Official Selection 2025
(All Official Selections Listed in Alphabetical Order)
 

SCREENPLAYS:

• “All of Us: The True Story of Bikers Against Child Abuse” — Written by Shelly Paino.

• “An Amazing Journey” — Written by Miles Hanon. 

• "Breaking Joy” — Written by Lori Closter.  

• “Dance of the Innocent” — Written by T.L. Michaels.

• “Divine Intuition” — Written by Kimberly Jade Soliman. 

• “Magdalene” — Written by Mary Driscoll-Ingraham. 

• “Safe Thus Far” — Written by Timothy Kernc. 

• “Shut Eye Revival” — Written by John Kestner. 

• “Talitha” — Written by Stephanie Hutchinson. 

• “Traveling Light” — Written by Jeff Evans. 

• “What It Takes” — Written by Claire Nauman.

• “Without Roots” — Written by Melanie Hope Lang. 

 

SHORT FILMS:

• “Bleeding Heart” — Directed by Autumn Libengood.

• “Chasing Faith Proof of Concept”— Directed by Jerry Loncon. 

• “Forgiving The Nightmare” — Directed by Henrique Franhani. 

• “Grand Canyon” — Directed by Sean P Malone, Brody Gusar. 

• “Hope from Heartbreak” — Directed by Jake Allen. 

• “Lizzie Lives Again” — Directed by Alyssa Plock.

• “Ripple” — Directed by Jason H Munden. 

• “Ruins” — Directed by Malachi Daniel Mawhinney. 

• “Saving Joann”  — Directed by Trey Reynolds. 

• “Someday” — Directed by Taryn Grace. 

• “Sons of Thunder” — Directed by Chris Mac. 

• “The Hope Dealer” — Directed by Andrew Broadhurst. 

 

FEATURE FILMS:

• “End of Youth” — Directed & Written by Carlos Camargo. 

• “Film Camp” — Directed by Timothy Goodwin.

• “Triumph of the Heart” — Directed by Anthony D’Ambrosio.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS:

• “Across the icy desert” — Directed by Bartek Zytkowiak.

• “Hate Undone: Leaving the Ku Klux Klan” — Directed by Andrew Johnston.

• “The Truth Revealed - The Gender Experiment” — Directed by Bree Blanchard-Jackson. 
   

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS:

• “OutSpoke: A Faith and Endurance Journey”— Directed by Stuart Lachlan Bennett. 

• "Unsung Hero"— Dr. Michael Wesley Sr. Story

 

ANIMATION:

• “The 21” — Directed by Tod Polson, Produced by Mandi Hart & Mark Rodgers.

 

TELEVISION:

• “Breaking Strongholds Season 2, Episode 1 ‘The Mission’”— Directed by Jake Allen. 

• “Depression Rewritten - Episode 1 of Sound Mind Series” — Directed by Angela Nina Calabrese.

• “The Shadow of a King” — Directed by Daniel Charles Cole, Co-Writer Jeffery Scott Gage. 

 

EXPERIMENTAL:

• “Cross Examination” — Directed by John Kestner. 

• “Stations of the Cross” — Directed by Aleksa Ristovic.

• “The Valley” — Directed by Jessica Sanchez.
   

STUDENT FILMS:

• “Eyes to See” — Directed by Ben Stewart. 

• “The Celebration” — Directed by Jason Sterling Orcutt. 

• “The Code Within” — Directed by Max Martin, Produced by Shane Martin.

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INDIVIDUAL AWARD NOMINEES:

BEST ACTRESS:

• Rebecca Grant — “Pastor Sue Saves Christmas” playing the role of “Pastor Sue”

• Vanessa DeSilvio — “Bandida” playing the role of “Maria”

• Zoe Coleman — “Ruins” playing the role of “Lily”

BEST ACTOR:

• Leland Mergillano — “Film Camp” playing the role of “Carson”

• Marco Rosario — “Bandido” playing the role of “Luis"

• Willia Mellina — “Ripple” playing the role of “Danny”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Andie Mueller — “Space Waves” playing the role of “Sawyer”

• Ellie Kamakawiwoole — “Bandida” playing the role of “Rosa”

• Joy Villa — “Pastor Sue Saves Christmas” playing the role of “Lucy”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Ben Price — “The Code Within” playing the role of “Al”

• Demetiros Troy — “Ripple” playing the role of “God”​

• Rudy Pankow — “Space Waves” playing the role of “Joey”

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BEST DIRECTOR:

• Henrique Franhani — “Forgiving the Nightmare”

• Sean P Malone, Brody Gusar  — “Grand Canyon”

• Timothy Goodwin — “Film Camp”

BEST WRITER:

• Daniel Charles Cole, Jeffery Scott Gage Co-Writer — “The Shadow of a King”

• Joseph Holmes — “Lizzie Lives Again”

• Joy Villa — “Pastor Sue Saves Christmas”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• “Missions Upside Down”

• “The Shadow of a King”

• “Triumph of the Heart”

BEST COMPOSER:

• “Grand Canyon"

• “Space Waves”

• “The Code Within”

BEST EDITOR:

• “The Club”

• “The Father”

• “The Shadow of a King”

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

• “My Heart Remembers”

• “Pastor Sue Saves Christmas”

• “The Jeweled Bird”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

• “End of Youth”

• “The Code Within”

• “Triumph of the Heart"

BEST MAKEUP:

• “Pastor Sue Saves Christmas”

• “The Code Within”

• "The Jeweled Bird"

BEST TRAILER:

• “Breaking Strongholds Season 2 - Trailer”

• “Reason To Fight”

• “The Jeweled Bird”