2025 Like You CHildren's Film Festival Award Recipients
Congratulations to all the recipients of this year’s Youth Jury Awards, Audience Awards, and Programmers’ Awards. Check out the complete list below!
Little Reels Youth Jury Awards
The following awards were chosen by a group of eight kids between the ages of 6-9 years old.
Favorite Short Film
Le Chateau des Chats (aka “the Cat one”)
Directed by Ottilie Collingridge
Biggest Feelings Award
My Friend the Dandelion
Directed by Athena Greenleaf
Favorite Kid Made Film
The Package
Directed by Andrew Colon and Kurtis Bonnett
Wildcard: Funniest Film
Pain in the Butt
Directed by Elena Walf
Honorable Mention
Once Upon a Time in Dragonville
Directed by Marika Herz
Indie Lens Youth Jury Awards
The following awards were chosen by a group of eight kids between the ages of 10-14 years old.
Favorite Short Film
Snow Bear
Directed by Aaron Blaise
Biggest Feelings Award
The Man Who Loved Flowers
Directed by Sonu Thomas
Wild Card: Most Comical Positive Message
We’re Kinda Different
Directed by Ben Meinhardt
Audience Awards
The following awards were voted on by our audience during the festival.
Favorite Short Film
Yuck!
Directed by Loïc Espuche
Favorite Feature Film
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry
Favorite Kid Made Film
Chirp Talker
Directed by Audrey He Qing Cheng
Programmers’ Awards
Chosen by our programming team.
Favorite Feature Film
The Colors Within
Directed by Naoko Yamada
Favorite Short Film
Meet Me in the Woods
Directed by Katie Rosenberg