2025 Outstanding Achievement Award Winners

 

Feature
Mountain Lion by Brooklyn Demme

International Feature
Home Free by Avi Ronn Federgreen

New England Feature
Wallie's Gals by Mary C. Ferrara

Massachusetts Feature
EP/2 by Nathan Alan Thomas

Worcester Feature
Fakes by John Hayeck

Worcester Documentary
The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show Documentary by Manny Alvarado

Feature Documentary (Tie)
Athenia's Last Voyage by Meghan Courtney

Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev

Short

Elijah by Razid Season

New England Short
A Simple Fix by Daniel Bartlett

Massachusetts Short

The Rewind by Mikel Wisler & Diana Porter

Worcester Short
Moving Room by Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui

Short Documentary
Hell is Empty by Marinah Janello Phennicie

Long Short

What The Neighbors See by Kyle Bloom

Horror Short

Mr. Ankles by Mike Canale

Student Short
Talking Heads by Nicole Overbaugh

Animation Film

Waves by Emma K. Lowery

Experimental Film

All Blurry Around the Open Flame by Natalie Jones

International Short

Parallel Universes: The sequel by Natanael Cardona Sánchez

Unproduced Feature Length Screenplays

Burn Baby Burn by Caitlin Rose Arcand

Unproduced Short Length Screenplays

Gun Street Girl by Kris Salvi

Mass Indie Spirit Awards
Robert John Lanciani
The Aura of Upstate by Evens Angulo-Duvil
The Little Piratemaid by Luke Beatrice

Sock Quiz by Ethan John Paulo
The Fall of 1985 by Mackenzie McCree
A Beautiful Day by Ryan Nunes

The Boston Bulldogs by Bryan Cote

Spectre Quest by Laurel Flowers
First Person Savior by Ramzi Abed
Willie Will Rodriguez for acting in Mountain Lion

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