LAFA Winners - November 2021
Best Picture
Fading Numbers - Aron Attiwell
Best Narrative Feature
Darts - Cosimo Tucci
Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
Nata Samrat - Rishikeshwar Yogi
Best Narrative Short
Fading Numbers - Aron Attiwell
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
Life After - Jesse Edwards
Best Indie Feature
Myra - Christopher Baiza
Honorable Mention: Indie Feature
Night, Mother - John Patrick Lowrie
Best Indie Short
The Way You Smile - Bricen X
Honorable Mention: Indie Short
Coping Thoughts - Carley Rose Herlihy
Best Drama
The Last Light - Dave Craighead
Honorable Mention: Drama
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Best Comedy
Our almost COMPLETELY TRUE STORY - Don Scardino, Jerry H Sroka, Mariette Hartley
Honorable Mention: Comedy
The Minority Manifesto - Joseph Pascaretti
Best Dark Comedy
It's All In Your Head - Kelsey Darragh
Best Parody
The Life and Death of Tom Thomson Who Was A Painter - Rob McLean
Best Thriller
Into the Fog - Anna Nadtotchii, Kaleb Laidman
Best Horror
Drophead - Michel Monty
Best Experimental Film
Money - Grégoire Vaillant, Dangelser Charles-Edouard
Honorable Mention: Experimental Film
Urdimbre - Albina Kim, Pablo Di Prima, Minzy Li
Best Inspirational Film
I Am Odd - Rory Russell, Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film
Today's Kindness - Bill Grout, Jade Grout
Best Musical/Dance Film
One Day - Litong Qin
Best LGBTQ Film
After Masks - Manaal Kahn, Tayo Amos, Rebekah Wiggins, John Crockett, Brian McCulley
Best Action Film
Reverse - Josh Aries
Best Web/TV Pilot (Unproduced)
Rough Cut - "Running of the Bulls" - Matthew Margo
Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot (Unproduced)
End of Days - Danny Alex
Best Documentary
Project Four Degrees - Ari Gootnick
Honorable Mention: Documentary
The Silent Stage - Uğur Evin
Best Animation
Keep Painting, Mom - Heloise Magny
Best Music Video
Closer - Anjali Nayar
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Stardust - Uzair Merchant
Best Student Film
I Am Odd - Rory Russell, Benjamin Giroux, Mike Connaris
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Abs of Steel - Shivan Giri
Best Microfilm
Moon Knight - Akshay Tiwari
Best Director
Fading Numbers - Aron Attiwell
Honorable Mention: Director
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Best First Time Director
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
The Last Light - Dave Craighead
Best Young Filmmaker
Preservation - Harlow Schuman
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Guns and Stuff - Alexander McDaniel
Best Actor
Journey Home - Mike Bodie
Honorable Mention: Actor
The Last Light - Joshua Malekos
Best Actress
Life After - Torri Yates-Orr
Honorable Mention: Actress
Journey Home - Jennifer Martin
Best Actor in an Indie Film
The Way You Smile - Patrick Keeffe
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Night, Mother - Sheila Houlahan
Best Supporting Actor
Journey Home - Alex Good
Best Supporting Actress
Fading Numbers - Jenny Davis
Best Young Actor
Guns and Stuff - Alexander McDaniel
Best Young Actress
Fading Numbers - Chloe-Jean Vincent
Best Duo
Night, Mother - Sheila Houlahan & Ellen McLain
Best Cinematography
Journey Home - Edward Massey
Best Editing
After Masks - Josie Azzam
Best Score
Journey Home - Stewart Dugdale
Best Song
Time Boys - "Guardian Angel" - Randy Allan, Michael Winston Terry, Justin William Terry, Killian Josiah Terry, Andrea Allan Terry
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Angel - Raeann Giles
Best Commercial
Tainan Fantage - Jason M Tseng
Best Original Story
Our almost COMPLETELY TRUE STORY - Jerry H Sroka, Mariette Hartley
Screenplay of the Month
Rebranding Henry - Daniel Keith
Best Feature Screenplay
American Daydream - Jim Grieco
Best Short Screenplay
Dexfield - Drew Maidment
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
A Good Thing - Sean Hinds
Best Drama Screenplay
The Silent Recital - Lia Wu
Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay
ZUMRUT - Sena Tunali
Best Comedy Screenplay
Rebranding Henry - Daniel Keith
Honorable Mention: Comedy Screenplay
Rough Cut - "Running of the Bulls" - Matthew Margo
Best Thriller Screenplay
Suspect - John Munn
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Glass Rekindlers - Yelitza Prada Breen
Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi Screenplay
End of Days - Danny Alex
Best Fantasy Screenplay
Phantom - Korea Black, Gianna Rose
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Mia - Matthew Townsend
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
A Cup of Cocoa - Dan Stearns
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
Drip - Mark Stokes & Jay Robey
Best Television Script
Heligoland - Julian David Hoxter
Honorable Mention: Television Script
Good Grief - Josh Nadler
Special Jury Award
11 Blocks To Go - Jack Utrata, Ashley Alexander
Special Jury Award
Armstrong - Lane
Special Jury Award
After Masks - Manaal Kahn, Tayo Amos, Rebekah Wiggins, John Crockett, Brian McCulley
Special Jury Award
Fifteen - Lindsay Wolf
Special Jury Award
On The Moonlit Sea - Wei Zhou
Fading Numbers - Trailer
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