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Best Drama:

Still

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Best Comedy:

Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

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Best Documentary:

Brinquedoteca: Mauro's Magical Workshop

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Best Animated:

No Worries

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Strange Anomalies

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

The Tower

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

Memory Room

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Best Musical:

Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

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Best Experimental:

Lone Crew

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Best Foreign Language Film:

Who Did This?

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Best Director:

Quentin Zhang – Who Did This?

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Gary Teitelbaum - Why Dog’s Howl

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Randy Davison - Greyson 2.0

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Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Elisa Rosati Rodrigues – Lone Crew


Best Screenplay:

Mayara Magri – Ana Sofia

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Best Cinematography:

Trevor Eisner – Windansea

 

Best Editing:

Dave Rosas – Right On!

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Best Sound:

Shawki Boukef – Date

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Best Production Design:

Quentin Zhang – Who Did This?

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Marina Alves – Lone Crew

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Best Costume Design:

Paula Negritto – Unfrayed

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Jameson Mitchell – Lone Crew

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Best Music / Score:

Dave Rosas – Right On!

 

Best Song:

Our Place by Michael Flores – (Title Song)

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Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Eddie Kisfaludy – The Shallow End

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Best Student Filmmaker:

Diego McNally – Let Me Go

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Best First Time Filmmaker:

Ethan Kinney – Happy Ending

 

Diamond in the Rough

Keith Ruggiero - Head

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The Winners
Winter Season / 4Q 2025

Honorable Mention
Winter Season / 4Q 2025
Best Drama:

Unfrayed

 

Best Comedy:

The Shallow End

 

Best Documentary:

Refuge

 

Best Animated:

Family Picture

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Hitman Ex

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Greyson 2.0

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

XOXOXO

 

Best Musical:

Believe in Love

 

Best Experimental:

Head

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Out of the Box

 

Best Director:

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Dana Lyn Baron - Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Larissa Alves – AnaSofia

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Grayson Lawrence – Greyson 2.0

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Best Screenplay:

Dani Fritzen – Out of the Box

 

Best Cinematography:

Krstover Luaay – Strange Anomalies

 

Best Editing:

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

 

Best Sound:

Dave Rosas– Right On!

 

Best Production Design:

Jessica Moncrief & Vanessa Burgundy – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Jessica Hawkins, Isabel Paganine, Megan Mitchell – Unfrayed

 

Best Costume Design:

Marcos Rangel & Nicolli Gomes – Redraw

 

Best SFX-VFX:

James Sanada – Scaffold

 

Best Music / Score:

Fábio Mondego – Lone Crew

 

Best Song:

Something Strange by Kevin M. Gray – Strange Anomalies

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Rebekah Abrahim – Still

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Homecoming – Joaull Bazil

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

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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