Award Winners of October 2025: Technical Categories

Best Producer: Yoon-Seok Nam for Echoes (France)

Best Female Director: Yu Zhou for Ashes (China)

Best Male Director: Alexander Sworik for 27 Minutes (Canada)

Best Student Female Director: Ellise Gwynn for All We Have (UK)

Best Student Male Director: Tanguy Pichon for Nothing But the End (Switzerland)

Best First Time Female Director: Andrea Manners for Into the Fold (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Zac La Roc for Dizzy (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Male Director): Giorgos Logothetis for Unfair Routes (Greece)

Best Young Female Filmmaker: Cici Jingwen Xu for The Recipe (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Young Female Filmmaker): Auset Brooklyn Adams for Black(out) (USA)

Best Young Male Filmmaker: William Genat for A Family Affair (Australia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Male Filmmaker): Ray Peng for Pro (China)

Best Actress: Shalini Bathina for Fragments of Us (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Actor): Justin Henriksen for Playing the Protagonist (USA)

Honorable Mention (Young Actress): Delilah Lane for The Loop (USA)

Honorable Mention (Young Actor): Sebastian Berry for Acquired Taste (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Hannah Kepple and Sydney Taylor for Dizzy (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Gerasimos Skiadaresis, Efi Papatheodorou, Giorgos Zois, Elena Charalampoudi, Maria Chanou, Aleksandros Sotiriou, and Stavros Svigkos for Unfair Routes (Greece)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Ensemble): Charlotte Chambliss, Margo Clothier, Stewart Dobbs, Caroline Jefferies, Garner Kimmel, and August Smith for The Night Club (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Mashael Alqahtani for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)

Best Production Design: Chelsea Parker for Dizzy (USA)

Honorable Mention (Production Design): Travis Bobbitt for L’ Espionne (USA)

Best Cinematography: Daniel Contaldo for Dizzy (USA)

Best Editing: Alexander Sworik for 27 Minutes (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Rafael Pirela for The Family Photo (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sound Design): Bruce Chianese for Second Shift (USA)

Best Sound Mixing: Jonathan Wales for Dizzy (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sound Mixing): Juice – Tianna Stephens, Riff Gordon, Sean Lynch, and Anthony Reese for Static State (USA)

Best Visual FX: Ben Bayliss, Anthony Hampshire, and Joel Dutton for DreamBrew (UK)

Best Costume Design: Fraggle Jury for Strolling Down Brighton Pier (UK and USA)

Honorable Mention (Special Makeup): Mylique E. Fawcett for Passenger (USA)