LAFA Winners - December 2021
Best Picture
Love in Country - Richard Ray Gayton, Kurt Braun
Best Narrative Feature
Love in Country - Richard Ray Gayton, Kurt Braun
Best Narrative Short
HomeBound - Usher Morgan
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
Hatshepsut - Sonia Machado Hines
Best Indie Feature
October 22 - Nauwroz Khan
Best Indie Short
At the Strawberry Stand - Gerald Pribek
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
One Note - Matthew Cooke
Best Drama
Reshape - Siming Zheng
Honorable Mention: Drama
Brothers - Ragini Bhasin
Best Comedy
Switch City - Allen Xu, Behnam Salimy
Honorable Mention: Comedy
Suchtpotential - Franz Josef Danner
Best Thriller
GARUDA - Issah Rahim Contractor
Best Sci-Fi
The Station Caretaker - Vladislav Emelin
Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi
Callisto's End - Nathan Schiele
Best Experimental Film
Paprika - Stephane Benini
Best Inspirational Film
The loneliness of who those do not exist - Alfonso Burgos Risco
Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film
Vortex - Michel Rousseau
Best Musical/Dance Film
Addictions - Sergei Stern
Honorable Mention: Musical/Dance Film
PROJECT 9 - Glory Crampton
Best Film Noir
True America - Dashia Imperiale
Best LGBTQ Film
Intended Parents - Jabari Redd, Dr. Louis Deon Jones
Best Western
The Gunslinger - Rachel Fitzgerald
Best Action Film
Overwritten - Jack Ruefli
Best Web Series
Hamlet & Ophelia - Scott Westerman
Best Documentary Feature
Still Suffering - Diana Puzikova
Best Documentary Featurette
Iorì:wase Presents: Warhawks - Brady Cross
Best Documentary Short
Em Hassoun - Elie Sahyoun
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Nobody Was Here..... The life of TMNK - Rodrico James
Best Animation
Broke and Bloody - Lanessa Miller, Ahren Field Buchheisteer
Best Music Video
Aitch - Learning Curve - KC Locke
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Trash/glue - Lucy Makhova
Best Student Film
Counterclock - Mara D'Alò Fonseca
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Panda Panda - Zijie Zhou
Best Director (Feature)
45 Days: The Fight For A Nation - Emile Ghessen
Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)
A Tear in the Sky - Caroline Cory
Best Director (Short)
HAN - Titus Paar
Honorable Mention: Director (Short)
I Miss Us - Roth Rind
Best First Time Director (Feature)
October 22 - Nauwroz Khan
Best First Time Director (Short)
Cordelia - Shelby Zhang
Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)
Omi - Vatora Godwin
Best Indie Filmmaker
Real Monsters - Isaiah Thomas Butler
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
The Black Ace - Richard M. Kates, Nolan Rhys Elias
Best Young Filmmaker
Is It My Fault? - Benjamin Pacheco
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Imagination - Ian Viktor Branch
Best Actor
The Station Caretaker - Gleb Kopysov
Honorable Mention: Actor
Dinner For Two - Maarten Cornelis
Best Actress
HomeBound - Katie Vincent
Honorable Mention: Actress
HAN - Yohanna Idha
Best Actor in an Indie Film
At the Strawberry Stand - Gerald Pribek
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Just Be Yourself - Renee Wood
Best Young Actor
Always Come In Second - Jeffery Liu
Best Child Actor
Haunted for Life - Hunter Paul Nickless
Best Child Actress
Han - Lilly Elva Leonora
Best Cinematography
Counterclock - Fabrice Schäfer Rodrigues
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
October 22 - James Hia
Best Editing
Spaceship - Mengyao Mia Zhang
Best Score
Princess of the Row - Julian Scherle
Honorable Mention: Score
Suchtpotential - Christoph Hüttner
Inspiring Woman in a Film
The Nest - Kiziana Jean-Louis
Best Trailer
HomeBound - Usher Morgan
Honorable Mention: Trailer
Han - Titus Paar
Best Commercial
Mazda CX-30, Made to inspire - Theodoros Tzartos
Best Original Story
Maron Doll - Soo Chyun
Screenplay of the Month
CODE 10 - Matthew Margo
Best Feature Screenplay
Escape from Virtue - Nick DeRuve
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 - Eddie Clay Thompkins III
Best Short Screenplay
Gloriana Pettus - Ken Teutsch
Best Drama Screenplay
Bag of Cans - Kenny Tran
Best Comedy Screenplay
Everything's Going to Pot - Valerie McCaffrey
Best Mystery Screenplay
CODE 10 - Matthew Margo
Best Horror Screenplay
The Sicken - Danny Alex
Best Thriller Screenplay
CODE 10 - Matthew Margo
Best Action Screenplay
CODE 10 - Matthew Margo
Best Fantasy Screenplay
Salt Beast Guardians - Yelitza Prada Breen
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
The Son - Luke Riether
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Inheritance - Dallas White, George Martinez
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Just Us - Renwick McAslan
Best Television Script
Special Agent - Donnalyn Vojta
Honorable Mention: Television Script
Positives - Katie Fahey
Special Jury Award
Dinner For Two - Joe Lobianco
Special Jury Award
Plane Ransom - Ryan Lewis Meyer
Special Jury Award
Forgotten Victory - Christopher HK Lee
Special Jury Award
Dichotomized - Teodor Brkovic Gajin
Special Jury Award
Maron Doll - Soo Chyun, Yoo Seok Jong
Aitch - Learning Curve
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