Outstanding Achievement
2025 NOMINATIONS
Features
Feature
Atrabilious by William Atticus Parker

The Cowboy by Emma Rozanski 

First Person Savior by Ramzi Abed

Home Free by Avi Ronn Federgreen

Mountain Lion by Brooklyn Demme
Regional Feature Length


EP/2 by Nathan Alan Thomas
Fakes by John Hayeck
Spectre Quest by Laurel Flowers
Wallie's Gals by Mary C. Ferrara
Feature Documentary
Athenia's Last Voyage by Meghan Courtney 

The Boston Bulldogs by Bryan & Jack Cote The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show Documentary
by Manny Alvarado 

Porcelain War
by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev

Tale of The Tape by Malik K. Buie
​Unproduced Screenplays
Finalists
Short Screenplays
Failures by Cesar Sanchis Romero

Gun Street Girl by Kris Salvi

It's Open by Doug Maguire

Pointe & Grapple by Chris Esper

The Psychic's Confederate by Greg Tulonen
Solipsism by Duncan B Putney

Story of O by Katherine Butler

Things Unsaid by Robert John Lanciani
Feature Length Screenplays
Aria by Steven Bogart

Burn Baby Burn by Caitlin Rose Arcand
Homecoming to Murder by Carol Preflatish
Leaves of the Mandrake by Laurel Flowers
Light Keepers by Duncan B Putney
Recapture/Nexus by Eric Lotter

Scammed by Maria C Piscione

Sakli (Hidden) by Hakan Ünal
Tortured Existence by Jeremy Stinson

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Mass Indie Spirit Awards
The Mass Indie Spirit Awards will also be awarded during the Awards Ceremony. They are projects selected by the jury that believe exemplifies the true spirit of independent cinema. And often it is not a project that has been nominated for any more traditional award.
Long Short


American Foulbrood by Christina Hodel
Insanectification by Jasen Walter Richardson
The Man with the Third Eye by Collin Rousseau
Teacup by Katie Killourhy
Thursday's Special by Rob Levinson
Viva Extra by Kevin Samar
Walter and the Long Weekend by Nate Conway
What The Neighbors See by Kyle Bloom

Student Short
Bisexual Lightning by Zeke Fairley
The Bravest Hearts Beat the Strongest:
A Documentary by Brady Kershaw
Dead Man Walking by Andrew Kirschner
Dogs Playing Poker by Carly O'Connell 
The Savior by by James DeFilippi 
Talking Heads by Nicole Overbaugh
Shorts
Short
A Beautiful Day by Ryan Nunes

Because I Love You by Bob Celli

The Connoisseur by Anne Marie Boidock
Cowboy Boots by Eric K Delehoy

Distant Memories by Chris Esper

Elijah by Razid Season

Moving Room
by Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui 

Napoleonic Code by Michael Cusumano
September to Remember by Sam Gollestani
Stalking The Bogeyman
by Markus Potter & Jack Dorfman

The Swim by Corrie Legge & Benjamin Algar

International
Cycle by naz çaybaşı 

Eyes On Me by Sonia Tully
NAP by Javier Chavanel 
Óbito by Fernando Amador 
Parallel Universes: The sequel
by Natanael Cardona Sánchez 

A Piece of Blue Sky Over My Head
by Olivier Klein 

Salieri/Mozart by Yana Danilova Vasomotor Rhinitis by Mikheil Gabaidze
Zaxme by Soore Vahe
Best Short Documentary
The 29th Connecticut by Will Weinstein 
Another Stab At Life by Alex Lopez

Artists at the Edge by Patrick A Riviere Endlessly an Observer: Portrait of a Portrait Maker by Brian Carroll

The Fall of 1985 by Mackenzie McCree Fierro by Edward Tyndall 

Hell is Empty by Marinah Janello Phennicie An Invitation by Sam Mescon
A Starman Supernova by Elise Halsema
Why Not? by Colin Hodgson
New England Short
ache by Mike Canale

Deepfake Girl by Annika Murdock

Hammer by Em Merola

Ignis by Mick Gorley 

The Painter by Jimmy Martin

Phantasma by Maria Servellon

Promcakes by Nolan Murphy

A Simple Fix by Daniel Bartlett

To Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater
by Valerie R Langlois

Trumpet Gumbo by Brad Courtemanche
Massachusetts Short
Bat Country by Ellen Keith

Bay Creek Tennis Camp by Michele Meek
Coming Down Is The Hardest Thing
by Kely Maloney

Don't Fall From Grace by Carley Byers

I Am Myself Alone by Darcy Lally

A Lovely Sight by Norah Lao
Mooncake by Jimmy Luc 

Plant People by Jason Eksuzian 

The Rewind by Mikel Wisler & Diana Porter
Shook by Joel Rosen

Whitecaps by Jadyn Roper
Worcester County Short
Catching a Fish by Kyra Ward

I Crossed Earth for Animation Trivia
by Jack Carlin

Locked In by Keevan B Regan

Moving Room by Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui
The Wild Girl of Brushvalley Township
by Heather Cassano


Horror Short
The Art of Descent by Riley Cosby

Followers by Miriam Olken 

The Guest on Topsfield Road
by Luke St. Germaine 

Katie's Skin by Steven Schloss 

Mars Hill Bait And Ammo
by Alfred Thomas Catalfo 

Mr. Ankles by Mike Canale 

A Rough Start by Manny Serrano 

The Sins of Salem by Brad Courtemache 
Viola by Demitra Papadinis

Animation Short
The Aura of Upstate by Evens Angulo-Duvil
Checkpoint by Deanna Kennedy

The Little Piratemaid by Luke Beatrice

Livewire by Isaac Kerrebrock

Shakespeare for all Ages by Hannes Rall

Sock Quiz by Ethan John Paulo

Waves by Emma K. Lowery
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Experimental Short
3AM by Mike Canale 

All Blurry Around the Open Flame
by Natalie Jones 

BeeHarmony by Julia Tutko-Balena

Gabrielle by Aygul Abizgildina

Inundations by Anne Ciecko

Only Me on TV by Jaina Cipriano

Pain Transcended: The Spirit Guide of Harmony by Ramon Bannister

Zaxme by Soore Vahe