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Best Drama:

Darcine's Day

Keepsake

Love Sonnet

No Left Turns

 

Best Comedy:

Hang-Ups

Listening In

Party Demon

Traingazing

Un Homme and a Lady

 

Best Documentary:

Pollution Without Borders: The Tijuana River Pollution Crisis

Rebound

Swimming With Giants

 

Best Animated:

One Giant Waddle

Remote Death

Sands of time

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Blurrish

The Box

Rain, Rain

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Memoria Obscura

One Giant Waddle

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

It's Just Business

Wreckless

3 To Die

 

Best Musical:

The Absurd

The Kluane Compositions

Strolling Down Brighton Pier

 

Best Experimental:

The Absurd

Sands of Time

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Brother’s Horn

Hannah

The Little Prince

School Principal

 

Best Smartphone Film:

One Giant Waddle

Remote Death

 

Best Director:

Blurrish - Felix Nunez

Darcine's Day - Aaron Goffman

Hannah - Thomas Mehler

No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan

Un Homme and a Lady - Mitch Yapko

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Darcine's Day - Kyla Diane Kennedy

Keepsake - Ashlyn Manley

Love Sonnet - Genevieve Howell

No Left Turns - Alexandra Grace

School Principal - Fatemeh Neyshabouri

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Blurrish - Aulio Ivan

It's Just Business - David S. Dawson

Love Sonnet - Chasen Parker

3 to Die - Jim O'Heir

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Blurrish - Olivia Rae Nunez

Hannah - Joana Freymuller

The Little Prince - Ronika Bahramzadeh 

School Principal - Shooka Dolatshahi

3 to Die - Keatyn Kurtz

 

Best Screenplay:

Darcine's Day - Aaron Goffman

The Little Prince - Amar Khati & Mohammad Hossien Godarzi

Love Sonnet - Genevieve Howell

No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan

School Principal - Mohhamad Mansobi

 

Best Cinematography:

Blurrish - Javier Garcia

Darcine's Day - Mark Doering-Powell

The Kluane Compositions - Marty O'Brien

Love Sonnet - Adriel Gonzalez

Swimming With Giants - Sam Pfoser

Traingazing - Theo Fernandes

Wreckless - Ryan Atkins

 

Best Editing:

Darcine's Day - Aaron Goffman

The Kluane Compositions - Marty O'Brien

No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan

Traingazing - Khanh Doan & Eljin Yoo

Wreckless - Dan McGuire

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Darcine's Day - Lorena Duncan

Party Demon - Austin Preister

Strolling Down Brighton Pier - Fraggle Jury

Wreckless - Ulyana Buchko

 

Best Costume Design:

Darcine's Day-Sophia Doering - Powell

The Kluane Compositions - Leann Dorvall

Memoria Obscura - David Christopher Nelson & Connor Ryan

Strolling Down Brighton Pier - Fraggle Jury

Wreckless - Rodney Ismeil

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Memoria Obscura -David C. Nelson 

3 to Die - Burk Sauls

Wreckless - Dan McGuire

 

Best Sound Design:

Blurrish-Felix Nunez Jr

Darcine’s Day - Jeffrey Fuller, Brian Wittle & Jeremy Sulgalski

Memoria Obscura - John Morales III

Traingazing - Rebekah Chun & M. Nelson Woodard

No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan

3 to Die - Evan Millard

 

Best Music / Score:

Blurrish - Adria Acker

The Kluane Compositions - Matthew Lien & Diyet van Lieshout 

Memoria Obscura - Connor Ryan

No Left Turns - Douglas Ryan & Conan Ryan

Strolling Down Brighton Pier - Kurt Rosenberg

3 to Die - Gray Bashew

 

Best Song:

“Strolling Down Brighton Pier” from Strolling Down Brighton Pier

"New Place New Moment” from Darcine’s Day

"Female Trouble” from Hang Ups

“Release” from The Kluane Compositions

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

The Absurd

Blurrish

It's Just Business

Pollution Without Borders: The Tijuana River Pollution Crisis

Sands of time

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Hang-Ups

Keepsake

Pollution Without Borders: The Tijuana River Pollution Crisis

Swimming With Giants

Traingazing

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

The Absurd

Blurrish

It's Just Business

Keepsake

The Kluane Compositions

Pollution Without Borders: The Tijuana River Pollution Crisis

Sands of Time

The NOMINEES
Fall Season / 3Q 2025

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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