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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 2027

Quarterly Film Screening Festival

& Annual Film Festival

What

When

Where

San Diego

Short Film Festival

TBD, 2026

TBD, 2026

TBD, 2026

January 2027

Digital Gym Cinema

1100 Market St,

San Diego, CA 92101

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