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Jury Award

Best Actress

Winner
Joanna Pickering
Diva
Winner
Ruth Johansson
The Magician
Lemon St. Pictures
Winner
Moyale Guardini
Grace

Best Cinematography

Winner
Grace
9.5 (94)
Pascal Combes-Knoke

Best Director

Winner
Chris Mack
Diva

Best Drama Screenplay (Short)

Winner
The Gambler
John J Lynch
Rush Hour Productions

Best Duo

Winner
The Song of the Shrike
6.8 (6)
Benjamin Longthorne
Christian Faber
Sine Wave Media

Best Indie Film

Winner
Diva
Chris Mack
Joanna Pickering
Valéry Schatz
Winner
Miranda's Victim
6.7 (2.3K)
Michelle Danner
All in Films
Navesink River Productions

Best Indie Short

Winner
The Magician
6.6 (8)
Lucy Owens
Lemon St. Pictures

Best Web Series

Winner
Kombucha Cure
8.3 (19)
Cecilia Choi(executive producer)
Michael R. Snell(executive producer)
Jasper Cole(co-executive producer)
Yorke Fryer(co-executive producer)
Jack Ryan Rosenberg(co-executive producer)
Kombucha Cure

Special Jury Award for Best Score

Winner
9/10: Love Before the Fall
Daron Hagen
Burning Sled Media
534 Productions

Best Original Screenplay

Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Screenplay

Grace
9.5 (94)
Michael Weil

Documentary Short

Walking Backwards
Aleah Chapin
Chris Rodriguez
Sequence 8 Creative

LAFA October Award

Best Actress

Winner
Daijah Peters
Latasha Harlins

Best Costume Design

Winner
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
7.2 (12)
Djanina Baykoucheva

Best Director

Winner
Diego Rougier(director)
Desconectados
Picardia Films
Amazon MGM Studios

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Latasha Harlins
Shannon Dion

Best Mystery Film

Winner
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
7.2 (12)
Nikolay Bogomilov

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
7.2 (12)
Nikolay Bogomilov

Best Picture

Winner
Desconectados
4.6 (266)
Diego Rougier(director)
Amazon MGM Studios
Picardia Films

Best TV Series

Winner
Townsend
Michael Houston King
Matt Borlenghi
Crown Creative Content

Best Young Actor

Winners
Jesu Haran
Diego Rojas
Desconectados
Picardia Films
Amazon MGM Studios

Comedy

Winner
Desconectados
4.6 (266)
Diego Rougier(director)
Amazon MGM Studios
Picardia Films

Honorable Mention: Director

Winner
Daniel Benjamin Wheeler
Reclaiming the Night

Best Documentary Short

Reclaiming the Night
Daniel Benjamin Wheeler

LAFA November Award

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Dreams of My Mother
Marcus R Smith
Sonoma Pictures

Best First Time Screenwriter

Winner
Hidden
Nicole Braeger
iStage Entertainment

Best Student Film

Winner
The Beggar's Story
Zi Wang(director/writer/producer)
Bichen Liu(editor)

Best Visual Effects

Winner
Beyond the Gate
Hunter Nickless

Best Young Actor

Winner
Sam Broome
Beyond the Gate

Best music video

Winner
Milana Zilnik: Metamorfosi
Arty Sandler(director)
Milana Zilnik(composer)

Honorable Mention

Best Actor

Winner
János Balogh
Haunting Trophies

Best Director

Winner
LaShaunte Wade
The Breakthrough
Dark Creeds Productions

Best Documentary

Winner
Skate or Cry
Wes Greene
David Cook

Best Narrative Film

Winner
Grace
9.5 (94)
Michael Weil
Moyale Guardini
Michael Madsen
Matt Ciociolo
Alex Lee
M&M

Best Short Screenplay

Winner
Song of the Selkie
9.3 (11)
Kerry Browne
Seal Woman Productions

Director

Winner
David Arrow
Five Questions

First Time Director

Winner
Nicolò Pozzali
Judge

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Winner
The King's Sacrifice
Raphaël Houde-Belle-Isle(Director)
Les Productions HLV

Indie Feature

Winner
Doors
8.4 (12)
Abhineet Gogne
Sanjeev Sharma
Spirits Motion Pictures

Narrative Feature

Winner
The Stolen Valley
4.6 (259)
Jesse Edwards(producer)
Joel Edwards(producer)
Evolve Studios

Narrative Short

Winner
A Work of Heart
Sager Al Nuaimi(Director)
Art Center College of Design
Winner
Blub blub
Eddie Yukun Long

Original Story

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions
Winner
Haunting Trophies
7.7 (61)
László Illés(writer/director)
Winner
Mi Niña (My Little Girl)
Laura Isabel Figueroa(writer)

Web Series

Winner
StartUp: Palmieri Tech
Johnny C Jones(creator/executive producer)
Morgan Dukes(director)
Filthy Filming Productions

Web/TV Pilot

Winner
A Frantic Love IV: Til Death Do Us Part
Gary Tucker

Best Duo

Die Geierwally
Franz Braun
Sabrina Engl

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

Morituriosis
Jesse Dorian(writer)
February 2023

Indie Short

Die Geierwally
Mario Dengler
Sabrina Engl

LAFA December Award

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Shawn C. Hansen(Actor)
Adversary: Wanted Dead or Alive
Korea Black Productions

Best Actress

Winner
Jamie Addison
A Frantic Love IV: Til Death Do Us Part

Best Cinematography

Winner
I Don't Bite
Craig Melville(Director of Photography)
Mike Kniazev(Director of Photography)

Best Ensemble

Winner
Adversary: Wanted Dead or Alive
Shawn C. Hansen(Actor)
Ryan Andrew Smith(Actor)
Cate Luna(Actress)
Gianna Rose(Actress)
Heather Silvio(Actress)
Gus Langley(Actor)
Shane Santos(Actor)
Jason Markiewitz(Actor)
Kevin L. Sanders(Actor)
Michael Forsch(Actor)
Israel David Groveman(Actor)
Anthony Cosmano(Actor)
Antonio Moore(Actor)
Tek Le(Actor)
Kris Mayeshiro(Actor)
Tony Lynn(Actor)
Will Farlow(Actor)
Sai'len Jaeger(Actor)
Korea Black Productions

Best Fantasy

Winner
Anna
Hanqing Sky Ma

Best Film Noir

Winner
Bonding
8.1 (15)
Luke Rex(Executive Producer/Writer/Director)
9 Lives Entertainment

Best First time Director

Winner
Cédric Peyster(Director)
Wolfpack

Best Indie Film

Winner
Haunting Trophies
7.7 (61)
László Illés(director / producer / writer)
Roy McClurg(producer)
Jeremy Hirsch(producer)
Fahd Habeeb(producer)
Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
Marci Matthews(producer)
Intergalactic Pictures
Intergalactic Productions
McClurg Productions
Five Fork Films
Stag Mountain Films

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Cate Luna(Actress)
Adversary: Wanted Dead or Alive
Korea Black Productions

Best Thriller

Winner
Haunting Trophies
7.7 (61)
László Illés(director / producer / writer)
Roy McClurg Jr.(producer)
Fahd Habeeb(producer)
Marci Matthews(producer)
Jeremy Hirsch(producer)
Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
Intergalactic Productions
Intergalactic Pictures
McClurg Productions
Five Fork Films
Stag Mountain Films
Pannonia Pictures

Best Thriller Screenplay

Winner
Assassination of President Duke
Xi Ren(writer)

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Winner
Rob Banish
Two Fridges

LAFA January Award

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Project Iceman
7.9 (1.5K)
Ammar Kandil

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Winner
Michael Akkerman
Reveille

Best Horror Screenplay

Winner
Donavan Emery, the Android & Himself
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Tnaash
Boudy Sfeir(director)
Phi Productions
Best Narrative Feature

Best Picture

Winner
Project Iceman
7.9 (1.5K)
Ammar Kandil

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Winner
Donavan Emery, the Android & Himself
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Western

Teller's Camp
7.6 (12)
Jared Zabel

Festival Award

Best Action Screenplay

Winner
Tiger Bones
Dastan Khalili
Alliance of Light

Best Actor

Winner
Spencer Vaughn Kelly
WordLotto

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Stolen Valley
4.6 (259)
Jesse Edwards
Winner
Manny Fantasma
Gabriel Carnick

Best Crime Film

Winner
Pigeon
Paul Sliwinski(director)
Mel Rathgeb Pratt(co-producer)
Maria Servellon(co-producer)
55 Phillips Studios

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
WordLotto
9.2 (326)
Tom Lopilato

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Powering Puerto Rico
Adam Fischer
Northeastern Films

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
The Four of Us Are Dying
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Music Video

Winner
Today and Tomorrow
George Chiang
Theresa Kowall-Shipp
Harriet Chung
Golden Lotus Media

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
You, Me & Her
8.1 (31)
Selina Ringel(writer)
Dan Levy Dagerman(Director)
Two Hands Productions

Best Trailer

Winner
Mad Scientists: A.I. Maxima
9.6 (9)
Antonia Tong(director)
Lei Xu(Executive Producer)
Stephanie X. Wang(Actress)
Elijah Van Zanten(actor)
James Dale(actor)
Gabe Stowers(editor)
Ian Dorian(art director)
Sam Paynter(production designer)
Chang Cho(actor)
Eddie Chen(actor)
Filmswap

Best Web Series

Winner
Sami
7.9 (33)
Bruce Kimmel

Best Western

Winner
The Stolen Valley
4.6 (259)
Jesse Edwards(producer)
Joel Edwards(producer)
Evolve Studios

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Skate or Cry
Tia Pitman

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Ice Creamatorium
Josh McQueen

Best Screenplay

The Stolen Valley
4.6 (259)
Jesse Edwards

LAFA February Award

Best Director

Winner
Matt Steinauer
Mind Thief

Best Film Noir

Winner
A Tiger in the Subway
James Abrams

Best Horror Screenplay

Winner
Morituriosis
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Indie Short

Winner
A Tiger in the Subway
James Abrams

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Mind Thief
8.4 (64)
Matt Steinauer
Angelique Pretorius
Dilip Isaac

Best Picture

Winner
Mind Thief
8.4 (64)
Matt Steinauer
Angelique Pretorius
Dilip Isaac

Best Romance Film

Winner
Blueberry
Claire Chubbuck
Cathartic Realism

Best Screenplay & Original Story

Winner
Privileged Deceit
Warren R Hull
Annette C Hull
AnnWar Productions

Best Television Script

Winner
Privileged Deceit
Warren R Hull
Annette C Hull
AnnWar Productions

Quarter-Finalist

Perpetual Anamnesis
Joseph Villapaz
Mantis Eagle Productions

LAFA August Award

Best Actor

Winner
Timothy de León(actor)
A Guy's Guy

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Selena Lee(actress)
Tape
Phoenix Waters Productions

Best Comedy

Winner
A Guy's Guy
Freddy Falcon
Josh Levine
Falcon Pictures

Best Drama

Winner
Five Questions
David Arrow
4 A Films

Best Original Story

Winner
Fragments
Matthew Luppino

Best Parody

Winner
The To-DoN'T List
David J. Porras

Finalist (15 Best Screenplays)

Winner
Cult Fan
Gina Ronhovde(writer)

Best Documentary Short

Foot Moon
Vincent Romain
Backa Flipa Production

LAFA March Award

Best Actor

Winner
André Ramiro(actor)
Da Ponte Pra Cá

Best Actress

Winner
Emily Topper
The Breakthrough
Dark Creeds Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Breakthrough
Justin Cipriani
Dark Creeds Productions

Best Crime Film

Winner
Da Ponte Pra Cá
Ulisses Malta Jr.(director)
Gustavo Azevedo Santos(director)

Best Director

Winner
Cecilia Choi
Kombucha Cure
Kombucha Cure

Best Film Noir

Winner
Starry Eyed
Jessica Orcsik
Diversity Pictures

Best Horror

Winner
Water Dawg
Christopher Baiza

Best Horror Screenplay

Winner
Sven
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
The Market
Victor B Atkins(Writer/Director/Editor)
Winner
Landing
Victor B Atkins(director)

Best Indie Short (low budget)

Winner
Da Ponte Pra Cá
Ulisses Malta Jr.(director)
Gustavo Azevedo Santos(director)

Best Musical/Dance Film

Winner
Reverie (A Dream)
Peter Perenyi
Sara Koviak
PRP NYC

Best Narrative short

Winner
Quietus of Man
Frank Rice Jr.(Director)
FJR Films
Pacific Motion Pictures

Best Original Story

Winner
Kombucha Cure
8.3 (19)
Cecilia Choi(writer)
Michael R. Snell(writer)
Kombucha Cure
Winner
Kombucha Cure
8.3 (19)
Cecilia Choi(writer)
Michael R. Snell(writer)
Kombucha Cure

Best Score