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Best Female Director: Ama Anane for Cottonmouth (USA)
Best Male Director: Mitch Yapko for Watching Walter (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Zixuan Xiang for Strange Ava (China)
Best Student Male Director: Andréas Freisse Correa for On The Other Side (France)
Best First Time Female Director: Lisa Laudieri for A Lamb, Drowning (Italy/UK)
Best First Time Male Director: Suresh G for Ditto (India)
Best Actress: Katie Parker for The Sequence (USA)
Best Actor: Kaz Kobayashi for Shin Rashomon (Japan/USA)
Best Acting Duo: Alison Bruce and Renee Lyons for The Worth of Things (New Zealand)
Best Ensemble Cast: Lydia Westhoff, Shaun Stone, Tom Rope, John Gilbert, Evan Emanuel, Kevin Neil Crook, Fleur Montanaro, Bea Gonzalez, Angel Johnson, Chris Beldain, Damian Preis, and Ben Tingey for A Lamb, Drowning (Italy/UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Producer): Ashkan Nasseri and Gelareh Kiazand for Magas (Fly) (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Screenplay): Jane Ballentyne for The Worth of Things (New Zealand)
Honorable Mention (Original Screenplay): Luke Howe for Bad Fences (USA)
Best Cinematography: Bryon Evans for Watching Walter (USA)
Best Editing: Yufei Fu for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)
Best Production Design: Shannon Balazs for Watching Walter (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Production Design): Magas (Fly) (USA)
Honorable Mention (Production Design): Shannon Balazs for 3 To Die (USA)
Best Sound Design: Shuo Shen for The Only Universe For Us (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Evan Millard for 3 To Die (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sound Design): Andrew Sachs for Shatter Me Into a Thousand Pieces (USA)
Best Sound Editing: Shuo Shen for The Only Universe For Us (China)
Honorable Mention (Sound Editing): Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace, and Zoe Marshall for Wake Up, Dolores! (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Mixing): Shuo Shen for The Only Universe For Us (China)
Honorable Mention (Visual FX): James Aguilar, Gabriel Ponce, and Nico Toro for The Bee (USA)
Best Costume Design: ZIMISM, Lurong Xu, Veronika Falser, and Ruoyu Shen for A Lamb, Drowning (Italy/UK)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Go Fujiwara and Brit Phatal for A Lamb, Drowning (Italy/UK)
Best Original Score: Hueimin Kuan for The Last Dynasty (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Teona Teoni Lagvilava for Agnus Dei (USA)
Honorable Mention (Original Score): Gray Bashew for 3 To Die (USA)
Best Original Song: Miles Behind by Bill Lloyd (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Song): Single for Life by Ava Della Pietra (USA)
Honorable Mention (Original Song): Dear Santa by Shiesty L (feat. Foluwasho Ajike) (USA)
See also AWARD WINNERS OF DECEMBER 2025: GENRE CATEGORIES
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