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LAFA Winners - January 2025




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Best Picture

Intersection - Adam Nowak


Best Narrative Feature

Intersection - Adam Nowak


Best Narrative Short

Johnny Malibu - William Mazzola


Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

The Boy in the Cabinet beneath the Sink - Christopher Goutman


Best Indie Feature

Give Me Your Hand - Kevin Sakac


Best Indie Short

Stemma - Logan Zervakos


Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Storms Never Last - Gary Tucker, Adrian Ferrara


Best Drama

Light in The Dark - Jaythan Sutrisno, David Tahir Setiawan, Dylan Gunadi


Best Comedy

Jake & Pete's Christmas Special - Luke Marley


Best Dark Comedy

Ruth - Alberto Martín-Aragón

Best Thriller

Welcome - Yiqing Wei


Best Sci-Fi

We are the Descendants - Steven Chesne, Nayip Ramos


Best Experimental Film

Ice Breath - Leonard Alecu


Best Inspirational Film

Finding True North - Matty Schweitzer


Best Action Film

Give Me Your Hand - Kevin Sakac


Best Web/TV Pilot

Rock N' Rolled - John Fahy


Best Documentary Feature

Can I Be Honest - Aziah Lusala


Best Animation

The Lonely Life of Lint - Sarah Sklar


Honorable Mention: Animation

Fracture - Stephane Benini


Best Music Video

Country Couture - Cali Tucker, Dustin J. Robison


Honorable Mention: Music Video

Sky-Sky - Ilya Noyabrev, Anna Khanina


Best Student Film

Under the Soil - Zhuowan Hu


Honorable Mention: Student Film

Moist - Yaode Lu


Best Director

Rock N' Rolled - John Fahy


Honorable Mention: Director

Johnny Malibu - William Mazzola


Best First Time Director (Feature)

Ice Breath - Leonard Alecu


Best First Time Director

Pushing Up Daisies - Morgan Notari


Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Up on the Roof - Xiubin Quan


Best Young Filmmaker

Just 5 Minutes - Maxwell Wang


Best Actor

Intersection - Sebastian Cybulski


Best Actress

Don't Read my Diary - Maria Karolina


Best Actor in an Indie Film

Love Point Blank - Jason Ortega


Best Actress in an Indie Film

Love Point Blank - Sheridan Swayngim


Best Young Actor

Just 5 Minutes - Quinlan Welch


Best Young Actress

Acting Out - Mellony Ledo


Best Duo

Give Me Your Hand - Mélinda Martinho & Kevin Sakac


Best Ensemble

Rock N' Rolled - Ava DeMary, Alex Tavis, Nicole Gut, Jade Mason, Scott Thomas, Jesse Sinclair Lenat, Joel Leffert, Tony Triano


Best Cinematography

We are the Descendants - Cameron Schmucker


Best Score

ROMANI: The Untold Story ft. London Symphony Orchestra - Ion Zanca, Dallas String Quartet


Best Trailer

Heard The Listening Project - Suzanne Hambrick


Best Original Story

Intersection - Adam Nowak, Marek Nowak


Screenplay of the Month

Homemaker - Bryan Sable


Best Feature Screenplay

Ace's Wilde III - Jonathan Cane


Best Comedy Screenplay

Voodoo Valentinos - Michael Louis Gould


Best Horror Screenplay

Homemaker - Bryan Sable


Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Love Unveiled - Josip Pozgaj


Best Television Script

A Forgotten Fame - Bertram Sanders






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* Winners may order an official LAFA statuette


* Winners may order a review - FilmFreeway Gold members get $50 off



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