LAFA Winners - May 2023
Best Picture
TRACKER - Mehmet Tanrisever
Best Narrative Feature
A Zebra-Riding Boy - Xiaotian Fan, Juzhi Chen
Best Narrative Short
CONFESSIONS - Evette Vargas
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
The King's Sacrifice - Raphaël Houde Belle-Isle
Best Indie Feature
BOYS - Gihyun Yang
Best Indie Short
The Magician - Lucy Owens
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Better Together - Justin Tang, Rishabh Trivedi
Best Drama
TRACKER - Mehmet Tanrisever
Best Comedy
Los Aspirantes - María Yolanda Brown Melián
Best Thriller
Phoenix Incident - Keith Arem
Best Horror
FrighTime - Sándor Gál
Best Sci-Fi
Lullaby - Xiaochen Qian
Best Experimental Film
Inside The Box - Amina Hadji, Cécile Lassonde
Best Inspirational Film
Chasing the Cure - Cyrille Njikeng, Greg Parker
Best LGBTQ Film
BOYS - Gihyun Yang
Best Web/TV Pilot
NWL: The National Wrestling League - Cam Haldeman, Damiano Fusca
Best TV Series
Reign - Mike Chaturantabut, Joe Lujan
Best Docudrama
The last voices of the great war - Andrea Benato, Marco Scattolini
Best Documentary Feature
We Have Just Begun - Michael Warren Wilson
Best Documentary Short
Pinheiro | Ep03 - All In - Thomas Dunzendorfer
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Song & Spirit - Gage Masterson
Best Animation
Modern Medicine - Ting Zhou
Best Music Video
Danger - Ned Stresen-Reuter
Honorable Mention: Music Video
The Creator's Shower - Acid Fong
Best Student Film
The Grassland Whisper - Jiaqing Lin
Best Director
Live To Farm - Jared Gagnon-Palick
Best First Time Director (Feature)
BOYS - Gihyun Yang
Best First Time Director (Short)
Live To Farm - Jared Gagnon-Palick
Best Young Filmmaker
Death in a White Dress - Sabina C. Panicker
Best Actor
CONFESSIONS - J. Mallory McCree
Best Actress
The Magician - Ruth Johansson
Best Cinematography
Layers of Lies - Mark Hobson
Best Score
SIMONA - Alex Gruz
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Goalden Girls - Shaikha Nouf AlKhalifa
Best Original Story
CONFESSIONS - Evette Vargas
Screenplay of the Month
I Know the End - Don Macanlalay
Best Feature Screenplay
I Know the End - Don Macanlalay
Best Short Screenplay
The Gambler - John J. Lynch
Best Drama Screenplay
Like Him - Brian McGrath
Best Comedy Screenplay
24 Hour Honeymoon - Christian Pendered Zur
Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay
Greetings From Jamaica - Mari SanGiovanni
Best Thriller Screenplay
A Very Bad Divorce - Niles Welikson
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
Greetings From Jamaica - Mari SanGiovanni
Best Action Screenplay
The Pickleball Killer - Jim Carroll
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Familiar Realm - Jose Montalvo
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Starship Explorer: The Alien Chef - Sebastian Binder
Mind Thief - Trailer
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