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Jury Award

Best Actor

Winner
Marcel Iures
Octav
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Daniel Joo
Kommando 1944
Winner
Alastair Osment
Animal

Best Actress

Winner
Jessi Williams
upside down

Best Child Actor

Winner
Stetson Blue Williams
upside down

Best Child Actress

Winner
Alessia Tofan
Octav
Oblique Media Film

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Burying Party
6.5 (147)
Meurig Marshall
Sine Wave Media
Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Victor Rebengiuc
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Christopher Brendan Kistan
Winner
It's a Mess
9.0 (21)
Frank Prinzi(director of photography)
Betterdays Media

Best Director

Winner
Joe Zappa(director)
75
Brand Old Productions
Global Genesis Group
Daniel J. Egbert
There's Something in the Trunk
The New Promethean
Derek Quick
Kommando 1944

Best Drama

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Drama Feature Screenplay

Winner
Surfmen of the Pacific
Derek Quick

Best Drama Screenplay (Short)

Winner
Seth Kozak
for "June Block Hero"

Best Duo

Winner
Allen + Millie: A Short Romance
6.0 (397)
Brooke Lewis Bellas
Courtney Gains
Philly Chick Pictures
White Rabbit Entertainment

Best Editing

Winner
TRAX
Julien Hassid
Flash Raccoon
Winner
TRAX
Julien Hassid
Flash Raccoon
Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Mircea Olteanu
Oblique Media Film
Winner
75
6.7 (63)
Joe Zappa(editor)
David James(editor)
Brand Old Productions
Global Genesis Group
Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Ensemble

Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick
Daniel Joo
Bejo Dohmen
Mike Bingaman
Jeff Seid
Vincson Green
Evan James Henderson
Brett Ian
John Manahan
Benjamin Schnau
Louie Chapman
Aramis Merlin
Bryan Navarro

Best Film Noir

Winner
All or Nothing
5.1 (13)
Konstantinos Pateronis

Best First Time Director

Winner
Serge Ioan Celebidachi
Octav
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Mike Garrick(director)
Yesterday's Girl
Mimosafx
Boxcutter Films
Mimosafx Boxcutter Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Trans*cend
Shelby F. Elwood
Cobrainey Media Partners

Best Makeup

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Kao Nunez
Joseph Vasques

Best Microfilm

Winner
Creation
8.5 (17)
Sara Eustáquio(director)

Best Music Video

Winner
MENEW: Baby You're Like a Drug
6.9 (26)
Joshua Butler
Iceblink Films

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
The Burying Party
6.5 (147)
Richard Weston
Neil Perriam
Keith Thompson
Les Highton
Omar Parker
Charles Canning Burt
Sine Wave Media
Egerton Crescent Productions
Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Adela Vrinceanu Celebidachi
Oblique Media Film
Winner
75
6.7 (63)
Kip Bennett(executive producer)
Sherrie Allyn(executive producer)
Charles Morris Jr.(executive producer)
Rick Romano(executive producer)
Harel Goldstein(executive producer)
Myra Zimmerman Grubbs(producer)
Joe Zappa(director)
Adam Rabinowitz(associate producer)
Brand Old Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Narrative Short

Winner
upside down
Kacie Stetson
Georgia Agnew
Winner
It's a Mess
9.0 (21)
Frank Prinzi(director)
Nat Prinzi(executive producer)
Owen Rosenblum(producer)
Betterdays Media
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Cooper
Bettina Horton(director)
Cleveland O. McLeish(writer)

Best Original Story

Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Serge Ioan Celebidachi
James Olivier
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Picture

Winner
75
6.7 (63)
Kip Bennett(executive producer)
Sherrie Allyn(executive producer)
Charles Morris Jr.(executive producer)
Rick Romano(executive producer)
Harel Goldstein(executive producer)
Myra Zimmerman Grubbs(producer)
Joe Zappa(director)
Adam Rabinowitz(associate producer)
Brand Old Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
The Butter Knife
Eshaana Sheth(director)
Shalini Bathina(executive producer)

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Yesterday's Girl
3.3 (129)
Mike Garrick(director)
Steve Heath(producer)
Charles Morris Jr.(executive producer)
Rick Romano(executive producer)
Harel Goldstein(executive producer)
Mimosafx
Boxcutter Films
Mimosafx Boxcutter Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Song

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Ahmed Arifin

Best Sound Design

Winner
Octav
6.7 (711)
Constantin Fleancu
Oblique Media Film
Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Alexander Verbitskiy

Best Student Film

Winner
Polymorphia
8.7 (18)
James Mattagne
There's Something in the Trunk
8.6 (21)
Daniel J. Egbert
The New Promethean

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Victor Rebengiuc
Octav
Winner
Bejo Dohmen
Kommando 1944

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Lia Bugnar
Octav
Oblique Media Film

Best Thriller

Winner
There's Something in the Trunk
8.6 (21)
Daniel J. Egbert
The New Promethean
Winner
Animal
Henry Young

Best Trailer

Winner
Oxford Through the Lens
Douglas Vernimmen

Best Visual Effects

Winner
2050
Mike Roby

Best Young Actress

Winner
Alexis Rosinsky
Lost Fare
Winner
Eric Aradits
Octav
Oblique Media Film

LAFA October Award

Best Actor

Winner
Hani Mefti
Unmasked

Best Actress

Winner
Sara Omran
Unmasked
Emma Melkersson(actor)
Finding Alice
LAITHAUS

Best Actress (Short)

Winner
Jacqui Purvis
Sydney
Dream Maker Studios

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Ingrid Hoyos(actor)

Best Animation

Winner
Black Zombie
DeSean Atwood
Joint winner

Best Child Actress

Winner
Kayla Bohan
Kayla
Kayla Movie

Best Cinematography (Short)

Winner
Sydney
David Thomas Ross
Dream Maker Studios

Best Comedy Feature

Winner
A tu lado
6.3 (51)
Martin Casapía Casanova
Lfante Films

Best Commercial

Winner
Walking Together
George Turnbull(director)
Bear Lake Productions

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Eagleman
Wesley Jamal Fleming
Film School, Florida State University

Best Director

Winner
Pablo Fernandez(director)
Finding Alice
LAITHAUS
Winner
Max Mason(director)
Their War
Chalice Films
Winner
Youchen Miao
Prince in a Jar

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Super Human Quest
Rob Baard(director)
The Ninja Movies

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Syria's Tent Cities
Mira Hamour

Best Drama (Short)

Winner
Sydney
Peter Spann
Dream Maker Studios

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Kayla
6.6 (44)
Kate Bohan(writer)
Kayla Movie
Kate Bohan ("Kayla")

Best Duo

Winner
Acceptables
Michele Lyman(actress)
Tom Ukah(actor)

Best Film Noir

Winner
Ingrid Hoyos(director)

Best First Time Director

Winner
Mostafa Keshvari
Unmasked
Tavian King
Adrestia

Best Indie Feature

Winner
2
5.5 (14)
Marcelo Presotto(director)

Best Indie Featurette

Winner
One Last Hunt
Roland Földi(director)

Best Indie Short

Winner
Written by?
Kankana Chakraborty

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Finding Alice
7.3 (39)
Pablo Fernandez(director)
LAITHAUS

Best Narrative Short

Winner
It Gets Better
8.0 (18)
Adi Wojaczek(director)
Patrick Mölleken(producer)
Omertà Pictures
Aries Head Films

Best Picture

Winner
It Gets Better
8.0 (18)
Adi Wojaczek(director)
Patrick Mölleken(producer)
Aries Head Films
Omertà Pictures

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Winner
Blue Mountain
Lâle Teoman(writer)

Best Score

Winner
Tony
7.5 (579)
Malo Garcia

Best Song

Winner
Kayla
6.6 (44)
Kayla Bohan
Cece Wen
Kayla Movie
A WORLD WITHOUT YOU

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Kankana Chakraborty
Written by?

Best Thriller Screenplay

Winner
Executed and Risen
Salvatore A. Bono(writer)
Winner
Executed and Risen
Salvatore A. Bono(writer)

Best Visual Effects

Winner
2050
3.8 (1.3K)
Mike Roby

Best Young Actor

Winner
Marlon Heidel(actor)
It Gets Better

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Nina Saiza
Yangfang Frances Chen

Honorable Mention: Actor

Winner
Naomi Nero(actor)
2

Honorable Mention: Duo

Winner
When Sky Was Sea
Julian Lloyd Patten
Thomasin Lockwood

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Winner
Ingrid Hoyos(director)

Honorable Mention: Original Score

Winner
One Last Hunt
Lóránt Schandl(Composer)

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Winner
When Sky Was Sea
Ryan Tian(Julian Lloyd Patten)

Semi Finalist

Winner
If I Were to Speak of War
Matthew Domenico
Katherine Connor Duff
Marcus Mars
Brock Joseph
Ryan Knight
Broken Fence Films

Best Indie Film

Dreamscape
8.2 (8)
The Last Page
Shiyi Gu
Martell Hasley

Best Screenplay

Champs-Élysées
Serge Adam

Best Short

Their War
8.1 (31)
Max Mason
Chalice Films

Best Supporting Actor

Raresh DiMofte
Kingspin

Comedy

Shut Up, You!
4.8 (21)
Clint Horvath
Between Renders

Dark Comedy

More Cake
Bryan Sapphire
Eric Darnell Redding
Katherine King

LAFA November Award

Best Actor

Winner
Robert Dukes
A Friend in Need
Vortex Films

Best Actor In An Indie Film

Winner
Bryce Myles Fenwick
Love at First Sight
Other-Side Films

Best Actress

Winner
Christy Carlson Romano(actor)
Dream Killer
Concord Films

Best Cinematography

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Peter Wilke(director of photography)

Best Comedy

Winner
The Divorce
Lindsy Campbell
ElDeCa Productions
Romany Road Pictures

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Trapped
Mohamed Maged Abdalmeged(director)
New York Film Academy at Universal Studios

Best Drama Feature

Winner
Dream Killer
4.9 (124)
Barbie Castro(director)
Concord Films

Best Drama Feature Film

Winner
Guitar Man
Rocky Capella(Director - writer)
Ray Robinson(producer)
Prodigy Entertainment Motion Pictures
ROCKY CAPELLA - DIRECTOR, RAY ROBINSON - PRODUCER

Best Editing

Winner
9.8 m/s²
6.6 (19)
Michael Vaynberg(editor)
New Stage Cinema
Prema Productions

Best First Time Director

Winner
Kristian Bakstad
Eden

Best Indie Short

Winner
The vow
Wilfried Capet
Nic Shake

Best Makeup

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Naomi Bakstad

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Dream Killer
4.9 (124)
Barbie Castro(director)
Concord Films

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Kristian Bakstad(writer/producer/director)
Naomi Bakstad(producer)

Best Score

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Kenneth Ansbjerg

Best Sound Design

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Peter Mulholland(sound designer)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Miguel Fasa
Dream Killer
Concord Films

Best Thriller

Winner
Contrition
Trent Newton

Best Thriller Feature

Winner
Dream Killer
4.9 (124)
Barbie Castro(director)
Concord Films

Best Visual Effects

Winner
Eden
4.2 (46)
Kristian Bakstad

Best Young Actor

Winner
Sujosh M.
Better Days
None

Best Young Actress

Winner
Taylor Castro
Dream Killer
Concord Films

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Love at First Sight
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films

Film of the Month

Winner
Human
3.7 (222)
Patrick Michael Ryder
Little Glass Pictures

Honorable Mention: Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Prism of Light
5.4 (5)
Alec Ybarra

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Ainslee Kate
Dreamscape

Best Animation

An Ode to My Mother
George Turnbull(director)
Bear Lake Productions

Best Supporting Actress

Gail Soltys(actor)
Dream Killer
Concord Films

First Time Director Feature

Barbie Castro
Dream Killer
Concord Films

Honorable Mention

Action Film

Winner
Polisi Maling
Randolph Zaini

Actor

Winner
Aaron Konicek
All or Nothing

Actor in an Indie film

Winner
Ryan Bojanovic
Flower of Manhattan
Winner
Giorgio Miraflor
Of an Angel
Francesco Antonio

Animation

Winner
Futureworld
Chris Angus

Best Actor

Winner
Adam Christie
Man-O
Winner
Sid Phoenix
The Burying Party
Sine Wave Media
Winner
Simon Morton
The Only Flight
Winner
Divyansh Sharma
Graffiti
Winner
Roman Xing
The Saver
EyeLess Studio Hollywood
Winner
Rashid Aitouganov
The Lightest Darkness

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Eric Francis Melaragni
Closure
Kevin Austra Production

Best Actress

Winner
Christin Muuli(actress)
We're All Here
Carmesi House
Valiente Films
Winner
Holly Stevens
Aliens with Knives
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Emma Melkersson(actress)
Finding Alice
LAITHAUS
Winner
Laura Niemi
The Divorce

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Sonia Conlin(actress)
Kindhart
Winner
Sabrina Percario(actress)
Tell
Blumar Productions
Winner
Paloma Feví
Itch
Winner
Alina Smolyar
Molehill

Best Cinematography

Winner
Chameleon
7.2 (20)
Colten Currey(director of photography)
Winner
Fighter
Wara Pornkulwat

Best Comedy

Winner
Killing Adam
Dino Sardella
Santiago Velarde
Nicola De Prato

Best Director

Winner
Richard Weston
The Burying Party
Sine Wave Media
Winner
Jordon Prince-Wright(Director)
The Decadent and Depraved
Prince-Wright Productions
Winner
Trevvor Riley
Chameleon

Best Documentary

Winner
End of an Era: Last of the V8s
Tom Macaulay
Speechless Films

Best Documentary Short

Winner
A Tip of Bottleberg
Bohan Gong(Producer)

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Christian M Franklin

Best Drama Screenplay (Short)

Winner
Last Resort
Marco Gabriel(screenplay writer)

Best Drama Short

Winner
Manipulation
Matt Routledge(director)
Winner
Manipulation
Justin Tinto(producer)
Winner
Manipulation
Dougal Porteous(writer)
Winner
Joyce
8.2 (15)
Nora Jaenicke
Nostos Film Productions
Winner
Poor Animals
8.4 (74)
Daniil Piispanen(director)
Pauli Janhunen Calderón(producer)
Andreas Fröblom(director of photography)
Sheepskin

Best Editing

Winner
Hell of a New Year
9.0 (18)
Edgar Jimz
Screen Working Actors Tactical Specialists (SWATS)
Winner
I Am the White Tiger
7.0 (21)
Jason Calhoun
White Tiger Movie and Stunt Productions
Winner
Drones Don't Fly When the Sky is Grey
8.7 (14)
Bea Cabrera
Winner
Silent Love Stories-II
Amr Al-Hariri
Winner
Sydney
Grace Vaughan
Dream Maker Studios

Best Fantasy

Winner
The Watchmaker
9.3 (9)
Kailani D'Amour
Hikari Productions
Winner
Le linceul
Marie Vandelannoote(director)

Best Horror

Winner
Insight
Kamal Krishna
Winner
Dodah
7.1 (10)
Jondaniel Cornett

Best Horror Short

Winner
Shadow
Shiyi Shao(Director)
Shiyi Shao Film Productions

Best Indie Film

Winner
Le garçon invisible
Louis-David Jutras(director)

Best Narrative Film

Winner
Faithful
6.0 (21)
Niklas Berggren(director)
Aleksandra Milanova(writer)
Winner
Epilog
David Reynie(director)
Brian Cesson

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
When 'He' Intervened
Nihal Vasudevan

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Royce Adkins(Writer/Director)

Best Score

Winner
Chameleon
7.2 (20)
Emby Alexander(composer)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Juan Felipe Restrepo
The Swamp

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Liz Conrado(actor)
Night Shift
Prima Lux Films
Winner
Georgia Scott
Sydney
Dream Maker Studios

Best Thriller

Winner
Sr. Larraín
Gonzalo Menéndez(director)
Tolerance
Troy McCall(director)
Amanda Day(actor)
Erica Wollmering(cinematographer)
Eric Pierson(actor)
Rich Reeder(actor)
Ty Richardson(actor)
Riley Filsmyer(actor)
Joe Dressel(producer)
Julie Weaver(actor)
Sam Landman(actor)
Jonny Stuckmayer(camera)
Alisun Abbott
McCall Film

Child Actress

Winners
Megan Samways(Chris Fudge)
Chris Fudge(Producer)
Apprehension
Plateau Entertainment

Cinematography

Winner
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
5.5 (63)
Steven Brevig
Silent Storm Entertainment
Winner
Once More
9.9 (19)
Yang Shao(cinematographer)
Winner
2050
Jared Roybal

Director

Winner
Niklas Berggren(director)
Faithful
Winner
Sam Bradford
Edelweiss
Praxima
Winners
Fabio Cento(director)
Charles-Emmanuel Pellissier(executive producer)
Gorchlach: The Legend of Cordelia
Aegyptiacus Entertainment
Winner
Martin Casapía Casanova(director)
Lfante Films

Documentary Feature

Winner
Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country
9.2 (21)
J.J. Harting

Documentary Short

Winner
Love Always, Alex
Alex Bell
Loyola Marymount University

Drama

Winner
Sheepskin
Simmie Sangian
Winner
The Investor
7.1 (231)
Khalid Fahad(director)

Drama Feature

Winner
Kayla
6.6 (44)
Kate Bohan
Kayla Movie
Winner
Kayla
6.6 (44)
Kate Bohan(producer)
Jessie Kerry(Co-Producer)
Alan Wang(Co-Producer)
Genfilms Productions
Kayla Movie

Duo

Winner
Love at First Sight
Isabella Jacqueline
Andrea Lim
Other-Side Films

Ensemble

Winner
Edelweiss
8.1 (18)
Sonu Louis
Emma Fisher
Sam Benjamin
Floriane Andersen
Clayton T. Smith
D.G. Herrick
Charles Jellis
Kit Harvey
Praxima

Experimental Film

Winner
Bodhicitta
Tony Zeng
Winner
Dissonance
9.1 (36)
Toby Kearton
Winner
The Ascension of Ava Delaine
6.8 (7)
Tonya Kay
Danger Arts

Fantasy Film

Winner
Famous Little Girls
9.4 (5)
Luciana Caplan
Sophano Van

First Time Director

Winner
Sky Wang
Lost in Apocalypse
Winner
Kendrick Hew
Half a Bed
Vancouver Film School

First Time Director (Short)

Winner
Isabella Jacqueline
Love at First Sight
Other-Side Films

Honorable Mention: Experimental

Winner
Bodhicitta
Tony Zeng(director)

Honorable Mention: Thriller

Winner
Broken Innocence
9.6 (8)
Francisco Baca(director)
Maria Felix(producer)
Pamela Morgan-Navarro(producer)
Baca Films

Indie Film

Winner
The Company You Keep
Sarah Hassan(co-director, producer, writer)
Morgan Aiken(director, producer)
Simmie Sangian(co-director)
Winner
Adam: The Man on the Doorstep
Rock Salt
Joe Bryant
Roy Rivett
Shaking the Tree Productions
Winner
Ahmad Maryam
7.2 (28)
Saleh Jamal Eddin
SJE Films
Winner
Equal: True Story of India's only Woman Commando Trainer
Deepak Rao(director)
Komal V Sharda(producer)
Winner
Christine
Isabella Jacqueline
Myles Pollard
Other-Side Films
Winner
Closure
Kevin Austra Production
Francesco Antonio

Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Through Emerald Eyes
Michael Benjamin Walker
Alastair Railton
Winner
Tides
Jean Maye
Ben Wicks
Winner
Lies of Love
Sungho Phillip Moon

Indie Short

Winner
Ana
Manuela Berlanga

Inspirational

Winner
Stride
Weston Taylor(director)
Winner
Orbis
Severine Reisp

Microfilm

Winner
Arachnoid
John Maslowski

Narrative Feature

Winner
The Secret of Happiness
7.5 (1.2K)
Vlad Zamfirescu(director)
Movie Production Entertainment
Winner
2050
Princeton Holt

Narrative Short

Winner
Their War
8.1 (31)
Max Mason(director)
Chalice Films

Original Story

Winner
A Date with Shillelagh
Keith Large
K Lens UK
Winner
Cold Call
Kev Hopgood(Sceenwriter)

Romantic Comedy

Winner
Love at First Sight
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films

Sci-Fi

Winner
The Girl With No Brain
7.4 (9)
Royce Adkins

Score

Winner
Unmasked
7.1 (40)
Fariborz Safaei

Screenplay Feature

Winner
This Unexpected Thing
Ricardo Fleshman(writer)

Screenplay Short

Winner
Fatal Perfection
Konstantinos Pateronis

Song

Winner
Native Spirit
Livia Alcalde(director)
Maqueta Records

Sound Design

Winner
The Blurry World of Marcello Casagrande
Luigi Porto(composer)
Winner
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (109)
Aaron Bartscht(supervising sound editor)

Student Film

Winner
All or Nothing
5.1 (13)
Konstantinos Pateronis
Winner
No Name
Yaonan Liu
Winner
Anagnorisis: A Moment of Recognition
Ghada Youssef
Winner
Eat Up!
Kavivarmen Vigneswaran(director)

Thriller

Winner
Switch
Nicole Ludowese(director)
Morgan Gullett
Rachel Svatos(producer)
Danielle Wheeler(actor)
Toby Bornhauser(actor)

Visual Effects

Winner
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
5.5 (63)
Pawel Galazka
Silent Storm Entertainment

Web Series

Winner
Soul Undertow
David Palkowski

Supporting Actor

Anthony Brandon Wong
Thicker Than Water
Mad Lane Productions

LAFA December Award

Best Actor

Winner
Gergõ Bárdi
Long Way Home

Best Director

Winner
Hiroyuki Miyagawa
Terrolun and Lunlun
buzzCrow inc.

Best Documentary

Winner
Finding Satan
Jondaniel Cornett(director)
LZM Productions

Best Duo

Winner
Another Day in Paradise
Birgit Stauber
Naomi Beukes
Winner
Nora Ephron Goes To Prison
Hannah Elless
Kaye Tuckerman

Best Editing

Winner
The Passport
8.2 (19)
Pascal Oberlin
Studio Supreme
BLNK Media
Red Clover Productions

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Abortion Mary
Rui Niu

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Winner
Diana Foronda

Best First time Director

Winner
Ramana.artbyramana(director)
Living Idle

Best Horror

Winner
Hell of a New Year
9.0 (18)
Artemus Cole(director)
Edgar Jimz(director)
MindBender Entertainment
Screen Working Actors Tactical Specialists (SWATS)

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Nora Ephron Goes To Prison
Hannah Elless(director)

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Beautiful, Diverse, Fun!
Eduardo Ramirez

Best Lead Actress In An Indie Film

Winner
Sarah Pribis
Hell of a New Year
Screen Working Actors Tactical Specialists (SWATS)
Winner
Katrine Eichberger
Edda Tudor

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Terrolun and Lunlun
Hiroyuki Miyagawa
buzzCrow inc.

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Motives
6.2 (13)
Joseph Al-Ahmad(Director)

Best Parody

Winner
Star Wars: The Toys Awaken
7.0 (12)
Raymond Montemayor(writer/director/producer)
PixelPlex

Best Picture

Winner
Long Way Home
8.6 (19)
Sándor Gál
Judith Csernai
I'm FILM
Rakib Erick feat. Esha Farrah & Fraan: Mediocre Frequency
Rakib Erick(director)
Christian Kennedy(director)
Rakib Erick: Mediocre Frequency Feat. Esha Farrah & Fraan

Best Score (Short)

Winner
Christine
Jo Quail
Other-Side Films

Best Song

Winner
Rakib Erick feat. Esha Farrah & Fraan: Mediocre Frequency
Rakib Erick

Best Student Film

Winner
Midwest
Robbie Gonyea

Best Thriller

Winner
The Passport
8.2 (19)
Olivier Hero Dressen(director)
Studio Supreme
BLNK Media
Red Clover Productions

Best Young Actress

Winner
Isabella Jacqueline
Christine
Other-Side Films

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Heart Strings
Kaleb Laidman(director)
KalKaden Productions
Ace Entertainment

Best editing

Winner
The Passport
8.2 (19)
Pascal Oberlin(editor)
Olivier Hero Dressen(editor)
Michael Koltes(editor)
Studio Supreme
BLNK Media
Red Clover Productions
joint winners

Cinematography

Winner
Faithful
6.0 (21)
Cookie Schulte(cinematographer)

Featurette

Winner
Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Ronn Kilby
Ronn Kilby Creative

Honorable mention

Winner
Joseph Al-Ahmad

Best Comedy Short

Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Ronn Kilby
Ronn Kilby Creative

LAFA January Award

Best Actress

Winner
Forever & Always
9.1 (13)
Winner
Olivia DiNino
Forever & Always

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Gaelle Gillis
Pole Dance

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Forged in Fire: Cricket's Greatest Rivalry
8.5 (49)
Peter Dickson

Best Drama

Winner
Another Day in Paradise
Naomi Beukes
Jana Eleanor von Hase
Birgit Stauber

Best Duo

Winner
Indigo Lake
5.2 (26)
Miranda O'Hare(actor)
Andrew Cutcliffe(actor)

Best Horror

Winner
Cauchemar capitonné
6.9 (35)
Jean-Claude Leblanc(director)
Désaxé Films

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Lost Fare
4.9 (427)
Bruce Logan(director)

Best Original Story

Winner
About Patience
Till Gmür(Screenplay)
Martin Baltscheit(Story)
Winner
Indigo Lake
5.2 (26)
Martin Simpson(director)

Best Screenplay

Winner
Cry Baby Bridge
Mike McDonald

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Marin Mimica(actor)
Indigo Lake

Best Thriller

Winner
Indigo Lake
5.2 (26)
Winner
The Other Capulet
Afonso J. Henrique
Andrew Hecht

Best Web Series

Winner
Fruit Bat II
Javahead Productions

Honorable Mention: Director

Winner
Antoni Caimari Caldés
Ma Belle
Screen Art Films

Youth Filmmaker Award

Winner
House 10-16
Alexander Edep(director)

Best Indie Short

A Nice Guy
8.6 (9)
Dominique Nieves
Iron Glove Productions

Festival Award

Best Action Film

Winner
The 86
6.9 (26)
Javier Mujica
Blush Films
Winner
CAGE
Pantheras Freedman
Wenhao Gao
Xiaoxiao Zhang
Winner
Blue Crystel
7.6 (7)
Giuseppe Rossi
Blood and Water
Alex West(Alex West)
Culture Forward Media Group

Best Actor

Winner
Christian Bulich
'64 Koufax
Winner
Josh Barsell
Jeremy
Winner
Josh Barsell
Jeremy
Winner
Michael Muntz(Actor)
The Decadent and Depraved
Prince-Wright Productions
Josh Burrow
Sombra City
Sid Phoenix
The Burying Party
Sine Wave Media

Best Actor - Short Film

Winners
Pasha D. Lychnikoff(actor)
Michael Vaynberg(director)
9.8 m/s²
New Stage Cinema
Prema Productions

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
George Young
Home
Winner
Arcelia Quintero
Express
Raresh DiMofte
Polymorphia

Best Actress

Winner
Shannon Collis
Snapshots
Three Women in a Box Films
Winner
Maggie Qin
Sheng nu mi ai ji
Winner
Tonia Sotiropoulou
Waiting Room
AV Moviesworld
Winner
Ellie Popov
Thicker Than Water
Mad Lane Productions

Best Animation

Winner
A New Year's Story
Kailin Gow(Writer, Director, Actor)
Sparklesoup Productions

Best Child Actor

Winner
Brady Bond
On Ice

Best Cinematography

Winner
Wished
5.6 (163)
Thierry Arbogast
Winner
The Burying Party
6.5 (147)
Meurig Marshall
Sine Wave Media
Winner
The Decadent and Depraved
5.2 (173)
Daniel Quinn(Director of Photography)
Prince-Wright Productions

Best Comedy

Winner
Loose Authority
Crash Landing Pictures
Winner
Petty Crime
Knoa Knapper(director)
Joshua Beal(producer)

Best Comedy Screenplay

Winner
Relish
4.5 (203)
Justin Isaac Ward
MANM Productions
Ohana Films Entertainment
Relish
4.5 (203)
Justin Isaac Ward
MANM Productions
Ohana Films Entertainment

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Swan Song
Guy Mansfield
Kudos Films
Winner
Butter Cup
Rathin Rao
Julian Bueno

Best Commercial

Winner
Townforst TV/Web Commercial
Phenix Jiangfu Miao

Best Crime Film

Winner
Knockout Game
9.6 (16)
Jamal Hodge

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
I'm Telling Ya!
Sabrina Percario(associate producer)
Helder F Gomes(executive producer)
Hiroki Gohara(producer)

Best Dark Comedy Screenplay

Winner
A Taste of the Rum Vintage
Ed Ward(writer)
Ed Allenby(writer)

Best Director

Winner
Dayyan Eng
Wished
Richard Weston
The Burying Party
Sine Wave Media
J.J. Harting
Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Best Documentary Film
Tax Evasion: A Greek National Sport
Kelly Sarri

Best Drama Feature

Winner
Thicker Than Water
5.8 (48)
Madeleine Kennedy(producer)
Dominic Crisci(director)
Ellie Popov(writer)
Mad Lane Productions

Best Drama Film

Winner
Guitar Man
Rocky Capella(DIRECTOR - WRITER)
Ray Robinson(Producer)
Prodigy Entertainment Motion Pictures
ROCKY CAPELLA - DIRECTOR, RAY ROBINSON - PRODUCER

Best Duo

Winner
Home
8.0 (7)
George Young
Janet Hsieh
Winner
The Secret of Happiness
7.5 (1.2K)
Vlad Zamfirescu(actor)
Theo Marton(actor)
Movie Production Entertainment
Winner
Notes from Melanie
6.0 (1K)
Mason Heidger
KateLynn E. Newberry
Winner
To Be Strong
Vincent Kevin Daniels
Daniel Berlingeri

Best Editing

Winner
Wished
5.6 (163)
Dayyan Eng
Winner
My Wife Is a Chicken
9.3 (10)
Tianying Jiang

Best Ensemble

Winner
Sunset
5.1 (70)
David Johnson
Liam Mitchell
Juri Henley-Cohn
Barbara Bleier
Suzette Gunn
Susan Feinman
Austin Pendleton
Winner
The Bend Call
Joseph Crepaldi(Lead Actor)
JCBits Productions
Delaware Shore
5.0 (564)
Emily McKinley Hill
James Robinson Jr.
Gail Wagner
Avocado Media
Blown Away. Enchufados
6.2 (6)
Secun de la Rosa(actor)
Arévalo(actor)
Roberto Millán(actor)
Pablo Escamilla(actor)
María Espinosa(actress)
Manuel Durán(actor)
Rodrigo Moreno Rojas(actor)
Jorge Aparicio(actor)
Donald Barnett(actor)
Merrick Wells(actor)

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Unvoiced
Ilaria Malvezzi

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
Wished
5.6 (163)
Dayyan Eng(director)
Winner
The Color of Me
7.9 (9)
Sreejith Nair
Fahima Mohamood
Shettima Webb

Best Feature

Winner
Shinema no tenshi
7.0 (12)
Hideyuki Tokigawa(Writer Director)
TimeRiver Pictures

Best Film Noir

Winner
Sombra City
7.9 (10)
Elias Plagianos
Winner
The Lightest Darkness
6.5 (50)
Diana Galimzyanova

Best First Time Director

Winner
Sean Rosa
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
Silent Storm Entertainment
Winner
Amedeo Pesce(director)
Things as They Are
Hydra Film

Best First Time Screenwriter

Winner
Making Peace
9.0 (28)
Judah Ray
A-Level Pictures

Best First Time Screenwriter (short)

Winner
Famous Little Girls
9.4 (5)
Luciana Caplan
Melanie Caplan

Best Horror Feature

Winner
Fear Level
2.6 (688)
Jd Allen
Chapell Griggs
Damarr Jones
Inglewood Films
Winner
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
5.5 (63)
Jonathan Yaskoff
Sean Rosa
Silent Storm Entertainment

Best Indie Film

Winner
The Decadent and Depraved
5.2 (173)
Jordon Prince-Wright(Producer)
Prince-Wright Productions
Winner
Finding Hope
Jean Maye
Winner
Hello, Goodbye
7.1 (13)
Xiang Shi
Winner
Finding Hope
Krysten Resnick(Director)
Kingspin
8.6 (26)
Matthew Prior

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Delaware Shore
5.0 (564)
Raghav Peri
Avocado Media
Winner
Notes from Melanie
6.0 (1K)
Chris Stuckmann

Best Indie Short

Winner
Misère
Liam Walsh

Best LGBTQ

Winner
Prodigal Son
5.1 (29)
Juan Felipe Restrepo
Amalia Ramírez Atiles

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Silverlake Afternoon
6.0 (34)
Michael Osborne
Rebecca Holopter

Best Make up

Winner
Famous Little Girls
9.4 (5)
Carine Fao

Best Makeup

Winner
Team Teenettes
Lila Carter(makeup artist)
Cydney Sjostrom(key makeup artists)
Brae Wagner(makeup artist)
Melissa Russell(makeup artist)
Nika Stafford(key hair)

Best Music Video

Winner
Equilibrium
Alex Cvetkov
Winner
MENEW: Baby You're Like a Drug
6.9 (26)
Joshua Butler
Iceblink Films
Winner
Not That Strong
Gregory J.M. Kasunich
Department of Light and Sound
I Am a Very Special Being
Marcus Mandal
Citizen Dane

Best Narrative Feature Film

Winner
Flashout
2.7 (779)
Richard Lerner
Flashout Films
Winner
The Burying Party
6.5 (147)
Richard Weston
Keith Thompson
Neil Perriam
Les Highton
Omar Parker
Charles Canning Burt
Sine Wave Media
Egerton Crescent Productions

Best Narrative Short Film

Winner
Team Teenettes
Brian Morelan(director)
Gord Bestwick(producer)
Bianca Poroliseanu(director)
Lesley Anne Lee(assistant director)
Butter Cup
Rathin Rao
Julian Bueno

Best Original Story

Winner
The Few
8.6 (35)
Sam Benjamin
Praxima

Best Parody

Winner
BROGA: Yoga for Bros
Morgan Leinwohl(Writer/Director/Producer/Star)
MoonFace Productions

Best Picture

Winner
Snapshots
7.0 (2.6K)
Melanie Mayron
Jan Miller Corran
Katherine Cortez
Three Women in a Box Films
Home
8.0 (7)
George Young
Janet Hsieh
The Burying Party
6.5 (147)
Richard Weston(director/producer)
Les Highton(co-producer)
Omar Parker(co-producer)
Charles Canning Burt(co-producer)
Neil Perriam(executive producer)
Keith Thompson(assistant producer)
Sine Wave Media
Egerton Crescent Productions
Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country
9.2 (21)
J.J. Harting
Notes from Melanie
6.0 (1K)
Chris Stuckmann

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Upload:U
5.6 (37)
Samuel E. Mac(producer)

Best Score

Winner
Delaware Shore
5.0 (564)
David C. Hëvvitt
Avocado Media
Winner
Herself
Tatiana Mikova

Best Screenplay Feature

Winner
Bone
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO

Best Screenplay Short

Winner
Shabu
Judah Ray
A-Level Pictures

Best Song

Winner
Kayla
6.6 (44)
Cece Wen
A World Without You

Best Student Film

Winner
Incompatible
Sean Pontikos
Winner
On Ice
Katie Anne Moy(director)
The Land of Mad Men
9.0 (6)
Daniel Perez(director)
Driving for You
Jingyi Liu(director)
Rachel Ma(producer)
Guoqing Fu(co-producer)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Vincent Jerome
The Few
Praxima
Winner
Ben Mortley(Actor)
The Decadent and Depraved
Prince-Wright Productions
Winner
Carlos Antonio León
The 86
Winner
Raresh DiMofte
Kingspin
David Sargsyan
Molehill

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
She
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
Silent Storm Entertainment
Winner
Madeleine Kennedy
Thicker Than Water
Mad Lane Productions

Best Thriller

Winner
Recoil
7.4 (92)
Steven Blades
Nick Cohen
Bartle Productions
Tunic Media
Winner
Recoil
7.4 (92)
Steven Blades
Nick Cohen
Bartle Productions
Tunic Media
Winner
Express
Alfonso von Ziegler

Best Thriller Feature

Winner
Waiting Room
5.9 (90)
Alexander Leontaritis
AV Moviesworld
Waiting Room
5.9 (90)
Alexander Leontaritis(director)
AV Moviesworld

Best Thriller Short

Winner
The Girl in the Garage
Randy Wang(Director)
Randy Wang Film Productions

Best Visual Effects

Winner
The Few
8.6 (35)
Jamie Wanstall
Praxima
Winner
Echo
7.1 (54)
Victor Perez(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Masked Frame Pictures
Winner
Team Teenettes
Brian Morelan
Barry Jesse Smith

Best Web Series

Winner
The Few
8.6 (35)
Sam Bradford
Jamie Wanstall
Ryan Ward-Miller
Phil Thomas
Sam Benjamin
Praxima
Winner
Or Die Trying
9.0 (35)
Myah Hollis(Showrunner, Executive Producer, Writer)
Sarah Hawkins(Executive Producer)
Chelsea London Lloyd(Co-Producer)
Jenny Austin(Co-Producer)
Camila Martins(Director)

Best Web/ TV Pilot

Winner
Deep

Best Western

Winner
The Decadent and Depraved
5.2 (173)
Jordon Prince-Wright(Producer)
Prince-Wright Productions
Winner
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Aaron Huggett
Lee Bernier
Electric Motion Pictures

Best Young Actor

Winner
Morgan Gullett
Switch

Best Young Actress

Winner
Melanie Caplan
Famous Little Girls
Winner
Rose Hough
Team Teenettes

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
The Shot
Nepal Arslan

Honorable Mention: Best Drama Screenplay (Short)

Winner
When I Held the Key
Alec Ybarra

Inspiring Woman In A Film

Winner
Finding Hope
Jean Maye
Winner
Nana's Room
Mitch Roberson
K Solomon Productions

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Honor
Simmie Sangian

Inspriring Woman in a Film

Winner
Finding Hope
Krysten Resnick(Director)
Crystal Leaity(Lead Actress)

Screenplay

Winner
Making Peace
9.0 (28)
Judah Ray
A-Level Pictures

Best Drama Short

The Hunt
Adrian Prospero
Culprits
Denis Delcroix

Best Virtual Reality

The Green Line
9.2 (36)
Full View

Best original music score

Culprits
Denis Delcroix

LAFA February Award

Best Director

Winner
Willie Ying
The Final Blade
Yingfilm Production

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
The New Barbarianism
7.4 (19)
Justin Kenny
J Stephen Morrison
CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Best Drama Short

Winner
Love Knows No Borders
Emad Khalili(director)

Best Ensemble

Winner
The Bend Call

Best Film

Winner
Whales
9.1 (9)
Nora Jaenicke
Nostos Film Productions
Whales
9.1 (9)
Nora Jaenicke
Nostos Film Productions

Best First Time Director

Winner
Asia LeMasters
Evoke

Best Horror

Winner
Fear Level
2.6 (688)
Jd Allen
Inglewood Films

Best Inspirational

Winner
Pasolini e la Terza Generazione
Andrea Natale(director)
Ipnotica Produzioni
historical character told: Pasolini

Best Music Video

Winner
MENEW: Baby You're Like a Drug
6.9 (26)
Joshua Butler
Iceblink Films

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
The Final Blade
5.2 (1.7K)
Willie Ying
Yingfilm Production

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be
7.5 (27)
Artin John
Derek Ryan Pedersson
Marco Checa Garcia

Honorable Actress

Winner
Mumtaz Sorcar(actress)
Red Oliender's Roktokorobi

Best Commercial

Townforst TV/Web Commercial
Phenix Jiangfu Miao

Best Drama

Whales
9.1 (9)
Nora Jaenicke
Nostos Film Productions

Best Indie Short

I Love You. Goodbye, Again.
Andrea Snider
Paper Tiger Productions
Blood and Water
Alex West
Culture Forward Media Group

Honorable Mention: LGBTQ

Evoke
9.2 (11)
Asia LeMasters(director)

LAFA August Award

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Eleanor Burke
Emotional Distress
K Lens UK

Best Animation

Winner
SuperHillCool
Sergio Barbasso(director)
Tuttipazzi

Best Child Actress

Winner
Katie Ellis(actor)
Don't Mess with Lucy

Best Comedy Feature

Winner
Indiecency
7.8 (7)
Jody Weinman(director)
Tilted Rose Productions

Best Crime Film

Winner
Unorganized Crime
8.3 (33)
Nick Vallelonga
Kenny D'Aquila
Chazz Palminteri

Best Director

Winners
Michael Zimbalist
Jeff Zimbalist
Give Us This Day
All Rise Films

Best Editing

Winner
Professor T and the East Side Shredders: Pangea
Derek Frey
Lazer Film Productions

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Momentum Generation
8.1 (1.4K)
Michael Zimbalist
Jeff Zimbalist
All Rise Films

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Penance
4.9 (36)
Kayden Phoenix
A Phoenix Rises

Best Microfilm

Winner
Invisible Heel
Ryan Simantel

Best Picture

Winner
Nossa Chape
7.5 (413)
Jeff Zimbalist
Michael Zimbalist
All Rise Films

Best Western

Winner
Money Bag
Nolan Trifunovic

Special Mention

Producer

Winner
Snapshots
7.0 (2.6K)
LeeAnne Pronitis-Matusek
Three Women in a Box Films

Horror Film

Next Door
Zichen Liu

LAFA March Award

Best Actor

Winner
Sunny Dhillon(actor)
Only God Knows

Best Actor in an Indie

Winner
Manuel Sonnleitner
Your Enemies Are Closer

Best Actress

Winner
Danielle Guthrie
MOM
Winner
Nyle Lynn
The Kids Menu

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Buffy Milner
Type

Best Animation

Winner
Chuanran bing
8.6 (5)
Yingzong Xin(director)
winner

Best Director

Winner
Nicole Zakheim
MOM

Best First Time Screenwriter

Winner
The Divide
5.8 (133)
Jana F. Brown(Screenwriter)
Left for Dead Productions

Best Horror

Winner
Birth
8.0 (24)
Ozlem Altingoz

Best Original Story

Winner
Birth
8.0 (24)
Ozlem Altingoz

Best Parody

Winner
Author A Parody
Kailin Gow
Sparklesoup Productions

Best Picture

Winner
Sandwich
Lóránd Banner-Szûcs(director)
Banner Casting
MOM
Nicole Zakheim
The Divide
5.8 (133)
Jana F. Brown(Screenwriter)
Perry King(Director)
Left for Dead Productions

Best Sci-fi

Winner
Whisper

Best Screenplay Short

Winner
Interview with the Batman
David Kuskie
Sandhills Films

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Anthony Vander
Scales

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Emma Bercovici
Sandwich
Banner Casting

Best Thriller

Winner
Safe
7.2 (24)
Tim Earnheart(producer)
Matt Fleming(producer)
Nadine Nagamatsu(producer)

Best Visual Effects

Winner
One Step Forward
Philipp Bauer
Tim Tretter
Adrian Liedtke
Elisa Wendt

Best Web TV/Pilot

Winner
The EXpert
7.3 (335)
Cart Before Horse Productions

Best Western

Winner
The Divide
5.8 (133)
Jana F. Brown(Screenwriter)
Perry King(Director)
Left for Dead Productions

Ensemble

Winner
Scales
Kamal Simpson
Anthony Vander
Nicola Roffe
Kane Surry

Honorable Mention: Animation

Winner
Colloidal Croco
Takashi Yoneoka

Young Filmmaker

Winner
Mirrorcide
8.5 (13)
Mara Cracaleanu

Best Indie Short (low budget)

Juxtaposed
Diana Pérez Riveros
Maria Manuela Gomez

LAFA April Award

Best Actor

Winner
Yuez Zeng(director)
Weilai de ni
Winner
Nuo Xu
Weilai de ni

Best Actress

Winner
Nunu Roca(actor)
No Se Puede Armar

Best Crime Film

Winner
Top Coat Cash
3.9 (838)
David Tittone
Paradise Lost Films
Winner
The Land of Mad Men
9.0 (6)
Daniel Perez(director)

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
The Actor
6.0 (103)
Bijan Daryani(director)
Linda Mendivel(producer)
Ali Raza Taqui(director)
Avanoir Films
Winner
The Actor
6.0 (103)
Bijan Daryani(director)
Linda Mendivel(producer)
Ali Raza Taqui(director)
Avanoir Films

Best Dark Comedy Screenplay

Winner
Tiffany Hanssen

Best Duo

Winner
Tender Vow
9.4 (9)
R. Louis Smith
Janice Fisher

Best Experimental Film

Winner
One Way
8.8 (6)
Bea Cabrera

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
Weilai de ni
Yuez Zeng(Director)

Best Film Noir

Winner
No Name
Yaonan Liu

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Every 21 Seconds
4.7 (200)
Brian Sweeney
Two 9 Productions
Road 28 Productions

Best Microfilm

Winner
Cut Off
Ryan Cauchi(director)
Photosynthesis Films

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Now You See Him
Jiewen Wang
Winner
Now You See Him
Jiewen Wang
Yuan Yue(producer)
Winner
Now You See Him
Jiewen Wang(director)
Yuan Yue(producer)
Ping Zhou(line producer)
Dissonance
9.1 (36)
Toby Kearton

Best Parody

Winner
Rickie's Toys
Leigh Roberts
Based on the classic hit song by Rick Springfield , "Jessie's Girl"

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
His Good Wife
Sage Christian Drake(director)
Sanelle Sibanda(producer)
Desanka Julia(executive producer)
Rachel Cheng(co-producer)
Steve Huang(co-producer)
The Culture Productions
Cold Coffee Records

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
She
Apollyon - The Black Awakening
Silent Storm Entertainment
Apollyon

Best Thriller

Winner
Recoil
7.4 (92)
Steven Blades
Nick Cohen
Nancy Bressolles
Mark Forstater
Joy Harrison
Bartle Productions
Tunic Media
Nice One Film

Best Trailer

Winner
Brunch
Jordan Cooper
Pathological Films

Best Virtual Reality

Winner
Hope Amongst the Haze
Tiffany Hill
John Restivo
Matthew Klamm
NextVR

Best Web Series

Winner
After Nightfall
8.3 (34)
Wayne Tunks
Tunks Productions

Honorable Mention: Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Justin Holt
Now You See Him

Best Director

Toby Kearton
Dissonance

Best Picture

Top Coat Cash
3.9 (838)
David Tittone
Paradise Lost Films

Young Filmmaker Award

Conservation Invasion
Jax Malcolm
KAP Productions
Conservation Invasion
Jax Malcolm
KAP Productions

LAFA May Award

Best Action Screenplay

Winner
Operation Brother Sam
Gustavo Freitas(writer)

Best Actress

Winner
Cong Wei
Ellie

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Cong Wei
Ellie

Best Animation

Winner
Nini
Yingzong Xin(director)
two time winner

Best Comedy

Winner
Aliens with Knives
6.3 (15)
Paul Andrew Kimball
Ron Foley MacDonald
Struan Sutherland
Nicole Steeves
Winter Light Productions

Best Drama

Winner
Beyond Brotherhood
6.9 (1.3K)
Arianne Benedetti(director)
TreeHouse Studios
VfX Panama
Magma Cine
212 Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Duo

Winner
Beyond Brotherhood
6.9 (1.3K)
Valerie Domínguez(actor)
Robin Duran(actor)
TreeHouse Studios
VfX Panama
Magma Cine
212 Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best First Time Director

Winner
Arianne Benedetti(director)
Beyond Brotherhood
TreeHouse Studios
VfX Panama
Magma Cine
212 Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Wind Riders
Emi Katayama(Producer/ Director)
Michael T. Rosen(Executive Producer)
Ramin André Fathie(Executive Producer)
Jonathan Baudoin(Principal Cinematographer)
August Road Entertainment
Viceroy Films

Best Music Video

Winner
Ina Wroldsen: Sea
Thor Brenne

Best Picture

Winner
Beyond Brotherhood
6.9 (1.3K)
Arianne Benedetti(director)
TreeHouse Studios
VfX Panama
Magma Cine
212 Productions
Global Genesis Group

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Winner
Escape to Hollow Earth
Colin Stewart(Screenwriter)
Danny Lee Weiss(Book by)
David Weiss(Book by)

Best Screenplay Short

Winner
Mourning Meal
Jamal Hodge

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Arianne Benedetti(actor)
Beyond Brotherhood
TreeHouse Studios
VfX Panama
Magma Cine
212 Productions
Global Genesis Group
Winner
Sook Hyung Yang
Ellie

Best Trailer

Winner
The Flying of Leaves
Fabio Teriaca(producer)
Juan Pablo Etcheverry(director)
Winner
The Flying of Leaves
Fabio Teriaca(producer)
Juan Pablo Etcheverry(director)

Best Webseries

Winner
Candyland.Com
Joan Barrett(writer)
Candyland SINS

Best Young Actress

Winner
Jinette Faraj(actress)
Fighting the Sky
Conrad Studios

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Gender
Aleksandra Czenczek

Best Narrative Short

Sr. Larraín
Gonzalo Menéndez(director)

LAFA June Award

Best Actress

Winner
Macarena Gómez
Ma Belle
Screen Art Films

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Katherine Castro
Someday
Integrated Arts & Media

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
This Just In
Evan Michael
Zak Johnson
Ken Gayton
00Evan Productions

Best Drama

Winner
Nine to Five
6.4 (25)
Filippos Tsapekis

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Shiva
Neel Baker(writer)

Best Ensemble

Winner
Wowzers
6.0 (37)

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
The Light Keeper's Story
8.9 (11)
Paul Bestolarides(director)

Best Fantasy Screenplay

Winner
Arthur VS Aliens
Danny Klapadoras(writer)
Anthony Galizia(writer)
Pete Burrows(writer)

Best Horror

Winner
Wowzers
6.0 (37)
Ace Thor(director)
Sam Fox(executive producer)

Best Indie Short

Winner
Wowzers
6.0 (37)
Ace Thor(director)
Sam Fox(executive producer)
Mountain People
Sascha Taylor Larsen

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Whoever You Are...
Annette Westwood(director)
Hawkwood Productions

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Thinking About Your Dad
Oscar the Master Baker

Best Noir

Winner
Bloody Shame
Courtney King
Chris Game

Best Original Story

Winner
Nine to Five
6.4 (25)
Filippos Tsapekis
Katerina Tsoumpa

Best Score

Winner
The Light Keeper's Story
8.9 (11)
Steve Wright(composer)
The Crack
Jakob Balogh(composer)
The Crack O.S.T. composed by Jakob Balogh

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Sayaka Vera
Silent Love Stories-II

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Makin' Waves
Anthony Galizia
Meta4 Creative Media

Best TV series

Winner
Silent Love Stories-II
Amr Al-Hariri

Best Thriller

Winner
Conseguenze
Giulio Maria Cavallini

Best Trailer

Winner
MMA: Never Surrender
7.8 (8)
Gerald J. Godbout III
Godbout Entertainment
Jusino Production

Best actor in an Indie movie

Winner
Antonio Lujak
Silent Love Stories-II

Honorable Mention: Duo

Winner
The Contract
3.7 (23)
Jade Asha
Ivan Murphy
London Independent Pictures

Young Filmmaker Award

Winner
Disparity
Melika Jamshidabadi
Melicka Studio
A MAGICAL JOURNEY WITHIN
Kelly Needleman

Best Original Score

Mountain People
Sascha Taylor Larsen
Eivind Hannisdal

LAFA September Award

Best Action Film

Winner
Night Shift
6.3 (17)
John Balazs(director)
Prima Lux Films

Best Actor (Feature Film)

Winner
Dominique Pinon(actor)
The Sleeper by the River
Quizas Prod

Best Actress

Winner
Daisy Kosmider
Building A Swimming Pool
Marina Tomé(actress)
The Sleeper by the River
Quizas Prod

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
The Sleeper by the River
6.4 (37)
Manuel Sanchez(director)
Quizas Prod

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
CyberWork and the American Dream
6.9 (19)
James Shelley
Shell Studios

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
And They Lived
9.2 (21)
Meitar Paz
Javier Espinoza(director)
Martin Gilly(actor)
Al Domino(first assistant camera)
Kartik Garimella
Ashay Kambli(assistant camera)
Allison Torrance(first assistant director)
Josh Fong
Suwannee Sam
Shanti Campbell(still photographer)
Dot Five Films
LeaStella Productions
LAFA AWARD WINNER- BEST FANTASY FEATURE

Best Horror Short

Winner
TerrorDactyl
5.7 (15)
E.K. Scarfone
Iron E Company

Best Indie Film

Winner
Judith & Holofernes
Aurora Maria Lopez
Steve Wong
Oscar Turri
Giulia Pacioni

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
Graffiti
Divyansh Sharma

Best Score

Winner
Saturn Voyager
8.7 (11)
André Luiz Machado

Best Screenplay - Action

Winner
The Night Witches
Steven Prowse

Best Sitcom

Winner
Team Mars
Stephen O'Reilly(director)
Andy Ferguson(director)

Best Supporting Actor (Feature Film)

Winner
Pascal Turmo(actor)
The Sleeper by the River
Quizas Prod

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Karol Gabriel
Discontent
Delphine Depardieu(actress)
The Sleeper by the River
Quizas Prod
Karol Gabriel
Discontent

Best Television Script

Winner
The Age of the Empath
Steve Brown

Best Wed/TV Pilot

Winner
The Wacky Wobblers
Angi Tianzhu(director)
Gary Drew Stalker Jr.(director)
Gary Chan Films

Honorable Mention: Score

Winner
The Very Loving Caterpillar
Mariano Saulino(composer)

Best Child Actor

Morgan Gullett(actress/creator/producer)
Switch

Best Indie Short (Low Budget)

Switch

Best Narrative Short Film

Discontent
6.3 (24)
Marco Gabriel
SEMI - FINALIST

Best Screenplay Contest-Shorts

Discontent
6.3 (24)
Marco Gabriel
Karol Gabriel

Best Thriller

Switch
Broken Innocence
9.6 (8)
Francisco Baca(director)
Maria Felix(producer)
Pamela Morgan-Navarro(producer)
Baca Films

Director

Manuel Sanchez(director)
The Sleeper by the River
Quizas Prod

Music Video

ZIV - This is why
Guy Doenyas
Alon Daniel

LAFA July Award

Best Actor

Winner
Spiros Psihos(actor)
Chameleon

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Aric Iverson
Road Less Traveled

Best Comedy

Winner
Swan Song
Guy Mansfield
Kudos Films

Best Documentary

Winner
Nance
Anthony Bommarito
Woodard Original Presents this Documentary on the life of Larry Nance Jr.

Best Ensemble

Winner
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (109)
Martin Yang(actor)
Mingyi Yang(actor)
E'Naan Zhang(actress)
Ray Wang(actor)

Best Horror

Winner
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (109)
Sky Wang(director)

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Girls After Dark
4.1 (959)
Peter Daskaloff
Souvenir Films

Best Micro Film

Winner
A MAGICAL JOURNEY WITHIN
Kelly Needleman

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Lucinda
7.4 (8)
Alberto Bambini(director)

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Futureworld
Chris Angus

Best Score

Winner
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (109)
Jason Gertel(composer)

Best Screenplay Feature

Winner
The Alliance
5.3 (52)
Robert L. Butler Jr.(actor, writer, producer, director)

Best Song

Winner
Anywhere But Here
Hana Aluna

Best Sound Design

Winner
Chameleon
7.2 (20)
Brandon T. Hickey(supervising sound editor)

Best Young Actress

Winner
Eedit Patrakka
Career Day

Honorable Mention

Winner
Farce
Paige Irene Bruns(director)

Honorable Mention: Screenplay Short

Winner
The Monkey's Paw
David Kuskie
Sandhills Films

Best Film

Chameleon
7.2 (20)
Spiros Psihos(executive producer)
Colten Currey(producer)
Trevvor Riley(producer)
Marigold Pictures

Best Music Video

Daniel Bambaata Marley: Deadbeat
Wayan Blue Palmieri
Bam Marley
Magali Widmer
Frame 12

Best Picture

Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (109)
Sky Wang

Honorable Mention Actor

Chris Wegoda
Crazy Medicine

Honorable Mention: Actress

Julian Lee
Anywhere But Here

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