WINTERFEST OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2025

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 FEATURE OVER $250,000

Real Faces
Director Leni Huyghe
Belgium
01:32:36



What if it Was Me?
Director Matt Power
Canada
01:29:40



Don't Forget Me
Director Gao Qi Sheng
China
01:31:04


FEATURE UNDER $250,000


Until After the end
Director Daniel Friesen
01:22:43



Dr. Sander's Sleep Cure
Director Mart Sander
Estonia
01:30:00




NIETZSCHE'S UMBRELLA
Director HÜSEYİN SAYLAN
Turkey
01:26:11




The Sixth Floor
Director Nika Balina
United States
01:24:26



Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma
Director Roger James Kuhns
United States
01:39:25



Doomed Love or nanotech in central Russia
Director Alex Sokolov
Russian Federation
01:43:10


FEATURE UNDER $25,000


Reputation
Director Philip Curry
Ireland
01:25:00




Kintsukuroi
Director Kerwin` Berk
United States
02:00:00




LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
Norway
02:50:47


BEST DIRECTOR


Self
Director Marco Abujamra
Brazil
01:25:00



Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma
Director Roger James Kuhns
United States
01:39:25


BEST SHORT FILM


Neighbor
Director Zoe Zhou
 Best Short Film 
5:55




Dim Light
Submitter Karaturik Galymbek
 Best Short Film 
17:47




THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS
Director Gianluca Busani
 Best Short Film 
1:00




계장수그녀-The Girl with the Chicken
Directors Hun Jeoung, Dong-ah Kim
 Best Short Film 
Korea, Republic of
15:02



A Certain Shape
Director Harris Ahmed Ansari
 Best Short Film 
United States
17:06




Found and Lost
Director Boston Cain Scharwarth
 Best Short Film 
Lithuania
6:38




Hunting
Director Yiqing Wei
 Best Short Film 
United States
2:20




Bunny's Family
Director chuming Wei
 Best Short Film 
United States
17:47




THE CLAY HORSE
Director VISHAL KUMAR PATIL
 Best Short Film 
India
18:49




Nǎi Nai
Director Yanyichi Zheng
 Best Short Film 
China
4:59


BEST TRAILER

Heard The Listening Project
Director Suzanne Hambrick
 Best Trailer 
United States
2:48


BEST MUSIC/FILM SCORE


Gloss
Director Grace Smith
 Music Score/Film Score
14:35




Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma
Director Roger James Kuhns
Music Score/Film Score
United States
01:39:25


MUSIC VIDEO


Triptych - Miss Velvet
Director Gus Black
 MUSIC VIDEO
14:43




You'll See Me There
Director Mart Sander
iMUSIC VIDEO
2:10




Sunset Prelude
Director Yiannis Margetousakis
 MUSIC VIDEO
Greece
4:49




Draw on My Jeans
Director Daniel "Pope" Maldonado
 MUSIC VIDEO
3:46



Hi, My Name is Justin
Directors Justin Hoffman, Josh Fields
 MUSIC VIDEO
United States
4:31




Listen Not
Director Hao Li
in MUSIC VIDEO
United States
4:50


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BEST ACTOR

Gloss
Director Grace Smith
   Best Actor
14:35




Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma
Director Roger James Kuhns
 Best Actor
United States
01:39:25


BEST ACTRESS


Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma
Director Roger James Kuhns
Best Actress
United States
INYFF405801:39:25




Don't Forget Me
Director Gao Qi Sheng
Best Actress
China
01:31:04


BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER


Beyond the pain
Directors Farah Tagauly, Annaëlle Maillot
 Best Woman Filmmaker
France
2:17




The Sixth Floor
Director Nika Balina
 Best Woman Filmmaker
United States
01:24:26




Void and Bleeding
Director Fahmida Zaman Flora
 Best Woman Filmmaker
Bangladesh
16:16


CHRISTIAN/INSPIRATIONAL


Forever One
Submitter EO Milvado
 Best Christian/Inspirational
United States
01:30:00


BEST DOCUMENTARY

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No More Trouble
Director Tommaso Romanelli
 Best Documentary
Italy
01:25:00




2550
Director Ferenc Mandi
 Best Documentary
01:01:35




Reflections of Courage
Director Janet Shay
 Best Documentary
47:33




A Promise to a Friend: The Story of Gale Webb
Director Billy Henrickle
 Best Documentary
United States
01:25:20




Huck & Zelensky - It's Not Ok
Director Guilherme Melles
 Best Documentary
Brazil
01:05:18




Eating History | A Taste Of New Mexico
Director Zac Cornfield
 Best Documentary
United States
56:24




Closer To The Stars
Director Juan Pablo Copello
 Best Documentary
United States
01:09:43



LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
Best Documentary
Norway
02:50:47




The Sandy Mack Experience
Directors Henry Donohue Frost, Sarah Ann McCuiston
 Best Documentary
United States
01:06:40


BEST SCREENPLAY


Kick Rocks
Writer Peter Herlan
 Best Screenplay




Angels, Demons, and a Court-Martial
Writer Chris Kreger
 Best Screenplay
United States




ATOMIZED TIGERS
Submitter KUNNAN CHEN
 Best Screenplay
Hong Kong




Tales of Dominaria: The Brothers' War
Writers Evan Cook, Frankie Francavilla
 Best Screenplay
United States




The Loser's Club
Writer Jonathan Turner Smith
 Best Screenplay
United States




NATHAN
Writers JP Christy, Fred Watkins, Jonathan Turner Smith
 Best Screenplay
United States




WHEN STARS ALIGN
Writer Dave Orvis
 Best Screenplay
United States


ANIMATION


Oh！My God
Directors ruchen shang, I-wen Chen
 Animation
China
1:30


EXPERIMENTAL



The Human Voice
Directors Iphigenie Worbes, Andreas Schröder
Experimental
46:41




115
Director Dave Huynh Macon
 Experimental
Canada
01:15:00


TV/WEB SERIES


Paramedics: Emergency Response, Season 7
Director Antonio Hrynchuk
 TV or Web series
Canada
22:00