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Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

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    LAIFF January Award

    Edit

    BEST PICTURE

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shoot Me Nicely

      7.2 (26)
      Elias Plagianos

    Best Actor

    • John Behlmann
      Winner
      • John Behlmann
      • Shoot Me Nicely
      • Kip Bennett(actor)
      • Clever Girl
      Brand Old Productions

    Best Actress

    • Norah Dineen
      Winner
      • Norah Dineen
      • Sleep

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agrinoui

      8.9 (25)
      Alexis Chaviaras

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleep

      7.1 (33)
      Michelle Castro

    Best Director

    • Creator Elias Plagianos at Seriesfest Opening night
      Winner
      • Elias Plagianos
      • Shoot Me Nicely
    • Winner
      • Charles Mandracchia
      • You Got a Problem...

    Best Director Animation

    • Winner
      • Charles Mandracchia
      • You Got a Problem...

    Best Director Student Short

    • Winner
      • Vladislav Khesin
      • Sleep

    Best Drama Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleep

      7.1 (33)
      Vladislav Khesin

    Best Feature All Genre

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slipaway

      7.1 (344)
      Tigran Mutafyan(producer)
      Julia Butler(executive producer)
      Daniel Mentz(executive producer)
      Glasscore Entertainment

    Best First-Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Becca on Call

      7.6 (6)
      Jenness Rouse(producer)
      Rising Monarch Productions

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Creak

      7.8 (6)
      Elizabeth Dean(director)

    Best Horror Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Happy Places

      8.9 (8)
      Samuel Oliver
      Mardell Elmer
      Easton Hurt
      Lauretta Morrison
      Clint Calvert
      Nich Frost
      Indiana University - Purdue University

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Clever Girl

      8.7 (81)
      Kip Bennett(composer)
      Brand Old Productions

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleep

      7.1 (33)
      Cindy Takehara Ferruccio
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleep

      7.1 (33)
      Cindy Takehara Ferruccio

    Best Web Series(Live Action)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Clever Girl

      8.7 (81)
      Joe Zappa(director)
      Brand Old Productions

    Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Honey Badger

      Daniel Hayes(producer)
      Kb Kutz(director)
      KB Kutz

    Jury Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Skin

      7.2 (8)
      Panos Katsimperis
      Kontoni Varvara(producer)

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio

    Screenplay Shorts

    • [object Object]

      The Hotel

      Engin Poyraz

    LAIFF February Award

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    Best Actor

    • Anthony Nikolchev
      Winner
      • Anthony Nikolchev
      • Dead Flowers

    Best Actor Under 18

    • Winner
      • Elle Whitfield
      • Voice of Grace

    Best Actor under 18

    • Winner
      • Elle Whitfield(lead actress)
      • Voice of Grace
      Pink Dynamite Productions

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Derek Frey
      David Amadio
      Gil Damon
      Steve Kuzmick
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Director

    • Fabien Dufils
      Winner
      • Fabien Dufils
      • 1 Buck
      Mad Street Motion Pictures
    • Producer Derek Frey attends the Tokyo premiere of DUMBO.
      Winner
      • Derek Frey
      • Kill the Engine
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Director (Student)

    • Winner
      • Antonio Darwiche
      • Ephemeral

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Pioneers

      Robert Mychal Patrick Butler(director)
      Erik Greer(producer)
      Silas Tibbs(producer)
      Kenneth Mack II(producer)
      Easy Breezy Productions

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sui Side Inn

      Hua Bai

    Best Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Voice of Grace

    Best Feature In All Genres

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      1 Buck

      5.2 (4.4K)
      Fabien Dufils
      Mad Street Motion Pictures

    Best Foreign Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Living Idle

      9.1 (67)
      Ramana.artbyramana

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yesterday Is Tomorrow

      7.0 (28)
      JayJay Ocean
      Alayna Miller(producer)
      LA Independent Film & Entertainment L.I.F.E.

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kill the Engine

      6.9 (9)
      Matt Amadio
      Lazer Film Productions

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Interrupted

      8.1 (37)
      Steven Wishnoff(lyrics by)
      Robbie Rist(music by)
      Borgasmord Productions

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Voice of Grace

      Brynn Chamblee

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sui Side Inn

      Xiaoxiao Li

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sui Side Inn

      Hua Bai

    Best Trailer/Promo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Svarta Madam

      7.3 (1K)
      Jarno Lee Vinsencius(director)
      JLV Pictures

    Best Web Series (English)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Interrupted

      8.1 (37)
      Steven Wishnoff(executive producer)
      Borgasmord Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Right Hand Man

      Rob Zazzali

    Best Woman Film Maker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Between Seconds

      7.0 (7)
      Nora Jaenicke

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Between Seconds

      7.0 (7)
      Nora Jaenicke

    First time filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Believers

      Stephen M. Hunt

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Nocebo

      8.9 (20)
      Faraz Alam
      Celluloid Drapers

    LAIFF March Award

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    Best Action/Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Brad Lee

      Hao Wang(director)

    Best Actress

    • Christina Toth
      Winner
      • Christina Toth
      • Taste

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      #Actorslife

      4.7 (49)
      Clint D'Souza(director)
      Tiptoemango Productions

    Best Drama (Student)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Exit

      Hsiao Hsuan Liu
      Mengmeng Men

    Best First-Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Non-Transferable

      5.5 (1.2K)
      Brendan Bradley
      Jigsaw Ensemble

    Best Foreign Film Short

    • Winner
      • Leandro Corinto(director)

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ravenswood

      3.5 (1.9K)

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ruins

      8.1 (29)
      Ric Sechrest(director)
      Your Team Productions

    Best Horror Student Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blackout

      6.4 (26)
      Timothy Collins

    Best LGBT Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Taste

      9.3 (8)
      Danielle Kronenberg(Producer / Creator / Actress)
      Jay Palmieri Jr.(Writer / Director / Producer)

    Best Original Music/Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2442:

      James Grote(composer)
      Homer Liwag(director)

    Best Original Score

    • Winners
      • Leandro Corinto(director)
      • Nani Dias(composer)

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Taste

      9.3 (8)
      Danielle Kronenberg(Producer / Creator / Actress)
      Jay Palmieri Jr.(Writer / Director / Producer)

    Best Trailer/Promo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blindsided By Love

      Bruce Hickey
      Bruce Hickey Productions

    Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eli

      Yayun Hsu

    Best Actor

      • Avi Agarwal
      • Lucky Cat
      Semi-Finalist

    Best Director

    • Lucas Paz
      • Lucas Paz
      • Under Water: Dive Deep
      (PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      A Journey

      Babis Galanakis
      Videoview

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]

      Under Water: Dive Deep

      Lucas Paz(director)
      (PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]

      Let's Talk About 'It'

      6.6 (22)
      Kshitij Sharma
      Cineddiction Films

    Screenplay Shorts

    • [object Object]

      Odilo Fabian or (The Possibility of Impossible Dreams)

      8.3 (18)
      Michael Rowney
      Rowney Motion Pictures

    Screenplay Web Series

    • [object Object]

      A Very British Affair

      Evan Watkins
      Aletha Shepherd
      Louise Bond
      Rai Quartley
      Brett Johnson
      Aletheia Entertainment

    LAIFF April Award

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    Best Action Thriller Sci-fi Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Redruby

      5.4 (6)
      Jose Holder

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • John Y(actor)
      • Million Loves in Me

    Best Actor under 18

    • Winner
      • Mateusz Broda
      • My Pretty Pony

    Best Actress

    • Koon-Lan Law
      Winner
      • Koon-Lan Law(actress)
      • Million Loves in Me

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girl of My Dreams

      8.1 (18)
      Gary Tachell

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girl of My Dreams

      8.1 (18)
      Johnny Wilson
      ClydesTale Entertainment

    Best Commercial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kimurawear: I'am

      Christopher Eadicicco

    Best Director

    • Bradley Hawkins
      Winner
      • Bradley Hawkins
      • Filling In
      Dadley Productions
    • Marco Bazzi
      Winner
      • Marco Bazzi
      • Plasmic Love
    • Winner
      • Rodolfo Juarez(director)
      • Esfera de vida
    • Elizabeth Dean
      • Elizabeth Dean
      • 1943
      • Shaun Peter Cunningham(director)
      • Sage Alexander
      Picto Films
      Innersight Entertainment

    Best Director (Student)

    • Winner
      • Chang Hyun Park(director)
      • Bridging Color

    Best Director Feature

    • Mahum Jamal
      Winner
      • Mahum Jamal(director)
      • A Good Dream
      Doe-Eyed Pictures

    Best Director Music Video

    • Marco Bazzi
      Winner
      • Marco Bazzi
      • Plasmic Love

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Curiosity, Adventure & Love

      8.9 (43)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mozart and his 260 Pianists

      Benjamin Chen(director)
      C&S Media International
      Echelon Studios

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rose

      9.4 (13)
      Sonia Bajaj(director) (producer)
      Tushar Tyagi(producer)
    • [object Object]

      1943

      Elizabeth Dean(director)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Filling In

      9.2 (30)
      Ryan Geesaman
      Dadley Productions
    • [object Object]

      Sage Alexander

      Shaun Peter Cunningham(editor)
      Picto Films
      Innersight Entertainment

    Best Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sage Alexander

      Picto Films
      Innersight Entertainment

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Esfera de vida

      Rodolfo Juarez(director)

    Best Feature In All Genres

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Good Dream

      4.8 (29)
      Mahum Jamal(producer)
      Doe-Eyed Pictures

    Best Filmmaker Under 18

    • Olivia Rose Wallace
      Winner
      • Olivia Rose Wallace

    Best Foreign Short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Pretty Pony

      7.9 (54)
      Maciej Barczewski(director)

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Plasmic Love

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girl of My Dreams

      8.1 (18)
      David Arkenstone
    • [object Object]

      1943

      Shie Rozow(composer)

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Million Loves in Me

      8.5 (97)
      Kenny Chan(executive producer)
      John Y(executive producer)

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dam

      Michael J. Daly
      Conan McIvor
      Bosco Productions

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      1943

      Elizabeth Dean
      Bill R. Dean
    • [object Object]

      Esfera de vida

      Arturo Gonzalez
      Michelle Raguth
      Rodolfo Juarez

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sage Alexander

      Shaun Peter Cunningham(producer)
      Carolyn Johnston(producer)
      Jared Cline(producer)
      Edgar Cortes(producer)
      Picto Films
      Innersight Entertainment

    Best Trailer/Promo Foreign

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Triangle Mansion: The Teaser

      Rachel Zhou
      Longtake Productions

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girl of My Dreams

      8.1 (18)
      Johnny Wilson
      ClydesTale Entertainment

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Two Refugees and a Blonde

      6.3 (11)
      Osamah Sami(writer)
      Rain Fuller(writer)
      Shahin Shafaei(writer/director)
    • [object Object]

      DogGone It!

      7.0 (11)
      Larry Blackman(executive producer)
      Fiona Bates(producer)
      Ross Patrick Fancher(producer)
      Jason Boegh(producer)
      Jeff Sumner(director)
      Dennis Larkin(director)
      DogGone It! Productions
      Gratitude Feet Productions

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]

      Sage Alexander

      Cory Perschbacher(music)
      Shaun Peter Cunningham(producer)
      Carolyn Johnston(producer)
      Picto Films
      Innersight Entertainment

    LAIFF May Award

    Edit

    Best Action/Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arc Raider

      Rowan Pullen
      Picture Reel Films
      Back2Back Films

    Best Actor Under 18

    • Winner
      • Lizzy Kay
      • Elle

    Best Actress

    • Karsyn Jarrett
      Winner
      • Karsyn Jarrett
      • Bless Her Heart
    • Karsyn Jarrett
      Winner
      • Karsyn Jarrett(actor)
      • Bless Her Heart

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bless Her Heart

      8.9 (10)
      Michael Simsek
      Carayel Films

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Jürgen Weber
      • Time Is Up

    Best Director Documentary Feature

    • Winners
      • Diego Fiori(director)
      • Olga Pohankova(director)
      • The Children of the Noon
      Philosophische GEBILDE - Gesellschaft für die Bilddekonditionierung

    Best Director Short

    • Bond in rehearsals for Passengers ...
      Winner
      • Michael Bond(director)
      • Elle
      Bondfilm

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Passage of Flick

      7.8 (8)
      James Vinson(writer/director)
      Mark Harris(producer)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.9 (15)
      Harry Assouline(editor)

    Best Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Antö

      7.7 (18)

    Best Experimental Student Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Iridescence

      7.5 (30)
      Maxime Beauchamp
      Kent Donguines

    Best Foreign Film Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On the Road

      6.6 (32)
      Bartosz Nowacki
      Alistan Productions
    • [object Object]

      Antö

      7.7 (18)
      Joe Torres(director)
      TRES Cinematografía

    Best Makeup

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Antö

      7.7 (18)
      Marisabel Dávila(makeup artist)

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Babies

      Assaf Rinde
      Fable Entertainment
      Crescendo Effect

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Antö

      7.7 (18)
      Joe Torres(director)
      TRES Cinematografía

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Babies

      Yuval Shrem
      Fable Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Time Is Up

      4.3 (82)
      Jürgen Weber

    Best Producer Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Children of the Noon

      8.2 (22)
      Diego Fiori(director)
      Olga Pohankova(director)
      Philosophische GEBILDE - Gesellschaft für die Bilddekonditionierung

    Best Producer Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Passage of Flick

      7.8 (8)
      Mark Harris

    Best Trailer/Promo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.9 (15)
      Harry Assouline(writer/director)

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York 2150

      7.9 (15)
      Harry Assouline(vfx)

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Glass Ceiling

      8.4 (9)
      Tash Ann(director)
      Thinking Hat Films
      Competent Charlatan Productions

    Jury Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tell

      Jaime Torres(director)

    Jury Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tell

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]

      Krupa

      Ranjani Prasad

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]

      Under the Flowers

      Richard T. Wilson(producer)
      Mad Shelley Films

    Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]

      Under the Flowers

      Mad Shelley Films

    LAIFF June Award

    Edit

    Best Action/Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nothing Is Sacred

      Peter Jang
      In Yo FACE Filmworks

    Best Action/Thriller/Sci-Fi/Horror Short (Student)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intrepid

      9.2 (5)
      Alexa Tuttle

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tanguito Argentino

      8.2 (22)
      Joaquin Braga(director)

    Best Director

    • John Balazs
      Winner
      • John Balazs(Director)
      • Dancer
    • Winner
      • James Latimer(director)
      • Two

    Best Documentary (Foreign)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Body in Therapy

      Márcia Paveck(producer)
      Stephanie Belot Habib Ring(producer)
      Araruna Filmes

    Best Documentary Director

    • holding the trophies we won at LAIFF Awards
      Winners
      • Márcia Paveck(director)
      • Stephanie Belot Habib Ring(executive producer)
      • Body in Therapy
      Araruna Filmes

    Best Filmmaker Under 18

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breathe

      Dalton Cyr
      Breathe

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Odinokie dushi mikrobov

      Mikhail Romanovskiy(director)

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Defarious

      6.9 (12)
      Chase Michael Pallante(producer)
      Rhythm&Flow Entertainment Studios

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breathe

      Dalton Cyr(Director)
      Andrew Wilkins(Director)
      Breathe, joint winners include Andrew Wilkins

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Intrepid

      9.2 (5)
      Robert Mai

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breathe

      Dalton Cyr(composer)
      Song Title: "Let It Go"

    Best Producer Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nothing Is Sacred

      Peter Jang
      Damon Jamal
      Ephraim Walker
      In Yo FACE Filmworks

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Defarious

      6.9 (12)
      Chase Michael Pallante(sound editor)
      Jose Julian Santiago(sound assistant)
      Rhythm&Flow Entertainment Studios

    Best Virtual Reality Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rose-Colored

      8.4 (33)
      Graham Rich(line producer)
      Adam Cosco(director)
      INVAR Studios

    Best Drama (Student)

    • [object Object]

      Love Behind

      Ye Kuang(Director)

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]

      Stella Maris

      Kalainithan Kalaichelvan(producer)
      Michael Redshaw(producer)
      Black Caper Films

    Screenplay Features

      • Steven Wayne Knight(writer)
      • Elizabeth Baldwin Knight(writer)

    LAIFF July Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Jaeme Velez
      Winner
      • Jaeme Velez
      • Once More
      Illusion Film Productions USA

    Best Actress

    • Ydalie Turk
      Winner
      • Ydalie Turk
      • The Waltz of the Monsters

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arcanum

      8.7 (8)
      Andreas Berger(director of photography)

    Best Comedy/Dramedy Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Waltz of the Monsters

      9.9 (9)
      Gabriele Fabbro

    Best Director (Student)

    • Gabriele Fabbro attends the 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Virtuosos Award held at The Arlington Theatre on February 9, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California
      Winner
      • Gabriele Fabbro
      • The Waltz of the Monsters

    Best Director Short

    • Winner
      • Kenneth Sanabria(director)
      • Sudden Death

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once More

      9.9 (19)
      Christy Wang(producer)
      Rachel Zhou(director)

    Best Drama (Student)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Better World

      Christy Wang(producer)
      Rachel Zhou(director)

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arcanum

      8.7 (8)
      Andreas Berger(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Clapper

      6.2 (13)
      A Little Mad

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sudden Death

      Kenneth Sanabria(writer)

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once More

      9.9 (19)
      Christy Wang(producer)

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Merrick

      5.7 (95)
      Benjamin Alves

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Professional Cuddler

      9.4 (16)
      Mika Orr

    Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once More

      9.9 (19)

    First Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arcanum

      8.7 (8)
      Andreas Berger(director)

    LAIFF August Award

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    Best Actor

    • Timothy Thomas Brown
      Winner
      • Timothy Thomas Brown
      • Step One
      Killion Street
    • Winner
      • Salvo Campisano(actor)
      • 90 BpM

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Cole Crawford
      • Step One
      Killion Street

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Step One

      David J. Frederick
      Killion Street

    Best Director

    • Ryan ElHosseiny
      Winner
      • Ryan ElHosseiny(director)
      • Chasing Titles Vol. 1
      Opreme Films

    Best Director Animation

    • Winner
      • Charles Mandracchia
      • We Are Friends

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Step One

      Brady Romberg
      Trampas Thompson
      Timothy Thomas Brown
      Killion Street
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Titles Vol. 1

      6.3 (28)
      Ryan ElHosseiny(director)
      Opreme Films

    Best Foreign Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Living Idle

      9.1 (67)
      Ramana.artbyramana(producer/director)

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      90 BpM

      9.0 (54)
      Alexander Cimini(composer)

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Titles Vol. 1

      6.3 (28)
      Ryan ElHosseiny(director)
      Opreme Films

    Best Produced Screenplay Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      We Are Friends

      Charles Mandracchia
      Lynn Hunter

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For Your Birthday

      Rachael Wotherspoon(Writer/Producer)

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      $30 to Antarctica

      Joey Chu(Director, Producer, Writer)
      Kelly McKay(Producer)

    Best Comedy/Dramedy Short

    • [object Object]

      The Outing

      Cian Llewellyn

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]

      The Curtain

      9.0 (15)
      Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
      Brenda Whitehall
      Lynda Finch
      Whitehall Entertainment

    Best Short Action/Sci Fi

    • [object Object]

      Black Lightning: Tobias's Revenge

      5.9 (112)
      Choice Skinner
      Darkan Entertainment
      Semi Finalist

    Best Short Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]

      Hook It Up!

      Howie E. Kremer(writer)

    Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short

    • [object Object]

      Follow Your Path

      Alessandro Capomolla(director)

    LAIFF September Award

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    Best Director

    • Warren Flanagan
      Winner
      • Warren Flanagan(director)
      • Metta Via

    Best Director Student Short

    • Andres Ramirez with his awards for two wins in the Best Director Student Short Category on the red carpet of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
      Winner
      • Andres Ramirez
      • Frame

    Best Foreign Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ladies First

      7.1 (595)
      Uraaz Bahl(director)

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rotten Love

      6.5 (25)
      Xander Turian
      Cuprite Productions
      Bloody Fierce Productions

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metta Via

      5.7 (63)
      Jeramiah Ross(composer)
      Doug Paterson(composer)

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Man

      Borja Moreno
      Ryan Stillman
      Randa Stillman

    Best Producers Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scattered

      Harrison Houde(Producer)
      Jenni Baynham(Co-producer)
      Daniel Kilby(Line Producer)
      Heather Hawthorn Doyle(Assistant Producer)
      Deb Sears(Associate Producer)
      Houde Entertainment
      Telus Storyhive
    • 2023
      Winners
      • Harrison Houde
      • Heather Hawthorn Doyle
      • Daniel Kilby
      • Jenni Baynham
      • Deb Sears
      Houde Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scattered

      Harrison Houde
      Heather Hawthorn Doyle
      Daniel Kilby
      Jenni Baynham
      Deb Sears
      Houde Entertainment

    Best Sci Fi Short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metta Via

      5.7 (63)
      Warren Flanagan(director)
      Paul Flanagan(producer)
      Milena Zdravkovic(executive producer)

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metta Via

      5.7 (63)
      Paul Flanagan(visual effects supervisor)

    Best Web Series/New Media

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tinsel's Town

      8.2 (116)
      David Christopher Barry(writer, co-director)
      Michael Lindsay-Hogg(director)

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ladies First

      7.1 (595)
      Shaana Levy(producer)
      Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy(executive producer)

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      Breaking

      Sabrina Percario(producer)
      Alessandra Hajaj(executive producer)
      Percario Productions
    • [object Object]

      Undertow

      Peter Spann
      Dream Maker Studios

    Best Screenplay Short/Web Series/TV/Treatment

    • [object Object]

      In Sickness & In Health

      8.9 (12)
      Bryan Whorton

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Breaking

      Sabrina Percario(producer)
      Alessandra Hajaj(executive producer)
      Percario Productions

    LAIFF October Award

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    Best Actor

    • Rico Simonini
      Winner
      • Rico Simonini
      • Frank and Ava
      8th House Entertainment
      • Michael Segál
      • Lion

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frank and Ava

      3.4 (222)
      Daniele Poli(cinematographer/director of photography)
      Michael Oblowitz(cinematographer/director of photography)
      Orson Oblowitz(cinematographer/director of photography)
      8th House Entertainment
      All Edge Entertainment
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald

      8.0 (16)
      Scott Mulgrew(cinematographer)
      Matthew Read(cinematographer)

    Best Comedy / Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Petty Crime

      Knoa Knapper(director)
      Joshua Beal(producer)

    Best Director

    • Winners
      • Jay Perry(director)
      • Shaun Perry(director)
      • The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Winner
      • Rachel Meguerdijian
      • In Circle
    • Davide Melini
      • Davide Melini
      • Lion

    Best Director Student

    • Winner
      • Cole Kornell
      • Unending Love

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frank and Ava

      3.4 (222)
      Michael Oblowitz(Directot)
      Rico Simonini(Ex Producer Producer)
      Douglas Kaplan(Co Ex Producer)
      8th House Entertainment
      All Edge Entertainment

    Best Foreign Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kalinichta

      7.9 (20)
      Thanos Kermitsis(director)
      Kontoni Varvara(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kalinichta

      7.9 (20)
      Thanos Kermitsis(director)

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.7 (36)
      Fabel Aguilera
      LV Hair

    Best Student Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Last Page

      Shiyi Gu
      Martell Hasley

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion

      7.7 (36)
      Gianluca Bonomo

    Best Actress

    • Victoria Martonne
      • Victoria Martonne
      • Arsenic
      Midas & Lily

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]

      Qi

      8.4 (10)
      Dennis Ho(Writer, Producer, Director)
      Digital Jungle Pictures

    Best Drama Student

    • [object Object]

      Arsenic

      Victoria Martonne
      Midas & Lily
    • [object Object]

      Cowards

      Guangda Zhao

    Best First Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]

      The Unexpected Honor

      Randy Rambeau
      Dark Odyssey Films
      Semi-Finalist

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]

      Lion

      7.7 (36)
      Davide Melini
      LV Hair

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Unexpected Honor

      Randy Rambeau
      Dark Odyssey Films
      Semi-Finalist
    • [object Object]

      Czech Mate on Ice

      8.3 (34)
      Gary Karapetyan
      Hovig Kazandjian

    LAIFF November Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Brendan O'Gorman
      • Black Donnellys
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Judy Cormier
      • Black Donnellys
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films
    • Stefanie Woodburn
      • Stefanie Woodburn
      • Pole

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Empty View

      6.4 (20)
      Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
      Best Animation

    Best Animation Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Weeds

      6.5 (326)
      Kevin Hudson

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Donnellys

      8.0 (168)
      Ryan Grams
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pole

      9.1 (36)
      Stefanie Woodburn

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Aaron Huggett
      • Black Donnellys
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films

    Best Feature All Genres

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Sweetest Kiss

      4.8 (200)
      Nguyen Nguyen(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Sweetest Kiss

      4.8 (200)
      Nguyen Nguyen(director)
      Keyan Miao(distribution producer)

    Best LGBT Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      August in the City

      8.2 (48)
      Lisa Marie Tedesco

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Emoji Song

      Adam Volerich
      Forward, Up and Away

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Your Colours Kiss My Eyes

      Anthony Chan

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Donnellys

      8.0 (168)
      Aaron Huggett
      Lee Bernier
      Mark McNabb
      Joe Kessler
      Dan Huggett
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films

    Best Produced Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Donnellys

      8.0 (168)
      Aaron Huggett
      Electric Motion Pictures
      Uptop Films

    Best Trailer/Promo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Impuratus

      4.5 (806)
      Mike Yurinko
      Guy Quigley
      Screengage
      ThunderSmoke Media

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      Shattering

      Keyan Miao(director)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Favour

      Ye Kuang
    • [object Object]

      Your Colours Kiss My Eyes

      Anthony Chan
    • [object Object]

      Designated Caretaker Redux

      Frederick Keeve(director)
      Julie Eagleton(producer)
      Keeve Productions
    • [object Object]

      Red

      7.6 (17)
      Fady Jeanbart

    Screenplay Features

    • The Doll

      Serge Adam(writer)

    LAIFF December Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Ruben Maria Soriquez
      Winner
      • Ruben Maria Soriquez
      • Of Sinners and Saints

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Clarissa Hoffmann(actress)
      • Faithful

    Best Director

    • Nathaniel Lezra
      Winner
      • Nathaniel Lezra
      • In Echo Park
      Cement Head Films

    Best Director Short

    • Winner
      • Niklas Berggren(Director)
      • Faithful

    Best Experimental/Travel/Timelapse Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Keep Looking Up

      8.9 (10)
      Christophe Anagnostopoulos(director)

    Best Feature, All Genre

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Echo Park

      4.8 (94)
      Nathaniel Lezra
      Cement Head Films

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Echo Park

      4.8 (94)
      Zachary D. McMillan
      Jonathan Jetter
      Cement Head Films

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Of Sinners and Saints

      7.8 (153)
      Ruben Maria Soriquez
      See Thru Pictures

    Best Web Series

    • Harold L. Brown
      Winner
      • Harold L. Brown
      1st Place Webseries Screenplay: Deadly Invisible Enemies Webseries Pilot
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Room Actors: Where Are They Now?

      7.3 (140)
      Robyn Paris(director)

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio

    Best Music Video

    • Cradlesong

      Keyan Miao

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio

    Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]

      Danger Pay

      6.1 (23)
      Carolyn Bridget Kennedy
      Demure Duchess Pictures

    Jury Award

    Edit

    Best Director Student Short

    • Winner
      • Colin Sprigg(director)
      • The Pitch

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Faithful

      6.1 (22)
      Lucas Paz(producer)
      Niklas Berggren(director)
      (PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions

    Best First-Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Non-Transferable

      5.5 (1.2K)
      Brendan Bradley
      Jigsaw Ensemble

    Best Screenplay Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jamie's Book

      Roy Zafrani

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]

      Butterfly

      Leiqi Lin
      Tung Wu
      Yi Yu

    LAIFF Fall Award

    Edit

    Best Student Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Last Page

      Nick Powers-Gomez(director)
      Martell Hasley(producer)
      Shiyi Gu(producer)

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