LAFA Winners - September 2025

Best Picture

After Vice - Andres Felipe Hermida, Alessandra Hernandez Dolan

Best Narrative Feature

The Girl at the Fruit Stand - Jose-Luis Ruiz

Best Narrative Short

Operation: Cold Pizza - Jessica Orcsik, Robbie Ryde

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

The Silence Between Us - Devansh Saraf

Best Indie Film

Five More Minutes - Guto Azevedo, Diego Santana Claudino

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Last Night - Xinran Gu

Best Drama

Without A Doubt "God is Always There" - Mike T Tremblay

Best AI Film

Golden Egg - Seungwoo Kim

Best Romance Film

Pie In the Sky - Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Ron Josef Danziger

Best Experimental Film

Five More Minutes - Guto Azevedo, Diego Santana Claudino

Best Inspirational Film

The Weight Of Bullying - Jose Francisco Malave

Best Musical/Dance Film

Pie In the Sky - Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Ron Josef Danziger

Best LGBTQ Film

JAKE - Francisco Paco Carrascosa

Best Crime Film

Across the Blue Line - Dominic Goodie

Best Web/TV Pilot

Vault X - Uzair Merchant

Best Web/TV Series

Vault X - Uzair Merchant

Best Documentary Feature

Point of Change - Rebecca Coley

Best Documentary Short

The Weight Of Bullying - Jose Francisco Malave

Best Animation

White Hare - Inkyu Jee

Honorable Mention: Animation

Frat Magic - MJ Fernandez

Best Music Video

Marionette - Ava Della Pietra, Nathan Levine-Heaney

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Ouch Girl! - Jacqueline Kachmann

Best Student Film

After Vice - Andres Felipe Hermida, Alessandra Hernandez Dolan

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Little Boy Blue - Liam Natirboff

Best Director (Feature)

Welcome to Vegas - Hae Sun Hong

Best Director (Short)

City of Visions - Joslyn Rose Lyons

Honorable Mention: Director

Bang! - Zhiyang Hu

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Welcome to Vegas - Hae Sun Hong

Best First Time Director (Short)

DABAR - Jonas Dirsė

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

PHILOSOPHY - Tareq Saad Qaddumi

Best Actor

After Vice - Felipe Aguilar Rodriguez

Honorable Mention: Actor

Little Boy Blue - Robert Zacuto

Best Actress

The Girl at the Fruit Stand - Anakaren Chable

Honorable Mention: Actress

Everyday - Adrianna Maria Szafranska

Best Young Actress

Mackenzie - Queenie Xinyue Wang

Best Cinematography

After Vice - Sten Tadashi Olson, Ines Sommer

Best Score

White Hare - Kim Min-sang

Best Song

Pie In the Sky - Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Ron Josef Danziger

Best Instrumental

Where Love Begins - TEONI

Best Original Story

So Long - Mingfeng Li, Hanzhong Zhang, Jiayan He, Chen Zhao

Screenplay of the Month

Would You Like to See? - Greg McCabe Jr.

Best Feature Screenplay

Would You Like to See? - Greg McCabe Jr.

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

The Silence Of The Mountains - Hans Sluijter

Best Short Screenplay

Therapist - Daniel Doble

Best Drama Screenplay

Why Not Her? - Taylor Bartczak

Best Comedy Screenplay

Generation Zed - Phillip E. Hardy

Best Horror Screenplay

Binding Covenants - Eddie Clay Thompkins III

Best Thriller Screenplay

Sledge - Nicholas Michael Yunker

Best Action Screenplay

Bulletproof Balloon Animals - Greg McCabe Jr.

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

The Man Who Came From The River - Kieran O'Dea, Brennan O'Dea

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Hellgate - Brendan Murphy

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Sleeper Pick - Eric Gorodetsky

Best Television Script

Second Looks: Hamptons - Joan Barrett

Honorable Mention: Television Script

The Stained-Glass Window - Kris Francoeur

Special Jury Award - Film

40 Days - Peter F Takla

Special Jury Award - Screenplay

The Stained-Glass Window - Kris Francoeur

The Girl at the Fruit Stand - Trailer:

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