Production Nominations: December 2025

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Best Producer

TBA

Best Original Screenplay

TBA

Best Cinematography

Aigul Nurbulatova for Bartogay Lake (France)

Alexey Petrenko for Let There Be Light (Russia)

Bryon Evans for Watching Walter (USA)

Jasmin Leimer and Madleen Leimer for A Lamb, Drowning (Italy/UK)

Rick Lawrence for Mesmera (USA)

Best Editing

Leonard Sanftenschneider for Full Metal Pizza (Germany)

Max Wilde for Jackie (USA)

Nick Landa for The Sequence (USA)

Trevor Black for Renegade (USA)

Yufei Fu for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)

Best Production Design

Magas (Fly) (USA)

Shannon Balazs for 3 To Die (USA)

Shannon Balazs for Watching Walter (USA)

Best Sound Design

Andrew Sachs for Shatter Me Into a Thousand Pieces (USA)

Evan Millard for 3 To Die (USA)

Shuo Shen for The Only Universe For Us (China)

Best Sound Editing

TBA

Best Sound Mixing

TBA

Best Visual FX

TBA

Best Costume Design

TBA

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

TBA

Best Original Score

Gray Bashew for 3 To Die (USA)

Gus Pereira for Alice, Five Minutes Before Sunset (Alice, Cinco Minutos Antes do Pôr do Sol) (Brazil)

Hueimin Kuan for The Last Dynasty (USA)

Mark Kilian for The Missing Piece (USA)

Teona Teoni Lagvilava for Agnus Dei (USA)

Best Original Song

Dear Santa by Shiesty L (feat. Foluwasho Ajike) (USA)

Miles Behind by Bill Lloyd (USA)

Single for Life by Ava Della Pietra (USA)

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