Top Shorts Winners - May 2025

Film of the Month

Lisa Dahl: Blessed By Grace - Eric Wolfinger

Best Narrative Film

Mumbai X - Rahul Dhiman

Best Indie Film

Score - Noah Kean

Best Drama

Great Minds - Alice Marks, Lauren Guglielmello, Kara Overlien

Best Comedy

Slow Draw - Jordan Rader

Best Thriller

Solus - Tommy Jay Dwyer

Best Sci-Fi

The Last President - Bin He

Best Experimental Film

A Fashionable Glass of Chardonnay - Jim Lively

Best Inspirational Film

The Straight & Narrow - Andrew Beall

Best AI Film

The Butterfly Dream - Suhyeon Scholastica Jin, Aria Suhyun Kim

Best Documentary

Lisa Dahl: Blessed By Grace - Eric Wolfinger

Best Music Video

Falling Apart - Louis Maxwell

Best Student Film

Half Feathers - Yitong Wang

Best Microfilm

The death of my love - Travis Smith

Best Director

Solus - Tommy Jay Dwyer

Best Actor

Solus - Tommy Jay Dwyer

Best Actress

Solus - Jordan Tofalo

Best Supporting Actress

Solus - Devin Petry

Best Young Actress

Oh Child - Savannah Burke

Best Child Actor

Sideline - Allen Deng

Best Child Actress

Bridged Together - Olivia Scales

Best Duo

Solus - Tommy Jay Dwyer & Jordan Tofalo

Best Ensemble

Solus - Tommy Jay Dwyer, Jordan Tofalo, Devin Petry, James Labonte, Louise Mara

Best Cinematography

Solus - Steven Schloss

Best Sound Design

Popcorn - Fangjian Li

Best Song

Finding Anissa Jones - "She Loved You All The Way" - Curtis Peoples

Best Commercial/Promotional Video

Whistling Cloud: Spinnin - Mun Chee Yong

Best Trailer

The Village - Eric Almond

Best Original Story

Whispers - Olesia Karpenko, Olga Neff

Best Screenplay

ET IN ARCADIA EGO - John Bolbot

Special Jury Award

Great Minds - Alice Marks, Lauren Guglielmello, Kara Overlien

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