LAFA Winners - January 2023

Best Picture

Project Iceman - Ammar Kandil

Best Narrative Feature

We Are Living Things - Antonio Tibaldi

Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards

Best Narrative Short

Save the Watermelon - Christopher W. Smith

Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

Tin Phone - Sam Boe Nielsen

Best Indie Feature

Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham

Honorable Mention: Indie Feature

Doors - Abhineet Gogne

Best Indie Short

The Dinner Agreement - Matthew Campbell Downes

Honorable Mention: Indie Short

Amal - Taha Aziz

Best Drama

Brothers till the End - Roman Mitichyan

Best Comedy

Big Momma Earth - Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian

Best Parody

ALMOST Home Alone - Lisa Marie Tedesco

Best Sci-Fi

You Can't Stop What's Coming - John David Cranman

Best Experimental Film

Her - Zhiyin Peng

Best Inspirational Film

Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham

Best Western

Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards

Best Action Film

Watch Out - Jared Rosenthal, Max Jacobs, Blake Switzer

Best Web Series

The Black Man's Guide To World Travel - Medellin Colombia - Marques Wilson

Best Docudrama

Alone - Steven Chen

Best Documentary Feature

Project Iceman - Ammar Kandil

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

N-Men: The Untold Story - James Sweigert

Best Documentary Short

Bang On Time - Christoph Handl

Best Music Video

Unsteady - Mike Cerisano, Arielle Murphy

Honorable Mention: Music Video

MACHEN - Tarek Shayne Tabet

Best Student Film

Mind Sweeper - René Rebeiz

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Awakening - Alessio Giurgola

Best Microfilm

You Can't Stop What's Coming - John David Cranman

Best Director (Feature)

Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham

Best Director (Short)

The Dinner Agreement - Matthew Campbell Downes

Best First Time Director (Feature)

REVEILLE - Michael Akkerman

Best First Time Director (Short)

Lost Mother - Zelong Liu

Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)

Accompany 陪伴 - Zhixuan Jin

Best Indie Filmmaker

Oopsy Daisy - Devin Gillis

Best Actor

Te amo, talvez no! - Gregorio Pernia

Honorable Mention: Actor

We Are Living Things - Jorge Antonio Guerrero

Best Actress

Te amo, talvez no! - Sara Nunez

Honorable Mention: Actress

Darwin Fick in New York - Eve Austin

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Watch Out - Joe Schwaba

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Oopsy Daisy - Cassidy Foley

Best Duo

Save the Watermelon - Christopher W. Smith & Jack De Sena

Best Ensemble

Beyond The After - Dash Melrose, Jake Melrose, Jay Scarborough, Presley Wallace, Audrey Medrano, Audrey Lingle, Courtney Cheek,Kyra Norris

Best Cinematography

Alta Valley - Jesse Edwards

Best Editing

Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham, Jared Cline

Best Score

North Star - Jon Altham

Honorable Mention: Score

Small World - Camiel Jansen

Inspiring Woman in a Film

We Are Living Things - Xingchen Lyu

Best Commercial

ALMOST Home Alone - Lisa Marie Tedesco

Best Original Story

Beyond The After - Shaun Peter Cunningham

Screenplay of the Month

The Afterlife Can Wait - Westley Cornwell, Kristi Cornwell

Best Feature Screenplay

Rude Mechanicals - Julian Hoxter

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

Keiko Speaks - A True Story - Bonnie Norton

Best Short Screenplay

Transgression - Egor Vadimovich Pogodin

Best Drama Screenplay

Pipeline Moe - Todd M Korgan

Best Horror Screenplay

Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself - Jesse Dorian

Best Action Screenplay

The Afterlife Can Wait - Westley Cornwell, Kristi Cornwell

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself - Jesse Dorian

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Pipeline Moe - Todd M Korgan

Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Weatherman - Brad Catherman

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Transgression - Egor Vadimovich Pogodin

Best Television Script

Even Keel - Jeff Gendelman

Special Jury Award

N-Men: The Untold Story - James Sweigert

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