LAFA Winners - October 2023
Best Picture
Disconnected - Diego Rougier
Best Narrative Feature
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Nikolay Bogomilov
Best Narrative Short
Complexity - Brandon Leake, Cleve Brown
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
A Work Of Heart - Sager L'Khrebani Al Nuaimi
Best Indie Feature
Latasha Harlins - Shannon Dion
Best Indie Short
I Am No One - Sébastien Kong, Steve Tran
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Grave Decision - Tom Batt, Aaron Shabansky
Best Drama
The Way of The Wind - Adelaide Rocherolle, Virginie Drouot
Best Comedy
Disconnected - Diego Rougier
Best Dark Comedy
WordLotto - Thomas Lopilato, Johnny Baca
Best Parody
6ish Minutes - Sean Hampton
Best Sci-Fi
Space Ryder - Jeff Kenji Yamashita
Best Inspirational Film
The Present - Timothy Dhalleine
Best LGBTQ Film
Tina Town - Michael Hyman
Best Mystery Film
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Nikolay Bogomilov
Best Web/TV Pilot
Brian & Connie - Ryan Gimeson
Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot
Synesthesia - Chapter 1: Neuroception - Wesley James Trisnadi
Best TV Series
Townsend - Michael Houston King
Best Documentary Feature
The Color of Slavery - Patrick Baucelin
Best Documentary Short
Punktum - Matt Pain
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Incandescence - Reisha Leize Perlmutter
Best Animation
Speedman - Joe Bowers
Honorable Mention: Animation
A Trace - Julietta Zamora Lam
Best Music Video
Cozey - Mitchell Abraham, Zachary Ostapchenko
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Karin Ann - A Stranger With My Face - Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh
Best Student Film
El Halcón - Arlene Torres
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Remember, Love - "Olivia" Luying Wang
Best Microfilm
◆★PILIPALA●▲ - Yinan Liang
Honorable Mention: Microfilm
Champion - Ziming Zhou
Best Director (Feature)
Disconnected - Diego Rougier
Best Director (Short)
Night Hawkes - Atlas Ferrera
Honorable Mention: Director
Reclaiming the Night - Daniel Wheeler
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Boneless Lantern - Nadeshiko Koba
Best First Time Director (Short)
The Way of The Wind - Adelaide Rocherolle, Virginie Drouot
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Default Mode - McKinley "Mac" Bundick
Best Indie Filmmaker
The Light - Antwon Willis, Shonda Lou
Best Young Filmmaker
Get Out - Ziming Zhou
Best Actor
WordLotto - Thomas Lopilato, Johnny Baca
Honorable Mention: Actor
Boneless Lantern - Satoshi Suitsu
Best Actress
Latasha Harlins - Daijah Peters
Honorable Mention: Actress
The Way of The Wind - LaToya Lynnette Rucker
Best Young Actor
Disconnected - Diego Rojas
Best Young Actress
Disconnected - Jesu Haran
Best Cinematography
The Way of The Wind - Idan Menin
Best Editing
Default Mode - Kenneth Cummings
Best Score
A Band to Honor - Holly Amber Church
Best Sound Design
Synesthesia - Chapter 1: Neuroception - Wesley James Trisnadi
Best Visual Effects
Synesthesia - Chapter 1: Neuroception - Wesley James Trisnadi
Best Costume Design
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Djanina Baykoucheva
Best Trailer
Boneless Lantern - Nadeshiko Koba
Best Original Story
The Fortune Teller - William Andrew Wen
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Five Stars - Kenny Williams, Ryan Hepkema
Screenplay of the Month
The Knocker Upper - Sara Caldwell
Best Feature Screenplay
Olvidado - d. b. Roderick
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
The Weekend Warrior - Derrick Painter
Best Short Screenplay
The Knocker Upper - Sara Caldwell
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
The Last Siren - Keir Beck
Best Drama Screenplay
Two Good Turns - Judy Faulkner-Krause, Ariel De Silvis
Best Inspirational Screenplay
Trickster - Rob York
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Olvidado - d. b. Roderick
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Trickster - Rob York
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
See Me Through - Nancy Wu
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)
The World Is Lit By Lightning - Kevin Brofsky
Special Jury Award
World's First Cinema - Palm Reader - Luigi Calabrese
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Trailer
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