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