The 30th Anniversary Sacramento Film Awards!
The Sacramento Film Awards (AKA The Charlies) is the ultimate recognition of regional and international filmmaking excellence in Northern California. Since 2005, the Sacramento Film Awards has honored cinema artists for their craft in a fun and exciting environment.
Welcome to the Sac Film Awards!
ALL WINNERS LISTED at the BOTTOM of THIS PAGE
SEE ALL THE AMAZING 2025 FILMMAKERS HERE
On August 31st 2025, the California Film Foundation (CFF) presented the Sacramento Film Awards for our annual SUMMER SESSION. The event was held at the beautiful California Railroad Museum in fantastic Old Sacramento.
CONGRATULATIONS! Congrats to ALL the films selected for this 29th year! With literally hundreds of submissions, it is rare to be selected! We therefore salute ALL our filmmakers. While not every film wins a Charlie, SFF/CFF honors ALL our selected filmmakers and contributors! As an "OFFICIAL SELECTION" you are ALL winners!
This year's Awards show honored outstanding work in multiple categories, including one special award recipient, The Jeffersons' Marla Gibbs (Visionary Spirit). These prestigious awards were given to films from our screening premieres held August 29-31 2025. For more videos and pics of the event go to: https://californiafilm.net/photo
ALL ACCEPTRED FILMS ARE WINNERS as ours is a VERY exclusive festival. That said...
2025 AWARD WINNERS
| FILM | AWARD | PRODUCERS/AWARD RECIPIENT | DIRECTORS |
| 48 HOUR FILMS | |||
| The A.S.M | Outstanding use of prop | Sean Kilcoyne | |
| The Land Shark Protocol | Outstanding SNL refrence | Anthony Cutro | |
| Snaketyrus | Outsanding use of snake shark | Yvette "Evie" Kuhl | |
| I Am Bruce! | Shark conservation award | Robert Helmuth | |
| Whisper | Edge of your seat award | Maya Martinez | |
| Exposure Therarpy | Were gonna need a "Bigger boat" | Ethan Eskilson | |
| Rogue | Pitch perfect award | Edgar Hilbert | |
| The Last Ride | ensemble cast award | Richard Batres | |
| Unintentional Accident | Outstanding nightly news graphics | Vinnie Langdon III | |
| Monday, Tuesday, Friday | pacing and flow award | Trevor Samuel Harris | |
| Cheesy Mourning | Bittersweet Award | Zemario Sheppard | |
| 48 Hours | Outstanding comedy | Shawn Bailey | |
| The Next Chapter | Heartfelt award | Jared Barry | |
| Amity | Bronze award: Outstanding 48 Hour Film 2025 | Dexter Robancho | |
| Guilty by Association | Silver Award: Outstanding 48 Hour Film 2025 | Brittany Adams | |
| Even in the After | Gold Award: Outstanding 48 Hour Film 2025 | Eileen Hoang | |
| ALL SUBMISSIONS | |||
| The Wishing Wand | HEART AND SOUL AWARD | Brent Fraser | Jane Fraser |
| The Art of Growing Up | ART OF INSPIRATION AWARD | Sarah Clough, Andrea Diaz Vaughn | Margaret Lampert |
| MotherEarth Inc. | OUTSTANDING COMEDY SHORT | Katy Wicker | Heather Mingo, Isabel Siragusa |
| Copycat | OUTSTANDING NORCAL ALL STAR | Elijah Roberts | Elijah Roberts |
| Andy and Eddie | EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD | Alexa Gutierrez Reyna | Se-Hyun Sean Nam |
| Rodney Gold Presents a Rodney Gold Trailer for A Rodney Gold Film by Rodney Gold (Rodney Gold!!) | SURREAL CINEMA: MERIT AWARD | Brandon Scullion | Brandon Scullion |
| Man In Headlights | OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY SHORT | Angel G Manriquez, David Fernandes | David Fernandes |
| Cravings | OTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHEIVEMENT SHORT | David Lopez, Sally Carter | Sally Carter |
| untitled short film | OUTSTANDING SURREAL CINEMA | Paul Bates | Paul Bates |
| The Rink | DOCUMENTARY SHORT: DECLARATION OF MERIT | Jenny E Stark | |
| Life Support | OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC SHORT | Bonnie Kim | Jamon Tolbert |
| Stitch & Time | OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY SHORT | David Munro, V. Scott Balcerek | David Munro, V. Scott Balcerek |
| OUT HERE | OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM | Doug Blush, Leslie Silver, Lisa Klein | Lisa Klein |
| Love Is Blind | OUTSTANDING CINE SOUL NORCAL SHORT FORM | Chay Crumble, Piankhi Iknaton, Elvina Carrington | Parneille Walker |
| Lve Is Blind | OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE | Ivonnah Erskine | Parneille Walker |
| Mildred 4 A Million | OUTSTANDING CINE SOUL | Kim Callaway, Marla Gibbs | Kim Callaway |
| Don't Answer | OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FEATURE: ANNABEL STORM | Annabel Storm | Mark S. Allen |
| Don't Answer | INFLUENCE AWARD | Mark S Allen, Howard Burd | Mark S. Allen |
| Prisoner Of War | OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY FEATURE | Marc Clebanoff | Louis Mandylor |
| Prisoner of War | OUSTANDING FEATURE | Marc Clebanoff | Louis Mandylor |
| SPECIAL AWARD | |||
| VISIONARY SPIRIT AWARD | Marla Gibbs | ||
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