2025 WINNERS
FEATURE FILMS
Best Picture
Best Picture - My 7 Grandmas
2nd Place - God’s Here
3rd Place - The Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho
Audience Choice - Parable
Best Director
Johnick Petry, My 7 Grandmas
Best Screenplay
Ritchey Cable, Parable
Best Lead Actor
Jaleel White, The Greatest Inheritance
Best Lead Actress
Emma Elle Roberts, Redemption River
Best Supporting Actor
James Lowe, Rally Caps
Best Supporting Actress
Candace Kirkpatrick
Best Cinematography
Don’t Close your eyes
Best Foreign Film
Day Eight
Best Musical Score
Michael Price, Blake Robinson & Jonas Myrin, The Hopeful
Most Inspirational
Jesus – a Deaf Missions film
SPECIAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dean Cain
Outstanding Woman in Film - Heather O’Quinn
Humanitarian Award - Village of Hope - Guatemala
The Christmas Channel’s Holly Jolly Award - December to Remember
46-Hour Short Film Competition - Seventy x Seven
SCRIPTS
1st Place - To Last the Night, written by Kimberly Jade Soliman
2nd Place - Assassin Made Perfect, written by Attila Iacob Peli
3rd Place - Merry Christmas, Elijah, written by J Wayne Davidson
SHORT FILMS
Best Short Film
1st Place - The Good Samaritan
2nd Place - December to Remember
3rd Place - Crossroads
Audience Choice -The Good Samaritan
Best Director
Autumn Libengood, Bleeding Heart
Best Screenplay
Jeremy Lane, Sadie
Best Lead Actor
Miles Anderson, Flatline
Best Lead actress
Katrina Golden, Color of Threads
Most Inspirational
Ruins
DOCUMENTARY
Best Documentary
1st Place - A City Lost
2nd Place - Team Ocean Quest - The Impossible Journey
3rd Place - Why Stand With Israel
Audience Choice - A City Lost
Best Director
Paul Wittenberger, A City Lost
Most Creative
She Walks a Line
Most Inspirational
Philipp Mickenbecker - REAL LIFE.
MUSIC
Best Performing Artist
Melinda Drake
Best Songwriter
Kinsley Treadwell and Ben Carringer
Best Music Video:
3rd Place - Made For You
2nd Place - Joyful Joyful & Hosanna
1st Place - Least of These
Audience Choice - 7 Days
TV SHOW / TV SERIES
Best TV Show
The Vision
Best TV Show Host
Nina Keegan, Grace Grace with Nina & Michelle – Ep 137
TV SERIES
Best TV Series
The Lost Healer
Best Lead Actor
Rusty Joiner, These Stones: Episode 105
Best Lead Actress
Vanessa Moore, The Last Evangelist
Audience Choice
Multiplied
ANIMATION
Best Animated Film
Wild Bros Ep. 1: Mystery Box
Audience Choice
Wild Bros Ep. 1: Mystery Box
TRAILER
Best Trailer
Strike the Wind
Audience Choice
Unravelled
STUDENT FILM
Best Student Film
The Visit
Audience Choice
Catch My Drift
STAGE PLAY
Best Stage Play
Pollyanna – A New Musical
Audience Choice
A Little Women Christmas
