8th Annual LAFA 2023 Nominations

LAFA is pleased to announce its full slate of nominees for 2023.

Best of Fest 2023

Hidden - Arsim Fazlia

Hush - Emilie Beck

STOYAN - Roberto Ruiz Céspedes

Ghosted - Rob Mor, Sam Milman, Peter Vass

Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado

Case for Kindness - Steven Sawalich

Best Narrative Feature

Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis - Clark Richey

Dying to Sleep - Paris Dylan

STOYAN - Roberto Ruiz Céspedes

Kendrick - Marvin T Finch

Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado

Trapped Inn - Leah Sturgis

Best Narrative Short

27 Candles - Naaji Sky Adzimah

Hush - Emilie Beck

Ship of Theseus - Yiqing Gu

Ghosted - Rob Mor, Sam Milman, Peter Vass

Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen, Heine Kaarsbjerg

Memories - Edwin Illoh

Best Indie Feature

BROKE(N) - Michael Schelp, Alan Younkin

Meet My Pet Monster - James Matthew Storm

Memories of Another - Victor Blaho

Lost and Found - Kevin Roman

Broken Covenant - Martel Taylor

Caged And Wild - Anthony Miquel Coryell

Best Indie Short

Angel Wings - Cameron Rankin, Nick Simotas

Christine de Blue - Emily Brown

Goggles - Brenda Laidman, Anna Nadtotchii

The Other Place - Luca Carvelli

Rorschach - Steffi West Harshberger

Good Guy, Bad Day - Brett Salamin

Best Web/TV Pilot

The Pixiestick Incident - Michael Henry

Crippled Kings - Marquis Boone, Creed, Krystal M Harris

Sober - Big Ted Robinson

The Undesirables - Joseph Pepitone

Dragons and Warts - Daniel Callaghan

Night Visit - Abdul Stone Jackson, Khalil S Zanika

Best Web/TV Series

DOSE - Peter P Clark

Dreams Drawn By Dust - Abdulbari Abualkhair

WE/R - Jette Volland

Dead-Enders (Season 2) - Dani Hanks, Gracie Giffune, Mark DePasquale, Reed Yurman, Katie Colwell

Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso

The Y Theory (season 3) - Martin Landmeters, Caroline Taillet

Best Documentary Feature

Nasima - Heather Kessinger

Breaking 10 - Joe Zohar

Case for Kindness - Steven Sawalich

Surviving Sunset - Shaun Anthony Robinson

Botafogo - Full Access - AB Ferraz, Flavio Winter

Becoming Jason - Brendan Havens

Best Documentary Short

Luna - Kate Cohen

Unbelievable! The Art Williams Story - Edward C. Bartel II

Stolen Spirits - Anne Worthington

The Missing Weeks - Ali Ahmad Diab

Unstoppable: Tiara Thomas - Betsy Pike

End to End - George Pearton

Best Animation

A-Hâ's Egg Cake - Raymond Lau

Cart Wrangler - Rose Marcello, Max Smith, Gabriel Sgandurra

Sleepless Beauty - Gog Mkrtchyan

The Thief - Arturo Brena

MOLOKA - Hsun-Chun Chuang

Runelight - Matt O'Donnell

Best Music Video

Fabulous Nuts - Jingran Damo Yang

The Face - Sacha Vučinić

Elvis Presley - Unchained Melody - Gabriel Tick

Amber Yezel - MIAU - Dayra Ferrera, Jantzen Estela, Amber Yezel Pena

Witch's board (Hexenscheit) / Linard Bardill - Tonio Krueger

The Cows Came Home - Haley Ahern

Best Student Film

Wings - Jia Xu

Bodywork - Jack Beckett Cohen

When You Leave - Jason Yamamoto

Floating - Zihan Zhang

Our Highest Priority - Emma Macklin, Daniel Karan

Unraptured - Xiaoyang Yi

Best Director (Feature)

Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis - Clark Richey

Dying to Sleep - Paris Dylan

Painted Sharks - Brian Lutes

Shadow of the Night - Radhakrishnan Parthiban

Con los años que me quedan - Frank Ariza Tirado

Murder, Anyone? - James Cullen Bressack

Best Director (Short)

Bob - Drew Bierut

Terra Sancta - Andreas Heinrich

The Red Book - Artis Hu

DIVA - Christopher Mack

The Labyrinth of Fear - Giuseppe Giacri

The Day, at the Beach - Cindy Di Xin

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis - Clark Richey

The Call We Carry - Cody Shea

Grid Down, Power Up - David Tice

Case for Kindness - Steven Sawalich

Caged And Wild - Anthony Miquel Coryell

Catalyst - Christopher Folkens

Best First Time Director (Short)

Old Elephant - Jiawei Dai

More Than Meets The Eye - David Samson

The Missing Weeks - Ali Ahmad Diab

The Other Place - Luca Carvelli

The Party Job - Raechelle Banno

donut - John Conn

Best Actor

Hidden - Naser Rafuna

Con los años que me quedan - Manuel Vega

STOYAN - Tristán Ulloa

Ghosted - Rob Mor

Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen

Sonder - Keir Dullea

Best Actress

Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis - Amye Gousset

More Than Meets The Eye - Anna Vanston

Christine de Blue - Allison Scarlet Jaye

Happiness is an Illusion - Jillian Morgese

Con los años que me quedan - Regina Blandón

Starting Over - Emilie Talbot

Best Ensemble

Bob - Emma Pasarow, Dillon J Stücky, Talia Rose Goodman, Michael Bonini, Hugo Mejia

A True Nature - Eric Diego Powers, Shannon Skiles, Dan Anderson, Kevin Byron Raith

Yellow's Foghorn - Bradley Beachum, Harry Golby, Kristin Wetenkamp, Paige Van Conant, Ian Peterson, Grace Protzmann

Caged And Wild - Paisley A Bird, Tori Keaton, Levi Connelly, Mauricio A. Saldana, Justin T Evans, Jeff Willy, Aleksander D’Avignon

Con los años que me quedan - Regina Blandón, Manuel Vega, Aislinn Derbéz, Michelle Rodriguez, Francisco Tous, Estefanía de los Santos, Enrique Villén, Antonia San Juan

Butterfly Boxing - Hill Harper, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Don Lacy, Kimberly Marie Olivier

Best Cinematography

The Madness Store - Alex Guéry

You Have A Visitor - Nick Eagleston

STOYAN - Kenneth Oribe

Dreams Drawn By Dust - Susan Lumsdon

Make a Wish - Joan Bordera

Neo's Cleaning Service - Jacky Shun Man Cheung

Best Editing

Creature - Larissa James

Girl Unscripted - David Huffman

Push - Jasmine Quiñones

BrightMinds - Tan Chai

Luxuria - Charles-Edouard Dangelser, Grégoire Vaillant

Case for Kindness - Oren Castro

Best Score

Unseen: How We're Failing Parent Caregivers & Why It Matters - Andrew Piland

More Than Meets The Eye - Bobby Brader

STOYAN - Pepe Herrero

Dead-Enders (Season 2) - Charles Stacy

Make a Wish - Mustafa Yazicioglu

Seven Lost - Mariano Saulino

Best Commercial/Promotional Video

The Origin Story of the DA50 RG - Chris Aronoff, Annmarie Aronoff

Safely Feel The Real World -Jody Xiong

Stuck On A Frown - Tim Moldenhauer

The Bloom - Jody Xiong

More Than - Elliot V Kotek

St.Lover - Ying Chih Chen

Best Original Story

The Pixiestick Incident - Michael Henry

Family Tree - Xin Yan

Christine de Blue - Emily Brown

The Hanging of William Cane - R.J. Hendricks II

Between The Ocean And The Snow - Peder Thomas Pedersen

DIVA - Christopher Mack

Best Screenplay

Iniquity - Fatima Litim

No Address - Julia Verdin, James Papa

Black Sheep - Alex Knies

Crossin' Texas - Dan Loschack

Don't Pick Sides - Blair Julian Johnson

Ends Of The Earth - Amy Jo Johnson

Best Television Script

Downtown - Brian Edward Stone

Doctor Dose - Erik Long

Cabbagetown Confidential - Erik Long

Bearcats - Monica Foley

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Amanda J. Roraback

Nautla - Dan Padbury

Special Jury Award - Film

Evenveil - Sam Balcomb

Waiting - Pere Li

Le Choix de Sofia - Alain Deslongchamps

Case for Kindness - Steven Sawalich

Dear June - Adrian Pacini

Happiness is an Illusion - Rebecca Demeter

Special Jury Award - Screenplay

Star 69 - Michael Isaac Jacobs

In the Valley of the Braves - Sean McLaughlin

Beneath The Trees - Sophia An Porter, Tracy L Morse

BEACH - Gary Giudice

Mission to Mars - Paul Douglas

Escuchame - Ken Kitch

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