LAFA Winners - October 2022
- LAFA Team
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min read
Best Picture
donut - John Conn
Best Narrative Feature
Trapped Inn - Leah Sturgis
Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
The Divine Protector - Hiroshi Akabane, Sayaka Okawa
Best Narrative Short
Starting Over - Yaqi Mao
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
BIRHA - Puneet Prakash Pandey
Best Indie Short
Good Guy, Bad Day - Brett Salamin
Honorable Mention: Indie Short
Providence - Anant Mehra
Best Drama
The Day, at the Beach - Cindy Di Xin
Best Romantic Comedy
Perspectives - Veronica Nichols
Best Thriller
Catalyst - Christopher Folkens
Best Horror
Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong
Best Experimental Film
Tenuto - Meg Halski
Best Musical/Dance Film
Pigments - Dawn Richard, Monty Marsh
Best Film Noir
Dahlia - William Hawks
Best LGBTQ Film
Beyond Ed Buck - Jayce Baron, Hailie Sahar
Best Western
Path of the Damned - Jack Kockenmeister
Best Action Film
Fracture - Stefan Weerarathna, James Huynh
Best Web/TV Pilot
Night Visit - Abdul Stone Jackson, Khalil S Zanika
Best TV Series
Crippled Kings - Marquis Boone, Creed, Krystal M Harris
Best Documentary Feature
Rehumanize - Kelsey Darragh
Best Documentary Short
End to End - George Pearton
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Queer and Frum - Michael Katoni
Best Music Video
We Are William - Sun Eater - Jeffrey Riley
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Stronger - Mohammed K Paika
Best Student Film
Unraptured - Xiaoyang Yi
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Visit - Qunyao Liang
Best Microfilm
Anja Unleashed - Massimiliano Moro
Best Director
The Day, at the Beach - Cindy Di Xin
Honorable Mention: Director
Anniversary - Ali Schmahl, Stefanie Schmahl
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Catalyst - Christopher Folkens
Best First Time Director (Short)
donut - John Conn
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Five Star Review - Vivien Vitolo
Best Young Filmmaker
Dark Room - Qirui Zhang
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
The Elephant - Yilun Bi
Best Actor
Sonder - Keir Dullea
Honorable Mention: Actor
My Molly - Michael Daruler
Best Actress
Starting Over - Emilie Brooks
Honorable Mention: Actress
Five Star Review - Kiley Rothweiler
Best Cinematography
Trapped Inn - John Hafner
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
St.Lover - Ying Chih Chen
Best Score
Seven Lost - Mariano Saulino
Honorable Mention: Score
Pigments - Dawn Richard, Spencer Zahn
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Starting Over - Emilie Brooks
Best Trailer
Trapped Inn - Leah Sturgis, Glenn Martinez
Best Commercial
St.Lover - Ying Chih Chen
Best Original Story
Anniversary - Ali Schmahl, Stefanie Schmahl
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Chance - Ryan Hayes
Screenplay of the Month
Ends Of The Earth - Amy Jo Johnson
Best Feature Screenplay
Ends Of The Earth - Amy Jo Johnson
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Above Ground - Matt Guajardo Kelsey, Marion Kerr
Best Short Screenplay
Comedy Show at the End of the World - Alli Brown
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Dive Into The Blue - Ge Gao
Best Drama Screenplay
Shadows At Noon - Gary Sturm
Best Comedy Screenplay
The Misadventures of Billie Jean - Don Willis
Best Thriller Screenplay
Exolatry - Michael Kureth
Best Action Screenplay
Winterhart - Julien Martin Wagner
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Seven Minutes - Louis Greco
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
The Job in the Holler - Emily Pelphrey
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Too Much Love Will Kill You - Sami Abdel Ghani
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
BEBE - Marquis Boone
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Longevity Noodles - Zu Gong
Best Television Script
Deathbed - Mars Mundy
Honorable Mention: Television Script
BS - James Murphy
Special Jury Award
Hi, womb! - Wenyuxuan Du
Special Jury Award
Escuchame - Ken Kitch
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