CIFF 2025 NOMINEES & WINNERS
2025 CORDILLERA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
Award Nominees & Winners
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GRAND JURY AWARDS
BEST OF FEST - FEATURE FILM
The Fisherman
Horsegirls; The Fisherman; The Snare
BEST OF FEST - SHORT FILM
The Singers
Big Man; Snow Bear; One Day this Kid; Chasing the Party; Belief
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
BEST NEVADA FILM
Margaret the Brave
BEST SHORT FILM
The Music Store
BEST FEATURE FILM
Horsegirls
BEST SCREENPLAY
Trans-gressive
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
IMPACT AWARD
WINNER: Ado
Ado; On a Sunday at Eleven: How to Catch a Fish; What Freedom; Cuming Out
INNOVATE AWARD
WINNER: Hand Job
Hand Job; The Singers; Terminal; Randy As Himself; Chasers
BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
WINNER: One Day this Kid
One Day this Kid; Zari; Cuming Out; Pace; She Raised Me
BEST FEMALE FOCUS
WINNER: Monster Slayer
Monster Slayer; Ovary-Acting; Chasing the Party; Headbang; Beyond Silence; Bootie's
BEST INDIGENOUS FILM
WINNER: Pow!
Pow!; Tiger; KWADDU (to return); Happy Thanksgiving; Not Forgotten
BEST NEVADA FILM
WINNER: Margaret the Brave
When it Hits; Champions; Not Forgotten; Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain;
Margaret the Brave
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER: Sticks & Stones - Malik Harris
All My Love - Coldplay; Sticks & Stones - Malik Harris; Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend - Whitney Avalon
A Night to Remember - Preston Night; Making of "My Shoes" by Talilo Marfil feat. Tech N9n3
JOANNA O'NEAL FUTURE FILMMAKERS FOUNDATION
WINNER: F*ck That Guy
F*ck That Guy; KWADDU (to return); Happy Thanksgiving; Alone; Private I
BEST OF BURNING MAN
WINNER: Calf
The Pearl Comb; Calf; Circadian Discord; Lisa Dahl: Blessed By Grace; Chow
CORDILLERA'S NEXT GEN AWARD
WINNER: Chasing the Party
Ado; The Singers; Chasing the Party; Headbang; Plastic Surgery
PROGRAMMER'S CHOICE
WINNER: The Music Store
FESTIVAL AWARDS
BEST COMEDY SHORT
WINNER: Night Sessions
Too Good; Night Sessions; Elijah; My Favorite Murderer; Bulldozer
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
WINNER: Monster Slayer
Jumpman; The Life We Have; Monster Slayer; On Healing Land, Birds Perch (ĐẤT LÀNH CHIM ĐẬU);
Beneath the Same Sky
BEST FAMILY SHORT FILM
WINNER: Snow Bear
Snow Bear; Alone; Marcel's Piñata; Tiddler; Éiru
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
WINNER: Ovary-Acting
Playing God; Snow Bear; Patterns; Ovary-Acting; Help Me Tom
BEST THRILLS & CHILLS
WINNER: Long Pork
Long Pork; Plastic Surgery; MascLooking; Platanero; Masks; Loud
BEST FANTASY / SCI-FI SHORT
WINNER: Margaret the Brave
The Traveler; Margaret the Brave; Arcturus Beaming; Frankengirl; I'm not a robot
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
WINNER: KiKi
KiKi; The Singers; Fire at Will; Grind; The Music Store
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
WINNER: Beyond Silence
Beyond Silence; KiKi; Big Man; Undeletable; Petra and the Sun
BEST PERFORMANCE SHORT FILM
WINNER: Bulldozer - Joanna Leeds
Long Pork - Lena Headey; Lake Placid Blue - David Girard; Reservations - Anna Ladegaard
Capture - Sarah Ellen Stephens; Bulldozer - Joanna Leeds
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
WINNER: Miriam- Josie Andrews
Babka- Serena Dykman; Miriam- Josie Andrews; Olive - Tom Koch; Milquetoast - Eliza Huberth;
A Guest in My Country - John Gray
BEST NEVADA DOC
WINNER: Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain
Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain; Home; Growing Humanity; UnsungGeorgie
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
WINNER: The Jello in Room 913
BEST GENRE SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Blood Pact
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Turns Out
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Aunt Jenny
BEST OF FEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Overflow
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
WINNER: Remaining Native
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
WINNER: The Snare
BEST PERFORMANCE FEATURE
WINNER: The Snare - Cassady McClincy Zhang
The Snare - Cassady McClincy Zhang; For Worse - Amy Landecker; Horse Girls - Lillian Carrier;
The Fisherman - Ricky Adelayitar
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE
WINNER: The Fisherman - Zoey Martinson