LAFA Winners - January 2021
Best Picture
Latasha Harlins - Shannon Dion
Best Narrative Short
Latasha Harlins - Shannon Dion
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
Mr. & Mrs. Ellis - Alan M. Brooks
Best Indie Feature
Jiyan - Otis Birdy
Best Indie Short
Asiago Kills! - Cristian Tomassini
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Pandamonium - Dina McNeil
Best Drama
To Planet 2000 - Changyi Yu
Honorable Mention: Drama
God Bless - Elvis Nolasco
Best Comedy
Paldemic - Kenny Hotz
Best Dark Comedy
Good Monsters - Johannes Muhr, Julia Zimth
Best Parody
The Ring Light - Barret Bowman
Best Thriller
Asiago Kills! - Cristian Tomassini
Best Horror
Deep Shock - Davide Melini
Best Experimental Film
I, Anatolia - Feride Morcay, Elif Iskender
Best Inspirational Film
We're Turning into Regular People - Valen Zeng
Best Musical/Dance Film
Don't Stay Safe - Christina Franklin, Lesley Steele
Best Film Noir
La Schema - Alex Bowling, Stephen Byrum
Best Fantasy Film
Dear Name - Hillfinger (Hyung-kun) Hwang
Best Action Film
Dead Souls: Apocrypha Black - Korea Black
Best Web Series
Afsos - Anubhuti Kashyap
Honorable Mention: Web Series
Good Monsters - Johannes Muhr, Julia Zimth
Best Documentary Feature
Wim Wenders, Desperado - Eric Friedler, Andreas Frege
Best Documentary Featurette
Dreams of Hope - Henry Panion, David Macon
Best Documentary Short
PNW Indy Wrestling Spotlight - ShanzDev, Marc LeCuyer
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Eye of the Storm - Brooke Harris Wolff
Best Animation
A Walk - Zhehao Qiao
Honorable Mention: Animation
What Remains - Sianoosh Nasiriziba
Best Music Video
Street Spirit - Vicente Cordero
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Betamaxx: Never Sleep Again - Dan Przygoda
Best Student Film
Good Thing Going - Reece Daniels, Jivensley Alexis
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Woods in The Rain - Jim Zou
Best Microfilm
The Game - Tim Moldenhauer
Best Director (Feature)
A Perfect Vintage - Troy Christian
Best Director (Short)
To Planet 2000 - Changyi Yu
Honorable Mention: Director (Short)
We're Turning into Regular People - Valen Zeng
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Outlier - Nate Strayer
Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Feature)
Jiyan - Otis Birdy
Best First Time Director (Short)
Between the Creag and the Sky - Kurt Gerard Heinlein
Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)
Strung - Joseph Bezenek, Ryan H. Reid
Best Indie Filmmaker
Winter Garden - Mustafa Deniz
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
The Letter - Ray Holdridge
Best Young Filmmaker
The Waiting Room - Ella Jerrier
Best Actor
Delight - Paul Snodgrass
Best Actress
Latasha Harlins - Rayven Symone Ferrell
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Jiyan - Mohammed Mohammed
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Good Thing Going - Celia Spero
Best Young Actor
Strung - Wyatt Darling
Best Duo
Between the Creag and the Sky - Kathryn Harter & Ed Swidey
Honorable Mention: Duo
Locked - Alina Person & Simone Gallo
Best Ensemble
Good Monsters - Florian Maria Sumerauer, Peter Geisberg, Leif Evers, Florentine Schara, Julia Zimth
Honorable Mention: Ensemble
The Letter - Mike Palmer, Madison Spear, Maray Ayres, Krystal Beyer, Ray Holdridge
Best Cinematography
Mahanati (Great Actress) - Dani Sanchez-Lopez
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
Savior - Idan Menin
Best Editing
Glitches - Annie Chen
Best Score
Latasha Harlins - Dennis McCarthy
Honorable Mention: Score
Moving Art: Underwater - Alan Williams
Best Song
Journey's End - Radio Wolf & Parallels
Honorable Mention: Song
Good Monsters - Fritizis Song - Julia Zimth
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Good Monsters - Julia Zimth
Best Original Story
Greenhorn - Kevin Staake
Honorable Mention: Original Story
A Broken Arrow - Joshua Nelson, Sasha Nelson
Screenplay of the Month
The Lies We Tell Ourselves - Courtney Froemming
Best Feature Screenplay
The Lies We Tell Ourselves - Courtney Froemming
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Angelets - Hayley Jean Reeves
Best Short Screenplay
Air Kiss - Gio Forlenza
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
After This - Kaitlyn Clare
Best Drama Screenplay
The Bamboo Wife - Heather P. Shreve
Best Comedy Screenplay
Cocky - Tom Bruno, Chris Reina
Honorable Mention: Comedy Screenplay
Pickleballs! - The Movie - Daniel Edward Beeman
Best Horror Screenplay
Click Like to Die - Emily Rued
Best Action Screenplay
The Venus Effect - Lynn Vincentnathan
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Hysteresis - Lynn Vincentnathan
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Patrick - Benjamin Collins
Best Television Script
Charlotte Tanner - Beth Armogida
Honorable Mention: Television Script
Chicago Underground - T.J. Barkwill
Latasha Harlins - Trailer
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