LAFA Winners - August 2024

Best Picture

My Turn! - Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela, Daisha Lin Sherman

Best Narrative Feature

An Epic Drop of Water - Nipun Alam

Best Narrative Short

Demolition - Megan Raney Aarons

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Underneath The Bridge - Shaun P Cunningham

Best Indie Feature

In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden - Julien Uzan

Honorable Mention: Indie Feature

Codes of Life Science Humanity - Jennifer Treur

Best Indie Short

Crazy Pete - Gregg Prosser, Miah Kane

Honorable Mention: Indie Short

Codes of Life Science Humanity - Jennifer Treur

Best Drama

The Eleanor - Caiyu Song, Kira McCarthy

Best Comedy

The Comedy Duo - Benjamin Harris Goldsmith

Best Sci-Fi

Parallel Partners - Christopher Sheffield

Best Experimental Film

Divine Intervention - Yun Jieh Wu

Best Inspirational Film

CR7 - Anesh Chandran Azad

Best LGBTQ Film

Non Slut - Shehryar Mir

Best Western

Candy & Firecrackers - Bryan Harsh, Bobby Duncan

Best Crime Film

Unstoppable - Bradley Zhao

Best Web/TV Pilot

Repercussion Episode 1 - Maxwell Sternlicht

Best Web Series

Destination - Hermann Boya

Best Virtual Reality

Polio's Last Mile - Amir Berenjian, Brian Skalak, Keenan Geib, Brandon McKinney, Jonathan Williams, Matt Foreman

Best Documentary Feature

The Reenactment of Doss v Bernal, 80 Years Later - Eli Reyna

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

Jesse Trevino: The Artist. The Man. - Randy Beamer

Best Documentary Short

The Exchange Girl - George Larkin

Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

Eternal Lotus - Kelley Settles

Best Animation

My Turn! - Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela, Daisha Lin Sherman

Honorable Mention: Animation

Chain - Ling Han

Best Music Video

Earth - Yura Katynsky, Angelina Usanova

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Mommy Talk - Chen Hsuan Tseng

Best Student Film

Somewhere In Brooklyn - Brandon D. Wilkerson

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Chang’an, From the New World - Shan Wang, Can Fang, Yihang Shi, Yu Zhou, Shanxi Jin, Jiaying Liu, Zixu Wang, Juan Wang, Wenhao Wu

Best Director

Demolition - Megan Raney Aarons

Honorable Mention: Director

Underneath The Bridge - Shaun P Cunningham

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Julian - Izrael Moreno

Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Feature)

In Your Blood: Hoki Naiden - Julien Uzan

Best First Time Director (Short)

The Fort - Victoria McDevitt

Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)

A Long Way From Cairo - Dipo Ola

Best Young Filmmaker

Shatter - Wes Tian

Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

Hunger - Charlie Ngamkam

Best Actor

Julian - Ulysse de Maximy

Honorable Mention: Actor

Shatter - Brendan Flaherty

Best Actress

Demolition - Lacey Claire Rogers

Honorable Mention: Actress

Underneath The Bridge - Jay Scarborough

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Bounty Hunters - Francisco Marquez

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Parallel Partners - Meredith Vivian

Best Young Actress

Heart-Shaped Pipe Bomb - Abigail Grace Korenthal

Best Duo

A Long Way From Cairo - Precious Mustapha & Dipo Ola

Best Cinematography

A Long Way From Cairo - Olamide Shoyinka Ola

Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Julian - Lluis Martí

Best Editing

Demolition - Davide Fiore

Best Score

Chain - Niko Nettesheim

Honorable Mention: Score

A Long Way From Cairo - Joanna Karselis

Best Sound Design

Chain - Kirsten Johnston, Rachel Deshler, John Kessler

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Screaming Silence - Kalyn Elizabeth Wood

Best Visual Effects

Codes of Life Science Humanity - Jennifer Treur

Best Original Story

Underneath The Bridge - Shaun P Cunningham

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Fly Boy - Caleb John Baker

Screenplay of the Month

When Pigs Fly - Terry Luke Podnar, Ed Charles Learner

Best Feature Screenplay

STRUCK: Born from the Storm - T.J. Miller, Anthony Guilianti

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

The Red Rose City Resurrection - Kevin Lewis

Best Short Screenplay

The Ultimate Breakup - Zena L Logan

Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Family Gains - Miachel Pruett

Best Drama Screenplay

Malinalli - Isaac Gracia

Best Comedy Screenplay

When Pigs Fly - Terry Luke Podnar, Ed Charles Learner

Best Horror Screenplay

When I Say Swine - Juliano Angeliano

Best Film Noir Screenplay

The Substitute Wife - Dennis Manning

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

A Time Traveler's Brunch - Patrick Pendergast

Best Fantasy Screenplay

Birthright - Michael Hutchinson

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Aliyah - Martin Foroz

Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

The Light of Another Day - Russ Witcher

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

The Fort - Alan Lastufka, Catherine Clark

Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Fly Boy - Caleb John Baker

Best Television Script

The Firekeeper - Daniel R Stevens

Special Jury Award - Film

Inmortals - Blaximental, Manzanon

Special Jury Award - Screenplay

Beyond Avalon - Edward Ybarra

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