2025 Winners
Category: Kindness
Winners: Ailyn Cook, Deaghan Connell, Antonia Slater & Harper Beasley
Film: The Bat The Boy
School: Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan
Category: Inclusivity
Winners: Logan Kord & Luis Colon
Film: The Hollywood Bomber A Sleeping Giant
School: James M. Steele Early College High School in Aurora, Texas
Category: LGBTQIA+
Winner: Liliana Michelle Romriell
Film: Embrace It
School: Rouse High School in Leander Texas
Category: Smartphone
Winner: Parker Richard Manley
Film: The Five Stages of Wasabi
School: Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette, Colorado
Category: Animation
Winners: Interlochen Center for the Arts
Film: Sow a Little
School: Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan
Category: Best of Show
Winners: Trip Breslin
Film: Isaac
School: Prosper High School in Prosper, Texas
Category: Spirit of Eleanor
Winners: Dylan Weiss
Film: Alan!
School: Booker T Washington HSPVA in Dallas TX
2024 Winners
Category: Kindness
Winner: Gabriella Marinace-Lee
Film: The Reiterative Reality of Rosemary Robinson
School: Denver School of the Arts in Denver, Colorado
Category: Inclusivity
Winner: Emy Main
Film: Ghost
School: Academy of Entertainment Arts at Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Florida
Category: LGBTQIA+
Winner: Max Rideout
Film: Metamorphosis
School: Hollins High School – Academy of Entertainment Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida
Category: Smartphone
Winner: Brock Elliot
Film: Chase Cavendish & the Idol of the Blinding Skull
School: Booker T Washington HSPVA in Dallas, Texas
Category: Animation
Winner: Ashton Bechtol
Film: Endless
School: Parkway High School in Boosier City, Louisiana
Category: Best of Show
Winner: Danika Fitzgerald
Film: Help Me, My Life is Just Beginning
School: North High School in Denver, Colorado
Category: Spirit of Eleanor
Winner: Cameryn Koike
Film: Christmas Lights
School: Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii
2023 Winners
Category: Inclusivity
Winner: Matthew Griffey
Film: Animating Autism – The Dane Parsons Story
Category: LGBTQIA+
Winner: Ava Smith
Film: Playing the Role of “Ballet Woman”
From: San Antonio, Texas
Category: Smartphone
Winner: Maddox Stockton
Film: A Gift for Grace
Category: Animation
Winner: Catalina Thompson
Film: Copy Cat
School: Allen High School in Allen, Texas
Category: Spirit of Eleanor
Winner: Zoe Snell
Film: Shrew Stew
School: Allen High School in Allen, Texas
2022 Winners
Category: Inclusivity
Winners: April Butler & Kaia Saiz
Film: Forget Me Not
Category: LGBTQIA+
Winner: Zoe Gameros
Film: Unrequited
Category: Smartphone
Winner: Zariyah Perry
Film: I am Not the Norm
Category: Animation
Winner: Bowen Mosman
Film: Jail Time Animation Ep. 5
Category: Spirit of Eleanor
Winner: Ben Kompare
Film: Crime Stuff