| Best Mexico Day Film | One Small Request |
| Best Comedy Short | Intervention! |
| Best LGBTQ | Birds of Paradise |
| Best UK Film | Worst. Experience. Ever. |
| Best Woman Directed | Pep Talk |
| Best Fantasy Film | May I Put You On Hold? |
| Best Narrative Short | Herbs |
| Best Directing | You Don’t Like Cake? |
| Best Horror Film | Pearls |
| Best Drama | Beyond Silence |
| Best Local Film (SoCal) | One Minute Ahead |
| Best Music / Original Song | HVAC |
| Best Neurodivergent Film | God Forgive Me |
| Best Writing | Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob |
| Best South Asian Film | Crossing the Desert |
| Best VFX | All You Need |
| Best Local Film (NorCal) | Learner’s Permit |
| Best Documentary Short | The Window on Death Row |
| Best Acting | I Want to Go to Moscow |
| Best Student Film (College) | Penance |
| Best Animated Short | How We Hamsters Die |
| Best Narrative Feature | What Comes Next |
| Best Documentary Feature | Bird of 400 Voices |
| Best Superhero/Sci-fi Film | Halcyon Daze |
| Best Student Film (High School) | Second Chance |
| Best Editing | Nova |
| Best Experimental Film | The Crown with a Shadow & the Search For Self! |
| Best Iranian Film | The Third Child |
