2025 Festival Awards
2025 WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
The 34th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the Jury, Audience, Director’s Choice, and Screenplay Competition Awards.
BEST OF THE FEST
The Librarians by Kim A. Snyder
IQ AWARD
Comparsa by Vickie Curtis & Doug Anderson
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Feature Documentary
Winner: The Librarians by Kim A. Snyder
Runner Up: Comparsa by Vickie Curtis & Doug Anderson
2nd Runner Up: Rebel with A Clause by Brandt Johnson
Feature Narrative
Winner: Shattered Ice by Alex Ranarivelo
Runner Up: Magic Hour by Jacqueline Christy
2nd Runner Up: The Summer Book by Charlie McDowell
Short Documentary
Winner: The Changebaker by Courtney Dixon
Runner Up: Chasing Time by Sarah Keo & Jeff Orlowski-Yang
2nd Runner Up: From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of Katherine Lee Bates and America the Beautiful by John E. de Graaf
Short Dramatic
Winner: Saverio by Ellen Ancui
Runner Up: Deuce by Margot Budzyna
2nd Runner Up: Ploujet by Andrea Nordgren
Short Comedy
Winner: My Kind of People by Joe Picozzi
Runner Up: Le Parrot by Rachael Sonnenberg
2nd Runner Up: Revenge of the Language Master 1575B by Michael Beeson
Short Animation
Winner: Swipe by Patrick Smith
JURY AWARDS
Feature Documentary
Winner: Unearth by John Hunter Nolan
Runner Up: The Chaplain & The Doctor by Jessica Zitter
Feature Narrative – Drama
Winner: Mistura by Ricardo de Montreuil
Runner Up: The Arborist by Andrew Mackenzie Mudge
Feature Narrative – Comedy
Winner: The Fisherman by Zoey Martinson
Runner Up: Love, Danielle by Marianna Palka
Short Documentary
Winner: Simple Machine by Sara Hendren
Runner Up: Kopala by Vetle Sevild & Hugh Francis Anderson
2nd Runner Up: View From The Floor by Mindie Lind & Megan Griffiths
Short Comedy
Winner: Snowbird by Patrick Curran
Runner Up: Jean Jacket by Lucy Arango Nebeker & Maxim Arango Nebeker
Short Dramatic
Winner: F*ck That Guy by Hanna Gray Organschi
Runner Up: Deuce by Margot Budzyna
2nd Runner Up: Ruby by Jaclyn Bethany
Short Animation
Winner: Swipe by Patrick Smith
Sound Design Award (Dramatic or Comedy Short)
Winner: The Woods Are Lovely, Dark, and Deep by Mykel Salazar
Runner Up: Deuce by Margot Budzyna
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
Cinematography (Short Drama or Comedy)
Jean Jacket by Lucy Arango Nebeker & Maxim Arango Nebeker
Cinematography (Short Documentary)
The Changebaker by Courtney Dixon
Cinematography (Narrative Feature)
The Summer Book by Charlie McDowell
Cinematography (Documentary Feature)
Folktales by Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing
Best Performance (Youth – Short Film)
Arabella Olivia Clark (Deuce)
Best Performance (Adult – Short Film)
Nate Mann (The Stone System)
Best Performance (Youth – Feature Film)
Emily Matthews (The Summer Book)
Best Performance (Adult – Feature Film)
Cherry Ngan (Revisit)
Best Performance (Ensemble)
Shattered Ice by Alex Ranarivelo
Emerging New England Filmmaker
Margot Budzyna (Deuce)
Emerging Filmmaker
Jacqueline Christy (Magic Hour)
Fortitude in Filmmaking
Out of Plain Sight by Rosanna Xia & Daniel Straub
SCREENPLAY AWARDS
SHORT SCREENPLAYS
Drama
Joey by Hope Hickli
Comedy
Meeting Your Maker by Gregory Kasunich
FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
Drama
Disco Demolition Night by Matthew Taub
Comedy
Burning The Old Man by Robert Kelly McAlliste
