LAFA Winners - February 2023

Best Picture

Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer

Best Narrative Feature

Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer

Best Narrative Short

Hey Alexa - Rebecca Demeter, Xochi Blymyer

Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

The Story of This Life - Alex Jiang

Best Indie Feature

Footnotes - Chris Leary

Honorable Mention: Indie Feature

A Refugee's Guide to Rome - Ted Efremoff

Best Indie Short

A Tiger in the Subway - James Abrams

Honorable Mention: Indie Short

THE WA$HER - Ziyue Hu

Best Drama

Roop Nagar Ke Cheetey - Vihan Suryavanshi

Best Comedy

Swish - Jill Narciso

Best Dark Comedy

The Cannibals - Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin

Best Romantic Comedy

Swipe - Tailiah Breon, Destiny Jackson

Best Parody

Jump Scares: The Movie - Peter Masterton

Best Thriller

Adam - Brandon Calvillo

Best Horror

Flash, Latch, Strike - Nick Dart

Best Romance Film

Blueberry - Claire Chubbuck

Best Sci-Fi

tRuth - Sylvie Zaidman, Nic Shake

Best Experimental Film

Tenderness - Adam William Wilson

Best Inspirational Film

From Food to Freedom - Nelson Campbell

Best Dance Film

RUM 444 - Peter Svenzon

Best Film Noir

A Tiger in the Subway - James Abrams

Best Western

Ruby Ring - Ziyue Hu

Best Action Film

One Shot - Banghui Zhang

Best Web/TV Pilot

The Risk Takers - Xano Alexander Cuervo

Best TV Series

The Cannibals - Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin

Best Documentary Feature

WILD LIFE - The Lance Mackey Story - Finn-Erik Rognan

Best Documentary Featurette

Powering Puerto Rico - Adam Fischer

Best Documentary Short

Finding My Edge - Jennifer Smith

Honorable Mention: Documentary

Encore - Xiao Ma

Best Animation

The RatRodFormers - Aliaksandr Sasha Kanavalau, Maciej Żuk

Honorable Mention: Animation

On / Off - Nicolas P. Villarreal

Best Music Video

123 - Bettina Campomanes

Best Student Film

Guilty - Bin Li

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Nothing Special - James Garces

Best Microfilm

Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Best Director (Feature)

Mind Thief - Matt Steinauer

Best Director (Short)

Hey Alexa - Rebecca Demeter

Honorable Mention: Director

Ruby Ring - Ziyue Hu

Best First Time Director (Feature)

Footnotes - Chris Leary

Best First Time Director (Short)

Finding My Edge - Jennifer Smith

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Judge - Nicolo' Pozzali

Best Indie Filmmaker

Silent Sirens - Neil Sandhoefner

Best Young Filmmaker

The Water Has Memory - Yanguo Hou

Best Actor

The Story of This Life - Andy Sun

Best Actress

Hey Alexa - Stevie Lynn Jones

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Obstacle - Danny Bolero

Best Duo

Footnotes - Sharayu Mahale & Chris Leary

Honorable Mention: Duo

The Cannibals - Abigail Bresilin & Kim Hopkins

Best Cinematography

Footnotes - Victor Ingles

Best Editing

Tenderness - Nick Deliberto

Best Score

Footnotes - Charles Harvey Spears

Best Sound Design

Falling Up - Ethan Yuheng Xie

Inspiring Woman in a Film

LA CALIFORNIA - Giulia Provvedi

Best Virtual Reality

Thank you for sharing your world - Yu Sakudo

Best Original Story

The_Fishbowl - Erin Mackellin

Screenplay of the Month

Privileged Deceit - Annette C. Hull, Warren R Hull

Best Feature Screenplay

The Volunteer - Robert Allen Nelson, Jason Morwick

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

Morituriosis - Jesse Dorian

Best Short Screenplay

Cowlick - Kevin Hart

Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Der Beker - Ruben Levi

Best Drama Screenplay

Colorado - Nicholas S Mata

Best Horror Screenplay

Morituriosis - Jesse Dorian

Best Film Noir Screenplay

CITIZEN - Marshall Ferrin

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Silver Eyes - Eric White

Best First Time Screenwriter

Hey Alexa - Xochi Blymyer

Best Television Script

Privileged Deceit - Annette C. Hull, Warren R Hull

Honorable Mention: Television Script

Dysphoria - Scott Simonsen

Special Jury Award

Stone Garden - Alysha Haran

Mind Thief - Trailer

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