LAFA Winners - February 2023
Best Picture
Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer
Best Narrative Feature
Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer
Best Narrative Short
Hey Alexa - Rebecca Demeter, Xochi Blymyer
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
The Story of This Life - Alex Jiang
Best Indie Feature
Footnotes - Chris Leary
Honorable Mention: Indie Feature
A Refugee's Guide to Rome - Ted Efremoff
Best Indie Short
A Tiger in the Subway - James Abrams
Honorable Mention: Indie Short
THE WA$HER - Ziyue Hu
Best Drama
Roop Nagar Ke Cheetey - Vihan Suryavanshi
Best Comedy
Swish - Jill Narciso
Best Dark Comedy
The Cannibals - Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin
Best Romantic Comedy
Swipe - Tailiah Breon, Destiny Jackson
Best Parody
Jump Scares: The Movie - Peter Masterton
Best Thriller
Adam - Brandon Calvillo
Best Horror
Flash, Latch, Strike - Nick Dart
Best Romance Film
Blueberry - Claire Chubbuck
Best Sci-Fi
tRuth - Sylvie Zaidman, Nic Shake
Best Experimental Film
Tenderness - Adam William Wilson
Best Inspirational Film
From Food to Freedom - Nelson Campbell
Best Dance Film
RUM 444 - Peter Svenzon
Best Film Noir
A Tiger in the Subway - James Abrams
Best Western
Ruby Ring - Ziyue Hu
Best Action Film
One Shot - Banghui Zhang
Best Web/TV Pilot
The Risk Takers - Xano Alexander Cuervo
Best TV Series
The Cannibals - Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin
Best Documentary Feature
WILD LIFE - The Lance Mackey Story - Finn-Erik Rognan
Best Documentary Featurette
Powering Puerto Rico - Adam Fischer
Best Documentary Short
Finding My Edge - Jennifer Smith
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Encore - Xiao Ma
Best Animation
The RatRodFormers - Aliaksandr Sasha Kanavalau, Maciej Żuk
Honorable Mention: Animation
On / Off - Nicolas P. Villarreal
Best Music Video
123 - Bettina Campomanes
Best Student Film
Guilty - Bin Li
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Nothing Special - James Garces
Best Microfilm
Honorable Mention: Microfilm
Best Director (Feature)
Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer
Best Director (Short)
Hey Alexa - Rebecca Demeter
Honorable Mention: Director
Ruby Ring - Ziyue Hu
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Footnotes - Chris Leary
Best First Time Director (Short)
Finding My Edge - Jennifer Smith
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Judge - Nicolo' Pozzali
Best Indie Filmmaker
Silent Sirens - Neil Sandhoefner
Best Young Filmmaker
The Water Has Memory - Yanguo Hou
Best Actor
The Story of This Life - Andy Sun
Best Actress
Hey Alexa - Stevie Lynn Jones
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Obstacle - Danny Bolero
Best Duo
Footnotes - Sharayu Mahale & Chris Leary
Honorable Mention: Duo
The Cannibals - Abigail Bresilin & Kim Hopkins
Best Cinematography
Footnotes - Victor Ingles
Best Editing
Tenderness - Nick Deliberto
Best Score
Footnotes - Charles Harvey Spears
Best Sound Design
Falling Up - Ethan Yuheng Xie
Inspiring Woman in a Film
LA CALIFORNIA - Giulia Provvedi
Best Virtual Reality
Thank you for sharing your world - Yu Sakudo
Best Original Story
The_Fishbowl - Erin Mackellin
Screenplay of the Month
Privileged Deceit - Annette C. Hull, Warren R Hull
Best Feature Screenplay
The Volunteer - Robert Allen Nelson, Jason Morwick
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Morituriosis - Jesse Dorian
Best Short Screenplay
Cowlick - Kevin Hart
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Der Beker - Ruben Levi
Best Drama Screenplay
Colorado - Nicholas S Mata
Best Horror Screenplay
Morituriosis - Jesse Dorian
Best Film Noir Screenplay
CITIZEN - Marshall Ferrin
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Silver Eyes - Eric White
Best First Time Screenwriter
Hey Alexa - Xochi Blymyer
Best Television Script
Privileged Deceit - Annette C. Hull, Warren R Hull
Honorable Mention: Television Script
Dysphoria - Scott Simonsen
Special Jury Award
Stone Garden - Alysha Haran
Mind Thief - Trailer
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