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LA Independent Women Film Awards

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Festival Award July

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Best Narrative Short

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    Winner

    Sunflower

    Jiarui Guo
    Mingjie Tang
    United States

Best Short Sci-Fi

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    Winner

    Mind Over Matter

    Anysia Deák(director)

Best Student Film

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    Winner

    Lucy

    Jordana Bleiwas(director)

Best Animation

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    A Royal Fantasy

    Kailey McCune

Best Female Director

  • Keeley Gainey
    • Keeley Gainey
    • The Unexpected Expectant Father
    Keeley Gainey Films
  • Stilvi Psilopoulou
    • Stilvi Psilopoulou(Director)
    • Phoenix 2021/ A Survival Guide

Best LGBTQ

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    Now you see me

    Kaye Tuckerman
    Lliane Clarke
    Pooya Mohseni
    Sally Paridis
    Laura Patinkin

Best Music Video

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    I Fell in Love

    George Tsotsos

First Time Filmmaker

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    Eyes Upon Waking

    8.2 (42)
    Jennifer Scott
    Open Eyes Productions
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    Ebba

    Bella Rieth
    Kunsthouse Productions

Jury Prize

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Best Actress

  • Kiera Morgan
    Winner
    • Kiera Morgan(actress)
    • Dreams Live in Trees
    Naked Love

Best Director

  • Joslyn Rose Lyons
    Winner
    • Joslyn Rose Lyons
    • Butterfly Boxing
  • Marco Della Fonte
    Winner
    • Marco Della Fonte(director)
    • Dreams Live in Trees
    Naked Love

Best Documentary

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    Winner

    The Voice of Thaïs

    David Casals-Roma
    Nayox Films

Best Experimental Film

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    Winner

    Seismic

    Catherine Corcoran
    Ventiko

Best Experimental Short

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    Winner

    Mother

    Valentina De Amicis(director)
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    Winner

    Neck/line

    Vidushi Chadha
    Rashi Jain
    Kurt Leitner
    Joint winner: Likun Jing
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    Neck/line

    Likun Jing

Best International Filmmaker

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    Perspective

    Alaa Algburi(writer/director)
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    Winner

    Raine

    Frey Dagne(writer/director)
    Little Girl Lioness Productions

Best Producer

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    Winner

    Dreams Live in Trees

    8.1 (15)
    Kiera Morgan(producer)
    Naked Love

Best Thriller

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    Winner

    Attest

    Andi Behring

Best Series-Web-Pilot

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    Compassionate Caren in the Big Bad World

    Faith Murphy

Music Video

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    MONEY (What's It Gonna Do 4 Me)

    C. Hope Belmont(songwriter)
    John Chibbaro(Songwriter)
    Brian Drillinger(director)

Unproduced Script

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    Betrayal of Reason

    C. Hope Belmont(writer)

Festival Award December

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Best LGBTQ Film

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    Winner

    Onomatopeople

    Deanna Russo(director)
    Furda Furda Furda

Festival Award February

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Best Actress

  • Vjosa Halili
    Winner
    • Vjosa Halili(actress)
    • Adelina
  • Rhiannon Langeberg
    • Rhiannon Langeberg
    • The Devil and I

Best Editor

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    Winner

    Cold

    Flaura Atkinson(editor)
    Open Sky Productions
    Stitch

Best Narrative Feature

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    Winner

    Cold

    Claire Coache(writer/director)
    Lisle Turner(writer/director)
    Open Sky Productions

Best Science Fiction Short

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    Winner

    The Voyager 2150

    8.5 (7)
    Tane McClure
    Nisha Catron
    Sandra Stenzel
    McClure Films

Best Series-Web-Pilot

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    Winner

    Psychic School

    Jordana Lilly(writer)
    Michelle Fenn(producer)
    Tal Kissos(director)

Best Short Documentary

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    Luna

    Kate Cohen
    Straight Up Impact

Best Narrative Short

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    The Forgotten Love

    Yuna Lu(director)

Festival Award April

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Best Actress

  • Winner
    • Monique Rosario
    • Shackled

Best Feature Documentary

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    Winner

    Heza (strenght)

Best Female Director

  • Michelle Danner
    Winner
    • Michelle Danner
    • Miranda's Victim
    All in Films
    Navesink River Productions

Best Narrative Short

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    Hi John

    Jordan Pitt
    Sinitta Monero
    Lee Mj Daley
    One Umbrella Productions

Best Short Director

  • Ally May
    • Ally May
    • The Last Picture
    Dandelion Wishes Productions

animation

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    Keep Painting, Mom

    Héloïse Magny
    Digital Griffix

Festival Award May

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Best Experimental Short

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    Winner

    Mother

    Valentina De Amicis(director)

Best First Time Film Maker

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    Winner

    Summer in the Shade

    6.3 (64)
    Alice Millar(Director)
    Kate Turner(Producer)
    Benjamin J Murray(Cinematographer)
    Light Green Cabbage
    The Road Productions
    Incline Productions

Best Narrative Short

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    Winner

    Sunflower

    Jiarui Guo
    Mingjie Tang
    United States
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    Winner

    The Stepmom

    Keara Barnes(Producer)
    Brenda Whitehall(Producer)
    Juliana Bergstrom(Producer)

Best Produced Script

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    Winner

    Las Parcas

    Mari Cielo Pajares
    Bruna Rubio
    Ivan Mulero
    Making Noize Films
    Goldheart Productions

Best science fiction

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    Winner

    Las Parcas

    Bruna Rubio
    Mari Cielo Pajares
    Ivan Mulero
    Making Noize Films
    Goldheart Productions

Festival Award August

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Best US Narrative Short

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    Winner

    The Winter Fern

    Gwen Gottlieb
    Heywen Productions

Best Web Series

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    Meet Me at the Barre

    Cynthia Gravinese
    Three Wise Women Productions

Festival Award November

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Best Director

  • Genevieve Kertesz
    Winner
    • Genevieve Kertesz
    • The Erl King
  • Marina Edwards
    • Marina Edwards
    • The Rain Has Passed
    Oceanstar
  • Elizabeth Yoder
    • Elizabeth Yoder
    • Surprise
    Play Four Films
    Left Coast Entertainment Group

Best Produced Script

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    Winner

    Four O'Clock Flowers

    9.1 (23)
    Louise Breckon-Richards

Best Student Film

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    Winner

    A Little Glass of Rum

    7.4 (8)
    Lauren Keller
    Marc Cardillo
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    Fascination

    Natmar Mondragon
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    Forgetting Chloe

    Maiqi Zuo
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    Pan

    Mariana Salek(writer/director)

Best Editing

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    Embers of Awakening: From Firestorms to Climate Healing

    Shirley Thompson
    Listening for a Change

Best First Time Filmmaker

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    As Possible As Everthing

    7.0 (24)
    Selen Örcan
    TN Yapim
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    Adalynn

    4.0 (179)
    Jacob Byrd
    Malati Patil
    Jacala Productions
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    Best Student

    Rebs Fisher-Jackson
    Reputation Films

Best Narrative Short

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    The Rain Has Passed

    Marina Edwards
    Oceanstar
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    San Gabriel Valley

    Sarah Hyunji Park(producer)
    Dante Jiayu Liu(director)

Festival Award October

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Best Web/Series

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    Winner

    Coexisting

    Tallulah Sheffield(director)

Best Short Director

  • Gizem Özmen
    • Gizem Özmen
    • Echo
    Pin Production

Festival Award January

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Best Editing

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    Winner

    One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

    Ana Yang

Best Narrative Short

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    Winner

    One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

    Ana Yang(director)

Best Youth Artist

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    Winner

    Follow the Crow

    Ariela Rozentul

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