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2025 Sci-On! Winners
Audience Choice & Jury Awards


Best Animated Short Film        Virus / Yufeng Wang / China
Best Documentary Short        Fiddler on the Moon / Daniel Miller, Seth Kramer & Jeremy Newberger / US
Best Live-Action Short (<10m)    The Future Soon / Douglas DeVore / US
Best Live-Action Short (>10m)    CHAD / Kerry Skinner / UK


2025 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award — Best Science Fiction Short Film of the Year
        Planetagatik / Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano / Basque Region


Area 51 Award            Battle of LA / Patrick Pizzolorusso / US
Artistic Excellence Award        The Companions / José María Flores / Spain
Best Animated Student Film        The Mooning / Vivian Osness & Mason Klesch / US
Best Astronomy/Astrophysics Film    Spark: The Universe In Us / Ryan Wyatt / US
Best Documentary    Film (Student)    Welcome to the Fulldome / Jonáš Jirovský / Czech Republic
Best Earth/Environmental Film    Líť’sit yiká· xá·bil-ts: Quillayute River Restoration / Jennifer Moslemi & Marita Davison / US
Best Family Film            The Future Soon / Douglas DeVore / US
Best Foreign Language Film        Planetagatik / Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano / Basque Region
Best Chemistry Film        Cracking Chirality / Neil Losin & Nate Dappen / US
Best Fulldome Film        The Great Solar System Adventure / Max Crow / UK
Best Live-Action Student Film    Implications of the Bootstrap Paradox… / Shaler Keenum / US
Best Life Sciences Film        On the Origin of COVID / Bryan Nelson / US
Best Medical Film            Cancer-Busting Vaccines / Charlotte Stoddart / UK
Best Science & Music Video        The Moon Had a Shadow / Phil Hart / Australia
Best Space Film             Fiddler on the Moon / Daniel Miller, Seth Kramer & Jeremy Newberger / US
Best Virtual Reality            Max Q / Joel Benjamin / US
Critics’ Choice Award        Memory Mule / Luis Adam Garcia / UK
Directors’ Choice Award        Pretty Cool Space Movie / Luke Ployhar / US
Outstanding Musical Performance    Jessica Escobar
Outstanding Science Presentation    Dr. Maya Warren
Science + Imagination Award    Frosty Formulations / Page Buono / US

2024 Sci-On! Film Festival

Overall Awards

    Best Animated Short Film        Lunatic / Robin Noorda / Netherlands
    Best Documentary Short Film        Space Coast / Justin Barber / US
    Best Fan Film                The Lost Relic / Clément et Pierre Labarre / France
    Best Fulldome Film            One Sky Project / Diverse Team Members & Nations
    Best Live-Action Short Film        M.T. Nestor / John Schlag / US

2024 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award — Best Sci-Fi Short Film of the Year
M.T. Nestor / John Schlag / US

Specialty Awards

Area 51 Award                Orbit / Nony Geffen / Israel
Artistic Excellence Award        Touch / Jennie Feyen / Australia
Best Animated Student Film        Physarum Polycephalum / Kamila Paulina Tomczyk / Poland
Best Astronomy / Astrophysics Film    Think Like a Scientist / Neil Losin and Nathan Dappen / US
Best Chemistry Film            Driving Reactions / Georgia Krause / US
Best Documentary Feature        OSIRIS-REx: To an Asteroid and Back / James Tralie / US
Best Earth / Environmental Film        The Earth Above* / Ruwe Collective / Australia
Best Live-Action Student Film        Overclocking / Alexander Vikulov / Russian Federation
Best Student Documentary        The Year in Spacecraft / Varya Volkova / Russian Federation
Best Life Sciences Film            The Anomalies / Nathan Dappen and Morgan Heim / US
Best Medical Film            Mystery of the Disappearing Lymphocytes / Charlotte Stoddart / England
Critics’ Choice Award               Physical Beauty / Rosario Jiménez-Gili / Chile
Directors’ Choice Award            Here Is the SOS / Maxence Gross / France
Science & Imagination Award        Nostalgia Transplant / Yuxing Xu / US


2023 Sci-On! Award Winners

Non-Fiction Awards
    
Best Chemistry Film        Molecular Chirality / Robert Cameron / UK
Best Environmental Film        Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops / Susan Gray / US
Best Life Sciences Film        Fields of Devotion / Dena Katzen Seidel & Micah Seidel / US
Best Medical Film            The People There To Catch Us / Luke Brabazon / Ireland
Best Space Exploration Film        Lunar / Dustin Morrow / US
Best Documentary Feature        How To Build a Time Machine / Jay Cheel / US

Speciality Awards

Area 51 Award                    Boys Night in Sidera Institute / Adam Must Othman / US
Artistic Excellent Award                If Birds Fly / Jack Pullman / US
Critics’ Choice Award                For Pete’s Sake / Gerald B. Fillmore / Spain
Science & Imagination Award            The Things I Feel / Jean Ngooi / Australia

Overall Category Awards

    Best Animated Short Film            The Shooting Star / Gio Vieira / Brazil
    Best Documentary Short Film        We Are Guardians / Max Crow / UK
    Best Fan Film                The Last Trial / Marino Darés / Spain
    Best Live-Action Short Film            This Wild Abyss / Thomas Mendolia / US

2023 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film of the Year
This Wild Abyss / Thomas Mendolia / US

2022 Sci-On! Winners

Area 51 Award            The Gift / Farbod Ardebili / United States
Artistic Excellence Award        Respirations / Rémi Tournier / France
Best Animated Short Film        S.A.D.-The Movie / Guilherme Gehr / Brazil & Italy
Best Animated Student Film     Tab ur et / Cate Chereches / Romania
Best Astronomy Short Film        Zenith / Thomas Dalen / Norway
Best Documentary Short Film    Take Up Space / Britt Adkins / United States
Best Life Sciences Short Film    To Breakthrough / Grace McNally / United States
Best Live Action Short        To Err / Nanci Cruz / United Kingdom
Best Live Action Student Short    Madeleine / Alain Kulmburg / France
Best Space Film            My Life as a Piece of Space Debris / Damien Donnelly / Ireland    
Critics’ Choice Award        The Ladder / Emilio Miguel Torres / United States
Directors’ Choice Award        The Reincarnated Giant / Han Yang / China
Rising Star / First-Time Filmmaker Award    Erased / Gabriela Loza / Australia    
Sci-On! Science+Imagination Award    Monocellular / Nate Dorr & Farah Abdul-Rahman  / United States

2022 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award
Best Short Film of the Year
To Err / Nanci Cruz / United Kingdom

2021 Sci-On! Award Winners


Area 51 Award            Transmission / Carleton Rodgers / Northern Ireland

Artistic Excellence Award        Painting by Numbers / Radheya Jegatheva / Australia

Best Animated Film            Silent Space / Mariia Konopatova / Russian Federation

Best Animated Student Film     Palindromo / Paolo Amadini / UK

Best Documentary Film        The Unisexuals / Katie Garrett / US

Best Life Sciences Documentary    Sky Islands / Catalina Giraldo / Colombia

Best Live Action Short        Moon Drops / Yoram Ever-Hadani / Israel

Best Music Video            Allinputs BLACKPITCH / Creative Arthur / Germany
    
Best Nevada Film               Exploring the Universe / Great Basin Observatory / US

Best Space Travel Film        A Long Walk to the Moon / Connie Tais / US

Best Virtual Reality            Everything is growing… / Max Seeger / Germany

Critics’ Choice Award        viewers:1 / Daigo Hariya, Yosuke Kobayashi / Japan

Directors’ Choice Award        33 Floors / Chris Austen / UK

Rising Star / First-Time Filmmaker Award    METEOR Genesis / Quentin Dognon / France    

Sci-On! Science+Imagination Award    The Phantom Particle / Giuseppe William Lombardo / Italy

2021 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award
for Best Short Film

Moon Drops / Yoram Ever-Hadani / Israel




2020 Sci-On! Award Winners


Area 51 Award            Bodyhackers / Dale Metz & T.L. Westgate / US

Artistic Excellence Award        Stardust Odyssey / Tibo Pinsard / France

Best Animated Student Film    The Quiet / Radheya Jegatheva / Australia

Best Animated Short        Cosmic Fling / Jonathan Langager / US

Best Comedy Short            Gum / Jacob Reed / US

Best Documentary Film        Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience / Ron Bourke / US

Best Life Sciences Documentary    Fertile Waters / Jennifer Kent / US

Best Live Action Student Film    SENTIENCE / Guillaume Bierry / France
    
Best Live Action Short        Help3 / Janek Tarkowski / France

Best Medical Documentary        Mood Atlas / Mia Mullarkey / Ireland

Best Music Video            Konowoulen / Geoffroy Virgery / France
    
Best Nevada Film               Mineral Monday with Vera: Ichthyosaurs / Jennifer Kent / US

Best Planetarium Film        Touch the Stars / Luke Ployhar / US

Best Space Exploration Film        How OSIRIS-REx Will Steer Itself To Sample an Asteroid /
                    James Tralie / US

Best Virtual Reality            Immerse / Jason McGuigan and Rick Miskiv / US

Critics’ Choice Award               Life Support / Shayan Ebrahim / US

Directors’ Choice Awards        Adam & Eve Mk II / Sebastian Kuder / UK / Escape Studios
                    Joe / Callum Reeve / UK / Escape Studios    

Family Favorite            Low Down Larry Conquers the Moon Men / Sammy Verni

Fan Film Favorite            Breaking Point / Stevan Filipovic / Serbia

First Time Filmmaker Award    Premise / Eric Shultz / US                    

Science+Imagination Award    The Carbon Farmer / Andy Clark / UK / 8m

Technology Award            My Operator / Bruce Barker / US

2020 “Roddenberry Audience Choice Award” for Best Short Film
SENTIENCE / Guillaume Bierry / France



2019 Sci-On! Awards

Area 51 Award                Sven / Chad Costen / Canada / 16 m
Artistic Excellence Award        The Spirit Seam / Ashley Gerst / US / 15 m
Best Animated Sci-Fi Short        For Lorn / Hoo Yan Han & Im Eun Sue / Singapore / 5 m        
Best AR Project            Mars Community Builder AR / Challenger Center / US
Best Documentary Short        Streetlights of the Universe / Bryan Nelson / US / 10 m
Best Life Sciences Short        Sylvia’s Leaf Frog / Katie Garrett / UK / 12 m
Best Medical Short            A Tiny Spark / Niamh Heery / Ireland / 27 m
Best Live Action Short            Lavender / Henry Boffin / Australia / 14m
Best Music Video            Leading Me Straight / Burke Heffner / US / 8 m
Best Nevada Film            Join the Crew / Dominic Sanguinetti / US / 1 m    
Best Space Travel Film        Alora / Nicholas Muthersbaugh / US / 10 m
Best Student Film            The Update / Mor Hanay / Israel / 24 m
Best Virtual Reality            Future Warfare Simulator / Jason Trembath / Australia / 9 m
Science + Imagination Award        Eva: A CRISPR Story / Puneet Bharill / Germany / 22 m
Critics’ Choice Award            This Is Fine / Roth Rind / US / 7 m
Directors’ Choice Award        Chronopath / Jayk Gallagher / US / 6 m

2019 Roddenberry Audience Choice Award    
for Best Short Film of the Year

Virtually / P. Patrick Hogan / US / 21 m

2018 Audience Choice Winners & Jury Awards

Award for Artistic Excellence:    Beneath the Surface / Mark Hansen and Mikkel Tengvad / Denmark

Best Animation:            iRony / Radheya Jegatheva / Australia

Best Documentary Short:    Zebrafish: Practically People / Jennifer Manner / USA

Best Music Video:               A Million Lights (Stellar Seismology) / Michael W. Smith / USA

Best Nevada Film:        Enthusiasm Abounds / Mark Ross / USA

Best Sci-Fi Short:        Time, and Again / Kel Webster and Steve Lawson / UK

Best Space Film:        A Million Lights (Stellar Seismology) / Michael W. Smith / USA
    
Best Live-Action:        Jasper / Scarlett Urbano / USA

Best Virtual Reality:        Lost in Time / Adriano Perez Gil / Spain

Critics’ Choice Award:           Strange Beasts / Magali Barbe / UK

Directors’ Choice Award:        mi-fi / David Mair / USA

Science + Imagination Award:    The Gallery of Lost Trades / Willi Kubica / Germany

2018 Roddenberry:        The Class Analysis / Webb Pickersgill / USA
Audience Choice Award
for Best Short Film of the Year

    2017 Winners!

    Area 51 Award                    InTransit
    Best Animation                    Green Light
    Best Animated Student Film            Attractive Force
    Best Digital Dome Show                Seeing
    Best Documentary                Trek Nation
    Best Future Tech                (A)utomated (I)rritation
    Best Live Action Short                María Fernanda in Time
    Best Live Action Student Film            Synchronous
    Best Music Video                Deadpool: The Musical
    Best Nevada Film                TMPST 2112
    Best Science Exhibit                Be the Astronaut
    Best Sci-Fi Film                    FTL
    Best Sci-Fi Trailer                Eddie
    Best Space Feature                Hidden Figures
    Best Space Travel Film                The Cradle
    Best VR Experience                Inferno
    Best Virtual Reality Software            Star Trek Bridge Crew
    Critics’ Choice Award                InTransit
    Directors’ Choice Award                The Onlookers
   Award for Excellence in Science+Imagination        White Lily
   Roddenberry Audience Choice Award        Green Light
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