Top Shorts Winners - August 2025
- 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
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