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MARCH 13 - MARCH 14, 2026

FDIFF’s Winners June – July, 2025

Best Comedy

Winner  

Jordan Tofalo for Love In Space II

Nominee

Peter Fellows for The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as Told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage

Klor Rowland, Kimber Leigh for Invasion of the Space Vixen

Best Documentary Film

Winner  

Carolina Pereira for What We Carried

Nominee

FABIO FLECHA for LIVING MYTHS

Mr. Eigenbaardig for The Gold of the Sun

Ivan Liuzzo for Voci di Bronzo – The Gamelan of Basel

 

 

Best Experimental Film

Winner  

Teo Baehler for DYNAMICS

Nominee

Ahana Guin, Krisha Sikka for ANIMA

Best Feature Script

Winner  

Timothy Shrikrishnan Lott for Forbidden Love

Nominee

Joseph Anthony Francis for WINDY CITY: The Movie

Best First Time Filmmaker

Winner  

Starry Venus for Starborn

Nominee

Belal Albader for Gum

Carolina Pereira for What We Carried

Best Music Video

Winner  

Bryant August, Kahra for Oh Orkney

Best Narrative Feature

Winner  

Mayuresh Rajvaidya for Montage

Nominee

Deborah Hadfield for Chinese Whispers

Best Pilot Script (Web series / TV / Stand up Comedy)

Winner  

Joseph Anthony Francis for Windy City

Best Short Film

Winner  

Grant Hunter for Home

Nominee

Sam Locke for Midnight Snack

Starry Venus for Starborn

Arlin Godwin for Stop Taking Pictures

Carolina Pereira for What We Carried

Sofian Francis for Dante’s Inferno – The Ascension

Vivyen Bastajyan for The Gospel According to Parajanov

Best Short Script

Winner  

Terry Luke Podnar for The Chance

Best Women's Film

Winner  

Amelie Leroy for Wilderness

Nominee

Starry Venus for Starborn

Carolina Pereira for What We Carried

Amal Surendran for Alone – The loop