Top Shorts Winners - September 2025
- Top Shorts Team
- Sep 29
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 3
Film of the Month
Mid-lennial Life Crisis - Carlie Mantilla-Jordan, John Eliot Jordan
Best Narrative Film
Detour - Demian Alan Mancino, Beth Ann Hinde
Best Indie Film
Bang! - Zhiyang Hu
Best Drama
Little Boy Blue - Liam Natirboff
Best Comedy
Mid-lennial Life Crisis - Carlie Mantilla-Jordan, John Eliot Jordan
Best Thriller
Across the Blue Line - Dominic Goodie
Best Horror
The Experiment - Rachel Hitt
Best Inspirational Film
Little Boy Blue - Liam Natirboff
Best Dark Comedy
Mother/Daughter² - Vanessa Miller, Mike Stutz
Best AI Film
Crazy Lonely Journey - Mojli
Best LGBTQ Film
Diversamente - Luis Luyando, Willy Martin
Best Documentary
Food Lies - Luis Luyando, Willy Martin
Best Animation
Roast apple¿ - Lei Chengrui
Best Music Video
Marionette - Ava Della Pietra, Nathan Levine-Heaney
Best Student Film
Last Night - Xinran Gu
Best Microfilm
Eternity - Jeremiah Kipp
Best Director
Everyday - John Pentassuglia
Best First Time Director
Une Petite Lune de Miel - Dana Protsyshak
Best Actor
Across the Blue Line - Bryant Walter
Best Actress
jAImes - Cathy Fiorillo
Best Ensemble
Mother/Daughter² - Suzy Hunt, Vanessa Miller, Erik Gratton, Katherine Maldonado
Best Commercial/Promotional Video
Gift A Feeling - Alex Fouquet
Best Original Story
Philosophy - Tareq Qaddumi
Best Screenplay
Awake - Julia Judith Bottarelli
Best Drama Screenplay
Detour - Beth Ann Hinde
Best Comedy Screenplay
Mid-lennial Life Crisis - Carlie Mantilla-Jordan
Best Horror Screenplay
Sleeper Pick - Eric Gorodetsky
Best First Time Screenwriter
Talk with Shadows - Junyan Li
Best Television Script
Instinct - M. Craig
Special Jury Award
NO - Ahmed Alameldeen
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