2025 Award Winners

Best Animation
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Best Comedy
You Don’t Say

Best Documentary
Under the Wire

Best Drama
Watching Walter

Best Sci-Fi
Tethered

Best Nevada Filmmaker
Margaret the Brave

Best Horror
The Knocker

Best Student
Neither Donkey Nor Horse

Audience Favorite
Give A Way

Best International Drama
Travel Socks

Leslie Page Award for
Excellence in Filmmaking
Yellow Belt
One of the TOP 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals in the World!
But you don’t have to take our word for it – we have 75+ 5-star reviews on FilmFreeway from visiting filmmakers. That ranks the Dam Short Film Festival in the top 1% of more than 12,000+ film festivals and contests worldwide.

Boulder City, Nevada
Boulder City offers all the small town charm you can handle. Seriously, you’ll feel like you stepped back in time as many of the buildings were built between the 1930s and 1960s. Plus, it’s only minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip. When you’re not watching movies, there’s boating on Lake Mead, discovering treasures in the many antique shops, bike tours in Bootleg Canyon, dining at one of our unique restaurants, and so much more.

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