2025 Riverside International Film Festival Winners!

AWARDS FROM RIFF JUDGES 2025

Founder's Award Best picture : GO AGAINST THE FLOW by Wieslaw Paluch

Founder's Award Best actress : Natalia Estefania Polo in MY LITTLE MOON by Ali Ateshani

President's Award Best cinematography : Emmanuel Andrade in AMERICAN STONER by Keon Hedayati 

Best Feature:  MY LITTLE MOON by Ali Ateshani

Best Documentary:  WALKING ON ICE by Dru Solberg

Best Short:  SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE YOUR FUNERAL by Vince Dixon 

Best Student Short : THE RESIDENT by Tristan George

Best Animation Short: EAST LA by Xander Campa

Inland Empire Student Film Festival Award Winners!

High School Films

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California Baptist University Film Festival Award Winners

Director's Challenge:

HONEY, I’M HOME! by Noah Head, Avery Warren, Tania Brooks, & Aracely Muñoz

Best Picture: NOSTALGIA IS A MIND’S TRICK by Noah Head

Best Director: Noah Head | NOSTALGIA IS A MIND’S TRICK

Best Cinematography: Noah Head & Tania Brooks | NOSTALGIA IS A MIND’S TRICK

Best Actor: Santino Alvarado | THE EUPHIO QUESTION

Best Actress: Ava Hill | DEADLY EXPOSURE

Best Supporting Actor: Brian Mganga | THE EUPHIO QUESTION

Best Supporting Actress: Aracely Muñoz | ROCKY ROAD

Best Production Design: Avery Warren | THE EUPHIO QUESTION

Best Editing: Noah Head | THE EUPHIO QUESTION

Best Screenplay: Tania Brooks | DEADLY EXPOSURE

Best Sound Design: Noah Head & Avery Warren | THE EUPHIO QUESTION

Best Music Video: Noah Head & Aracely Muñoz | THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

Best Short Documentary: SUNDANCE SHENANIGANS by Kayla Jean Madrid

Best Trailer: A PRICE TO PAY | Enrique Ibarra Jr.