LAFA Winners - January 2023
Best Picture
Project Iceman - Ammar Kandil
Best Narrative Feature
We Are Living Things - Antonio Tibaldi
Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards
Best Narrative Short
Save the Watermelon - Christopher W. Smith
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
Tin Phone - Sam Boe Nielsen
Best Indie Feature
Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham
Honorable Mention: Indie Feature
Doors - Abhineet Gogne
Best Indie Short
The Dinner Agreement - Matthew Campbell Downes
Honorable Mention: Indie Short
Amal - Taha Aziz
Best Drama
Brothers till the End - Roman Mitichyan
Best Comedy
Big Momma Earth - Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian
Best Parody
ALMOST Home Alone - Lisa Marie Tedesco
Best Sci-Fi
You Can't Stop What's Coming - John David Cranman
Best Experimental Film
Her - Zhiyin Peng
Best Inspirational Film
Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham
Best Western
Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards
Best Action Film
Watch Out - Jared Rosenthal, Max Jacobs, Blake Switzer
Best Web Series
The Black Man's Guide To World Travel - Medellin Colombia - Marques Wilson
Best Docudrama
Alone - Steven Chen
Best Documentary Feature
Project Iceman - Ammar Kandil
Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature
N-Men: The Untold Story - James Sweigert
Best Documentary Short
Bang On Time - Christoph Handl
Best Music Video
Unsteady - Mike Cerisano, Arielle Murphy
Honorable Mention: Music Video
MACHEN - Tarek Shayne Tabet
Best Student Film
Mind Sweeper - René Rebeiz
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Awakening - Alessio Giurgola
Best Microfilm
You Can't Stop What's Coming - John David Cranman
Best Director (Feature)
Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham
Best Director (Short)
The Dinner Agreement - Matthew Campbell Downes
Best First Time Director (Feature)
REVEILLE - Michael Akkerman
Best First Time Director (Short)
Lost Mother - Zelong Liu
Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)
Accompany 陪伴 - Zhixuan Jin
Best Indie Filmmaker
Oopsy Daisy - Devin Gillis
Best Actor
Te amo, talvez no! - Gregorio Pernia
Honorable Mention: Actor
We Are Living Things - Jorge Antonio Guerrero
Best Actress
Te amo, talvez no! - Sara Nunez
Honorable Mention: Actress
Darwin Fick in New York - Eve Austin
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Watch Out - Joe Schwaba
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Oopsy Daisy - Cassidy Foley
Best Duo
Save the Watermelon - Christopher W. Smith & Jack De Sena
Best Ensemble
Beyond The After - Dash Melrose, Jake Melrose, Jay Scarborough, Presley Wallace, Audrey Medrano, Audrey Lingle, Courtney Cheek,Kyra Norris
Best Cinematography
Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards
Best Editing
Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham, Jared Cline
Best Score
North Star - Jon Altham
Honorable Mention: Score
Small World - Camiel Jansen
Inspiring Woman in a Film
We Are Living Things - Xingchen Lyu
Best Commercial
ALMOST Home Alone - Lisa Marie Tedesco
Best Original Story
Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham
Screenplay of the Month
The Afterlife Can Wait - Westley Cornwell, Kristi Cornwell
Best Feature Screenplay
Rude Mechanicals - Julian Hoxter
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Keiko Speaks - A True Story - Bonnie Norton
Best Short Screenplay
Transgression - Egor Vadimovich Pogodin
Best Drama Screenplay
Pipeline Moe - Todd M Korgan
Best Horror Screenplay
Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself - Jesse Dorian
Best Action Screenplay
The Afterlife Can Wait - Westley Cornwell, Kristi Cornwell
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself - Jesse Dorian
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Pipeline Moe - Todd M Korgan
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Weatherman - Brad Catherman
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Transgression - Egor Vadimovich Pogodin
Best Television Script
Even Keel - Jeff Gendelman
Special Jury Award
N-Men: The Untold Story - James Sweigert
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