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Films NOMINATED to COMPETE

SUMMER 2025




AI FILMS

Conscription
Director Jennifer Milne
in AI Films (All categories, except Screenplays)
United States, United States


ALTERNATE MEDIA

elemental
Director Marie Gayeski
in Alternate Media, Experimental, Cinematography (subcat), Editing (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
United States




ANIMATION




ART-HOUSE FILM


A LITTLE PRAYER
Director Takashi Miwa
in Art-house Film
Japan




GICANA
Director Olalekan Mualeem Oseni
in Art-house Film
Nigeria


Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania




Relâche - The Last Dance on Earth
Director Kelly Jane Drummond Cawthon
in Art-house Film
Australia




surface tension | silver dollar | secret garden
Director Miriam Joanna Bennett
in Art-house Film
United States, United States




The Shoe
Directors Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos, Sofía Alejandra Díaz Garza
in Art-house Film
Mexico
...when you are here...
Director Diane Fellows
in Art-house Film
United States, United States

BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY



"Victoria: Triumph of Puerto Rican Theater!"
Director Iván David Nieves
in Biography
Puerto Rico




COMEDY


BitterSweet (Final Cut)
Director Steven Martini
in Comedy, Actor: Lead (subcat), Direction (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Original Score (subcat)
United States






DOCUMENTARY

Altrove - Elsewhere
Director ettore zito
in Documentary
Italy
America In The Dark: The J6 Pardons and Big Tech Censorship
Director Christopher Carter
in Documentary
United States, United States


Dry Wells of the Paso Basin: A Tragedy of the Commons
Directors Sheila Gail O'Rourke, Boris Temujin Jocoy
in Documentary
United States



JamCation: The Chronicles of Now Defunkt
Director Scott Macklin
in Documentary
United States






My Father's Footsteps "Letters to the Fallen"
Director Terrance A Williams
in Documentary
United States












Sargassum
Director Claude Barnes
in Documentary
Canada



SHUFFLE
Director Benjamin Flaherty
in Documentary
United States, United States




The Happiness Experiment
Director Jaccii Farris
in Documentary
United States, United States

The OC Effect
Directors Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States
The Real Yellowstone
Director Tom Opre
in Documentary
United States, United States



Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid
Director David Londo
in Documentary
United States





DOCU-DRAMA SHORT




The Long Road Home
Director Barbara Anne Lindstrom
in Docu-drama Short
United States




DOCU-DRAMA FEATURE

Art Show. Why Bother?
Director Stephen Offord
in Docu-drama Feature
United States





DRAMA – ROMANCE


First String 2: The Greenwood 20: Quest for the Great Dante
Director Dean George Christakis
in Drama
United States, United States

GREY LINES
Director Anngeannette Pinkston
in Drama, Original Concept (subcat)
United States, United States






When the East is in the House/Zentral Gelegen (Central Located)
Director Marcel Andre Heizmann
in Drama
Germany


DUST COLLECTOR






ENVIRONMENTAL


Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania



EXPERIMENTAL

a forest of collective subconscious
Director Peter Jonas
in Experimental
Germany

Another Day
Director Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.
in Experimental
United States
Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania









HEALTH
















HORROR





HUMAN SPIRIT


The Happiness Experiment
Director Jaccii Farris
in Human Spirit
United States, United States
The OC Effect
Directors Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States

INSPIRATIONAL







Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania

The Child Within
Director Daniel Troia
in Inspirational
United States, United States



LGBT





LOOSE SHORTS









MUSIC VIDEO

Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania

Prodigal Son
Director Rudy Strukoff
in Music Video
United States, United States


NOVEL MANUSCRIPT



PSA

BREAK THE SILENCE
Director Dax Phelan
in PSA, Actor: Lead (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States, United States



RELIGIOUS/FAITH



I Will Build This World From Love
Directors John S Block, Oliver Miede
in Religious/Faith
United States











SCIENCE









The Moon Had a Shadow
Director Phil Hart
in Science
Australia




SCI-FI



SCREENPLAY
787 MILES FROM JERICHO
Submitter PETER BLACKBURN
in Screenplay
Australia

   
Beach Impressions
Writer Stuart Alan Pollack
in Screenplay
United States

Feral Mountains
Writer Terry Luke Podnar
in Screenplay
Forbidden Love
Writer Timothy Shrikrishnan Lott
in Screenplay
Four Days on Humberside
Writer Roland (Tom Oliver) William Oliver
in Screenplay


  Geva's Way
Writer Rebecca Day Robinson
in Screenplay, Script Writer (subcat)
United States



In Service
Writer Rodgers Wilson
in Screenplay

Invasion of the Brewery Slugs
Submitter William Curley
in Screenplay


Monkey Trap Episode 1
Writer Denning Powell
in Screenplay


No Shortcut to Freedom
Writer Rita Cornelia Reinecker
in Screenplay
United States



Ricardo Fuentes of Chavez Ravine
Writer J. E. Robinson
in Screenplay



"Someone Like Me, or Black Dragon"
Writer Timothy Shrikrishnan Lott
in Screenplay
United States


STACHE
Writer Erin Keefer
in Screenplay





The Acting Tsar
Submitter Peter Armitage
in Screenplay
United Kingdom

THE ELF
Writer wenting zhu
in Screenplay
The Age of the Empath
Writer Steve Brown
in Screenplay
United States
The Exterminator
Writer William Thomas Curley
in Screenplay
The Oracle
Writer Stephen August Barkanic
in Screenplay

The Tree With No Heart
Submitter Aaron Huckleberry
in Screenplay

The Worst Wedding Ever
Writer Adam Sandel
in Screenplay
thievin' bastards
Writer Ronald McQueen
in Screenplay
United Kingdom
"TRISTAN ARTHUR'S KNIGHT"
Writer LOREANA MARIA CONSTANTINO VALENTINI
in Screenplay
What Good is Believing
Writer Thomas Pace
in Screenplay


SOCIAL ISSUES






















STUDENT












Only We Know
Director Chris Byrne
in Student
United States



   
The Stoics
Director Yuan Yao
in Student
China




SPORTS

   


TIGHT SHORTS
10 Minutes
Director Maricar Bella
in Tight Shorts
United States



Beauty and the biker
Director Lawrence Le
in Tight Shorts
United States


Fumio Demura_A personal tribute from insider Mike Anderson as sole survivor of Demonstration Team Two.
Director Mike Anderson
in Tight Shorts, Stunt/Fight Choreography (subcat)
United States




Life Is Precious
Director Leviticus Appleton
in Tight Shorts, Original Score (subcat)
United States


Mission 17
Director Nigel Thomas
in Tight Shorts, Stunt/Fight Choreography (subcat)
United States, United States




TRAVEL/CULTURE/ARTS

Mangyan Ambahan: Wisdom for Our Filipino Soul
Director Chiara Cox
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Philippines




TV COMMERCIALS


Hero Honda Deluxe
Director Manav Menon
in TV Commercials
India

Tricorder.Zero™ Online Ad
Director Marcus C.B. Soori
in TV Commercials, Zero Budget
United States


TV SHOW







WEBISODE

CACCIA GROSSA
Director Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti
in Webisode (Pilot)
Italy


 

WILDLIFE/NATURE/ANIMALS

Are the Dolphins Alright?
Director Eric Randall Simon
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States





ZERO BUDGET





Reputation
Director Philip Curry
in Zero Budget
Ireland


Tricorder.Zero™ Online Ad
Director Marcus C.B. Soori
in TV Commercials, Zero Budget
United States