2025 Arizona International Film Festival
Festival Grand Prize
VILLAGE KEEPER
Karen Chapman, Canada, 2024
Best of Category
Best Dramatic Feature
THE BIRDS WHO FEAR DEATH
Sanjay Patel, Canada, 2024
Best Indie Feature
THE GIRL IN THE WOODS
James Ryan, USA, 2024
Best Foreign Feature
SONGS OF ADAM
Oday Rasheed, Iraq, 2025
Best First Feature
LA GLORIA
J.T. Walker, USA, 2025
Best Sci-Fi Feature
THE OTHER TIMELINE
Inchon Oh, Republic of Korea, 2025
Best Short Feature
THE JUNCTION
AJ Lambert, USA, 2025
Best Documentary
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
Mabel Valdiviezo, USA, 2024
Best Short Documentary
KANENON:WE - ORIGINAL SEEDS
Katsitsionni D. Fox, USA, 2025
Best Foreign Short Documentary
CHILDREN OF AGAVE
Ivan Lopez-Barba, Mexico, 2025
Best Dramatic Short
DISCO BEATS
Ken Arquelio, USA, 2025
Best Foreign Short
ALL THAT'S CARRIED
Rosie Barrett, Ireland, 2024
Best Comedy Short
HAPPY ENDINGS FUNERAL PARLOR
Kevin Boston, USA, 2024
Best Experimental Short
DEMI-DEMONS
Martin Gerigk, Germany, 2024
Best Animated Short
WHO IS THE ZOOKEEPER
Masha Vasilkovsky, Ruah Edelstein and Jinghan Zhang, USA, 2024
Best Short Short
YA HANOUNI
Lyna Tadount and Sofian Chouaib, France, 2024
Sam Polito Award for Best of Arizona
UGLY LITTLE MONKEYS
David Valdez and Enrique, USA, 2024
Special Jury Awards
Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures
WHERE THERE IS LOVE, THERE IS NO DARKNESS
Stevan Lee Mraovitch, France, 2025
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking
IN THE RED
Mimi Chakarova, USA, 2025
Special Jury Award for Activist Filmmaking
SEEDS OF SOVEREIGNTY
Stuart J. Tanner, USA, 2025
Special Jury Award for Cultural & Historical Filmmaking
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH: RICHARD HUNT'S MONUMENT TO IDA B. WELLS
Rana Segal, USA, 2024
Special Jury Award for Best Performance to
OLUNIKE ADELIYI for VILLAGE KEEPER
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Cinematography to
ALEX WITKOWICZ for THE SHOT LIST
Jury Awards for Creative Achievement
GARY
(USA, 2025)
Dramatic Short
HOW DO YOU DREAM
(USA, 2025)
Dramatic Short
MONUMENT
(USA, 2025)
Experimental Short
MY COMRADE
(India, 2025)
Global Short
SALLY, GET THE POTATOES
(USA, 2024)
Dramatic Short
THE EATING OF AN ORANGE
(United Kingdom, 2024)
Animation
THE ORIGINAL BADASS
(USA, 2024)
Documentary Short
IndieYouth Shorts Awards
Best of IndieYouth
ADAM
Sophia Kennedy, USA, 2024
Best Animation
IN ANOTHER LIFE
Renee Shi, USA, 2024
Best Documentary
ROOTS OF LIL' GREEN HOUSE
Adrian Turner, USA, 2024
Best Narrative
FREQUENCY 208.4
Neeva Len and Karim Mbamba, Ireland, 2024
Best Experimental
HUMPTY DUMPTEY
Salvador Romao, Portugal, 2024
Best Made in Arizona
THE WAIT
JJ Urquidez and Arthur Pedack, USA, 2024