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Best Producer: Naosheen Ahmed for Pandaal (USA)
Best Female Director: Sue Ann Pien for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Best Male Director: Lap Fung Cheung for River (Hong Kong)
Best Student Female Director: Ruiying Sun for To The End (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Dom Lopez for Abandominium (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Fariba Farjam for Redacted Dreams (Canada)
Best First Time Male Director: Sergey Sergeevich Valikov for Conductor (Russia)
Best Young Female Filmmaker: Qianran Li and Ruixuan Hu for Sail Alone (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Female Filmmaker): Wanze Li and Xuanyi He for Whence the Wind Blows (China)
Best Young Male Filmmaker: Eduard Bukhanets for After Me (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Male Filmmaker): Christian Yoder for Running with the Lions (USA)
Best Actress: Bella Zoe Martinez for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Best Actor: Ben Walsh for Fitness Guy (USA)
Honorable Mention (Young Actor): Carter Cox for In Heaven One Day (Mexico)
Honorable Mention (Supporting Actress): Thresa Richardson for Old Man and the Mirror (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Norton for Sauvetage (Australia)
Best Acting Duo: Samuel Bosch and Donnovan Roe for Fast (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Jerome Preston Bates, Marjorie Johnson, Francis C. Edemobi, Mason Heidger, Jordan Amanda Hall, Sherri Lubov-Ripps, Christopher Inlow, Bob Rumnock, and Richard K. Baylor for Socrates (USA)
Best Production Design: Alex Hunter for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Screenplay): Adam Pine and Sean Pine for Fitness Guy (USA)
Best Cinematography: Carlos Arellano for Mute (Venezuela)
Best Editing: Graham M Bishop for Density (USA)
Best Sound Design: Adam Jamal for At The Riverbank (USA)
Best Sound Editing: Adam Jamal for Marley or Me (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Editing): Fangjian Li for Popcorn (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sound Mixing): The Skin of Reason (USA)
Honorable Mention (Visual FX): The Skin of Reason (USA)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Michelle Moncada for Mute (Venezuela)
Best Original Score: Andrew Yee for Tears (USA)
Honorable Mention (Original Song): Carissa Tells It All by Rachel Philipp and Mike Madigan (USA)
See also AWARD WINNERS: MAY 2025
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