Best Drama:
Come Out, Wherever You Are
Convicted
Dawn At Dominion
Janae & the Bear
Ramirez
Best Comedy:
The Big Thing
Extra Toppings
Remember Me
Save the Date
Tin Door Tabernacle
Best Documentary:
Dick's-A-Thon
Doormat Harvest
No Small Matter
Small is Beautiful
Best Animated:
Ceol
The Decline and Fall of Holly Dew and Walter Melon
Figures
Jesus's Last Supper In America
SWiM
Best AI Film:
Enemy Heroes
Maë-Mèa — Someone Else
Process. Architecture of Sound
Unauthorized
You Hit Like A Girl
Best Action / Thriller:
BLK Friday
Red X
Shadows of Justice
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:
VAL
SWiM
Mindhackers
Best Horror / Suspense:
Checkmate
HVAC
Jammy
Nondecomposable
This Clown Ate Vol. I
Best Musical:
Back To Omaha
Broken Notes
Ceol
Maë-Mèa — Someone Else
Where Do We Go?
Best Experimental:
MAGAS
Bulosan: On American Democracy, Part 3
Border Memories
Best Foreign Language Film:
August
Unauthorized
Cats
Pandora’s Butterfly
The Big Brother’s Manual
Echoes Under Skin
So Long, My Love
Loslassen
Best Smartphone Film:
Jesus's Last Supper In America
No Way Out
Rift
VAL
You Talking to Me
Best Director:
August - Nini Pharsenadze
Broken Notes - Alan Hewitt
Cats - Danilo Stanimirović
Nondecomposable - Tobin Carter
VAL - Jeffrey O'Brien, Evan Rashby
We Fall Apart - Charles Hlangabeza
Best Actor in a Lead Role:
August - Lazare Bziashvili
Dawn At Dominion - Carl Bailey
Echoes Under Skin - Marcio Rosario
Nondecomposable - Pilot Paisley-Rose
Tin Door Tabernacle - Paul Mescal
We Fall Apart - Talitha Wade
Best Actor in Support Role:
Alyse - Breaunna Lake
Come Out Wherever You Are - Marilyn Bass
Nondecomposable - Eric Miller
We Fall Apart - Guy Dennys
Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:
Cats - Sergej Totić
Echoes Under Skin - Gabriel Katsouropoulou
HVAC - Oliver Dahlgren
Janae and the Bear - Colin Arriaga
VAL - Cameron Leong
SDSFF Special Award:
Best Performance by a 2004 Hyundai Elantra - “Ol’ Fish Bowl” - Janae & the Bear
Best Screenplay:
Anniversary
Broken Notes
Echoes under skin
Janae & the Bear
Nondecomposable
We Fall Apart
Best Cinematography:
August
Broken Notes
Cats
Come Out Wherever You Are
Echoes Under Skin
Nondecomposable
Best Editing:
August
Broken Notes
Come Out Wherever You Are
Echoes Under Skin
HVAC
Jammy
Best Sound:
Come Out Wherever You Are
Doormat Harvest
HVAC
VAL
We fall apart
Best Production Design:
Convicted
MAGAS
Ramirez
2UR Door
VAL
Best Hair & Makeup:
Dawn At Dominion
Jammy
Remember Me
Best Costume Design:
Alyse
Dawn At Dominion
Extra toppings
HVAC
Ramirez
Best SFX-VFX:
Jammy
MAGAS
Mindhackers
VAL
Best Music / Score:
August
Bulosan: On American Democracy, Part 3
Broken Notes
Convicted
2Ur Door
Best Song:
Back to Omaha - “Back To Omaha”
Broken Notes - “Promises, Promises”
CEOL - “CEOL”
Convicted - “Thief”
HVAC - “Billy Boy”
Where Do We Go? - “Where Do We Go?”
Best Local Filmmaker(s):
Janae & the Bear - Carter Henry Tompkins-Bischel
Border Memories - James Wicks
Nondecomposable - Tobin Carter
Best Student Filmmaker:
August - Nini Pharsenadze
The Big Thing - Carter Henry Tompkins-Bischel
Figures - Cameron Berry
High Stakes - Ariela Schneiderman
Janae & the Bear - Carter Henry Tompkins-Bischel
No Small Matter - India Anne Mitchell
Best First Time Filmmaker:
2UR Door - Erin Dailey, Devon Menendez
Alyse
Amour Propre - Marcia Marie Moore
Echoes Under Skin - John C. Christian, Gabriella Katsouropoulou
MAGAS - Ashkan Nasseri