7th Annual LAFA 2022 Nominations
LAFA is pleased to announce its full slate of nominees for 2022.
Best of Fest 2022
Medusa - Sophie Levy
Implanted - Fabien Dufils
Dreams of Daraa - Reilly Dowd
Mosaic - Victor Boccard
This is [Not] Who We Are - Beret E Strong, Katrina Miller
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Best Narrative Feature
Medusa - Sophie Levy
Implanted - Fabien Dufils
Darts - Cosimo Tucci
Love in Country - Richard Ray Gayton, Kurt Braun
GOD & SALSA - Jess Thomas, Anayancy Thomas
Nightline - Robert Sedlacek
Best Narrative Short
Remembrance - Michael Kumar
Not Nothing - Suzanne Schmidt, Kerith Lemon
Fading Numbers - Aron Attiwell
HomeBound - Usher Morgan
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz, Augusta Mariano
Mosaic - Victor Boccard
Best Indie Feature
Everything I Am - Robbie Fatt
Fix - William Leitch
Myra - Christopher Baiza
October 22 - Nauwroz Khan
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Situations and Circumstances - Joshua Kaufman
Best Indie Short
The Winter Fern - Gwen Gottlieb
The Other Side of the River - Junwu Tan
Adam - Martin Balaguer
At the Strawberry Stand - Gerald Pribek
La Petite Mort - Nicole Zhou
HMU - Hit Me Up - Danh Cong Nguyen
Best Web/TV Pilot
Arena - Myles Clohessy
Dungo’s Palace - Nathan H Colby
Olive - Flora Charlotte Lopategui
Left of the Dial - Nick Markovich, Andrew Lawton
PARADOX - Vasilis (Billy) Blioumis
DIVR - Rae Binstock, Zoey Martinson
Best Web/TV Series
Why Are You Like This - Jessie Oldfield, Adam Murfet
Unapologetic - Jay Tee Thompson, Ariel Simone
Anacostia - Anthony Anderson
My Journey - David Oryan
Alaska, The Last Frontier - Clay Croft
Siyaya - Come wild with us - François Odendaal
Best Documentary Feature
Man In The Arena - Michael Barnes
This is [Not] Who We Are - Beret E Strong, Katrina Miller
Hot Money - Susan Kucera
Still Suffering - Diana Puzikova
Dreams of Daraa - Reilly Dowd
Echoes of Silence - Ahmet Ertug
Best Documentary Short
The Simple/Crazy Life of Henry Cole - Melvin Audaz
DC Shoes: This Too Shall Pass - Chris Ray, Martin Fobes
Project Four Degrees - Ari Gootnick
Nobody Owns Me - Anouk Meissner
Once upon a bridge in Vietnam - François Bibonne
Only Human - Katerina Giannakopoulou
Best Animation
Dino Powers - Jinchul Kim
Atlas - Nazia Zaman
The Fairy Dream of Yeloli - Jin Jin
Delivery - Hsin Ting Lin
Almost Christmas - Xinyuan Zhao
Miracle - Shaofu Zhang
Best Music Video
Breakout - Garrett Edward Randol
NTO - Invisible - Jean-Charles Charavin
Closer - Anjali Nayar
Aitch - Learning Curve - KC Locke
Dead Of The Night - Minh Huynh
That Guy - Tyson Yoshi, YOCK
Best Student Film
Lucky Sisters - Peilin Xie
Atlas - Nazia Zaman
I Am Odd - Rory Russell, Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
Counterclock - Mara D'Alò Fonseca
Fallen Angel - Taylor Marie James
Horseback - Shu Ya
Best Director (Feature Film)
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
A Tear in the Sky - Caroline Cory
45 Days: The Fight For A Nation - Emile Ghessen
GOD & SALSA - Jess Thomas
Wooing - Yang Ju Chiang
Medusa - Sophie Levy
Best Director (Short Film)
Twohey - Liam Penn, Chance McAdam
Analog Rainbow - Henry Czerwonka
Under the Influence - Lucy Regent
HAN - Titus Paar
Lifeblood - Nicholas Tory
Blue Egg - Jess Fisher
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Medusa - Sophie Levy
Leigh - Ryan Gaskett
Red Carpet - Scott Altman
October 22 - Nauwroz Khan
Dreamland - A Storming Area 51 Story - Brian Moreno
The Chimera Effect - Carlos Butler
Best First Time Director (Short)
American Hero - Manny McCord
Man in a Maze - Sergio Jimenez
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Cordelia - Shelby Zhang
Lifeblood - Nicholas Tory
HMU - Hit Me Up - Danh Cong Nguyen
Best Actor
My Dinner With Werner - Matthew Sanders
The Station Caretaker - Gleb Kopysov
Mosaic - Lucas Bravo
Somewhere Then - Javi Luna
Clear Water - Francisco Martos
The Crossing - Wiktor Simonsen
Best Actress
Medusa - Roxane Mesquida
Analog Rainbow - Brandi Botkin
American Hero - Melany Smith
HomeBound - Katie Vincent
GOD & SALSA - Jovanna Vidal
The Chimera Effect - Ashley Nichols
Best Duo
Medusa - Anamaria Vartolomei & Arnaud Valois
Not Nothing - Suzanne Schmidt & Christie Maturo
Mosaic - Lucas Bravo & Leslie Medina
Fallen Angel - Ian Peterson & Kaitie Cavataio
Chatter - Richmond Parakhen & Mel Taevin
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz & Erin Clark
Best Cinematography
The Chosen Path - Violetta D'Agata
Blue Lanterns - Federica Marchese
Journey Home - Edward Massey
Counterclock - Fabrice Schäfer Rodrigues
Mosaic - Raphaël Bourdin
Forlorn - Miguel Tafich
Best Editing
Medusa - Sophie Levy, Sanabel Cherqaoui
Analog Rainbow - Garrett Satow
After Masks - Josie Azzam
Spaceship - Mengyao Mia Zhang
The Cage - Hengrui Zhang
Somewhere Then - Jakob Ziemann
Best Score
Medusa - Olivier Marguerit
The Curse Of Lughus - Tim Janssens
Journey Home - Stewart Dugdale
Princess of the Row - Julian Scherle
Dreams - Walther Neto
Chatter - Rawleigh K Grove
Best Commercial
Forever Connected - Vinícius de Barros Gonçalves, Tom Silveira
Knotwtr - Obi Nwankwo, Kostas Garcia, Zaawadi
Tainan Fantage - Jason M Tseng
Mazda CX-30, Made to inspire - Theodoros Tzartos
Do Not Flip - Tim Moldenhauer
Mo Pies - In Love - Dandrell Scott, Monece Starling
Best Screenplay
Shadowmen - Dan A Loschack
Space Girl Blues - Bruce Pavalon
Rebranding Henry - Daniel Keith
Submerged - Josh Madden
True Hell - Greg Kousoulis
Recitation - Courtney Froemming
Best Television Script
Burt & Mildred Go West - Randy Zobel
L Ella - Gary St. Martin
Monstra - Samantha Garcia, Allison Garcia
Special Agent - Donnalyn Vojta
Reality of the Future - Zoe Quist, Daniel Lawrence Abrams
Stephie With A Why - Mirra Kardonne
