LAFA Winners - September 2022
Best Picture
Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado
Best Narrative Feature
Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado
Best Narrative Short
Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen, Heine Kaarsbjerg
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
The First Sieve is the Truth - Molin Liu
Best Indie Film
At The Sea - Wenxiao Li
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
The Crusader - Dennis Chehade
Best Drama
Painted Sharks - Brian Lutes
Best Comedy
Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado
Best Romantic Comedy
Gypsy Rose Leezinski - Lucia Sherman
Best Thriller
The Labyrinth of Fear - Giuseppe Giacri
Best Horror
Luxuria - Charles-Edouard Dangelser, Grégoire Vaillant
Best Romance Film
Afterlife of Memory - Jordan Fuller Vera
Best Sci-Fi
Duplicate - Erycka Anderson
Best Experimental Film
Detrimental - Mikael Roth
Best Inspirational Film
Surviving Sunset - Shaun Anthony Robinson
Best Musical/Dance Film
Destiny - Akisai M
Best Mystery Film
The Labyrinth of Fear - Giuseppe Giacri
Best Fantasy Film
Runelight - Matt O'Donnell
Best Action Film
Wanderer - James Huynh
Best Web/TV Pilot
Dragons and Warts - Daniel Callaghan
Best Documentary Feature
Botafogo - Full Access - AB Ferraz, Flavio Winter
Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature
Surviving Sunset - Shaun Anthony Robinson
Best Documentary Short
Way of the Warrior - Billy Starman
Honorable Mention: Documentary Short
Long Road to Cariboo - Richard Thomas Wright
Best Animation
MOLOKA - Hsun-Chun Chuang
Honorable Mention: Animation
Runelight - Matt O'Donnell
Best Music Video
Witch's board (Hexenscheit) / Linard Bardill - Tonio Krueger
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Undressed To Kill REMIX - Nathan Mudry, SVENSAX
Best Student Film
Our Highest Priority - Emma Macklin, Daniel Karan
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Distant Encounters - Cole Anthony Maute
Best Microfilm
Days After - Jui-Ting (Rita) Tsao
Best Director (Feature)
Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado
Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)
Painted Sharks - Brian Lutes
Best Director (Short)
The Labyrinth of Fear - Giuseppe Giacri
Honorable Mention: Director (Short)
At The Sea - Wenxiao Li
Best First Time Director
The Party Job - Raechelle Banno
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Plant my love - Guangmin Yang
Best Indie Filmmaker
The Speed of Sound - Matthew Tyler
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
Waves - Jui-Ting (Rita) Tsao
Best Young Filmmaker
Out At Sea - Qingyu Cheng
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
The Fool - Yoshiya Yamamoto, Darius Rubin
Best Actor
Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen
Honorable Mention: Actor
Rotte - Stilian Keli
Best Actress
The Labyrinth of Fear - Marcia Loureiro
Honorable Mention: Actress
The Maid - Carolin Koch
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Painted Sharks - Kody Poisson
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Dear June - Flora Nolan
Best Supporting Actor
Painted Sharks - Brian Lutes
Best Young Actor
Make a Wish - Mehmet Turan Doğan
Best Young Actress
Doubt the Stars are Fire - Jaemin Feldman
Best Cinematography
Make a Wish - Joan Bordera
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
Afterlife of Memory - Jordan Fuller Vera
Best Editing
Luxuria - Charles-Edouard Dangelser, Grégoire Vaillant
Honorable Mention: Editing
BrightMinds - Tan Chai
Best Score
Make a Wish - Mustafa Yazicioglu
Honorable Mention: Score
Luxuria - Abraham Fogg
Best Sound Design
The Labyrinth of Fear - La Batuta Productora de Audio
Inspiring Woman in a Film
A life in Silence - Halimah Tariq
Best Original Story
Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen
Screenplay of the Month
Don't Pick Sides - Blair Julian Johnson
Best Feature Screenplay
Don't Pick Sides - Blair Julian Johnson
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
The Goat, The Wolf, and The Rabbits - Tracy L Morse
Best Short Screenplay
The Favela Kid - Alex Martins
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Margaret - Kaja Conrad
Best Drama Screenplay
The Goat, The Wolf, and The Rabbits - Tracy L Morse
Best Comedy Screenplay
BrokIn Pasadena - Ali Jordan
Best Horror Screenplay
Pick-A-Part - Tracy L Morse, Sophia Porter
Best Thriller Screenplay
Da Fast Lane - Raymond Williams Williams, David Vernon
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Holy City - Terri Thomas
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Tweaking Papers - Ah Young Shin
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
For LiLa - Kaitron Bryant
Best Television Script
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Amanda J. Roraback
Honorable Mention: Television Script
Bookstore - Blair Julian Johnson
Special Jury Award
Dear June - Adrian Pacini
Make a Wish - Trailer
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