LAFA Winners - November 2023
Best Picture
Blood Star - Lawrence Jacomelli
Best Narrative Feature
Blood Star - Lawrence Jacomelli
Best Narrative Short
Captain JJ - Jonathan Hogan
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
Ellie - Vinny O'Brien
Best Indie Feature
The Actor - Richard Blake
Best Indie Short
Buttress - Nancy Payne, Emily Barber
Best Drama
Lollipop - Boyu Zhang
Best Comedy
Dirty Talk - Deck Metellus
Best Sci-Fi
Turing - Gissette Valentin, John Cihangir
Best Experimental Film
Noise Landscape - Che-Kuang Chuang
Best Musical/Dance Film
Echo - Xin Jiang
Best Fantasy Film
Mr NULLUS from NUSQUAM - Chenjia Ren
Best Action Film
Ellie - Vinny O'Brien
Best Web/TV Pilot
Vent and Chester - Peter Charles Bisuito
Best Commercial
See it. Believe it. Achieve it. - Rachel Hunter
Best Documentary Feature
Life To The Limit - Pavlo Peleshok
Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature
Big Stages - Kasia Wezowski, Patryk Wezowski
Best Documentary Short
CaSSIS. Mars Demystified - Tatiana Keller
Honorable Mention: Documentary Short
Beyond the Facade - Tiara Symone Jamison
Best Animation
PIGSY - Li Wei Chiu
Honorable Mention: Animation
Mary - Abdulaziz Khashabi, Abdulla Al-Janahi
Best Music Video
Henry Hsu X Flesh Juicer - Someone Else - Tomas Lin
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Metamorfosi - Milana Zilnik, Arty Sandler
Best Student Film
The Beggar's Story - Zi Wang
Honorable Mention: Student Film
What Goes Around - Nathan Calev
Best Microfilm
The Dancing Bees - Gwilym Evans
Best Director (Feature)
Blood Star - Lawrence Jacomelli
Best Director (Short)
The Film - Nadia Guo
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Wolfpack - Cédric Peyster - Le Roux
Best First Time Director (Short)
Nut Butter Dreams - Yvon Streacker
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
The Ironing Board - Haley Jiang
Best Young Filmmaker
Echoes of Time - Yijie Li
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Lust - Ziwei Ren
Best Actor
Blood Star - John Schwab
Best Actress
Blood Star - Britni Camacho
Best Actor in an Indie Film
The Actor - Richard Blake
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Captain JJ - Cat Borovicka
Best Young Actor
Beyond the Gate - Sam Broom
Best Young Actress
Ellie - Penelope Kapudija
Best Cinematography
We Are Home - Mark Hobson
Best Editing
Life To The Limit - Petro Tzymbalo
Best Score
Unripe - Mariano Saulino
Best Song
Ego - Ava Della Pietra
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Big Stages - Tricia Brouk
Best Visual Effects
Beyond the Gate - Hunter Nickless, Darrien Murphy
Best Trailer
GEB - Xinhao Zhou, Yining Zoey Dang
Best Original Story
Buttress - Nancy Payne
Screenplay of the Month
Running Through Revolution - Sarah K Rossmann
Best Feature Screenplay
Running Through Revolution - Sarah K Rossmann
Best Drama Screenplay
Dreams of My Mother - Marcus Smith
Best Comedy Screenplay
RIP VAN WILSON - Phillip E. Hardy
Best Horror Screenplay
Recording in Progress - Aubrey Thurman
Best Thriller Screenplay
Nor Any Drop - Christopher J Halsne
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
The Beautiful Tenor - Peter Hurwitz
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Hidden - Nicole Braeger
Best Television Script
Uptown Santos - Jonathan Ramirez
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