WINNERS!

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SFA WINNERS 2025

SFA FILM OF THE YEAR

90 Days 'Til Snow
Eli James Gore, New Hampshire University

SFA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

The Great Star Caper
​Riley Housden, Lipscomb University

EMERGING FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR

Gibbous
Ang Yi Benet, Laguna College of Art and Design

BEST DIRECTOR

Christian Brothers
​Ella Warren, Savannah College of Art and Design

SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Waiting For You
Zachary Blaine Maxfield, Salt Lake Community College

SCREENPLAY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Demons And Revenants
Mohammad Safwan Fayez Moubaydeen, School of Audio Engineering and Creative Media (SAE)

BEST ACTING

Christian Brothers
​Ella Warren, Savannah College of Art and Design

BEST EDITING

One Crawls Over the Spider's Web
Djay Nachar, Toronto Film School

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Quiet, Arlo
David Gurerro, Weber State University

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The 3rd
​Sheldon Armstrong, SAE University, Berlin

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Lanfeng - A Blue Day
Mingze Bao, Royal College of Art

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Escaping Gravity
​Braedon Luong, State University of New York at Oswego

OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Ashes
Mustafa Bin Javed, University of Utah

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Groom-To-Be
Anthony Guadagna, Quinnipiac University

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