2025 Award Nominees and Winners!

Congratulations to our 14th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival Nominees and Award Winners!

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS

(Winner receives a one-on-one consult with Jonathan Raymond)

-GONE TO THE DOGS, Screenwriter A. R. Nicholas

Winner-HUNTING, Screenwriter Aaron C. Wong

-AMY AND DAD, Screenwriter Diana Robertson Bond

GRAND JURY AWARD

(Winner receives $1,000 cash prize)

-AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA, Dir. Mohammed Almughanni

-PERCEBES, Dir. Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves

-SAY WUFF! Dir. Fabian Podeszwa

Winner-THE HEART OF TEXAS, Dir. Gregory JM Kasunich

-ANUJA, Dir. Adam J. Graves

FOUNDERS AWARD - OUTSTANDING FEMALE FILMMAKER

(Winner receives $500 cash prize)

-SALLY, GET THE POTATOES, Writer/Dir. Danicah Waldo

-RIPE!, Writer/Dir. Tusk

Winner-BUSCANDO ALMA, Writer/Dir. Melissa Fisher

-GET YOU BETTER, Writer/Dir Danica Jensen

-JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA, Writer/Dir. Julia Aks

BEST OREGON FILMMAKER

(Winner receives a $2,000 digital camera package courtesy of Koerner Camera)

Winner-CHISPA, Dir. Karina Lomelin Ripper

-A MAN ALONE, Dir. Alyssa Roehrenbeck

-THE WINEMAKER, Dir. Sarey Martin

-IMPROVEMENTS, Dir. Erica Terpening-Romeo

WILL VINTON AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

(Winner receives $300 cash prize)

-PERCEBES, Dir. Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves

Winner-LE CHARADE, Dir. Erika Totoro

-PINTO VARIETY HOUR, Dir. R.J. Sullivan

-RETRIEVING ROADIE, Dir. Luke Stone

-FLOCKY, Dir. Esther Casas Roura

BEST DRAMA

-ANUJA, Dir. Adam J. Graves

-THE HEART OF TEXAS, Dir. Gregory JM Kasunich

Winner-AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA, Dir. Mohammed Almughanni

-SIO ROHO YANGU, Dir. Joe LoBianco

-AMPLIFIED, Dir. Dina Naser

BEST COMEDY

-SAY WUFF!, Dir. Fabian Podeszwa

-CAMPING IN PARADISE, Dir. Eirik Tveiten

Winner-JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA, Dir. Julia Aks, Steve Pinder

-CHILDREN’S BOOKS, Dir. Nino Mancuso

BEST COLLEGE

-WASHED UP, Dir. Thomas Bayne

-THE LIGHTS ABOVE, Dir Luke J. Salewski

Winner-NUCLEAR, Dir. Sebastian Ibarra del Castillo

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL

(Winner receives $250 cash prize courtesy of Zero Waste McMinnville)

Winner-LIVING LEGACIES, Dir. Jesse Andrew Clark

-SUBSTANCE OF VENOM, Dir. Cherie Sampson

-TERMINUS, Dir. Jeremy Rubingh

BEST DOCUMENTARY

-BEYOND NORMS: MASC vs MASC, Dir. Kelly Balch

-GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT: THE JASON WELLS STORY, Dir. Jason Rosenblatt

Winner-THEY CALL ME THE TATTOO WITCH, Dir. Lindsay Nyman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/A BIT STRANGE

-FEAST, Dirs. Simón Bucher, Claudia Saldivia, Amanda Rivera

Winner-MEOW! Dir. Michal Vojtech, Ariel de la Garza Davidoff

-ONE DAY, Dir. Kimberly Dillon

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN

(Shawash Ilili Award courtesy of Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde)

Winner-THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CAN NOT EXPLAIN, Dir. Michelle Hernandez, Chantal Jung

-WEST SHORE, Dir. Jordan Riber

-ANISHINAABEMOWIN, Dir. Shaelyn Johnston

-WHERE WE ONCE ROAMED, Dir. Ruthie Weeks, Madee Sabatier

BEST HORROR/SCI FI

-RASH, Dir. Lyssa Samuel

Winner-DREAM CREEP, Dir. Carlos A.F. Lopez

-YULE, Dir. Griff Jones

-AT SKYVIEW ENTERPRISES, Dirs. S. Riley Moneymaker, Ashley Song

-HEATSTROKE, Dir. Nolen Scott

BEST LOCALS

(Winner receives $250 cash prize courtesy of Arts Alliance Yamhill County)

Winner-I’M SEEING AN INVISIBLE MAN, Dirs, Matthew Hagen, Ethan Lex

-PSYCHIC DEATH, Dir. Allen Tyler

-PICKLE VISION, Dir. Shawn Welles Linzey

-THE PROMISE, Dir. Chris Liles

-KATE THE GREAT, Dir. Kelsey Tucker