10th Annual Silicon Beach Film Festival wrapped at the TCL

International filmmakers from around the globe attended the 10th Annual Silicon Beach Film Festival at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. The popular L.A. based festival presented a wide variety of shorts and feature films on two screens over the course of a week - Friday, September 5th through Thursday, September 12th. “It was very exciting for everyone , and we received much positive feedback”, said Jon Gursha, Festival Director. The festival opened with a red carpet kick-off party at the TCL Chinese Theatres that included a professional photographer. “Bringing people together to see the films is what the festival is all about”, added Jon Gursha, Festival Director.

In all, the Silicon Beach Film Festival 2025 screened over 400 films, and presented filmmakers with over 100 film and screenplay awards at the closing night awards party.”The festival had something for everyone, with a program that featured films from all genres”, said Peter Greene, Festival Programmer. For more information about the Silicon Beach Film Festival 2025, please visit www.siliconbeachfilmfestival.com.

​BEST HORROR/THRILLER SHORT - QUARANTINE

​BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - THE SILENT CRAWLSPACE

​BEST HORROR THRILLER FEATURE FILM - THE CARETAKER

​BEST HORROR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Blood, Sweat, Tears... and More Blood: The Making of Cannibal Comedian

​BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATION - BARBY Q

​BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - LIPSTICK GRUNGE

​BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM - HOLY CASH

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM -/Kevin Mc Cabe/LIFELINES

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Archi Adamos/UMBAG

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM -  Nina Mac/ROOMMATES

​BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Natalie De Vincentiis/THE MERMAID

BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Kate Robertson/BURNT

​BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Alanna Forte/KILL CITY: DEAD ON THE MONEY

​BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM

DAVID MARKOVICH/THE REMOTE IS IN THE FRIDGE, THE MONKEY & NEW HORIZONS 

​BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - John Karyus/FIRST PERSON SAVIOR

​BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - SMOLDERING-SMOLDERING

​BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - NIGHTJAR

​BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - AMERICAN STREAM

​BEST WESTERN SHORT - THE MAN FROM JALISCO PART 10 

​BEST DANCE SHORT - SPLIT FOCUS

​BEST FAMILY SHORT - LET THERE BE PEACE

​BEST FAMILY DRAMA SHORT - HERENCIA

​BEST CRIME/THRILLER SHORT FILM QUIET INTENTIONS

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB SERIES - DARK ARCADIA

​BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM -  Darlene Conte/ENTANGLEMENT

​BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - MY EXTRAORDINARY JOE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - GenelMejia/MUSE 

BEST COMEDY SHORT - Temple Of The Money Changers 2.0

BEST ABSURD COMEDY SHORT - BUYER BEWARE

BEST DRAMEDY SHORT- WHY DOGS HOWL

BEST ACTION FEATURE - THE HANDYMAN

​BEST COMEDY/HORROR SHORT - DOOR TO DOOR

​BEST COMEDY FEATURE - "MY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND, YOUR WIFE"

​BEST COMEDY THRILLER FEATURE - BAD GENERATION

​BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PILOT - HIVE

​BEST SOUND MUSIC VIDEO - EVERYTIME (WITHOUT YOU)

​BEST SOUND SHORT ANIMATION FILM - IXCHEL

​BEST SOUND SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - MOVING ARTS

​BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - THE WALL

​BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - MAKE IT MUNICH

​BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - RESILIENCE

​BEST COMING OF AGE SHORT - CLASSIC SHORT FILM

​BEST THRILLER FEATURE - DEVIANT

​BEST THRILLER SHORT - GRAN FONDO

​BEST SUSPENSE THRILLER FEATURE FILM -  FINDING KATE HAWAII

​BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT

​BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN MUSIC VIDEO - MY LIFE BETWEEN THE REINS

​BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - ST GEORGIA HOTEL

​BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - BLOOMING SISTERS

​BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - ADVICE

​BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - THRILLING LOVE

​BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - GIVING WINGS TO A MOVEMENT

​BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE -  ALMOST HOME

​BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - VENICE TO VENICE

​BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - CHINESE WHISPERS

​BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY -JAKARTA SINKING

​BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - DROWN IN THE SEA

​BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  RADIATE 

​BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - SAVE THE WOOD COASTER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THESE WALLS ARE NOT IN THE HEAD

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM

LISA TOM & BRETT FRAGER/IN-BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE OCEAN

​BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Daniel Corey/RECLAIMER

​BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - clarence rector/BUTTON MAGIC

​BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Peter von Puttkamer /WILDLIFE ON THE EDGE & WILDLIFE ON THE EDGE 2 - BEARS

​BEST DIRECTOR - PILOT OR WEBISODE -  Rick Bedrosian/I Could Eat

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - Jordan Rockwell/TRAITOR

​BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Dilip Khatri/MY NAME IS KHATRI & LIZ LIRA: LA REINA DE BOLIVIA

​BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM -  Noely Mendoza/SUGAR BEACH

​BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - Saturday, October 7

​BEST TV PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN

MCDONALD'S "INNER PEACE" CAMPAIGN & DORITOS "GO BOLD" CAMPAIGN

​BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - WHEN THE EAST IS IN THE HOUSE

​AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - WHITE KNIGHT

​AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BLOODTHRISTY

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY-  CLARA BERTA: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY

​AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - THE CALL OF NISHI

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES -  CHEECHED AND HANDY

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT - THE MAN INSIDE

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY - 32 MILES

​AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA

​AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - STITCHED

​GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - MEDITATE LIKE A DOLPHIN

​GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - DELIGHTFUL DROID

​GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -  ZONE 34º03'N 118º16W

GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT -  PORTRAIT HAUS

​GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES -  PROJECT 8=D

​GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - DIEZ SEGUNDOS 

​GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY - TELEVISION - DREAM A WORLD

​GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - BROAD MINDED CITY

​GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - PIECES OF AMY

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - HORROR - The Riddle Behind The Wall BY Felicia Mead

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - WESTERN - Silverflatts BY Richard A. Pines

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - Bo and the Wind BY Nathan Meade

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - The Yellow Bird BY Reham Ozjan Yeshar

BEST SHORT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - The Woman in the Mirror BY Kimber Leigh

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - ACTION/DRAMA - The Green Machine - Part 1 BY John P Martinez

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PILOT - THE SOUND OF RUINS BY Kris Bart

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COMEDY - Sly -  BY Jesse Dorian

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - FAMILY DRAMEDY -  The Immigrant Playbook BY Amar C Bhakta

BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - DRAMA -  Trophies  BY Phillip Cook

BEST TELEVISION THRILLER SCREENPLAY - Bread and Circuses BY Larry H. Pollack

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - BLUEBIRD BY Samuel Beaumont

BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Death By Night  BY Kristian James

BEST ACTION/DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY -  The Citadel Lost BY Ernie Rivera

BEST SCI-FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Beyond Evil BY Alan von Kalckreuth

BEST MUSICAL/COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Good Looking Bachelors: The Musical BY Brady Stanley

​BEST FAMILY ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Text Message BY PAMELA RABADI

BEST CRIME THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - The Manhattan Project BY Janet Walker

BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY - The Adventures of Clara BY Mike Vegas Dommermuth, Claudia Hackl

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - Swipe  BY Colin Francis Costello

BEST HOLIDAY/ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Tastes Like Christmas BY Tom Anastasi

BEST TRUE STORY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - _Plume BY Teague Caden Kennedy

GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY -   Uncomfortable Conversations BY  Melissa L. White

GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - Misfits BY Luke Allein

GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT - The Allegory of the Hood BY Diane Thomassin

​GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Coney Island BY Kaenan Oliver, Dominic Oliver

Silicon Beach Film Festival screens independent filmmakers from around the world. The Silicon Beach Film Festival is a yearly event currently held at the TCL Chinese Theatres. Silicon Beach Film Festival is a registered trademark. Follow the festival on social media for announcements and updates. For more information about the Silicon Beach Film Festival and to submit your film, please visit www.siliconbeachfilmfestival.com.