Award Winners of February/March 2025: Technical Categories

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Best Producer: Luca Pizzoleo and Bridget Sonobe for O.C.D. (USA)

Best Female Director: Zoe Peng for Not Bad (China)

Best Male Director: Luca Pizzoleo for O.C.D. (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Male Director): Louis English for Thanks For Eating Me (UK)

Best Student Female Director: Colleen Ryan for El Alma de la Sed (Panama)

Best Student Male Director: Hungyu Kuo for Turn (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Abrielle Kung-En Kuo for Ura (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Female Filmmaker): Suhana Malicka Arora for Epigenetics: Is Our Mental Health Written In Our Genes? (USA)

Honorable Mention (Young Female Filmmaker): Cassie Wang for Dream (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Male Filmmaker): Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us (Australia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Actress): Hervine De Boodt for Next Up (UK)

Best Actor: Keon Alexander for How Soon Is Now (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Steven Ogg for O.C.D. (USA)

Best Young Actress: Mellony Ledo for What Remains of Us (Australia)

Best Young Actor: Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us (Australia)

Best Acting Duo: Igor Rubashkin and Mykhailo Kukuyuk for The Last Wish (Ukraine)

Best Ensemble Cast: Ben Smith-Petersen, Ines English, Penny Ryder, Will Matthews, Daniel Granville, Ron Downey, Alex Jayes, and Alex Morrison for Thanks For Eating Me (UK)

Best Production Design: Nicole Marinescu for The Crushed Tea (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Mia Holly Kim for How Soon Is Now (USA)

Best Cinematography: Louis English for Thanks For Eating Me (UK)

Best Editing: Luca Pizzoleo for O.C.D. (USA)

Best Sound Design: Ando Johnson for O.C.D. (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sound Design): Spencer Lunde for Symbio (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Editing): Corey Wayne for LA After Midnight (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sound Editing)Return to Sender (USA)

Best Costume Design: Isabel Miksic for Clock Shop (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Special Makeup): Cacá Grandinetti for The Light of Things (Brazil)

Best Original Score: Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Chia-Chi Hsu for 250 Sqft (USA)

Best Original SongDanger by Maximilian Curnow, for Out of the Fire (UK)

See also AWARD WINNERS: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2025

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