LAFA Winners - April 2022
Best Picture
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Best Narrative Film
Remembrance - Michael Kumar
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
Amara's Smile - DC Brandon
Best Indie Film
The Winter Fern - Gwen Gottlieb
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Go Fetch Club - Pilar Adara
Best Drama
Remembrance - Michael Kumar
Best Comedy
Under the Influence - Lucy Reevely
Best Thriller
Nightline - Robert Sedlacek
Best Romance Film
A Beautiful Breakup - Ajithvasan Uggina
Best Sci-Fi
Starship Troopers Deadlock - Steffen Werner
Best Experimental Film
Queen Mab - Elizabeth Quilter
Honorable Mention: Experimental Film
pass:on - Pablo Daniel Magee
Best Inspirational Film
The Milly Project - Kendra Chappell, Lizbeth Chappell
Best Musical/Dance Film
This Room is My Oyster - Theodore Matza
Best Film Noir
A Cold Farewell - Art Medina
Best LGBTQ Film
When a Circle Decides to Not be a Circle Anymore - Nasir Malekijoo
Best Fantasy Film
Double Trouble - Brendan Casey
Best Action Film
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Best Web/TV Pilot
Olive - Flora Charlotte Lopategui
Best Web Series
It's Daisy May - Candice Palladino
Best Documentary Feature
Hot Money - Susan Kucera
Best Documentary Featurette
The Ones Who Keep Walking - Amarachi Nwosu
Best Documentary Short
Nobody Owns Me - Anouk Meissner
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Cloud of Witnesses - Kevin Strickland
Best Animation
Delivery - Hsin Ting Lin
Honorable Mention: Animation
Stellest Genesis - Pablo Daniel Magee
Best Music Video
That Guy - Tyson Yoshi, YOCK
Honorable Mention: Music Video
The Search For Love - Adebomi Adeyeye
Best Student Film
Unsaid Words - Stark Zhao
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Broken Stars - HanYing Du
Best Director (Feature)
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Best Director (Short)
Under the Influence - Lucy Reevely
Honorable Mention: Director
Remembrance - Michael Kumar
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Dreamland - A Storming Area 51 Story - Brian Moreno
Best First Time Director (Short)
Man in a Maze - Sergio Jimenez
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
The Soldier - Devin O'Guinn
Best Indie Filmmaker
4 LOVE & EMBRYOS - Brett Salamin
Best Young Filmmaker
Old Neighborhood with Greeny Trees - Arnold Shin
Best Actor
The Crossing - Wiktor Simonsen
Honorable Mention: Actor
Anacostia - Anthony Anderson
Best Actress
The Winter Fern - Gwen Gottlieb
Honorable Mention: Actress
Remembrance - Emily Maldonado
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Come Back - Adam Race
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Letters to Daniel - Megan Jones
Best Score
The Crossing - Christopher Farrell
Honorable Mention: Score
A Beautiful Breakup - Ilaiyaraaja
Best Song
The Clay and The Girl - What Can Break This Echo - George Breadman, Christos Danakas
Honorable Mention: Song
Olive - Lucy Nicholson
Inspiring Woman in a Film
The Winter Fern - Gwen Gottlieb
Best Virtual Reality
Childhood Revisited - Wen-Chieh Chang
Best Costume Design
Olive - Flora Charlotte Lopategui
Best Commercial
Do Not Flip - Tim Moldenhauer
Honorable Mention: Commercial
Mo Pies - In Love - Dandrell Scott, Monece Starling
Best Original Story
A Beautiful Breakup - Ajithvasan Uggina
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Olive - Flora Charlotte Lopategui, Lucy Nicholson, Joseph Day Archer
Screenplay of the Month
Submerged - Josh Madden
Best Feature Screenplay
From The Dead - Connor Rielly
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Beyond Us - Shaughn Andrew Cameron
Best Short Screenplay
The Other Room - Alexis Alison Archer
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Song Of The Selkie - Kerry Browne
Best Drama Screenplay
Submerged - Josh Madden
Best Comedy Screenplay
Killer Effort - Peter Hsieh
Best Thriller Screenplay
Like Father Like Son - Barry Jay
Best Action Screenplay
The Shroud Trinity - Frank McEvoy
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Visionaries - Richard Seneque
Best Fantasy Screenplay
The Morrisfield Misfits and The Sword of Fate - John Munn
Best First Time Screenwriter
Mandela Affected - Alexis Nichele Pauling
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
Perception - Robyn Babina
Best Television Script
Monstra - Samantha Garcia, Allison Garcia
Honorable Mention: Television Script
A Certain Age - Nina-Marie Gardner
Special Jury Award
The Enchanted Mission - Marta Torres
Special Jury Award
Shadows Imperfect - Catherine Schandl
Special Jury Award
Dennyiah - RECALL - Erik Jasaň
The Crossing - Official Trailer
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