SIMI Film Fest 2025
September 3-7

AT STUDIO MOVIE GRILL IN SIMI VALLEY

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

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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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