Production Nominations: July 2025

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Best Producer

Alexandra Grace and Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Madison Taylor Wolfe, Kaleigh Jacobs, Grecia Sofia, and Lola Jett for Acorn, Iowa (USA)

Martin Avina, Joeli Schwartz, and Nicholas Sherman for Union Avenue (USA)

Best Production Design

TBA

Best Original Screenplay

TBA

Best Adapted Screenplay

TBA

Best Cinematography

Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Lola Jett for Acorn, Iowa (USA)

Oleksandr Shvets for I’m Back (Ukraine)

Qin Sufeng and Wang Wenzhong for After 30 Years Back To Muli (China)

Truls Valen Aasland for New Horizons (USA)

Best Editing

TBA

Best Sound Editing

TBA

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

TBA

Best Original Score

Douglas Ryan and Conan Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Laura Hickli for Please Stay (Canada)

Matthew Kimbley, Samuel Vargus, and Suzana Zieesmer for Deep Space (USA)

Best Original Song

Blush’n by Victor Ramirez Jr. and Meghan Gray (USA)

Embers by August Falcon (USA)

I’m Back by Kvitka Gaevska and Anna Khanina (Ukraine)

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