LAFA Winners - May 2021
Best Picture
The Ravine - Keoni Waxman, Robert Pascuzzi
Best Narrative Feature
The Ravine - Keoni Waxman, Robert Pascuzzi
Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
MICerz - Omar Dzlieri
Best Narrative Short
Bird Feeder - Jack Fay
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
Barbershop - Im Yoon-Gi
Best Indie Feature
In Pieces - Louis Rayneau
Best Indie Short
NEA[R] - Gioele Fazzeri
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
At the End of the Day - Michelle Jasan
Best Drama
Bottled Up - Shannon Gibbs
Best Comedy
Four Minute Warning - Chris Hallas
Best Horror
House of Inequity - Josh Hale
Best Romance Film
Ode to an Inanimate Companion - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Best Sci-Fi
33 Floors - Chris Austen
Best Experimental Film
Never Die - Xue Song
Best Inspirational Film
Hope - Paulo Ferreira
Best Musical/Dance Film
Grand Cancan - Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
Best Film Noir
Shift - Katie Cleese
Best Mystery Film
Gods - Martin Munthe
Best Fantasy Film
Ode to an Inanimate Companion - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Best Crime Film
Mountain - Yuwei Du, Chuanqi Liang, Zefan Wang
Best Action Film
Puncture - Erik Bergamini
Best Web/TV Pilot
Hudson Falls - Elias Plagianos
Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot
Beer Frontier - Marco Ortega
Best Web Series
Zoom Therapy - Layla Warren, Chris Warren, Jonno Roberts
Best Documentary Feature
Wildflower - Matt Smukler
Best Documentary Short
Kintsugi: Nagasaki - Candice Kumai, Carlos Garcia DeDios
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Inside Nigeria's push to end police brutality - Martin Asare Amankwa, Peace Hyde
Best Animation
Dr. Sun - Hsu Michael, Chen Jing Lian
Honorable Mention: Animation
Comming Together: Seminal Dating - Michael Alvarado
Best Music Video
Someone - Strange World - David Spearing, Tessa Rose Jackson
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Alone - Bonzie
Best Student Film
Mountain - Yuwei Du, Chuanqi Liang, Zefan Wang
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Final Deathtination - Marika Tamura
Best Microfilm
A Moment - Robert dos Santos
Honorable Mention: Microfilm
Entangled Animal - Christian Holm-Glad
Best Director
Shift - Katie Cleese
Honorable Mention: Director
Triptych - Quang Kien Van, Suki Mok
Best First Time Director (Feature)
In Pieces - Louis Rayneau
Best First Time Director (Short)
False Dawn - Remco Texer
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Puncture - Erik Bergamini
Best Indie Filmmaker
The Invite - Jordan Rader
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
Travel - Train to Paradise - Tsai Tsai
Best Young Filmmaker
The Accomplice - Shawn Quek
Best Actor
The Ravine - Eric Dane
Honorable Mention: Actor
Bird Feeder - Howard Raik
Best Actress
The Ravine - Teri Polo
Honorable Mention: Actress
Bottled Up - Rowan Denis
Best Actor in an Indie Film
The Invite - Jonathan Wiggs
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Shift - Brianna Kellum
Best Supporting Actor
The Ravine - Peter Facinelli
Best Supporting Actress
Hudson Falls - Tara Westwood
Best Child Actor
Patio of Illusion - Mok Chun Him
Best Child Actress
Barbershop - Shin A-In
Best Duo
Bird Feeder - Howard Raik & Arlene Arnone
Best Ensemble
The Ravine - Eric Dane, Teri Polo, Peter Facinelli, Leslie Uggams, Byron Mann
Honorable Mention: Ensemble
Hudson Falls - Richard Kind, Jessica Hecht, William Sadler, Robert John Burke, Chike Okonkwo, Tara Westwood
Best Cinematography
Shift - Daniel Watt
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
The Ravine - Nathan Wilson
Best Score
The Ravine - James Murray
Honorable Mention: Score
Dr. Sun - Rabpit Studio, Cai Yaoren
Best Song
Ode to an Inanimate Companion - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Best Sound Design
Ode to an Inanimate Companion - Stephane Reichart, Stefano Civetta
Best Commercial
We Have Survived Nature For Ages - Christian Holm-Glad
Honorable Mention: Commercial
Zara Spec Commercial - FW 2020 Collection - David Nixon, Jr.
Best Original Story
Patio of Illusion - Mengmeng Chen
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Bird Feeder - Jack Fay
Screenplay of the Month
Mattress - Tracy Morse, Sophia Porter
Best Feature Screenplay
Mattress - Tracy Morse, Sophia Porter
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
G.O.D. OS - David Christopher Loya
Best Short Screenplay
The Golden Idol - Michael Anthony Alvarado
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Guns A Blazing - Tiffany Colling
Best Drama Screenplay
Curious - Anthony DiVastanzo
Best Comedy Screenplay
The Furry Fortune - Justin Ward
Best Horror Screenplay
The Hand of God - Tony Acree, Sarah Gardiner
Best Thriller Screenplay
BFFs Never Say Die - K. Jennifer Ilagan
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Remote Witness - Amy Nicholls
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Postman - Anthony DiVastanzo
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Days Matter - Yuchen Huang
Best Television Script
Gloom - Leor Zinati
Honorable Mention: Television Script
The Greatest Generation - Jeremy Soto
The Ravine - Trailer
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