best Comedy

A Brief Mental Lapse With Mallory Kane - Andrew Frescas


Best Thriller

Thirty Seven Dollars - Ashish Sharma


Best Horror

Dawn - Hayden Devlin


Best Inspirational Film

Tibetan Ballads - Jiawei Lin


Best Dark Comedy

Escape Artist - Sergine Dumais


Best Musical

Cosmic Rhapsody : A Symphony for our Planet - Susan Mey Lee Lim, Manu Martin, Christina Teenz Tan


Best Documentary

Voices of Rett - Jose Francisco Malave


Best Animation

How We Hamsters Die - Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov


Best Music Video

VICTORIA - We don't get along - Victoria Karakoleva


Best Student Film

Paper Warriors - Aisa Uchimura, Brianna Salazar


Best Microfilm

Caveman Crunchies - Finise Avery, Trevor Wolfson


Best Director

Escape Artist - Sergine Dumais


Best First Time Director

Who will take care of you when you're old? - Sašo Dudić


Best Young Filmmaker

Audition - Yiyi Wang


Best Actor

At the Mercy of Faith - David Gamble Jr.


Best Actress

A Brief Mental Lapse With Mallory Kane - Nikko Austen Smith


Best Duo

Escape Artist - Bruno Pelletier & Émilie Josset


Best Editing

A Brief Mental Lapse With Mallory Kane - Andrew Frescas


Best Score

How We Hamsters Die - Luis Enrique Saldívar, Serena Lucatero


Best Visual Effects

Love In Space II - Eric Brown


Best Commercial/Promotional Video

Caveman Crunchies - Finise Avery, Trevor Wolfson

Best Original Story

LaLa on Facebook - Antonio De La Cruz


Best Screenplay

Oorah... - Lori Daliposon


Best Drama Screenplay

Oorah... - Lori Daliposon


Best Comedy Screenplay

How We Hamsters Die - Mio Gribskov, Phoebe Burdick, Ryan Wedman, Brianna Calvillo, Mikayla Hatchell, Lillian "Lilly" Zhou


Best Fantasy Screenplay

Time's Exchange - Khaled Sultan


Special Jury Award

Red Clay - Tian Zeng






* Winners may order an official Top Shorts statuette


* Winners may order a review - FilmFreeway Gold members get $50 off





Watch Andrew Frescas' A Brief Mental Lapse With Mallory Kane



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