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Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

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    LAIFF January Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Israel Arias(director of photography)
      Big Kid Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Israel Arias(director of photography)
      Big Kid Films

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Zachary Linkow(editor)
      Big Kid Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Zachary Linkow(editor)
      Big Kid Films

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dumpster Room

      Christopher Kadima

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Leslie Bloom(director) (producer) (writer)
      Big Kid Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woodstock or Bust

      4.1 (190)
      Leslie Bloom(director) (producer) (writer)
      Big Kid Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      1UP

      Edward Halstead
      Daniela Rodriguez Martinez
      Julian Bueno
      Eric Pierce

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      LA Train-her

      Meagan Noel Fulps(Creator)

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      Nightingale

      6.6 (6)
      Gowtham Namasivayam

    Screenplay Features

    • [object Object]

      Skokie Stakeout

      Anthony Fanelli
      Aphotic

    LAIFF February Award

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    Best Actress

    • Deborah Kuhn
      Winner
      • Deborah Kuhn(executive producer)
      • Monarch Butterfly

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Last Call

      Blake Elder(Director)
      Dustin Prince(Producer)
    • [object Object]

      Angelika

      Josh Minnie
      Semi-Finalist

    Best Director Student Short

    • Winner
      • Ziwei Han
      • Beyond the Wheel

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Beyond the Wheel

      Bingjie Huang

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Drawn Curtains

      Marfisia Bel
      Brody Anderson
      Jing Han

    LAIFF March Award

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    Best Drama

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      Lethalz

      Sabrina Percario(associate producer)
      Keturah Hamilton(executive producer)
      Anastasia Reinhard(producer)

    LAIFF April Award

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    Best Actor

    • Coty Galloway
      Winner
      • Coty Galloway(actor)
      • Beverly

    Best Actress

    • Dasha Leidy
      Winner
      • Dasha Leidy
      • Platonic
      Eidetic Pictures
    • Karlisha Hurley
      • Karlisha Hurley
      • Bet the Demon Wins
      Devilhouse Films

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

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      Winner

      We Are Family

      Jannike Grut
      Moderna Teatern

    Best Director

    • David Leidy
      Winner
      • David Leidy
      • Platonic
      Eidetic Pictures

    Best Drama Short

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      Winner

      Shallow Grave

      Jingyu Liu

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      After

      Shaun Peter Cunningham
      Picto Films

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ricochet

      9.1 (9)
      Tim Earnheart(producer)
      Matt Fleming(producer)
      S. Joe Downing(producer)
      Ayuba Audu(co-producer)
      Katelyn Downing(co-producer)
      Dima Sulyma(co-producer)
      Fernando Ronzon-Gallardo(co-producer)
      Jeremy Parton(co-producer)

    Best Original Score

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      Beverly

      Davis Harwell

    Best Produced Screenplay

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      After

      Shaun Peter Cunningham(producer)
      Cathryn Sullivan(co- producer)
      Picto Films
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      Lethalz

      Sabrina Percario(associate producer)
      Keturah Hamilton(executive producer)
      Anastasia Reinhard(producer)
      Kamala Lane

    Best Producer

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      Winner

      Beverly

      Coty Galloway(producer)

    Best Music Video

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      Katie Garibaldi: Safe and Warm (Lullaby for Jesus)

      Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

    LAIFF May Award

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    Best Drama

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      Winner

      Cross Words Together

      Shubham Sanjay Shevade(director)

    Best Experimental

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      Love Letters

      Eric D. Ryan

    LAIFF June Award

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    BEST DIRECTOR

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      Winner

      Bozkir: Kuslara Bak Kuslara

      3.4 (227)
    • Jesse La Flair
      Winner
      • Jesse La Flair
      • Bound by Movement
      La Flair Films

    Best Animation

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      Winner

      Alone In America

      Charles Mandracchia
      Francesca DeJosia
      Hollywoodland Productions

    Best Drama Short

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      Winner

      Hear Me

      7.3 (32)
      Kevin M Turner
      Logic Film Company

    Best Foreign Feature

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      Winner

      Hür Köle

      2.9 (180)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Online Billie

      6.2 (10)
      Lou Assous

    Best Produced Screenplay

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      Winner

      1717 Primrose

      Brooks Hall(Writer/Producer)
      Mickey Reece(Producer)
      Dylan Brodie(Producer)
      Tory Ayers(Producer)
      Jack Watkins(Producer)

    Best Action/Thriller Short

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      Miscreant

      6.4 (283)
      Rocky Ramsey

    LAIFF July Award

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    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Sabrina Percario(actress)
      • Mojave Shadows

    Best Comedy/Dramedy

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      Winner

      The Assistant

      Peter J. Calvin(Director)
      Brent Crable(Writer)
      Deep Bro Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Friend Hunter

      Brent Crable(Director) (Writer) (Executive Producer)
      Deep Bro Films
    • [object Object]

      Alien Guy Tim

      8.7 (23)
      Scott Simerly Jr.(director/producer)
      Patrick McElroy(writer/producer)

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Jaime Torres(director)
      • Mojave Shadows
    • Scott Simerly Jr.
      • Scott Simerly Jr.
      • Alien Guy Tim

    Best Documentary Short

    • Winner

      Trapped in Qatar (Gefangen in Katar)

      Benjamin Best(director)
      Benjamin Best Productions

    Best Horror

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      Winner

      Haunting

      Ruifeng Lan(Director)
      Xiangyi Cai(Producer)

    Best Produced Screenplay

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      Winner

      Mojave Shadows

      Jaime Torres(executive producer)
      Alejandro Etcheagaray(co-producer)
      Miranda Guzman(co-producer)

    Best Producer

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      Winner

      Within and Without

      6.2 (5)
      Robert Sciglimpaglia(executive producer)
      Frank S Petrilli(producer)
      Belair Productions

    Best Web Series

    • Winner
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Gorchlach: The Legend of Cordelia

        7.1 (11)
        Fabio Cento(director)
        Charles-Emmanuel Pellissier(executive producer)
        Oniros Films

      Best Actor

      • Matthew Sauvé
        • Matthew Sauvé(actor)
        • One Night Stand
        WKZ Media
      • Photo by Marissa Joy Daly
        • Patrick McElroy
        • Alien Guy Tim

      Best Drama

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        One Night Stand

        7.3 (13)
        Matthew Sauvé(actor)
        Voitek Pendrak(cinematographer)
        Trish Rainone-DiLuzio(actress)
        Wojciech Zielinski(director)
        WKZ Media

      Best Foreign Language Film

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        Kasumi

        Candice Mechaly
        Philippe Gray

      LAIFF August Award

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      Best Drama (Student)

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        Winner

        Shining Ashes

        Nicole Campbell
        New york film academy
      • [object Object]

        The Wasteland

        Yuchi Tian

      Best Drama Short

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        Free Ride

        Mengchao Lin(editor)

      Best Music Video

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        Emily Perry: Summer on Lock

        Noel Maitland(Director)
        Emily Perry(Writer)
        Good Chat Entertainment

      Best Short Comedy/Dramedy

      • [object Object]

        Monarch Butterfly

        Deborah Kuhn(executive producer)

      Best Web Series

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        Third Shift

        John Gearries(Producer / Writer)
        Rich Baker(Director - Writer)
        Gabe Gomez(Co-Producer/Actor)
        Gabriel Borlant(producer)
        Stronger Entertainment

      LAIFF September Award

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      Best Director Student Short

      • Alex Greenlee
        Winner
        • Alex Greenlee
        • Dead Wall

      Best Horror Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Dead Wall

        Alex Greenlee

      Best Screenplay Short/Web Series/TV/Treatment

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Joymaker

        Tara Grover Smith

      Best Short Film

      • [object Object]

        A-Symmetry

        6.6 (38)
        Sam Bradford
        Praxima

      LAIFF October Award

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      Best Woman Filmmaker

      • Andi Behring
        Winner
        • Andi Behring

      LAIFF November Award

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      Best Comedy/Dramedy

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        I'm Telling Ya!

        Sabrina Percario(associate producer)
        Helder F Gomes(executive producer)

      Best Comedy/Dramedy Award

      • [object Object]

        Willa

        9.4 (36)
        Jodi Lynn Thomas
        Willya Productions

      LAIFF December Award

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      Best Horror Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A-Symmetry

        6.6 (38)
        Sam Bradford
        Grace Sargeant
        Praxima

      Best Woman Filmmaker

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Lab Dog

        Noemi Durivou(director)

      Best Drama Short

      • [object Object]

        How Far

        David Tayar
        Adriana Vecchioli
        Velvet Unicorn

      Critics Award

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      Best Feature Film All Genre

      • [object Object]

        Baby Girl

        2.9 (373)
        Kevin Van Stevenson
        Goreella Media

      Jury Award

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      Best Mini Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Für Umme - Die Serie

        6.4 (461)
        Michael Fritz Schumacher
        Vlady Valentin Oszkiel
        Thomas Beetz
        Katerfilm

      Best Actor

      • Matthew Sauvé
        • Matthew Sauvé(actor)
        • One Night Stand
        WKZ Media

      Best Drama

      • [object Object]

        One Night Stand

        7.3 (13)
        Matthew Sauvé(actor)
        Trish Rainone-DiLuzio(actress)
        Voitek Pendrak(cinematographer)
        Wojciech Zielinski(director)
        WKZ Media

      LAIFF Fall Award

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      Best Actor

      • Sterling Hurst
        Winner
        • Sterling Hurst
        • Dark Harbor
        APS Films

      Best Comedy/Dramedy Student Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        For the Goblins

        Yuan Wang
        Hypnus Yao
        New York Film Academy

      Best Produced Screenplay Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Here Today

        8.3 (7)
        Erica Arvold(producer)
        Viviana Chavez(producer)
        Meredith Grace Dabney(associate producer)
        Isaac Deitz(producer)
        Taylor Fedele(producer)
        Erik Lingvall(producer)
        Astrabeta Creations
        Arvold
        Point Nine Films

      Best Producer Feature Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Lost Angelas

        4.0 (1.6K)
        William Wayne
        Laila Hajjali
        WM Films
        White Pants Production

      Best first time filmmaker

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Sonntag

        Mariano Cabaco
        Graviton Cinema Digital

      Best Screenplay Feature

      • [object Object]

        Solstice

        5.9 (64)
        Jerry A. Vasilatos(screenplay)
        Nitestar Productions

      LAIFF Winter Award

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      Best Short Screenplay

      • Winner

        Hello I Must Be Going

        Sara Hallowell

      LAIFF Summer Award

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      Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        An Arctic Fairy Tale

        Christian Uhlig

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