SIMI Film Fest 2025
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SIMI FILM FEST WILL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2025
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Best Actor
Jake B. Miller
Enemy No More
Best Actress
Isabelle Marchard
Palmdale
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Wylde
Roomies
Best SUPPORTING ActrESS
Monique Lonergan
Into The Valley
Best director
Dylan Gary
The Uniform
Best cinematographer
Sam Sargeant
Sweet Molly
Best Writing
Aaron Goffman
Darcine's Day
Best Editing
Maxyme Tremblay
To Hold The Night
Best Sound
On Air
Best Score
Greg Nicolett
Enemy No More
Best Music Placement
Darcine's Day
Best Hair/Makeup
Dylan Twigg, Jaye Falcioni
To Hold The Night
Best Production/Set Design
Lovebugs
Best Wardrobe
To Hold The Night
Best Visual FX
HE
Best Stunts
HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story
Best Emerging Filmmaker
Lauren Moreno
Palmdale
Best Of Ventura County
Why Dinosaurs?
Best Originality/Creativity
Lovebugs
Best Experimental
On Air
Best Feel-Good
I Could Eat
Best Music film
Modular California Vibes
Best Drama
Engelstan
Best Comedy
Roomies
Best Documentary
Giants Rising
Best Action
Rise Of Chow
Best Horror/Sci-Fi
Every Other Animal
Dead Air
Best Suspense/Thriller
Sweet Molly
Fearless Filmmaker
Chantal Massuh
Thirst Trap
SIMI Film Fest 2024 - Selected Films
172 Push-Ups
directed by: Frieda Naphsica de Lackner
directed by: Marissa Chibás
A Trusted Space: Navigating Storms
directed by: Tanner Woodley
Amicable
directed by: David Moore
Audrey
directed by: Julianna Robinson
B Word
directed by: Honora Talbott
Breakfast Salad
directed by: Roe Moore
Changes
directed by: Nika Khitrova
Chorus Notes
directed by: Casey de Fremery
Clown
directed by: Dani Shear
Cosmo
directed by: Thomas Thomas
Dad’s Journal
directed by: Henry Choa
Daedalus
directed by: Marlon J Streb, Avery T Streb
Darcine’s Day
directed by: Aaron Goffman
Dead Air
directed by: Brad Etter
Don’t Get Close
directed by: Susannah Donnan
Enemy No More
directed by: Christopher Schultz
Engelstan
directed by: Manu Coeman
Every Other Animal
directed by: Olia Oparina
Exposé
directed by: Anastazja Gajkowska
Five and a Half
directed by: Heidi Nyburg
Giants Rising
directed by: Lisa Landers
Good Grief
directed by: Ash Blodgett
Grafiti
directed by: Moorpark College Students
HE
directed by: Chunzi Zhang
HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story
directed by: Kevin Barile
Hollywood I’m Sorry
directed by: Fernando Escovar
I Could Eat
directed by: Rick Bedrosian
I’m Sorry, I Tried, I Love You
directed by: Goldie Jones
Insane
directed by: Sonia Blangiardo-Goins
Into The Valley
directed by: Emily Sandifer
Kinnected
directed by: Katz Carter
Lillo
directed by: Andrea Figueroa
Lovebugs
directed by: Teddy Alvarez-Nissen
Marque Dos
directed by: Asha Chai-Chang
Modular California Vibes
directed by: Joachim Garraud
Mr. Man’s Piano
directed by: Stephanie Williams
Nocturne
directed by: Alysha Haran
Oh My Sweetheart
directed by: Aristides De Jesús Mantilla Artigas
On Air
directed by: Colby Barrios
Palmdale
directed by: Lauren Moreno
Purgy’s
directed by: Robbie Bryan
Rise Of Chow
directed by: Hymnson Chan
Roomies
directed by: Nevada Grey, Anthony Vietro
Sister Judy and The Delinquents
directed by: Greg LaVoi
Solace
directed by: Justin Daniel Priluck
Standards
directed by: LaLa Halsema
Sweet Molly
directed by: J.C. McNaughton
The Composer
directed by: Gigi Grigorian
The Craftsman
directed by: Kevin Herrera
The Mage’s Apprentice
directed by: Toshimitsu Chimura
The Resistance
directed by: Kara White
The Serenade Charade
directed by: Diane Nierenberg
The Straight & Narrow
directed by: Andrew Beall
The Uniform
directed by: Dylan Gary
Thirst Trap
directed by: Chantal Massuh-Fox
To Hold The Night
directed by: Jessica Petelle
Unconditional
directed by: Marta Chierego
We Regret to Inform You
directed by: Nathan Fleetwood
Why Dinosaurs?
directed by: Tony & James Pinto
Worth
directed by: Kathi Carey
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