FEBRUARY 2025

Amirhossein Osivand (Iran), Footballer, Documentary Short
Andrew Stevens (USA), Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet, Documentary Feature
Brandon Givens (USA), INCLUDING US, Documentary Short, Disability Issues
Ettore Zito (Italy), SOULS IN THE MUD, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational, Nonprofit / Fundraising
Joe Osborn (United Kingdom), It’ll Never Work, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Louis Lam (USA), Guardians of Umbria, Documentary Feature
Mazyar Mahan (USA), Exile Echoes, Documentary Short
Michael Raabe (USA), Ghosts of the Pacific, A White Sea Bass Story, Documentary Feature

Patrick Hasso Kohl (Germany), BEIRUT FOREVER, Documentary Feature
Philip De Clare and Caroline Cory (USA), ARTISTS ANONYMOUS, Documentary Feature
Ravinol Chambers (United Kingdom), A Girl Can Touch The Sky, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, Women Theme
Rob Koebel (USA), Back To One, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Sathwik P S and Dhyan C K (India), Samudrada Motte (Ocean’s Egg), Documentary Short, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Shaquille Quamae Hall (USA), Beyond Beliefs, Documentary Short
Xiaoran Du (China), Where the Heart Belongs, Documentary Feature
Zac Cornfield (USA), Eating History | A Taste Of New Mexico, Documentary Feature

Alejandro Sebastián Encinas (Argentina), El Turbio, Documentary Feature
Andrew Christjoy (USA), The Resilient Church, Documentary Feature
Andrew Greer (USA), Plainspoken, Documentary Feature
Anthony Kelly (Australia), Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe, Documentary Feature
Anthony Lolli and Tereza A Hakobyan- Lolli (USA), Biohack Yourself: Lifespanning our Vitality, Documentary Feature
Bess O’Brien (USA), Just Getting By, Documentary Feature
Bryce Mackie (USA), Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration, Documentary Short, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Carol J. Amore (USA), TIGERS-Tracking a Legend Film Documentary, Documentary Feature

Chaitanya Thard (India), Anything is Possible, Documentary Short
Clement Lye (USA), Carla the Rescuer, Documentary Feature
Daryl Scott Granger (Canada), Netting the Waters, Documentary Feature
Drummond West (USA), (Re)Brilliancy : Caring for Nurses as They Care for Others, Documentary Feature
Ele Berrie (United Kingdom), Home Is Where We Belong, Documentary Feature
Emir Cakaroz (USA), Americans Smell Good, Editing
Francisco Maria Galeazzi (Spain), Ni Maisha, Documentary Short
Hashem Mortazaviyan (Iran), A Pine; A hundred Sparrows, Documentary Feature
James Gerrand (Australia), The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge, Documentary Feature

Julie Bayer Salzman (USA), Broken & Beautiful, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Kevin Keith Williamson (USA), The Price of Progress, LAX and Its Neighbors, Documentary Feature
Kim Laureen (Canada), Losing Coach Mac, Documentary Feature
Lara Jacqueline Hartzenbusch, Tom Donohue, Jack Kudas, Wes Smith and Silvia Sonntag (USA), On Beyond Fences, Documentary Short
Mahmut Taş (Turkey), THE ISLAND, Documentary Short
Mazyar Mahan (USA), Exile Echoes, Script / Writer (Neda Sheyda), Direction
Mike Hill (USA), Conquering Cervical Cancer, On-Camera Talent (non-acting) (Sue Collins)

Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold and Espen Jan Folmo (Norway), LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution, Research
Phil Comeau (Canada), ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR, Documentary Feature, Direction
Philippe Ménard (France), Tell Me What Foot You’re Dancing On …, Documentary Feature
Pieter J. Kruit (USA), Salmon Run, Documentary Feature
Roel Swierenga (Netherlands), Before the Oil, Documentary Short
Victoria Lynn Carroll (USA), She is a Shaman, Documentary Feature
Yusef Bunchy Shakur and Scott McCartney (USA), Redemption Road, Documentary Feature

 

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