| TBUFF 2025 AWARDS NOMINEES -- THE BUFFYS! Winners announced at 12/6 ceremony and designated by ***; some were ties or co-winners |
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BEST FLORIDA FEATURE FILM
Be My Valentine Broman Do Not Open Frost Park ***Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper*** The Pages Of My Heart: Volume 2 Stratagem The Movie Thanksgiving, Again?! BEST FLORIDA SHORT FILM The Acting Class All The Money In The World ***Death of a Jazz Singer*** How To Sleep In The Cold I See Rose Man of Few Words A Mind Under Siege Thank You, FL Teachers BEST FEATURE FILM Astral Plane Drifter The Bigfoot Club Blue Murder How I Spent My Summer Vacation ***Luderdale*** Molt BEST FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR The Bigfoot Club Frost Park How I Spent My Summer Vacation Luderdale Molt Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper ***The Pages Of My Heart: Volume 2*** BEST SHORT FILM Brawl Donor God's Lonely Magician Hollywood Rex ***A King's Curtain*** Life Support A Still Small Voice Trumpet Gumbo BEST SHORT FILM DIRECTOR Brawl Cinephiles Hollywood Rex A King's Curtain Life Support Ming Ling ***Trumpet Gumbo*** BEST DOCUMENTARY Cancer: a home movie ***Cosplay Craze*** ***Crowns & Chaos*** Echos of the Bay Keep On Rollin' – Lawn Mower Racing Let It Kill You Over the Moon: My Adventures Dealing with Cults Part of the Family Succeeding Against The Odds: The Oliva Tobacco Story BEST STUDENT FILM All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones ***Cinephiles*** Citrus Fever Cosplay Craze Cottonmouth Fighting Fantasy I Know You The One in Red Photo Play XX Raccoon Soup BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM ***7 Reggies*** Beachside Reunion The Boys and the Quest for Beans Crabby the Clown Disconnected Impressions June and Scraps Little White Lies Nostalgia Pandora Second Chance Striped Worm-ance BEST LEADING ACTOR Astral Plane Drifter (Mike Caravella) Brawl (Sean Michael Gloria) Cinephiles (Neko Ferro) Do Not Open (Shawn Ray) Frost Park (Rolf Julmisse) God's Lonely Magician (Becca Blackwell) ***How to Sleep in the Cold/Crosswinds (Daniel Wachs)*** A King's Curtain (Charles E. Gerber) Molt (Mychal Thompson) Trumpet Gumbo (Brandon Scales) BEST LEADING ACTRESS Be My Valentine (Samantha Dalesio) Cinephiles (Gina Marie Hughes) Crosswinds (Aimee Rolfsen) ***Death of a Jazz Singer (Chase Shellee)*** Do Not Open (Marisol Ray) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Raquel Sciacca) How To Sleep In The Cold (Franny Titus) A King's Curtain (Allison Dayne) Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper (Kate Amundson) Thank You, FL Teachers (Anne Do) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Astral Plane Drifter (John J. Jordan) Be My Valentine (Mitchell Patrick Greene) Frost Park (Chris Charlestin) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Chris Mollica) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Jerry Colpitts) A King's Curtain (Stephen McKinley Henderson) ***Luderdale (Joe Chambrello)*** Trumpet Gumbo (John Fiore) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ***The Acting Class (Brianna Borello)*** The Acting Class (Eugenie Bondurant) The Acting Class (Kathryn Parks) The Bigfoot Club (Olivia Hellman( Eidetic (Chelsea Wolf) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Christina Elise Perry) The Pages Of My Heart: Volume 2 (Geneva Maccarone) The Pages Of My Heart: Volume 2 (Jovan Hayes) A Still Small Voice (Deborah Kay Paulsen) Thanksgiving, Again?! (Gabrielle Leonore) BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY The Bigfoot Club Frost Park How I Spent My Summer Vacation Luderdale The Pages Of My Heart: Volume 2 ***Thanksgiving, Again?!*** BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ***The Acting Class**** Death of a Jazz Singer Donor The Godfathers God's Lonely Magician A King's Curtain A Still Small Voice BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ***Cinephiles*** Donor The Hollow Rabbit Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper Photo Play XX Seaside Bebop BEST EDITING The Acting Bug ***Cinephiles*** Desolation Man of Few Words ***Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper*** Moving Day A Streetcar Named Bizarre BEST EFFECTS All The Money In The World Binded by Fangs Brawl Kaelara: The Summoned Blade ***Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper*** Tessellations The Turning BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Astral Plane Drifter Cinephiles Mother Nature and the Doomsday Prepper Photo Play XX ***A Still Small Voice*** Velvet Hammer BEST MUSICAL SUPERVISION OR SCORE ***Death of a Jazz Singer*** Hollywood Rex Photo Play XX A Still Small Voice Tessellations Trumpet Gumbo BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY FILM ***All The Money In The World*** ***Brawl*** Encounters Kaelara: The Summoned Blade Lazarus Red Cutter Tessellations BEST HORROR Binded by Fangs Blue Murder The Dudebro Slayer Jack's Lantern Obeah House Possessive ***The Turning*** ***Welcome to Weshaven*** BEST ESCAPISM FILM Chorus to Dero ***The Eden Trials*** My Wife An Ode to Ron DeSantis The Oldest Trophy Photo Play XX A Streetcar Named Bizarre BEST COMEDY FILM The Acting Class ***Astral Plane Drifter*** Incestry.com: Trace Your Roots Lightly Ghosted Mapletown Magic Overtime Something is Rotten VBS The World of James Gagmy BEST ACTION FILM ***Broman*** Dumbbell Guard My Heart Igwe Jones 2: Rising Justice Ming Ling Salt Lake Jake Stryke Velvet Hammer BEST CRIME/THRILLER FILM Anathema Donor Eidetic Exodos ***Frost Park*** House Sitter Seaside Bebop BEST DRAMA FILM Birthday Cake The Candle Hope Over Fear ***How I Spent My Summer Vacation*** A King's Curtain Life Support Moving Day BEST MICROSHORT FILM Beyond Brains Disparity Enigmatic Workings of a Just and Loving Force Trailer ***Incestry.com: Trace Your Roots*** ***Man of Few Words*** Only a Game Peek Video Call BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Alala High Bloodbound Desolation Did You Know There's A Black Hole In Your Refrigerator? Hemorrhage The Hollow Rabbit Kriich ***Stiff Drinks*** Stuck BEST WORLD PREMIERE FILM Amityville Crime Boss ***Be My Valentine*** Broman Do Not Open Encounters Igwe Jones 2: Rising Justice One Last Love to Remember ***Remnants*** AUDIENCE CHOICE- FEATURE (TIE) Broman & Thanksgiving, Again?! 3rd place: Be My Valentine 4th place: Igwe Jones 2 5th place: Molt AUDIENCE CHOICE - SHORT FILM Mapletown Magic 2nd Place: Lightly Ghosted 3rd Place: The Heist 4th Place: Thank You, FL Teachers 5th Place Tie: The Acting Class & The Ox Top 50-ish in Alphabetical Order: 12:19, 7 Reggies, A King's Curtain, A Still Small Voice, A Streetcar Named Bizarre, Alex in Movieland, All the Money in the World, Assigned Cowboy at Birth, Beachside Reunion, Before I Go, Birthday Cake, Brawl, Cancer: A Home Movie, Chorus to Dero, Cosplay Craze, Death of a Jazz Singer, Disparity, Elevator, Fighting Fantasy, Get It Done, Gifted, Hollywood Rex, I Know You, Incestry.com, Jack's Lantern, James Has A Panic Attack, Keep on Rollin', Let It Kill You, Little White Lies, Man of Few Words, My Wife, Nostalgia, Pandora, Part of The Family, Picturesque, Raccoon Soup, Remnants, Self Portrait, Stiff Drinks, Striped, Tessellations, The Candle, The Dudebro Slayer, The Eden Trials, The Godfathers, The Interlope, The Oldest Trophy, The Turning, The Wooden Chair, Trumpet Gumbo, Velvet Hammer |
