2025 Winners
All films are compilations played in alphabetical order
2025 Best Picture
Missing in Action
West Forsyth
Reagan Burton, Taryn Dickey, Gabby Dodd
2025 Winners
AVTF - I
First Place: SFHS Fishing Team
South Forsyth
Hudson Bennett
Runner Up: Built Puff Tuff
West Forsyth
Tristan Stubbs, Hayden Lichtenfels & Keean McKenna
Runner Up: AVTF Promo
West Forsyth
Keean McKenna, Ellie Rhody, BerkleyTalley, Elise Hershey
Runner Up: Addiction
North Forsyth
Chitanya Pupeethi
Runner Up: Bottom Floor
East Forsyth
Elijah Bergeon, Andrea Nunez, Karol Covarrubias, Jacob Ingram
Commercial/PSA
First Place: Night and Day
West Forsyth
Emine Seker, Shannon Moran, Jennifer Sandoval-Aguilar
Second Place: Canada Dry
East Forsyth
Kyle Strommer
Third Place: Super Nintendo
Lambert
Gabe Teater
Documentary
First Place: Trial by Fire
West Forsyth
Karen Arroyo, Kenslee Bennett, Dom Franque
Second Place: Penguin Project JTF
Forsyth Central
Adi Wormsley, Thomas Alberga, Alexa Whitlow, Ally Amaya
Third Place: Forsyth County Fire Station 1
Forsyth Central
Addison Cutrer, Isabella Gerborg, James Yager, Dream McIntosh
Long Form
First Place: Missing in Action
West Forsyth
Reagan Burton, Taryn Dickey, Gabby Dodd
Second Place: Scoop Street
Forsyth Central
Alex Dufour, Hayden Hawn, Gavin Haslett, Jose Canales, Gavin Haslett, JC Contreras, Caroline Kowelewski
Microfilm
First Place: Letter to Adam
West Forsyth
Lillian Mabes, Yesenia Mendoza-Miguel, Emerson Ponte
Second Place: Do Not Remove
West Forsyth
Reagan Burton, Taryn Dickey, Noah Coyne, Gabby Dodd
Third Place: Doodle Jump
South Forsyth
Ashish Kollu
Microfilm - Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention: Absorbtion
Forsyth Central
Jaiden Wagner, Kandle Mosby, Victoria Medina
Honorable Mention: Earworm
East Forsyth
Jackie Villagomez, Michael Kurinka, Vada Fowler, Luke Franchini
Honorable Mention: Bandit
Lambert
Elliot Gramley, Aria Chaudhary
Honorable Mention: Peanut Butter
South Forsyth
Goutam Rajkumar & Kavya Manivannan
Honorable Mention: The Last Stroke
Forsyth Central
Corinne Barrall, Moriah Dempsey, Amanda Reichert, Jaiden Wagner, Caroline McRoberts
Honorable Mention: Desiderium
Lambert
Deborah Won
Music Video
First Place: Backpack Lover
South Forsyth
Alan Bartlett, Alena Vo, & Brianna Knoup
Second Place: Who is She
North Forsyth
Grace Cave, Maeby Baldwin, Hayley Laughter, Eric Walker & Caitlyn Davison
Third Place: Do I Want to Know
West Forsyth
Lillian Mabes, Yesenia Mendoza-Miguel, Ray Kim, Zach Burns
News Package
First Place: Duolingo
North Forsyth
Peyton Thompson, Grace Cave, Maeby Baldwin, Hayley Laughter
Second Place: Phone Policy
South Forsyth
Sean Choi & Kavya Manivannan
Third Place: SFHS FBLA
South Forsyth
Goutam Rajkumar & Carson Hamilton
Promotional
First Place: KALEIDOSCOPE: West Band
West Forsyth
Jennifer Sandoval-Aguilar, Reagan Buton, Reece Lemke, Lily Mabes
Second Place: Hook ‘Em
Lambert
Raul Ramirez
Third Place: Bentley Media Live
West Forsyth
Noah Coyne, Reagan Burton
Trailer Recreation
First Place: Jurassic Park
Forsyth Central
Cole Becker, Elijah Petrie, Spencer Van Sant, Kai Petrie, Asa Graser, Dylan Medina
Second Place: Whiplash
West Forsyth
Luis Fernandez, Shea Fleming, Reid Guined, Sean Jones, Samuel Koyan, Aakash Patel, Andrew Sponaas,
Third Place: The Grinch
Forsyth Central
Corinne Barrall, Moriah Dempsey, Jaiden Wagner, Kaitlin Davies, Kandle Mosby, Curtis Scott
Trailer Recreation - Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention: Napoleon Dynamite
West Forsyth
Logan Bishop, Oz Collins, Pranshu Raithatha, Logan Schrier
Short Film - Comedy
First Place: Dumped
Lambert
Skylar Song
Second Place: Podcast Bros
Forsyth Central
Noah Coyne, Logan Bishop, Sean Aiken
Short Film Comedy - Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention: Shadows of the Jar
Forsyth Central
Jade Walton, Samantha Smith, Maggie Donaghy, Elias Tapp, Addie Cutrer, Hannah Platt
Second Place: Podcast Bros
Forsyth Central
Noah Coyne, Logan Bishop, Sean Aiken
Short Film - Drama
First Place: The Lost Soldier
West Forsyth
Emine Seker, Quinn Noval, Jennifer, Sandoval-Aguilar, Shannon Moran
Second Place: Seeking Focus
Forsyth Central
Isabella Gerborg, Ellery Rowell, Spencer Tarver, Ally Amaya, James Yager
Short Film - Suspense
First Place: The Haunting Within
Forsyth Central
Ally Amaya, Jade Walton, Maggie Donaghy, Isabella Gerborg, Erin Hall, Samantha Smith
Second Place: Your Story Ends Here
South Forsyth
Brianna Knoup, Alena Vo, Dencan Lavelle, Alan Bartlett, Vansh Parey, Noah Waring
Short Film - Wild Card
First Place: Lost the Plot
Forsyth Central
William J. Tims, Adi Wormsley, Ally Amaya, Dream McIntosh, Erin Hall, Thomas Alberga
Second Place: Out of this World
West Forsyth
Sean Aiken, Michael Olumuyiwa, Noah Coyne, Quinn Noval