🏆 2025 CARE AWARD WINNERS 🏆

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🎞️ Excellence in Appalachia Film Award – Mister Stitches

🎬 Best Director – Michael Smith for Mister Stitches

🌟 Best Proof of Concept Film – Traitor

🎶 Best Music Video – Dear Beyoncé

👩‍🎤 Women in Film Award – Sam Joseph

🎓 Best Student Film – 4teen

💫 Rising Star – Owen Myer

🎖️ Veteran’s Film Award – The Path

😂 Best Mockumentary – Conflicted Cuties of Color

🎭 Best Dramatic Feature – Rhythm of Dammam

💰 Gary Laurence Wilson: Micro Budget Master Award – Suburban Safari

🤣 Best Comedy – Haunting of Prince Don Pedro

😱 Best Thriller/Horror – The Days of Knight: Chapter 1

🎹 Best Original Score – New Cycle / Original Game Score

🪶 Best Indigenous & Poetic Cinema – My Message to You

✝️ Redemptive Short – Cross Examination

🌍 Redemptive Feature & Diversity in Media Award – Inmates with Talent

👧 Best Children’s Film & Best Animation – Tiny Teaching Tales

🎥 Best Dramatic Short – N.I.L.ionaires

🎧 Best Film Soundtrack – The Path

🚀 Best Science Fiction Film – The Theory of Infinity

🌐 Best Web Series – Amber Oak: The Time Traveler’s Dilemma

📽️ Best Documentary Feature – The Seeds of Sovereignty

🎒 Best Documentary Short – Last Climber on Three Peak

s🚁 Best Aerial Cinematography – Last Climber on Three Peaks & Crossing Through the Highlands of Iceland

🎞️ Best Cinematography – Fighting for Florida

🌀 Best Experimental Film – The Healing Process

🧠 Best Screenplay – Fantasy Fading

🎭 Best Actor – Rich Holton in Enter the Room

🌎 Best Foreign Film – Masters and Vices