The ILLUMINATE Media Change-Maker Lifetime Achievement Award

Jean-Michele Cousteau

Founder & CEO, Ocean Futures Society

The IllumiNATURE Award

Fools Paradise (lost?)

Directed & Produced by Alexandra Lexton

The HoloMovie Award

$5K cash prize presented by the Holomovement.

Between the Mountain and the Sky

Directed & Produced by Jeremy Power

The Evolutionary Film Award

$2.5K cash prize for a paradigm-shifting documentary, presented by Mangu.tv.

The Heart Revolution

Directed & Produced by Benedikt Just

Audience Award: Best Feature Film

Between the Mountain and the Sky

Directed & Produced by Jeremy Power Regimbal

Audience Award: Runner-Up for Best Feature Film

Rescued Hearts

Directed by Krisanna Sexton & Produced by Dana Croschere

Audience Award: Best Short Film

Suffering Into Gold

Directed by Lowell Blank

Audience Award: Runner-Up for Best Short Film

Ink Fish

Directed by Lucy Cordes Engelman

Director’s Choice

Awarded by Interim Executive Director, Kia Kiso

Wolf’s Message

Directed by Jim Spruell

Director’s Choice

Awarded by Artistic Director, Téana David

Seen

Directed by Hailey Bartholomew

Local Luminary Award

Honoring a Santa Barbara-based resident who has contributed significantly to the community.

Grace Fisher

TEECCINO TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDIA AWARD

KY DICKENS

for her podcast, The Telepathy Tapes

2025 Micro-Shorts Contest Winners

1st Prize: My World, Jorrit Van Der Kooi

2nd Prize: Eugenia, Anthony Notarile

3rd Prize: Oneness, Barbara Doux

People's Choice: Garden of Peace, Tess Cacciatore

Honorable Mentions:

The Way of Unity, Tatian Speed

Be Better, Kathyrn Jurbala

Noteworthy, Joe Rizzo

Just For A Moment, Diana Hickman

Go Time, Schuyler Brown & Ari Kuschnir