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Best Picture:

Darcine's Day

 

Best Drama:

Darcine's Day

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Best Comedy:

Listening In

 

Best Documentary:

Rebound

 

Best Animated:

Sands of Time

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Blurrish

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Memoria Obscura

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

3 To Die

 

Best Musical:

The Kluane Compositions

 

Best Experimental:

The Absurd

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Hannah

 

Best Smartphone Film:

One Giant Waddle

 

Best Director:

Douglas Ryan - "No Left Turns" 

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Alexandra Grace - "No Left Turns" 

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Chasen Parker  - "Love Sonnet"

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Ronika Bahramzadeh - "The Little Prince"

 

Best Screenplay:

Genevieve Howell - "Love Sonnet"

 

Best Cinematography:

Mark Doering-Powell - "Darcine's Day"

 

Best Editing:

Dan McGuire - "Wreckless"

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Fraggle Jury, Caroline Mathews, Natalie Wright, Harleigh Slaughter, Amy Goode &

Jes Standish - "Strolling Down Brighton Pier"

 

Best Costume Design:

Fraggle Jury, Abbie Green, Eloise Hanikene & Sofia Maher -

"Strolling Down Brighton Pier"

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Best SFX-VFX:

David C. Nelson - "Memoria Obscura"

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Best Sound Design:

Rebekah Chun & M. Nelson Woodard - "Traingazing"

 

Best Music / Score:

Conan Ryan & Douglas Ryan - "No Left Turns"

 

Best Song:

"Strolling Down Brighton Pier" by Kurt Rosenberg  - "Strolling Down Brighton Pier"

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Felix Nunez Jr. - "Blurrish"

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Emily C. Wagner - "Keepsake"

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Best First Time Filmmaker(s):

 Alex Bindschadler - "It's Just Business"

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Best Picture

No Left Turns

 

Best Drama:

No Left Turns

 

Best Comedy:

Un Homme and a Lady

 

Best Documentary:

Swimming With Giants

 

Best Animated:

Remote Death

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Best Action / Thriller:

The Box

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

One Giant Waddle

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

Wreckless

 

Best Musical:

Strolling Down Brighton Pier

 

Best Experimental:

Sands of Time

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

School Principal

 

Best Smartphone Film:

Remote Death

 

Best Director:

Aaron Goffman - "Darcine's Day"

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Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Kyla Diane Kennedy - "Darcine's Day"

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Best Actor in Support Role:

Aulio Ivan - "Blurrish"

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Keatyn Kurtz - "3 To Die"

 

Best Screenplay:

Aaron Goffman - "Darcine's Day"

 

Best Cinematography:

Ryan Atkins - "Wreckless

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Best Editing:

Douglas Ryan - "No Left Turns"

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Austin Preister - "Party Demon"

 

Best Costume Design:

David Christopher Nelson & Connor Ryan - "Memoria Obscura"

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Burk Sauls - "3 To Die"

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Best Sound Design:

Douglas Ryan - "No Left Turns"

 

Best Music / Score:

Gray Bashew - "3 To Die"

 

Best Song:

“Junk Drawer” by Ella Gibson - "Keepsake"

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Alex Bindschadler - "It's Just Business"

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Alexia Howard - "Traingazing"

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

Emily C Wagner - "Keepsake"

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The Winners

Honorable Mention

And the Palma Dorada (Golden Palm) goes to...

San Diego
Short Film Festival

Next Event:

January 10, 2026

Quarterly Film Screening Festival

& Annual Film Festival

What

When

Where

San Diego

Short Film Festival

March 29, 2025

July 12, 2025

Oct 11, 2025

Jan 10, 2026

Digital Gym Cinema

1100 Market St,

San Diego, CA 92101

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