Los Angeles Cinematography AWARDS (LACA) (2022)

Los Angeles Cinematography AWARDS (LACA)

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November Award

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Best Actress

Best First Time Director

Best Music Video

Winner
Casey Ahern: The Cows Came Home
Haley Ahern(director)
Refuse Reality Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
The Last Fortress: Hacibey
5.6 (119)
Mustafa Yazicioglu
Missing Moments
Iasonas Psarakis(Original music composer)

Best Production Design

Winner
Muza
Max Karplev

Best Sound

Winner
Muza
Alexey Butov Jr.

Best feature film cinematography

Winner
Devil in the Lake
4.7 (230)
Ju-Yeol Han(director of photography)
KBS Television
Winner
Piargy
7.1 (191)
Peter Bencsik(director of photography)

Best producer

Winner
Piargy
7.1 (191)
Silvia Panaková(ACE producer)
Eric Panák(EAVE producer)
Arina Film

December Award

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Best Animated Film

Winner
The Happy Statue
9.3 (9)
Tony Pham
Curt Fulster
C. Fulsty Productions

Best Cinematography of short film

Winner
Waves
Jonathan Baker(cinematographer)
Kat Productions

Best Documentary Film

Winner
J'Accuse!
8.1 (161)
Michael Kretzmer(director)
Inspired the 30 Second Song Movie
8.8 (11)
Mark Christopher Lee

Best Editor

Winner
Waves
Aaron J. March(editor)
Kat Productions

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Sword
Ju-Yeol Han(director)
Rapa

Best Film

Winner
Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale
9.0 (236)
Gerardo Gabaldón

Best Screenplay

Winner
Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale
9.0 (236)
Gerardo Gabaldón

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Winner
Gerardo Gabaldón
Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Score

Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale
9.0 (236)

August Award

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Best Cinematography of a Short Film

Winner
The Turn of the Screw
5.5 (12)
Ali Farahani

Best Feature Film

Winner
Run Rabbit
7.4 (7)
Christopher Studenka
Justin Rose
Greg Wave

Best First Time Director

Winner
Justin Rose
Run Rabbit

Best Sound

Winner
The Giant with a House 2
Dave Cheung(sound designer)

January Award

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BEST DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner
The Time of the Fireflies
5.1 (14)
Matteo Robert Morales(director)
BE, Lighthouse Lab

Best Cinematography of a Feature Film

Winner
Two Yellow Lines
6.7 (185)
Derek Bauer
Life Productions
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
101 Studios

Best Director

Winner
Colin Hickey
Where the Merrows Roam

Best Experimental

Winner
Where the Merrows Roam
8.9 (10)
Colin Hickey

Best First Time Director

Winner
Marco Sandeman
Borderline

Best Producer

Winner
Borderline
4.2 (171)
Sebastian Brown

Best Student Film Cinematography

Winner
The second skin
Tamara Alekseeva
Winner
Swimming with Stones
Amber Yang

Best Student Short Film

Winner
The second skin
Tamara Alekseeva

Best Feature Film

Te Amo, Talvez No!
6.2 (7)
Gregorio Pernía
Sara Nuñez

February Award

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BEST AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

Winner
Shutter the Doors
7.1 (11)
Justin Janowitz
Spiral Gate Productions

Best Documentary Cinematography

Winner
Beyond Ed Buck
5.3 (57)
Matt Hill
Jayce Baron
Hailie Sahar
Shai Keston-Nix
Drew Moe
Dametreus Ward
jBaron Creative House
Sahar Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
Beyond Ed Buck
5.3 (57)
Chris McElroy
Jayce Baron
Hailie Sahar
Stefan L. Smith
Neverending Nina
Shalev Alon
Joshua Ginsburg
Melissa McElroy
Emmanuel Segarra
Hyun Seo-won
Mario Verlangieri
jBaron Creative House
Sahar Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
Shutter the Doors
7.1 (11)
Sheri Sussman
Ian Buchanan
Billy Wirth
Justin Janowitz
Spiral Gate Productions

March Award

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Best Animated Film

Winner
Quarter Life
Agno Dissan

Best Cinematography of a Student Film

Winner
Winter Glass Glare
Zhuolin Hong

Best Director

Winners
Mario d'Anna
Stefano Mangoni
Manuel
ASST Mantova
My Sound
Strongvilla

Best Original Score

Winner
Chocolate Tronchetto
David Cerquetti

Best Short Film

Winner
Manuel
Mario d'Anna
Stefano Mangoni
ASST Mantova
My Sound
Strongvilla

Best Student Director

Winner
Zhuolin Hong
Winter Glass Glare

Best black & white cinematography

Winner
Manuel
Mario d'Anna
ASST Mantova
My Sound
Strongvilla

April Award

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Best Actor

Winner
Al Nazemian
For I Am Dead

Best Cinematography of a Short Film

Winner
Why Don't You Like Me?
Ino Yang Popper(cinematographer)

Best Costume Design

Winner
For I Am Dead
9.0 (18)
Miguel Peñaranda

Best Documentary Cinematography

Winner
Blossom in Silence
Zhihao Deng

Best Film of the Month

Winner
Le magasin des folies
Alex Guéry
Les films du LoupBlanc

Best First-Time Director

Winner
Mykah Charette(Director)
Last Night

Best Short Film

Winner
Le magasin des folies
Alex Guéry
Les films du LoupBlanc

Best Screenplay

Miscalculated
8.3 (21)
Alyxandrya Prynce
Romel Xavier Moralez

July Award

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Best Actor

Winner
James Pratt
Malibu Crush

Best Actress

Winner
Daria Sarmientos(actress)
The Death of an Artist

Best Animated Film

Winner
SABINA: Prey for the Hunter
Nicole Starrett
Marcus T. Thomas
Jubilee Productions (II)

Best Cinematography Short Film

Winner
Echoes
6.9 (10)
Isaiah Walk
Virtual Celluloid
Winner
Indelible
Jonny Stuckmayer
Winner
Stardust
Uzair Merchant
Bkreativ Productions
Saving Robin Williams
Lawrence Whitener(writer/director)
Donald Imm(co-director)
David Langlitz(producer/director)
Marc Lapadula(senior producer)
Mark Fronk(cinematographer)
D.J. Ohlow(editor)
Jonathan Sanchez-Gomez(camera operator)
Audrey Berg(set decorator)
Christopher Inlow(consulting producer)
Richard Anthony Harris(re-recording mixer)
DOG-e The Movie
Dark Winter
Sean Cruser

Best Director

Winner
Anthony Kalmeta
Echoes
Virtual Celluloid

Best Music Video

Winner
Stardust
Uzair Merchant
Bkreativ Productions

Best Picture of the Month

Winner
Echoes
6.9 (10)
Anthony Kalmeta
Virtual Celluloid

Best Production Design

Winner
Stardust
Uzair Merchant
Bkreativ Productions

Best Screenplay

Winner
Hard As It Gets
Darren Haskins
Bad Dingo Productions

Best Song

Winner
When Boy Meets Girl
Lucky Bailey(artist)
Lucky-UTV
Winning Song: "The Reason"
Winner
Stardust
Uzair Merchant
Bkreativ Productions

Best Student Film

Winner
About A Motel
Erica Morman(producer)
JD Groh(editor)
Joseph Ford(director/writer)
Maggie Cripe(associate producer)

Best feature screenplay

Winner
S.T.A.R.
Yael Deynes

Best Cinematography of a Short Film

Bruised Peach
Khashi Tahamtan(Cinematographer)
Bruised Peach
Saving Robin Williams
Lawrence Whitener(writer/director)
Donald Imm(co-director)
David Langlitz(producer/director)
Marc Lapadula
Mark Fronk(cinematographer)
D.J. Ohlow(editor)
Jonathan Sanchez-Gomez(camera operator)
Audrey Berg
Christopher Inlow
Richard Anthony Harris(re-recording mixer)
DOG-e The Movie

Best Short Film

Iris
Neal Tyler
Jamie Tran

September Award

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Best Actor

Winner
Rhodri Miles(actor)
Confession Day
Little Flame Films
Hwang Jae-Feel
To Father
To Father

Best American Cinematography

Winner
Dream Cycle
Don Sano

Best American Film

Winner
Dream Cycle
Don Sano
No and So Films

Best Cinematography

Winner
Beautiful Collision
Brian Bayerl
Winner
Confession Day
9.2 (9)
Louie Blystad-Collins(director of photography)
Little Flame Films
Winner
The Turn of the Screw
5.5 (12)
Ali Farahani
Creative Earth Films

Best Editing

Winner
Confession Day
9.2 (9)
Ben Hooton(editor)
Little Flame Films

Best Producer

Winner
34902
Adam Moses
Yisrael Dubov

Best Production Design

Winner
Confession Day
9.2 (9)
Daniel Dray(production designer)
Little Flame Films

October Award

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BEST BLACK & WHITE FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner
Piargy
7.1 (191)
Peter Bencsik
Arina Film

Best Actor

Winner
Lyndon Hoffman-Lew
The Party
Goreella Media
Winner
Savannah Meaike
The Party
RynoRyder Media
Best Supporting Actress for role in The Party
Winner
Andrew Scott
Cognition
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best American Cinematography

Winner
Tito
7.0 (14)
Sawyer Gaunt(cinematographer)

Best American Film

Winner
Tito
7.0 (14)
Anthony Notarile(director)
Andy Tworischuk(director)
Sell the Leg Productions

Best Costume Design

Winner
Cognition
6.5 (2.6K)
Heidi Miller
Dinara Khusainova
Astrid Schulz
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best Director

Winner
Ravi Ajit Chopra
Cognition
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best Drama

Winner
The Lady from the Sea
8.4 (12)
Leon Mitchell(director)

Best Original Score

Winner
Make A Wish
4.6 (209)
Mustafa Yazicioglu

Best Picture Of The Month

Winner
Cognition
6.5 (2.6K)
Ravi Ajit Chopra
Andrew Masanto
Michael Wood
Adom Frempong
Col Goudie
Zein Kurdi
John Lesand
David Sheldon-Hicks
Rob van den Bragt
Zhe Zhang
Michael R. Demmerle
Patrick Spreng
Ron Creevey
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best Production Design

Winner
Cognition
6.5 (2.6K)
Adriaan Engelbrecht
Nicola Parke
Felix Coles
Luis San Martin
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best SOund

Winner
Cognition
6.5 (2.6K)
Stuart McCowan
Harry Jones
Craig Irving
Thomas Jaine
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

Best Short Film Cinematography

Winner
Cognition
6.5 (2.6K)
Simon Rowling
A Talash Video Centre Production
Digital Boulevard

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Los Angeles Cinematography AWARDS (LACA)

November Award

Best Actress

Best Cinematography of a Short Film

Muza

The Backhand

Best Costume Design

Muza

Best Documentary Film

Human 2.0

Best Documentary Film Cinematography

Human 2.0

Best Editing

Human 2.0

Best Feature Film

Piargy

Best First Time Director

Best Music Video

Casey Ahern: The Cows Came Home

Best Original Score

The Last Fortress: Hacibey

Missing Moments

Best Production Design

Muza

Best Sound

Muza

Best feature film cinematography

Devil in the Lake

Piargy

Best producer

Piargy

December Award

Best Animated Film

The Happy Statue

Best Cinematography of short film

Waves

Best Documentary Film

J'Accuse!

Inspired the 30 Second Song Movie

Best Editor

Waves

Best Experimental Film

Sword

Best Film

Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale

Best Screenplay

Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Score

Cuento de Primavera: A Spring Tale

August Award

Best Cinematography of a Short Film

The Turn of the Screw

Best Feature Film

Run Rabbit

Best First Time Director

Best Sound

The Giant with a House 2

January Award

BEST DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Time of the Fireflies

Best Cinematography of a Feature Film

Two Yellow Lines

Best Director

Best Experimental

Where the Merrows Roam

Best First Time Director

Best Producer

Borderline

Best Student Film Cinematography

The second skin

Swimming with Stones

Best Student Short Film

The second skin

Best Feature Film

Te Amo, Talvez No!

February Award

BEST AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

Shutter the Doors