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Best Picture:

Angelite

 

Best Drama:

Real Mother

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Best Comedy:

Swing of Things

 

Best Documentary:

Sonny

 

Best Animated:

Zero One

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Scorpion

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Alone Together

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

Charity

 

Best Musical:

Nand - SOS

 

Best Experimental:

The Three Inches

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Angelite

 

Best Smartphone Film:

Big White Dog

 

Best Director:

Tobin Carter - “Real Mother” 

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Case Walker - “Real Mother”

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Shamaine Buencamino - “Angelite”

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Mellony Ledo - “Acting Out”

 

Best Screenplay:

Tobin Carter - “Real Mother”

 

Best Cinematography:

Mohamed Samra - “Papa’s Corner”

 

Best Editing:

Thierry Obadia & Oksana Chefranova - “The Accident”

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Kaela V. Franz - “Agami”

 

Best Costume Design:

Sarah Chaouche - “Red Emma”

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Best SFX-VFX:

Andrei Mitoiu -“Kill Screen”

 

Best Music / Score:

Ruth Hertz Weber - “Ale Brider (All My Brothers)”

 

Best Song:

“Nand - SOS” - “Nand - SOS”

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Walter G. Meyer & Amy Fan - “Welcome to Mayport”

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Acceptance Letter

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Best First Time Filmmaker:

Under One Sky

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Best Picture

Real Mother

 

Best Drama:

Papa’s Corner

 

Best Comedy:

Welcome to Mayport

 

Best Documentary:

Under One Sky

 

Best Animated:

Tiny Teaching Tales

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Kill Screen

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

Snow Angel

 

Best Musical:

No Regrets

 

Best Experimental:

Figures

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

The End Was Just the Beginning

 

Best Smartphone Film:

Alex & The Incriminator: No ROMCOM

 

Best Director:

A.J. Lising - “Papa’s Corner” 

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Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Salomé Richard - “Red Emma”

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Best Actor in Support Role:

Joana Coelho - “The End Was Just the Beginning”

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Cadence Celine Mitchell - “Welcome to Mayport”

 

Best Screenplay:

Thierry Obadia & Oksana Chefranova - “The Accident”

 

Best Cinematography:

Tauren Brown - “Alone Together”

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Best Editing:

Tauren Brown - “Alone Together”

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Marc Pachon - “Sympathy”

 

Best Costume Design:

Sanja Meister - “Nand - SOS”

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Tushar Somkuwar - “The Red Market”

 

Best Music / Score:

Trevor Barroero - “Untitled Artist” 

 

Best Song:

“Ale Brider (All My Brothers)” - “Ale Brider”

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Pear Witch Project

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Until Daylight Comes

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

Sheikh Mand Temple: A New Day Dawns

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The Winners

Honorable Mention

And the Mariposa Dorada (Golden Butterfly) goes to...

San Diego
Short Film Festival

Next Event:

January 10, 2026

Quarterly Film Screening Festival

& Annual Film Festival

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When

Where

San Diego

Short Film Festival

March 29, 2025

July 12, 2025

Oct 11, 2025

Jan 10, 2026

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San Diego, CA 92101

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