2025 Public Domain Film Festival Nominees

Congratulations to the following Nominees:

Best Picture

Axolotl Productions - Bad Business (Tamara Mogensen)

Guru Media Productions - Separate Ways (Ethan Julander)

Hogwild Studios - The Recorder (Will Jensen)

Iota Productions - To My Love (Tanner Hallsey)

Lens Flare Films - A Pumpkin Wish (Claira Miller)

Magnified Films - Who Am I? (Dallin McKinney)

Phaneron - Alice's Baby (Logan Holiday)

Public Heist - The Journalist (Maggie Sanders)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Walker Nigbur)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Morgan Topham)

Three Monkeys Productions - Tick (Eamon Bell)

Audience Choice

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Best Musical Score

Guru Media Productions - Separate Ways (Brian Cox)

Public Heist - The Journalist (Jimmy Mohlman)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Kevin West)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Nathan Caldwell)

Best Screenplay

Hogwild Studios - The Recorder (Caden Winters)

Iota Productions - To My Love (Tanner Hallsey)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Halle Vickers)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Liza Blackhurst)

Best Acting Performance

Iota Productions - To My Love (Cade Szymanski)

Magnified Films - Who Am I? (Dallin McKinney)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Monica Moore Smith)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Elaina Shill)

Best Director

Iota Productions - To My Love (Tanner Hallsey)

Public Heist - The Journalist (Dallin Webb)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Lincoln Lillywhite)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Brock Johnson)

Best Production Design

Hogwild Studios - The Recorder (Will Jensen)

Phaneron - Alice's Baby (Logan Holiday)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Maggie Lorenzen)

The Hot Takers - That Man of Mine (Morgan Topham)

Best Sound Design

Guru Media Productions - Separate Ways (Ethan Julander)

Public Heist - The Journalist (Maggie Sanders)

Syndicate Cinema - Final Act (Michelle Cheuk)

Three Monkeys Productions - Tick (Eamon Bell)