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Best Picture

LUKi & the Lights

Best Drama

Breakout

 

Best Comedy

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too

Best Documentary

51st State

Best Animated

LUKi & the Lights

Best Action / Thriller

Beautiful Darkness

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy

The Last Butterflies

 

Best Horror / Suspense

Bergamot

Best Musical

Mahsa-Woman Life Freedom

Best Experimental

The Imagination of a Child

Best Foreign Film

Back To Me

Best Director

51st State - Hannah Rosenzweig

Best Actor in Lead

The Last Butterflies - Whitney Wegman-Wood

 

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Ashes To Ashes - Kelly Stables

Best Actor in Juvenile Role

The Last Butterflies - Ivy Hickman

 

Best Screenplay

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too - Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz

Best Cinematography

The Rowboat - Mufeng Han

 

Best Editing

Shaping Kulture - Alexis Chavez

Best Hair & Makeup

Breakout - Alaina Carr

Best Costume Design

Dow - Asoomii Jay

Best SFX-VFX

The Silver Lining - Adam Cant

 

Best Music / Score

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too - Joachim Horsley & Lorena Perez-Batista

Best Song

Back To Me - ”Never Letting Go”

Best Local Filmmaker

Barrio - Sydney Villa

Best Student Filmmaker

That Day - Alena Aliaksane

Best First Time Filmmaker

Remains - Mark Villlauz

 

Diamond in the Rough

A Walk in the Park - May Suri, Asher Greene, Nicholas Nohe

 

Star of the Festival

Rodney Rinks

Fan Favorite Film

Beautiful Darkness

 

Best Drama

Discharge

 

Best Comedy

Ashes To Ashes

 

Best Documentary

Shaping Kulture

 

Best Animated

Vita Nova

 

Best Action / Thriller

The Silver Lining 

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy

CR7

 

Best Horror / Suspense

The Endless

 

Best Musical

Remains

 

Best Experimental

Motherthief

 

Best Foreign Film

Commitment Is an Act Not a Word

 

Best Director

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too-Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz

 

Best Actor in Lead

Bergamot-Marcio Rosario

 

Best Actor in Supporting Role

The Rowboat-Shane P. Zhang

 

Best Actor in Juvenile Role

CR7-Jared Savaille

 

Best Screenplay

The Last Butterflies-Whitney Wegman-Wood

 

Best Cinematography

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too-Sara Kinney

 

Best Editing

Motherthief-Brendan Cleak & Caryn Sandoval

 

Best Hair & Makeup

The Last Butterflies-Nichole Hobbs

 

Best Costume Design

Ashes To Ashes-Holly Dorff

 

Best SFX-VFX

CR7-Sareesh C

 

Best Music / Score

Ashes To Ashes-Various

 

Best Song

Ashes To Ashes -”Big Blue Shell”

 

Best Local Filmmaker

The Last Butterflies-Whitney Wegman-Wood

 

Best Student Filmmaker

Dow-Sofi Abou-Assali

 

Best First Time Filmmaker

Beautiful Darkness-Rod Rinks

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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