The Best of Crush 2025

Congratulations to our 2024 WWMC award winners!  Our distinguished jury named the following recipients:

BEST ANIMATion

Nominees:
CONVERSATION IN THE CAR d. Julie Liang,

MINE! d. Lou Morton,

NOGGIN d. Case Jernigan,

THE SACRED SOCIETY d. Benny Zelkowicz,

THE WILD-TEMPERED CLAVIER d. Anna Samo

Best screenplay

Nominees:
BULLDOZER — Joanna Leeds

FISHTANK — Wendi Tang

THE MUSIC STORE — Joe Gillette

NIGHT SESSION — Ballard C Boyd

THE WEIGHT OF A DOG — Lucy Sandler

Best Documentary

Nominees:
BUTCH & MANDALIN: THE SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN MORRAL — Riley Engemoen

MONSTER SLAYER — Catie Skipp

ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH — Naja Pham Lockwood

THE SPEED OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US — Yuval Shapira

YOU’RE TOO SENSITIVE — Dan Chen

Best Performance

Nominees:
Joe Gillette as Jacob in THE MUSIC STORE

Dior Negeen Goodjohn as Azi in AZI

Richard Kind as Homeowner in NIGHT SESSIONS

Joanna Leeds as Jo in BULLDOZER

Deanna Rooney as Joanna in OUT FOR DELIVERY

Brooke Smith as Dawn in THE WEIGHT OF A DOG

Martin Starr as Mark in OUT FOR DELIVERY

Best Narrative

Nominees:
AZI d. Montana Mann

FISHTANK d. Wendi Tang

THE MUSIC STORE d. Joe Gillette

SYNTHESIZE ME d. Bear Damen

THE WEIGHT OF A DOG d. Lucy Sandler

BEST YOUTH SHORT

Nominees:
EVERY LIVING BREATHING MOMENT d. Angelo Visser

GROCERY RUN d. Alex Brown

FOREVER CHEMICAL d. Cooper Burkett

SQUID d. Asha Mallick

SIX MONTHS ‘TIL IMPACT d. Santiago Salazar

Alex Sichel Memorial Award

Nominees:
AZI — Montana Mann

FISHTANK — Wendi Tang

MAMA — Ericka Kreutz

RADIO HEAD and DIES IRAE — Victoria Basadre

STITCHES — Victoria Frings

BEAST OF THE CRUSH

Nominees:
The Angora Rabbits as themselves in THE NAZI RABBITS OF AUSCHWITZ

Archer as Banjo in GOOD BOY BANJO

Archie as Archie in THROUGH THIN ICE

Goodman Leeds-Salsberg as Angela in BULLDOZER

Scottie The Dog as Peanut in THE WEIGHT OF A DOG

Snow White, The Chicken as Snow White The Chicken in JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA

Curator’s Choice

Audience Award

Read more about our award medallions here!