PIFF 2025 AWARD NOMINEES and WINNERS:

Best Feature Film:

I Don’t Love You Anymore - WINNER

Blue Evening

Frog

Best Short Film:

Margaret The Brave - WINNER

Disco Beats

Stone Garden

Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse

Beti

Engelstan

Supplemental

Watching Walter

When Everything Was Blue

When the Clocks Stop

Best Documentary Feature:

Ali Eats America - WINNER

Norita

Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot

Best Documentary Short:

Flowers for the Canyon - WINNER

A Matter of Time

They Call Me The Tattoo Witch

Best Feature Screenplay/Teleplay:

The Teller by Jordan Leigh Buster

The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown - WINNER

The Tales of Dread Pirate Roberts by Mike Ede

El Vaquero by Dax Phelan

Horror-Fest by Bill Brock

Iron Sky by Mike Caron

The Disconnected by Richard Moon

Best Short Screenplay/Teleplay:

I Am Superman by Kelli Musser

Adela by Paula Crichton

October Falls by Gilbert Girion - WINNER

Best Stage Play:

I Am Cottonwood by Stephanie Hutchinson

Spirit Medium by Laurie Powers Going - WINNER

The Devil You Know by Ed Vela

Best Student Film:

Family Reunion

Private i

Sleep

Grillo - Break the Cycle

Stardust - WINNER

In Nomine Patris

Laid Bare

Best Animation:

Tin Tune - WINNER

On The Streets of Willoughby

The Approval

Fast Forward to Forever

The Escort

Best Actor (Feature):

Gustavo Ramirez (Blue Evening) - WINNER

Marcus Henderson (I Don’t Love You Anymore)

Henri Esteve (I Don’t Love You Anymore)

Best Actress (Feature):

Hope Lauren (I Don’t Love You Anymore) - WINNER

Karla Kim (Frog)

Esther Chun (Frog)

Best Actor (Short):

Robert Malcolm Cumming (Please Send Help)

Scott Kruse (Please Send Help)

Justin Jesso (Homeward Dawn)

Jason E. Kelley (Homeward Dawn)

Nate Timmerman (Legend) - WINNER

Travis Joe Dixon (Ripper Was Here)

Bryant Carroll (When Everything Was Blue)

Best Actress (Short):

Kyla Diane Kennedy (Darcine’s Day)

Lauren Cantell (The Ninth) - WINNER

Jean Evans (The Off Day)

Danielle Liu (One Note)

Rakefet Abergel (Still)

Johny Walsh (We Were Young)

Leilani Rosine (What Exists)

Best Director (Feature):

Mitch Marcus (I Don’t Love You Anymore)

Jon J. Lee (Frog) - WINNER

Jett Jansen Fernandez (Blue Evening)

Best Director (Short):

Tiago Pimentel (Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse)

Danny Corey (Please Send Help)

Alysha Haran (Homeward Dawn) - WINNER

Sasa Numic (Hunter Loading)

Eric Dyson (Sweet Santa Barbara Brown)

Mitch Yapko (Watching Walter)

Christina Chironna (When Everything Was Blue)

Rakefet Abergel (Still)

Ken Arquelio (Disco Beats)

Best Horror/Thriller:

Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse

Hunter Loading

The Errand Boy - WINNER

Family Reunion

Fenwick

Best Sci-Fi:

Battle of LA

No Vacancy

Restraint

Ripper Was Here - WINNER

Timewriter

Best Comedy:

BeforeHand - WINNER

Fairy God Bro

I Wanna Be Happy

Johnny Malibu

On the Boulevard

Best Film Score:

Jose Tornada (Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse) - WINNER

Samanta Balassa & Jeremy Adelman (Restraint)

Best Music Video:

Eye for an Eye - Harfang - WINNER

Bed by 9

Waiting on You!

PIFF 2025 Hero Award:

Pasadena Fire Department

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