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My Heart Remembers
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
BEST OF FESTIVAL
Viewer Impact: Inspirational - OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Set in 1903, My Heart Remembers tells the story of Isabelle Standler, a young woman whose life is upended when her adoptive brother reveals she is not biologically part of the Standler family. Cast out and stripped of her inheritance, Isabelle faces rejection from her fiancé and the social standing she once knew. Relocating to the small town of Shay's Ford, she struggles to rebuild her life while grappling with her identity.
Between the Stone and the Flower
Director: Roberto Otero Morfa
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Mar Moussa
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: France
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Empty Church
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Hope
Category: Music Video, Original Song (subcat)
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
ORIGINAL SONG OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Path of Redemption
Category: Loose Shorts
Country: Australia
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
My Only Relative.
Category: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
DRIVE
Category: Horror, Religious/Faith, Student, Original Concept (subcat)
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
SUBCAT: ORIGINAL CONCEPT - OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Rose de Chine ει£ζεΏ
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: France
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Sacred Dreams
Category: Drama
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Triumph of the Heart
Category: Human Spirit
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
VIATICUM
Category: Comedy, Religious/Faith
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
"The Dalai Lama's Gift"
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
No Greater
Category: Drama
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Great Warning
Category: Docu-drama Feature
Country: Mexico
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Window on Death Row (2025) | Documentary Screener
Category: Documentary
Country: Spain
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Bus Stops
Category: Loose Shorts
Country: United States
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
The Whirling Dervish
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: Egypt
EXCELLENCE
Discerning the Call: Change in the American Priesthood
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Confession
Category: LGBT
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
1-23-03
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
A Night With No Gun Shots (Short)
Category: Youth Isues
Country: United States, United States
EXCELLENCE
The Long Road Home
Category: Docu-drama Short
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Kabir's Path
Category: Documentary
Country: India
EXCELLENCE
Charak Puja Part 2
Category: Documentary
Country: Bangladesh
EXCELLENCE
Abraham's Land
Category: Social Issues
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
QUAKERS: The Quiet Revolutionaries
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Blessed Unrest
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Government and the Ultimate Purpose of Life
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Lady Madonna
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
ChΕurs Atlantiques | Tales from the Atlantic Beyond (WITH ENGLISH & FRENCH SUBTITLES)
Category: Documentary
Country: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, S
EXCELLENCE
"THE RECIPE TO SAVE HUMANITY"
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: Israel
EXCELLENCE
Missions Upside Down
Category: Religious/Faith, Editing (subcat)
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
SUBCAT: EDITING - OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE
Ocean Cities exploring our connection to the Sea
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Hopeless Life
Category: Documentary
Country: Bangladesh
EXCELLENCE
MASS
Category: Religious/Faith.
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
VIEWERIMPACT: INSPIRATIONAL - EXCELLENCE
Fedelta: Soldiers. Prisoners.
Category: Documentary, Human Spirit
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
I KNOW YOU
Category: Drama
Country: Italy
EXCELLENCE
RARE: A Rare Disease Revolution
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Frequency Over Time
Category: Inspirational
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
Barnabas and Paul
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
The List
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
EXCELLENCE
CYRIL AND METHODIUS β THE ENLIGHTENERS OF THE SLAVS
Category: Documentary
Country: Greece
EXCELLENCE
Shifting Paths
Category: Documentary
Country: United States, United States
EXCELLENCE
LOOK UPβThe Science of Cultural Evolution
Category: Documentary
Country: Norway
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
My Boy
Category: Zero Budget
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Land of the Mustaches
Category: Human Spirit
Country: United States, United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Hildegard
Category: Art-house Film
Country: United States, United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Faith and Tango β a dance with life
Category: Inspirational
Country: Argentina
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
ATLANTIS UNTOLD
Category: Inspirational
Country: Australia
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Carnival Daughter
Category: Docu-drama Short
Country: Italy
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Gajan Festival
Category: Documentary
Country: Bangladesh
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Autocorrect
Category: Tight Shorts
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Watch Over Us
Category: Documentary
Country: Brazil
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Appealing
Category: Human Spirit
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
MIRARI
Category: Art-house Film, Cinematography (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Direction (subcat), Set Design (subcat), Voice-Over Talent (subcat)
Country: France
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
CINEMATOGRAPHY: EXCELLENCE CONTENT/MESSAGE DELIVERY: EXCEPTIONAL MERIT DIRECTION: EXCELLENCE SET DESIGN: EXCEPTIONAL MERIT VOICE-OVERTALENT: EXCELLENCE
SHALOM PASSION; Never Again is NOW!
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Pastor of Kherson
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid
Category: Human Spirit
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
"We Can Be Kind"
Category: Music Video
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Oh My God
Category: Documentary
Country: Portugal
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
I Will Build This World From Love
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Unexpected Faith
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Living Law@ Law & Religion series
Category: Religious/Faith
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Reconstructing Mishkan: A Synagogue Evolves
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Replacement
Category: Drama
Country: Canada
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
GREAT POWER
Category: Documentary
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Finding Faith
Category: Religious/Faith
Country: United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Do Right: The Stallings Standard
Category: Documentary, Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Country: United States, United States
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
SUBCAT: VIEWER IMPACT INSPIRATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Day Eight
Category: Actress: Lead (subcat)
Country: Dominican Republic
Actress: Lead - EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
D-minor
Category: Actor: Lead (subcat)
Country: United States
Actor: Lead - EXCELLENCE
Always in My Head
Category: Editing (subcat)
Country: United States
Editing - EXCELLENCE
STONES
Category: Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
Country: United States
Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value - EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
