Best Overall Film:

Winner: "If I Only Had Wings" by Xavier Alexander

"IDOL" by Sawyer O'Brien

"Behind You" by Rebecca Kundel

"The Wolf of Walborough Street" by Hudson Hillin

"The Dickinson Family" by Summer Brown, Chance Smith

"Mirror, Mirror" by Eema Kaye

"Moral" by Joshua Najera

"On Air" by Jagger Cardinale, Sophia Voicu, Jess Tamari

"Maternal Grandfather" by Rui Vincien Yang Borysevicz

"Trace" by Kenta Lord

Best Direction:

Winner: "IDOL" by Sawyer O'Brien

"The Dickinson Family" by Summer Brown, Chance Smith

"The Things That Remain" by Dylan Cusk

"The Wolf of Walborough Street" by Hudson Hillin

"If I Only Had Wings" by Xavier Alexander

"Parasomnia" by Jason Park

"SOLD." by Valerie Volchyok

"Trace" by Kenta Lord

"Moral" by Joshua Najera

"Behind You" by Rebecca Kundel

Best Actor:

Winner: Ryan Stewart as Alice in "Behind You"

1st Runner-Up: Melody Chen as Liuqing Gu in "Rice Dumpling"

2nd Runner-Up: Porter Montgomery as Porter in "The Hard Way Home"

3rd Runner-Up: Miles Loomis as Nick in "FIGHT"

Best Drama:

Winner: "Remedy" by Emerson Optekar

"If I Only Had Wings" by Xavier Alexander

"The Things That Remain" by Dylan Cusk

"Trace" by Kenta Lord

"FIGHT" by Ryan Zreik

"Clandestine" by Gray Stringer

"Moral" by Joshua Najera

"The Hard Way Home" by Hunter Nickless

"Draupadi" by Rishan Sathiyaa

"Personal Record" by Mackenzie Rowe

Best Cinematography:

Winner: "Behind You" by Rebecca Kundel

"Remedy" by Emerson Optekar

"IDOL" by Sawyer O'Brien

"Mirror, Mirror" by Eema Kaye

"Before I fall asleep" by Camille Kuang

"Parasomnia" by Jason Park

"The Myth of Sisyphus" by Eze Baum

"Vulpine" by Makayla Cuce

"SOLD." by Valerie Volchyok

"Maternal Grandfather" by Rui Vincien Yang Borysevicz

Best Editing:

Winner: "Violent Bastards" by Callum Lonergan

"IDOL" by Sawyer O'Brien

"Mirror, Mirror" by Eema Kaye

"Reversal of Rebirth" by Vincent Zhou

"Hand Me Downs" by Ryan Crean

"Limelight" by Christian Castaneda

"On Air" by Jagger Cardinale, Sophia Voicu, Jess Tamari

"Bondless Love" by Linc Guo

"FUSION" by Tullan Portock

"Bleeding Humanity" by Adam Angel

Best Screenplay:

Winner: "The Wolf of Walborough Street" by Hudson Hillin

"Clandestine" by Gray Stringer

"FIGHT" by Ryan Zreik

"The Dickinson Family" by Summer Brown, Chance Smith

"On Air" by Jagger Cardinale, Sophia Voicu, Jess Tamari

"If I Only Had Wings" by Xavier Alexander

"These Idiots" by Sophie Pellet, Mendy Mao

"Moral" by Joshua Najera

"Fish" by Maya Napoli-Grover

"Draupadi" by Rishan Sathiyaa

Best Documentary:

Winner: "Maternal Grandfather" by Rui Vincien Yang Borysevicz

"Sims & Me" by Acemen Mike

"Bleed Blue - McCallie Football" by Dominic Victor

"Fast Furniture" by Wil Myers

"Golden Eagle" by Amanda Gui

"Have the World See Me" by Thomas Yue

"Life Education Camp" by David Fu

"A Tail for a Tale" by Sofia Huang

"Sacred Isolation" by Maxwell Wijaya

"Chasing Dragonflies" by Jaba Keh

Best Comedy:

Winner: "The Dickinson Family" by Summer Brown, Chance Smith

"The Wolf of Walborough Street" by Hudson Hillin

"The Worst That Could Happen" by Vaughn Eknoyan

"Murder Gum And Fly Fishing" by Charlie McGeehan

"On Air" by Jagger Cardinale, Sophia Voicu, Jess Tamari

"Super Savers" by Soleil Jackson

"The Experts" by Marcus Von Rosenberg, Luis Semidei-Lossada

"There’s a Bomb in My Car!" by Amelie Stambouli

"These Idiots" by Sophie Pellet, Mendy Mao

"WINGMEN" by Samuel Barnhoorn

Film Invitational: Complete Experience:

Winner: "Why the **** Stop Now?" by NSU University School Team B

"Why Stop Now? It's Who I Am" by Providence High School

"You Already Told Me This Much, Why Stop Now?" by Nature Coast Technical High School

"Why Should I Stop Now" by NSU University School Team A

"Aphrodite's Curse: Why Would She Stop Now?" by West Broward High School Team A

"Inertia: Why Stop Now" by Cypress Bay High School

"Liberty, Why Stop Now?" by Saint Mary's Hall

"Why Stop Living Now" by Lone Peak High School Team B

"Exposure: Why Stop Now?" by Pine Crest School

"Playground Empire: Why Stop Now" by Weeki Wachee High School

Film Invitational: Claustrophobic Creativity:

Winner: "What You Didn't Know" by Nature Coast Technical High School

"Hollow Company" by Bob Jones High School Team B

"Covet" by West Broward High School Team C

"A Spell for a Bargain" by West Broward High School Team D

"Monkey Business" by Bob Jones High School Team A

Audience Choice Award:

Winner: "On Air" by Jagger Cardinale, Sophia Voicu, Jess Tamari

Best Animation:

Winner: "Freedom After Five" by Tassah Fofang

"Royal Decree" by Lilly Griffin, Tyler Grant

"Eggshells" by Raissa Dourado Viana

"Girl's Night" by Audrey Kawasaki

"Now What?" by Aurelia Easton, Brianna Gomez

"Same Day Delivery" by Sawyer Pagels, Jackson Whipple

"Lemonade" by Solomon Sloan

"Stay" by Alissa Vigil

"Rebellion of the Vegetables" by Claire Ma

"The Laptop" by Ilan Orlina

Female Rising Star Award:

Winner: "Mirror, Mirror" by Eema Kaye

"Clocked" by Lilly O'Brien

"Paint Me Invisible" by Amanda Xiao

"Punch-Drunk" by Ellie Nishino

"Paperback Writer" by Gwen Lang

"Fish" by Maya Napoli-Grover

"There’s a Bomb in My Car!" by Amelie Stambouli

"Vulpine" by Makayla Cuce

"Remedy" by Emerson Optekar

"Venus Complexeé" by Angelina Chen

Best Music Video:

Winner: "I Might" by Brandon Wong

""Loretta" by Ginger Root" by William Hare

"The End of Everything" by Maya Napoli-Grover

"Baby Can't Wait" by Adam Angel

"Bored" by Chase Bennett

"Purple Cargo Pants" by Karina Thorne-Steele

"Charcuterie Board" by Romeo Jennison

"Find My Way" by Cameron Wheeler, Jack Francesconi

"Let You Go" by Danny Lee

"The Last Christmas" by Jason Zhou

Best International Film:

Winner: "Trace" by Kenta Lord

"The Things That Remain" by Dylan Cusk

"Beneath The Water" by Lior Kagan, Ilay Paz

"The Seat" by Grace Park

"Bench, Blindness, and the Blade" by Wenhui Qing

"Flowers Blooming Under the Moonlight" by Lee Yaewon

"I WOULD PREFER NOT TO" by Giorgio Bensaia, Gabriel Lo Presti

"The Recipe" by Cici Xu

"Butcher's Knife" by Abner Sharma

"conscious" by Isaac Thornton

Best Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film:

Winner: "Sip, Sip" by Addisyn Kostzer

"The Bunny" by Isaiah Supadi, Oscar Smith

"Revolution" by Xinti Lim, Abhigyan Ravichandran

"Sardines" by Gigi Henry

"The Andersons" by Jace Hayes

"El primer y el último día" by Ana Maestre, Ariane Galán

"MODELING" by Rishan Sathiyaa

"SOLD." by Valerie Volchyok

"Tambourine Terror" by Syrus Gupta

"The Blood on Your Hands" by Francis Bolton

Best Experimental Film:

Winner: "THE EYE BEYOND TIME" by Hari Priyan Yoganathan

"Imagine" by Camille Kuang

"Mirror, Mirror" by Eema Kaye

"At The End Of The World" by Lanaa Dantzler

"An Ode To The Holidays" by Vincent Herbert

"Levels" by Rishi Porwal

"Sangre De Ajo" by Sinaí Barreto

"Who am I" by Xinke Ran

"Dripping Stardust on the Precipice of Girlhood" by Isa Bella Althea Ebrahimi

"DESPAIR CAME KNOCKING" by Cat Soares

Emerging Talent Award:

Honoree: "Deep Above" by Dorien Jeffers

Honoree: "Evanescence" by Una Finn

Honoree: "The Madison" by Aidan Schachter

Honoree: "Moral" by Joshua Najera

Honoree: "A Day in Her Mind" by Reneé Caviness

"The Hard Way Home" by Hunter Nickless

"Serious Business" by Gabriel Karney

"Time Will Tell" by Peyton Cooper

"NIGHT IN LA" by Nico Gurewitz

"Rock Out" by Jake Bossin

Best Visual FX:

Winner: "TO RUN AGAIN" by Harrison Todd

"Deep Above" by Dorien Jeffers

"Past In Motion" by Dylan Cusk

"Operation: ROLL SOUTH" by Luca Mariani, Brendan Gomez

"The Blood on Your Hands" by Francis Bolton

"How to Fry a Turkey" by Luca Mariani

"Without Their Dreams" by Xavier Alexander, Alice Hakalenko

"Butterfly Effect" by Aglaya Semenova

"Revolution" by Xinti Lim, Abhigyan Ravichandran

"Foxtrot Til' The Lights Go Out" by Ellison Burke

Best Production Design:

Winner: "Gutman" by Theo Hooke

"The Wolf of Walborough Street" by Hudson Hillin

"The Madison" by Aidan Schachter

"Fish" by Maya Napoli-Grover

"In Every Life" by Gigi Henry

"abDUCKtion" by Evan Dahl

"conscious" by Isaac Thornton

"Elise's Secret" by Arman Ananikyan

"SOLD." by Valerie Volchyok

"Vivify" by Aidan Rutman

Best Sound Design:

Winner: "Royal Decree" by Lilly Griffin, Tyler Grant

"Violent Bastards" by Callum Lonergan

"Bleeding Humanity" by Adam Angel

"The Everlasting Escapades of Maraca Man" by Charlie Waldman, Desi Garza, Derian Herrmann

"Same Day Delivery" by Sawyer Pagels, Jackson Whipple

"Don't Play" by Maya Pinkard

"TYLER MESSES WITH TIME TRAVEL" by Yul Baek

"Heart to Heart" by Kateryna Barbara

"TAGGED" by Willa Henkemeyer

"Studio Time" by Liam Chatham

Storyblocks: Representation Through Storytelling:

Winner: "At The End Of The World" by Lanaa Dantzler

"Troupe" by Avi Nieves, Ismael Cigarrero

"Draupadi" by Rishan Sathiyaa

"Through The Cracks" by Rahm Kosman

"Dripping Stardust on the Precipice of Girlhood" by Isa Bella Althea Ebrahimi

"The Story of Byron Mejia" by Kelvin Mejia, Adam Bernal

"Who Are You" by Jude Caudeville

"Reclaiming Birth: The Story of Black Midwives" by Oliver Ayer

"Vulpine" by Makayla Cuce

"Have the World See Me" by Thomas Yue

Spark Award:

Winner: "A Bay To Live On" by Jacob Stoelting, Lily Robbins, Dominic Kim, Gideon Palestrant

"Troupe" by Avi Nieves, Ismael Cigarrero

"Constellations of the Sea" by Addie Knoll

"Get Busy Living" by Callum Lonergan

"I'm Still Here" by Bluebelle Saraceno

"THE DIGITAL LOOM: When Algorithms Price the Yarn" by Yiting Yu

"The Graying of the Fleet" by Finn Harrington, Apollo Burton, Kaiya Forzley, Roman Cole

"Us and Them" by India Mitchell

"The Story of Byron Mejia" by Kelvin Mejia, Adam Bernal

"Fawn" by Yan Lo

Maverick Award:

Winner: "Smile, You're Alive" by Ryder Reese

"The Organic Machine" by Brady King

"The Things We Lose on Our Way to the Sky" by Yaeji Kim

"The Door" by Barış Yılmaz

"Towards Enlightenment" by Yusuf Syed

"ORCHID" by Davis Knocke

"Keeping the Fire" by Julia Thomas

"The Philosopher" by William Mueck

"NAIL POLISH" by Sea Sombar, Alice Chiotti-Lee

"SONDER" by Lancey Quan

Best Original Score:

Winner: "FUSION" by Tullan Portock

"Before I fall asleep" by Camille Kuang

"Borrowed Skies" by Josias Ortiz

"A VOID" by Christian Carrillo

"After Silence" by Chase Bennett

"The Beginning." by Sierra Frank

"Lucid" by Oliver Perner

"Vivify" by Aidan Rutman

"Gutman" by Theo Hooke

"Deep Above" by Dorien Jeffers

Best Sports Feature:

Winner: "The Race of Life" by Logan Bermudez

"BEYOND THE BAR." by Bryan Bomfim

"The Strongest Heart" by Brandon Pineyro

"Aloha to the O-Line" by Adriano Boutros

"Ball Beyond Borders" by Patricio Zaldivar

"Operation: ROLL SOUTH" by Luca Mariani, Brendan Gomez

"Still Here" by Dahn Kwon

"The Art of Basketball" by Sariyyah Hurt, Luiz Arajuo

"Sports Radio Host Fred Toettcher" by Emily Fullop, Parker Durken

"Cheer Injuries" by Grace Tresch, Alayna Quintana, Cha'Bria Riley

Best Broadcast Journalism Feature Story:

Winner: "Family recounts experience of parental ICE detention" by Santiago Campos

"Coral Canvas" by Nicolas Dovales

"Democracy Through the Student Lens" by William Yanhs

"Give a Smile, Change a Life" by Ariana Bendayan

"Evolv Weapons Detection System" by Autumn Carey, Caleb Pickup

"Art with Purpose" by Charlotte Mathias

"The Rise of A.I. Policing" by Dylan Poliakoff, Dane Capeletti, Ethan Scharf, Jonah Slater

"Mayor Santa" by Zach London

"From Classroom to Capitol" by Mateo Caridad

"March of the Machines" by Patricio Zaldivar

Best Influencer:

Winner: "Speak Up" by Shannon Nielsen, Kamryn Little

"My Parents Named Me Sunshine" by Raysa Bieschke

"Untold Dreams" by Abyaz Alind

"Personal Online Safety" by Darianna Judd

"My 2026 Winter Break Planning Vlog" by Vanessa Wang

"Seasonal Depression Commentary" by Christian Arce-Escobar, Emily Sutter, Joseph Araujo, Shiffa Billoo

"Without The Piece" by Schelsea Camacho

"Disney Done Right" by Dylan Poliakoff

"Don't text and drive. Text and ride." by Aiden Suh

"Passing" by Laurie Starke

Best Middle School Film:

Winner: "Hue Finds a Home" by Osceola Creek Middle School Art Club

"sMother" by Kayne Winter

"The Anomaly" by Mateo Zivkovic

"wtf?" by Gigi Nettleton, Lola Stieg, Lila Vidinsky, Coco Yuster

"Scroll" by Dylan Logue

"The Wallet" by Caroline Sell, Rosemary Elasowich, Thomas Skaff, Will Skaff

"Two Truths and an AI" by Zelle Bainbridge-Maurer

"A Place, One Life" by Xiufan Xia

"A Silent Cafe" by Xiufan Xia

"The First Step" by Aklen Nwankwo

Best Micro Movie:

Winner: "Mother's Love" by Angelina Chen

"Happy Birthday" by Logan Bermudez

"It's Worth Fighting For." by Brandon Wong

"Rage Against the Machine" by Zoey Carter

"The Mycelium" by Adam Angel

"Touch" by Jason Liu

"Carus" by Raeya Wohlmorantz

"Last Hunt" by Will Fox, Harrison Bardel

"Offering" by Eze Baum

"Like Starting Over" by Matthew Burns

Best Video Podcast:

Winner: "Rayce Snyder Interviews Christopher Miller and Phil Lord" by Rayce Snyder

"A Short History of Music" by Andrew Wilke

"Shirilla the Killa: A Detailed Podcast Review On Netflix’s “The Crash”" by Shibani Mishra

"The Hyperfix Podcast" by Mikko Espino, Ray Copeland

"Bear Down Media" by Sami Alam, Ivan Ochoa

Teacher of the Year:

Honoree: Jim Guarasci, Executive Producer, BECON & Short Cuts TV