Top Shorts Winners - October 2025
- Top Shorts Team
- Oct 29
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 30
Film of the Month
Work Flow - Fatima Isse
Best Narrative Film
Los Angeles - Tucker Johnson, William Rouse
Best Indie Film
Mushroom - Ziyan He
Best Drama
No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan
Best Horror
Overtime - Steven James Kilper
Best Experimental Film
Woman in the Mirror - Luis Oliveira
Best Mystery Film
Shadows Of The Past - Ronney Dotel, Charles Croes
Best Parody
Fossil Record - Karla Weber
Best Dark Comedy
Bob - Alberto Martín-Aragón
Best LGBTQ Film
Missing Out - Hongbo Sun
Best Musical/Dance Film
As Within, So Without - Christian Bevilacqua, Brooke Milliner
Best Web Series
@ben.volio - Scott Westerman
Best Animation
Alyssum - Alex King
Best Music Video
My Love - Anna Khanina, Ilia Noyabrov
Best Student Film
Work Flow - Fatima Isse
Best Microfilm
Take it, then leave me - Nox Nackman
Best Director
The Cage - Zhuo Qian
Best First Time Director
Willow Pass - Christian Cooper
Best Indie Filmmaker
Float - Yam Presberg
Best Actor
Shadows Of The Past - Mateo Lopez
Best Actress
No Left Turns - Alexandra Grace
Best Supporting Actor
Willow Pass - Isaac Oleole
Best Supporting Actress
Los Angeles - Jadene Meyer
Best Ensemble
Prism - Tyler Bickel, Obiora Okoye, Diriest Crowell-Buffington, Rana Sobh, Michaela Schundelmier, Joseph TenBroek, Brittni Miller
Best Cinematography
Mushroom - Peng "Aaron" Wang
Best Editing
Work Flow - Hollie Dodman
Best Score
The Family Photo - John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez, Jhonatan Faria
Best Sound Design
Mushroom - Mike Xu
Best Instrumental
Shade of You - TEONI
Best Original Story
Prism - Kara M. Canton
Best Screenplay
Norman: The Dog Who Didn't Mean To - Paul Millward
Best Drama Screenplay
Betrayal - Mark Buerck
Best Comedy Screenplay
Babylon Beyond! - John Joyce Baker
Best Animation Screenplay
Babylon Beyond! - John Joyce Baker
Best Action Screenplay
The Last Heist - Rocco Trombetta, Frank Mancuso
Best First Time Screenwriter
Silent Screams - Jiayi Ouyang
Special Jury Award
'Til Next Time - Lucas Chen, Sanjana Ledvora
* Winners may order an official Top Shorts statuette
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