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Union

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Q1

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Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

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The Ballad of Wonderhussy and Other Desert Tales

Michael Mayhan

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In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

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The Second Coming

By Keith Szarabajka

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Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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Mecca

By Monte Albers de Leon

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Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

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Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

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NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

By Chris Ross Leong

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See me

By Anton Svantesson-Helkiö

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Medea

By Andronica Marquis

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Dirty Revenge

By Gary St. Martin

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Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

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Wild Blooms

By Cassandra Hodges

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The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM

The Quisling

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST SOCIAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2025, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Documentary Feature)

Le Cafe De Mes Souvenirs

By Valto Baltzar

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Hope!

By Shaun Guzman

BEST AMERICAN INDIE DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Alone

By Shaun Guzman

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We are Rivers

By Graciela Cassel

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Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST EUROPEAN WRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Sanctuary

By AnayaMusic Kunst

BEST VOICE OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO

Effata

By Anaya Music Kunst 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO 2025

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

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Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2025

Legends of the Land of Quails

By Dawn Menge

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING

No Mas

By Stephen Kelly

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Mikey Blue Eyes

By Stephen Kelly

BEST ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT

Sonnets (words in despair)

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Voyage in the desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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Urban Eats MTL

By Ioannis Koutroubis

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Calamity & Mercy

By Daniel W Smith

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Love Is My Gun

By Valérie Verseau

BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER 2025 & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST DIRECTOR 2025 (Category: Documentary Feature) & BEST PRODUCER

Cassandra Venice

By Hugo Teugels

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST PRODUCER & BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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Pirandello’s Life

By Lynn Elliott

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Ghost Town, N.M.

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Katabasis

By Samantha Casella

BEST ARTHOUSE FILM, BEST EUROPEAN ACTRESS, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST SCRRENPLAY

The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

By John Martinez

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Sinestesìa

By Gianni Salamone

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Fear not, my child

By Michaela Kuti

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Hollywood Elite Podcast Episode 1 Salute to the 2025 Oscars

By Tommy Anderson Sherry Severs

BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES 2025

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Brothers of Babylon

By Gabriel Womack

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST WRITING STYLE

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST IEUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST SPIRITUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ACTRESS (Category: Experimental Film)

The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd

By Uwe Schwarzwalder

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Film), BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CASTING DIRECTOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST DRAMA 2025 & BEST SCREENWRITER

The Golden Years

By Joseph Starzyk

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Mourning Coffee

By Denise Mack

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

Something ain’t right

By Susan Downs

BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR

Searching for Camelot

By Roger Paradiso

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Out of State-A Gothic Romance

By Victoria Bugbee

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE

Change The World

By Angelena Bonet

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR