Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz’s “Trapped” has gained theGrand Prize on the 2025 Hollyshorts Movie Pageant, qualifying it for this 12 months’s Academy Awards competitors for Finest Stay-Motion Brief.
That award is one in every of 4 Hollyshorts classes that grant the winners computerized entry into the Oscar short-film race, supplied they meet the classes’ different necessities. The opposite Hollyshorts winners to qualify for the Oscars are Jan Saska’s “Hurikán,” which gained the award because the competition’s greatest animated quick; Andrés Ramírez Pulido’s “A Son and a Father,” which gained the most effective reside motion award; and Irving Serrano and Victor Rejón’s “Voices From the Abyss,” which gained the highest documentary award.
Lee Knight gained the most effective director award for “A Buddy of Dorothy.”
The Hollyshorts Movie Pageant was established in 2005. This 12 months, it showcased 427 movies that screened in Hollywood from Aug. 7 via Aug. 16.
Right here is the entire checklist of winners:
Oscar qualifying classes
Grand Prize: “Trapped,” Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Finest Animation: “Hurikán,” Jan Saska
Finest Stay Motion: “A Son and a Father,” Andrés Ramírez Pulido
Finest Documentary: “Voices From the Abyss,” Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
Different classes
AAPI Award: “Mushroom Dad,” Michael Yuchen Lei
Finest Cinematography: “Lo Que Desaparece,” Mario Lerma and Alex Rapariz
Finest Comedy: “Susana,” Gerardo Coello Escalante and Amandine Thomas
Finest Drama: “Trapped,” Sam Cutler-Kreutz – David Cutler-Kreutz
Finest Director: “A Buddy of Dorothy,” Lee Knight; Particular Point out: “A Son and Father,” Alexander Farah
Finest Enhancing: Say Wuff!” Fabian Podeszwa
Finest Horror: “Heirlooms,” Dan Abramovici
Finest Worldwide: “The Portray & the Statue,” Freddie Fox
Finest Midnight Insanity: “Abdomen Bug,” Matty Crawford
Finest Music Video: “Earth Defender,” Sil van der Woerd, Jorik Dozy and Kynan Tegar
Finest Podcast: “Moonburn,” Robbie Hyne
Finest Producer: “Cash Discuss$”: Tony Mucci (Director and Producer), Scott Aharoni (Producer), Bryan Schmier (Producer) and David Mazouz (Producer)
Finest Sci-Fi: “The Second Time Round,” Jack Howard
Finest Particular Results: “Em & Selma Go Griffin Searching,” Alexander Thompson
Finest Scholar Movie: “1:10,” Sinan Taner
Finest Thriller: “Plastic Surgical procedure,” Man Trevellyan
Finest TV: “Chasers,” Erin Brown Thomas
Finest Internet Sequence: “Hasaan Hates Portland,” Mischa Webley
Kodak Finest Shot on Movie, 16MM: “Ragamuffin,” Kaitlyn Mikayla
Kodak Finest Shot on Movie, 35MM: “The Singers,” Sam Davis
Kodak Honorable Point out: “Synthesize Me,” Bear Damen
Latine Award: “Cura Sana,” Lucía G. Romero
LGBTQIA+ Award: “Dancing in Tomorrowland,” Jakob Roston
SAGindie Award: “L’avance,” Djiby Kebe
Social Influence Award: “Rise,” Jessica J. Rowlands
Finest Sports activities Drama: “Negro League Nights,” Kyle Sykes
Finest Sports activities Documentary: “It’s On Like a Pot of Neckbones,” Joey Garfield
High 10 Stay Motion Brief Movies Finalists
“A Son and a Father,” Andrés Ramírez Pulido
“Mercenaire,” Pier-Philippe Chevigny
“Ragamuffin,” Kaitlyn Mikayla
“Amarela,” André Hayato Saito
“L’avance,” Djiby Kebe
“Trapped,” Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
“One Of Them,” Mostafa Vaziri
“A Buddy of Dorothy,” Lee Knight
“Rise,” Jessica J. Rowlands
Script Awards
ISA Story Award – Finest Characteristic Screenplay: “The Dope Buddy,” Matt Ferrucci
Finest Feminine Screenplay: “The Unraveling,” Samantha Mallory
Finest Brief Screenplay Grand Prize – “Mudslide,” Frederik Ehrhardt
