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Los Angeles Cinefest

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017201620152015201520152014

    Jury Award

    Edit

    Best Original Score

    • Mark Daniel Dunnett
      Winner
      • Mark Daniel Dunnett

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Creak

      7.8 (6)
      Shie Rozow(composer)
    • [object Object]

      Clever Girl

      8.7 (81)
      Kip Bennett(composer)
      Brand Old Productions
    • [object Object]

      1943

      Shie Rozow(composer)

    Best Screenplay - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Othello-san

      7.0 (33)
      Theodore A. Adams III
      Red Zeppelin Productions
    • [object Object]

      PAWNS

      6.7 (126)
      David Barbeschi
    • [object Object]

      Just Like You Imagined

      Soufiane El Khalidy

    Semi Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Death After Life

      Bass Hathaway
      Ellen Williams
      Hathaway Cinema

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]

      Unseen

      8.4 (9)
      Justin Krul(director)
      Semi-Finalist

    Best Poster

    • [object Object]

      Flags and Masks Down

      Soufiane El Khalidy
      Edwardo Aguirre

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      1943

      Elizabeth Dean(writer/director)
    • [object Object]

      Creak

      7.8 (6)
      Elizabeth Dean(writer/director)
    • [object Object]

      Never Alone

      Olivia Maiden
      Dream Hive Films
      Semi-finalist
    • [object Object]

      Vesper

      7.0 (25)
      Keyvan Sheikhalishahi(director)
      Amitice
      Semi-Finalist

    • Each Day

      John Greer
      Three Will Films
    • [object Object]

      Frame of Reference

      9.7 (8)
      Ian J. Keeney(director)
      Gina Marie Rodriguez(writer / producer)
      Steven Hayet(writer / producer)
    • [object Object]

      Fairweather

      Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa

    Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Devadasi

      Marco Marra

    • A Lonely Walk

      John Greer
      Three Will Films

    Web Episode/New Media

    • [object Object]

      Clever Girl

      8.7 (81)
      Joe Zappa(director)
      Kip Bennett(executive producer)
      Sherrie Allyn(executive producer)
      Myra Zimmerman Grubbs(producer)
      Brand Old Productions
    • [object Object]

      Auckward Love

      8.5 (54)
      Emmett Skilton
      Holly Shervey
      Jess Sayer
      We Three Productions

    Audience Award

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    Best Original Score - September

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twilight Prophecy

      Enrique Ponce(composer)
      Black Portal Productions

    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      Black Cat

      8.2 (55)
      Peter Curtis Pardini
      Grant Garry
      Wesley Curtis Productions

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Lion

      7.6 (35)
      Davide Melini
      LV Hair
      Semi Finalist

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      Be Open

      Marcell Fehér
    • [object Object]

      What Goes Up

      Jeannette Savage(director)

    Short Screenplay

    • Olga

      Gregory Falatek
      Belmont Studios

    Los Angeles Cinefest Award

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    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tower

      7.1 (24)
      Ali Araz
      Alfeka
    • [object Object]

      Closing Time: The Vanishing Prairie Beverage Room Documentary

      Karen Tusa
      Ryan Wuckert
      George Orallo
      Lucky 9 Productions

    • Making a Monster: The Story Behind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      B. Luciano Barsuglia
      Koa Aloha Media

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Billion Star Hotel

      5.6 (139)
      Alecs Nastoiu
      Ovidiu Radian Vasu
      GAT Films Transilvania
    • [object Object]

      The Soviet

      Jarrod R.F. Hachey(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Bird May Die

      7.7 (28)
      Hamid Tamjidi
      Kasrafilm Canada
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      5.7 (537)
      B. Luciano Barsuglia
      Koa Aloha Media
    • [object Object]

      Red Summer

      3.5 (511)
      Carles Jofre
      Francisco Andrés Jiménez
      Ihrlie Serra
      Enrique Fernández
      UFO Films
    • [object Object]

      Blue Line Station

      8.8 (25)
      Jorge Xolalpa
    • [object Object]

      An Addicting Picture

      6.7 (14)
      Jacob Stuart
      Puja Pandey
    • [object Object]

      Counterfeiters

      6.9 (68)
      Bryce Hirschberg
    • [object Object]

      The Iron Sixth

      7.7 (10)
      Ingo Lou(producer)
      Amy Fox(producer)
      Christopher O'Brien(producer)
      Trembling Void Studios
    • [object Object]

      About the World of Sam H

      Jacques Aldridge(director)
      Eagle Street Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Perceptions

      Danny MAlin(director)
      Danny MAlin Films
    • [object Object]

      The Brindis

      9.1 (14)
      David Ferraro Jericoh(director)
      Kitovi Kampuni
    • [object Object]

      stupid smartphone therapy

    • [object Object]

      Novak

      Tom Botchii(director)
    • [object Object]

      Viulu

      5.8 (14)
      Ramin Sohrab
      Sohrab Productions
    • [object Object]

      Thus Passes the Glory

      Jarrod R.F. Hachey(director)
    • [object Object]

      A Letter to My Future Self Written on the Rocks of the Ocean Floor

      Jarrod R.F. Hachey(director)
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Elevator

      7.2 (126)
      Kartikye Gupta
    • [object Object]

      Young Blood

      Aguendia Fotabong
      Ecole de la Cité
    • [object Object]

      A Hero for a Day

      8.2 (24)
      Lifan Wang
    • [object Object]

      Knit

      7.6 (10)
      Gary Malick(director)
      Andy Kumpon(director)
      Marti Davis(executive producer)
      KillerBeam Entertainment
      Blue Ribbon Productions
    • [object Object]

      Gunther

      9.7 (37)
      Paris Dylan
    • [object Object]

      Red Maze

      6.6 (10)
      Thomas Gaunt(director)
      GAUNT FILMS
    • [object Object]

      Jewish Blind Date

      7.4 (14)
      Anaëlle Morf(director)
    • [object Object]

      Gunther

      9.7 (37)
      Maceo Greenberg(director)
      Ryan Bergez(director)
      Pulp Digital Productions
    • [object Object]

      Life saver

      Pierre Amstutz Roch
    • [object Object]

      Always There

      Apis Teicher
      Weegamers Pictures
    • [object Object]

      The Telephone

      7.1 (44)
      Stuart Wheeldon
    • [object Object]

      Wine and Eggs

      5.2 (94)
      Sertac Bozkurt
    • [object Object]

      October 9th

      Sophie Venecia Reyes
      Inside Us Films

    Best Webseries Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      DogGone It!

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

    Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amethyst

      3.3 (62)
      Jared Masters
      Grace Klich
      Valerie Miller
      Frolic Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mucus

      Martin Helstáb
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tug

      Nic Barker
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Question

      8.9 (47)
      Larry Rosen
      Happy Smile Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      11 AM

      8.5 (14)
      Musab Alamri
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Losing Life

      9.0 (11)
      Musab Alamri
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wrong Direction

      Vikash Toshniwal(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Strings

      Ranjit Arul Singh(director)
      Page Eighty Seven
    • [object Object]

      Rise of the Avalanche

      Antoine M. Dillard(director)
      Isaac Villarreal(actor)
      Gavin Fullerton(actor)
      Kyle P. Peterson(writer)
      Shawna Vineyard(editor)
      Natasha L. Dillard(production manager)
      Jason 'Rezivor' Link(composer)
      Cedric Ferrell(composer)
      Quantum VFX
    • [object Object]

      To Shoot and Protect

      Matthias Pöltinger
    • [object Object]

      Whisky

      7.0 (7)
      Jason Seelmann(director)
      2BlocksNorth Productions
    • [object Object]

      Whoever Was Using This Bed

      8.5 (65)
      Andrew Kotatko(writer, director, producer)
      Marie Slaight(executive producer)
      Midnight Coffee Films
      Altaire Productions
    • [object Object]

      Adult Humans

      James Zeiss
      60wBulb Productions
    • [object Object]

      Towards the Light

      Jonas Nørgaard Rasmussen(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Towards the Light

      Jonas Nørgaard Rasmussen(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Narkotiki

      Matthias Pöltinger
    • [object Object]

      Unconditional Love

      8.9 (16)
      Joseph Goncalves
      Thomas Mason
    • [object Object]

      Unconditional Love

      8.9 (16)
      Joseph Goncalves
      Thomas Mason
    • [object Object]

      Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal

      7.7 (10)
      Brishkay Ahmed
      Digital Warriors Productions

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]

      When I Am Dead

      Clemence Therin(director)
    • [object Object]

      Sirocco: Prophecy of Wind

      9.8 (10)
      John Taschner
      Tasch Co.
    • [object Object]

      Under Water: Dive Deep

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

    Best Film Score

    • [object Object]

      Day of the People

      Renan Franzen
      Hot Stereo Productions
    • [object Object]

      Immortality of the Conscious Mind

      Miguel Leyva
    • [object Object]

      Hindsight

      Faraz Emamdoust
      Scream1210 Productions
    • [object Object]

      Sargeant Matacho

      6.9 (49)
      Alejandro Ramirez-Rojas(composer)

    Best Film Score - August (Semi-Finalist)

    • [object Object]

      Jerkwater Town

      7.6 (10)
      Michael Frankenberger(composer)

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Dimension

      Saba
      Cloudy Sky FIlms
    • [object Object]

      Wild Prison: Music Video

      Fady Jeanbart(Director)
      Semi-Finalist

    Best Original Screenplay Semi-finalist

    • Slavica Bogdanov
      • Slavica Bogdanov

    • Through the Land of Illusion

      Gunnar Garrett

    • Through the Land of Illusion

      Gunnar Garrett

    • The Wrong Jen Harper

      Steven Hayet

    Best Poster

    • [object Object]

      Red Maze

      6.6 (10)
      Thomas Gaunt(director)
      GAUNT FILMS
    • [object Object]

      Immigrant Brothers

      Matías Martínez
    • [object Object]

      Bid

      Raphael Bittencourt
      RAP Photodesign

    Best Short Film - Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]

      Sirat

      7.1 (93)
      Nuri Cihan Ozdogan(director)

    Best Student

    • [object Object]

      Iridescence

      7.5 (29)
      Maxime Beauchamp
      Kent Donguines

    Best StudentFilm

    • [object Object]

      Without Regret

      Matt Macedo
      Macedo Productions

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]

      The Cocktail Brothers

      Isaac Gracia
      Marcos Gracia
      Delphis Entertainment

    Best Web Episode

    • [object Object]

      Long Island Lights

      Scordio Productions
    • [object Object]

      Reckless Juliets

      7.5 (40)
      Skyler Barrett
      Syd Wilder
      Beyond My Wildest Dreams Productions

    Best Webseries

    • [object Object]

      We're Not Friends

      7.4 (10)
      Don DiPetta(Don DiPetta)
      Ashley Bornancin

    Best short film

    • [object Object]

      Limbo

      7.1 (15)
      Gokce Erenmemisoglu

    Ducumentary Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Honey Badger

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

    Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Heroes Manufactured

      7.9 (523)
      Yaron Betan(director)
      White Night Studios

    Finalist

    • [object Object]

      The Brindis

      9.1 (14)
      David Ferraro Jericoh(director)
      Kitovi Kampuni

    Screenplay

      • Kathy Krantz(screenwriter)
      Good Book Films
      StewArt Productions
      Parellel Actions script

    Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Brindis

      9.1 (14)
      Luis Fernández de Eribe(actor)
      Kitovi Kampuni

    Student Film

    • [object Object]

      BLINKING CURSOR

      9.6 (9)
      Siva Kumar Kondaveeti
      Ramesh Paila
      Sujan Kumar Uppiretla
    • [object Object]

      Time to Fade

      Carlos Nahuel Cerutti

    Finalist Award

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pimpkillah

      7.3 (9)
      Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez
      Sarah Bitely
      Derek Bannar
      Brian Nickols
      Renacer Entertainment
      Pimpkillah Productions
    • [object Object]

      The Information

      Robert Shannon(director)
      Shannon Productions
    • [object Object]

      Super Power

      Anthony James Faure
      Les Films de l'Ours
    • [object Object]

      Anna

      Natalie Dale
      Daley Dose Films
      CSV Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Reuben

      Kaisania Calubaquib
      Sebastien Dulac
    • [object Object]

      23

      Richard E. Haywood(director)
      Dated Future Productions
    • [object Object]

      Carrots, Eggs and Coffee

      Richard E. Haywood(director)
      Dated Future Productions
    • [object Object]

      Love Robot

      6.6 (6)
      Drew V Marke
      The Fuchsia Corner Productions
    • [object Object]

      Ephemeral

      9.4 (7)
      Antonio Darwiche
    • [object Object]

      Haley

      8.6 (10)
      Corey Sevier
      Kate Pragnell
    • [object Object]

      The Littlest Dustball Cowboy

      Jamison M. LoCascio
      Anthony LoCascio
    • [object Object]

      Ed of Brooklyn

      Jamison M. LoCascio(Jamison M LoCascio)
      Adam Ambrosio

    Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Undatement Center

      7.9 (8)
      Chris Esper
      Stories in Motion
      Stories by the River
    • [object Object]

      Spark

      8.8 (10)
      Michelle Elise Harding
      Daniel Merlin Miller
      Christopher Orangeo

    Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dirty Pool

      6.0 (5)
      Brent Forrest
    • [object Object]

      Dick

      Danny MAlin
      Danny MAlin Films
    • [object Object]

      Black Cat

      8.2 (55)
      Peter Curtis Pardini
      Grant Garry
      Wesley Curtis Productions
    • [object Object]

      Dad's Fragile Doll

      Ali Zare Ghanatnowi
      Best Animation
    • [object Object]

      Bengleton Socks

      Brian T Shirley
      Shirley, Brian T
      tt7365702

    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      Fetish

      Danny MAlin(director)
      Danny MAlin Films

    Best Film Score

    • [object Object]

      Never Alone

      Jonathan Chambers
    • [object Object]

      Soul of Steel

      7.5 (13)
      Didier De Giorgi(composer)

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      Indelible

      6.9 (9)
      Ethan Paisley(Director)
      Take18 Entertainment

    Best screenplay

    • Sharrie McCain
      • Sharrie McCain(writer)
      • Patrick Burnett(writer)

    Short Film of the Month

    • [object Object]

      Ultio

      Dias Azimzhan(director)
      Neonomads Art Lab
    • [object Object]

      Ultio

      Sholpan Murabuldayeva

    Student Film or Video

    • [object Object]

      Nostalgia

      Oscar Luckin
      Oliver Thurley
      Max White
      Jack Latham
      School of Film & Television, Falmouth University

    Short Film Award

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    Semi-Finalist

    • [object Object]

      Street Games

      James Fink-Jensen
    • [object Object]

      The Seventh Day

      Bita Elahian
    • [object Object]

      Stalker

      Nate Jones(director)
      Niki Searles(producer)
      DarkMatter Productions
    • [object Object]

      Ariso (Mirror)

      Bhaumik Bhatt
    • [object Object]

      Walk in Dales

      Patrik Krivanek

    Student Award

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    Best Short

    • [object Object]

      Personal

      4.8 (15)
      Sonia K. Hadad
      The year of nomination was wrong and it has to be for 2017
    • [object Object]

      Citromos Mignon

      7.6 (14)
      Dasha Koroleva
      Jenõ Hódi
      CinePartners Entertainment

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