February 2025 (Winner)

Winners of February 2025

BEST SHORT FILM

Once a Year

Directed by Caleb Keyte, Mertcan Omer Damoglu

BEST STUDENT FILM

See You Later, Stranger

Directed by Hayden David Perry

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration

Directed by Bryce Mackie

BEST FEATURE FILM

Give me your hand

Directed by Kevin SAKAC

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

Smile for the Dead

Directed by Hamilton Young Ward

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Hopes – Music Video

Directed by Roni Emmanuelle Skaly

BEST TRAILER

Once a Year

Directed by Caleb Keyte, Mertcan Omer Damoglu

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM

The Root

Directed by Courtney Lee Simpson

BEST DIRECTOR

Once a Year

Directed by Caleb Keyte, Mertcan Omer Damoglu

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

The Root

Directed by Courtney Lee Simpson

BEST SCREENWRITER

Long Gone

Written by Icarus Roberts

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Give me your hand

Directed by Nicolas LENERAND

BEST EDITOR

The Lemmings of Bailey Manor

Edited by Hayden Eick

BEST ACTOR

Give me your hand

Award Presented to Jeremie AGBESSI

BEST ACTRESS

The Root

Award Presented to Courtney Lee Simpson

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration

Directed by Bryce Mackie

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD – SHORT FILM

The Lemmings of Bailey Manor

Directed by Hayden Eick