The Sports, Fitness, Recreation Feature Film winner of 2025 is THE PATH FULL OF STARS
This film is a look at the life of blind runner girls. From the effort and hard work of these girls who despite the many limitations that society and family impose on them due to being a girl and being blind , they break the many unwritten and unspoken boundaries of their limitations with love and courage, they pick the stars from pond of nights and become bearer of light.
BEST Short Film: QUEEN OF SPADES BEST Direction: CHAN CAM BEST Story: STAY IN THE GAME BEST Documentary: The World Series of Bocce: A Celebration of Sport, Family and Community
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STAY IN THE GAME, 6min., USA Directed by Jared Jacobsen Five athletes discuss their experiences playing wheelchair tennis.
QUEEN OF SPADES, 14min., UK Directed by Shyla Lee This is the story of one woman’s lifelong struggle to feel free and part of the natural world, despite the complicated restrictions and expectations of modern life. Like water, she needs to keep flowing and continually being her authentic self.
CHAN CAMP, 20min,. USA Directed by Hollie Seidel, Mark Bucknam Chan MacVeagh’s soccer camp has transformed girls’ soccer in Brookline, Massachusetts. The training is hard, but the environment is supportive, and the girls come together in a way that makes them all stronger. This film follows a group of players who attended the camp in the summer of 2023.
The World Series of Bocce: A Celebration of Sport, Family and Community, 26min,. USA Directed by Francis DiClemente The World Series of Bocce: A Celebration of Sport, Family and Community is a documentary short that captures the intense competition at the annual World Series of Bocce tournament in Rome, New York, while highlighting the event’s economic, social and community impact.