LAFA Winners - April 2023

Best Picture

Stranger In The Woods - Adam Newacheck

Best Narrative Feature

Romance of Wu Ge - Ge Jin

Best Narrative Short

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

The Talk - Gabriela Lima

Best Indie Feature

Stranger In The Woods - Adam Newacheck

Best Indie Short

If we lived - Andre Pierre, Matt Mills, Rhianna Morris

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Lindy Lou - Lisa Bertoldo

Best Drama

5 Seasons - Katja Sallay

Best Comedy

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Best Thriller

Stranger In The Woods - Adam Newacheck

Best Sci-Fi

Cassandra - Alexander Manolides

Best Inspirational Film

When Someone You Love Becomes a Memory - Lewis Coote

Best Musical/Dance Film

Just Short of Reality - Matt Alfano, Chad McFadden

Best LGBTQ Film

Metanoia - Moran Avni, David Alejandro Gigena Kazimierczak

Best Web Series

Sami - Bruce Kimmel

Best Documentary

Clean Up - Vaishnavi Vasudevan

Best Music Video

If I Fall For You - Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh, Karin Ann

Best Student Film

Exquisite Cadaver - Ren Zheng

Best Director (Feature)

Better Together - Anastasia Vasileva

Best Director (Short)

The Edge of Town - Matthew Gerrish

Honorable Mention: Director

Exquisite Cadaver - Ren Zheng

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Stranger In The Woods - Adam Newacheck

Best Actor

Stranger In The Woods - Brendin Brown

Best Actress

Stranger In The Woods - Holly Kenney

Best Young Actress

The Talk - Emma Camila

Best Cinematography

Stranger In The Woods - Travis Prow

Best Score

Motherland - Oscar Pan

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Good Girl - Alexandra Rey

Best Virtual Reality

Wiktoria 1920 - Tomasz Dobosz

Screenplay of the Month

The Last Snowflake - Hayley Jean Reeves

Best Feature Screenplay

The Last Snowflake - Hayley Jean Reeves

Best Short Screenplay

What Liba Felt - Nik Perring

Best Drama Screenplay

Of Flesh And Blood - Tracy L. Morse

Best Western Screenplay

Three For Hire: Tombstone, The Lethal Connection - Dan Robert Burle

Best Horror Screenplay

Boo - Laura Ann OKeefe

Best Action Screenplay

Three For Hire: Tombstone, The Lethal Connection - Dan Robert Burle

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Alpha Chase - Chuck Gordon

Best Fantasy Screenplay

The Anti-Hero - Jasmine Zhang, Todd Lien

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

The Milky Way - Alexa Salimpour

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Abstract of Love - Scott James Cook

Best Television Script

Return Path - Janine Pečenková

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