LAFA Winners - September 2024
Best Picture
Not That Rich - Chenyang Zhao
Best Narrative Feature
Not That Rich - Chenyang Zhao
Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
Carbon Men Salvation: The Senator's Dilemma - Roger James Kuhns
Best Narrative Short
Mother's Day - Kathryn Boyd Brolin
Honorable Mention: Narrative Short
The Act of Crying - Xiayang Li
Best Indie Feature
The Veteran - Jeremy Waltman
Honorable Mention: Indie Feature
MAN-MADE LAKE - John Evans
Best Indie Short
Perfidia - Collins Abbott White
Honorable Mention: Indie Short
O palhaço que há em nós - Eduardo Robalo
Best Drama
Tokyo, I Love You - Hiroshi Nakazima
Best Thriller
In My Sleep - Allen Wolf
Best Horror
A Vampire's Kiss - Mark Francis
Best Romance Film
Drops of Salt - Paula Berwanger
Best Sci-Fi
Disconnected - Will Jones
Best Experimental Film
Pandora - Grégoire Vaillant, Charles-Edouard Dangelser
Best Inspirational Film
Dream Notes - Andrew Molina
Best LGBTQ Film
Merman - Muqing Li
Best Commercial
The Cuckoo Clock's Call of Happiness - Hsun-Chun Chuang
Best Documentary Feature
Behind the Stage Door - Brian W Stork
Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature
Redemption Road - Yusef Bunchy Shakur, Scott McCartney
Best Documentary Short
Disability in Focus - Allan Wasserman
Best Animation
MOLOKA - Opening sequence - Hsun-Chun Chuang
Best Music Video
Hawthorne - Brandon David Perkins, Steven White
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Saving Grace - Amanda Keeles, Jake Sauve
Best Student Film
Dahlia - Geovanna Escobar
Honorable Mention: Student Film
30th Anniversary - Zhuoxin He
Best Microfilm
Exhausted - Virginie Billaut
Best Director
The Shadow of the Witness - Brian Rodríguez
Honorable Mention: Director
West of the New Kansas - Andy Carpenter
Best First Time Director
Returning Home - Rachel Lear
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Small Things - Angela Andronache
Best Indie Filmmaker
Erótico - Aaron Bertrand-Ruiz
Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker
Jade - Peggy Tserwen Tseng
Best Young Filmmaker
Returning Home - Rachel Lear
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Always - Tianyun He
Best Actor
Last Kiss In Paris - Damian Chapa
Best Actress
Mother's Day - Kathryn Boyd Brolin
Best Supporting Actor
Heroes of Halyard - Adam Davenport
Best Supporting Actress
Erótico - Ana Alvez
Best Young Actress
Returning Home - Rachel Lear
Best Cinematography
Alpha 27 - Nick Azzaro
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
The Shadow of the Witness - Jowy Joel Santiago
Best Editing
Mother's Day - Michael Costello, Lauren Stava
Honorable Mention: Editing
Jade - Peggy Tserwen Tseng
Best Score
New Squam City - Antonin Urruty
Honorable Mention: Score
Erótico - João Vilela, Renato Sinimbú
Best Song
Erótico - Renato Sinimbú
Best Sound Design
DIN - J.W. Higley
Inspiring Woman in a Film
Jade - Michelle Chang
Best Visual Effects
Synesthesia - Chapter 2: Chromesthesia - Wesley Trisnadi
Best Costume Design
Returning Home - Emily Lear
Best Original Story
Erótico - Jader Barbalho Neto
Honorable Mention: Original Story
The Veteran - Jeremy Waltman
Screenplay of the Month
The Widow of Summit Springs - Susan Sweeney
Best Feature Screenplay
The Widow of Summit Springs - Susan Sweeney
Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay
100 Ways to Kill Chris - scottaroonie, aka Scott D. Wheeler
Best Short Screenplay
If You Show Me Yours I'll Show You Mine - Riya Agarwal
Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay
Fresh Start - Kevin Willmering
Best Drama Screenplay
The Evolution of Low Joe - Diane Thomassin
Best Comedy Screenplay
Last Call - Steven Franco
Best Horror Screenplay
The People from Maxey Creek - Rain Story
Best First Time Screenwriter
Scoops - Ross Greenlees
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
Derailment - Xinyu Wang
Best Television Script
God Bless America - Jaiden Dal Bello
Not That Rich - Trailer
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