LAFA WINNERS
April 2020
Best Picture
Wienerland
Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Best Narrative Feature
The Real Exorcist
Shokyo Oda
Best Narrative Short
The Morning Walk
Louise Hylland, Marc Harpsøe
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
Going Country
Philip Stevens
Best Indie Feature
All My Tomorrows
Jeffrey van Davis
Best Indie Short
Air of Elba
Michael Monni, Matteo Sardi
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
The Tip
Daryn Castle
Best Drama
Two Autumns in Paris
Gibelys Coronado
Honorable Mention: Drama
Tinhead
Stephen Inniss
Best Comedy
The Finellis
Mark Janicello, Joris Hermans
Best Horror
Orisha
Drew Anthony
Honorable Mention: Horror
Feed
Will Lee
Best Sci-Fi
Plant
Carlos Milite
Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi
(Dys)Functional
Adam Nowak
Best Experimental Film
Love
Henri Bassil
Best Inspirational Film
Distance
Jesse Edwards
Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film
Something To Fight 4
Nicholas George, LaBrandon Shead
Best Western
Mathilda
Yaqi Tao
Best Crime Film
Booze, Broads and Blackjack
Rickey Bird Jr, Carl Nicita
Honorable Mention: Crime Film
Escape
Yefeng Baron Wang
Best Action Film
Holdout
Brian L Tan
Best Web/TV Pilot
The Finellis
Mark Janicello, Joris Hermans
Best TV Series
Wienerland
Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Best Web Series
Dominos 2
Zoé Pelchat Ouellet
Honorable Mention: Web Series
Two Girls, One Love
Noelle Ann Mabry, Sarah Galarneau
Best Documentary
No Bone: Scars of Survival
Marc Schiller
Best Animation
Mazu Pilgrimage
Hsun-Chun Chuang
Best Music Video
The Real Exorcist
Sayaka Okawa, Koutaro Ishida
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Mama
Tonio Krueger
Best Student Film
Mathilda
Yaqi Tao
Honorable Mention: Student Film
The Friend
You Peng
Best Microfilm
Mazu Pilgrimage
Hsun-Chun Chuang
Honorable Mention: Microfilm
The End
Sára Mihálykövi
Best Director (Feature)
Wienerland
Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek
Best Director (Short)
The Morning Walk
Marc Harpsøe
Honorable Mention: Director
Little French Fish
Eva Lanska
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Lost in Berlin
Rodney S. Martel
Best First Time Director (Featurette)
Elenore
Niklas Straub
Best First Time Director (Short)
Letters from a Father
Andrea Fantauzzi
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Black Heart, Red Hands
Russell Southam
Best Indie Filmmaker
Yellow Dress
Marissa Lichwick, Kristen Johnson
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
Ataraxis
Ying Chen Shu
Best Actor
Wienerland
David Wurawa
Honorable Mention: Actor
Holdout
Toshi Toda
Best Actress
The Real Exorcist
Yoshiko Sengen
Honorable Mention: Actress
Easy Street
Eevi Rola
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Air of Elba
Nicola Parini
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Nini's Nanny
Lydia Li
Best Young Actor
Letters from a Father
Cam Burns
Best Young Actress
Mathilda
Laurel Badenell
Best Cinematography
Wienerland
Ulrich Neuburg, Florian Gintereiter
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
Mathilda
Ai Chung
Best Editing
Mathilda
Bowei Yue
Honorable Mention: Editing
Oxygen
Collin Hughart
Inspiring Woman in a Film
The Morning Walk
Lisbet Dahl
Best Trailer
Sierra Sisters
Josh Relic
Best Commercial
Archetypes
Carlo De Agostini
Best Virtual Reality
Artists Up Close
Walter Schönenbröcher
Best Original Story
The Real Exorcist
Ryuho Okawa
Honorable Mention: Original Story
The Morning Walk
Louise Hylland
Screenplay of the Month
The Red Cloth
Bo Svenson
Best Feature Screenplay
Captive
Warren Paul Glover
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
Whenn
Megan Mackenzie
Best Short Screenplay
Final Interview
Scott Nelson
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Breaking & Entering
Michael William Hogan
Best Drama Screenplay
The Red Cloth
Bo Svenson
Best Comedy Screenplay
Correction, Fluid
Bryan Wright
Best Thriller Screenplay
Precursor
Steve Brown
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Fleaosaurus
Benjamin Pollack
Best Thriller Screenplay
American Mascot
Isaac Ballesteros Barba
Best First Time Screenwriter
Tranquillity
Alexis Kirke
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
Machiavelli
Santi Esposito-Rose
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