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Best Action/Thriller Short
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Screenplay Shorts
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Woman Filmmaker
LAIFF April Award
Best Action Thriller Sci-fi Horror Short
Best Actor
Best Actor under 18
Best Actress
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Best Director Feature
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Best Experimental
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Best Filmmaker Under 18
Best Foreign Short film
Best Music Video
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Picture
Best Produced Screenplay
Best Producer
Best Trailer
Best Trailer/Promo Foreign
Best Visual Effects
Best Web Series
LAIFF May Award
Best Action/Thriller
Best Actor Under 18
Best Actress
Best Comedy/Dramedy
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Best Director Documentary Feature
Best Director Short
Best Drama Short
Best Editing
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Experimental
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Best Foreign Film Short
Best Makeup
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Best Produced Screenplay
Best Producer Feature
Best Producer Short
Best Trailer/Promo
Best Visual Effects
Best Web Series
Best Woman Filmmaker
Ensemble Cast
Jury Award
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LAIFF June Award
Best Action/Thriller Short
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Best Animation
Best Director
Best Documentary (Foreign)
Best Documentary Director
Best Drama (Student)
Best Drama Short
Best Filmmaker Under 18
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Horror
Best Music Video
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Producer Short
Best Sound Design
Best Virtual Reality Short
Screenplay Features
LAIFF July Award
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short Student
Best Director (Student)
Best Director Short
Best Drama
Best Drama (Student)
Best Horror
Best Produced Screenplay
Best Producer
Best Sound Design
Best Woman Filmmaker
Drama Short
First Time Filmmaker
LAIFF August Award
Best Actor
Best Actress
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Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Best Director
Best Director Animation
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Best Drama Short
Best Foreign Short Film
Best Original Music Score
Best Produced Screenplay
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Best Short Action/Sci Fi
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Best Web Series
Best Woman Filmmaker
Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short
LAIFF September Award
Best Director
Best Director Student Short
Best Drama
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Best Original Score
Best Produced Screenplay
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Best Sci Fi Short film
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LAIFF October Award
Best Actor
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Best Feature Film
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LAIFF November Award
Best Actor
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Best Animation
Best Animation Short
Best Cinematography
Best Comedy/Dramedy
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Best Feature All Genres
Best LGBT Short
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Best Original Score
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Best Short Film
Best Trailer/Promo
Screenplay Features
LAIFF December Award
Best Actor
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Best Director Short
Best Experimental/Travel/Timelapse Short
Best Feature, All Genre
Best Music Video
Best Original Score
Best Picture
Best Visual Effects
Best Web Series
Best Woman Filmmaker
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LAIFF Fall Award
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LAIFF January Award
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BEST PICTURE
Winner
Shoot Me Nicely
6.9
(26)
Rate
Elias Plagianos
Best Actor
Winner
John Behlmann
Shoot Me Nicely
Kip Bennett
(actor)
Clever Girl
Brand Old Productions
Best Actress
Winner
Norah Dineen
Sleep
Best Animation
Winner
Agrinoui
8.9
(25)
Rate
Alexis Chaviaras
Best Cinematography
Winner
Sleep
7.1
(33)
Rate
Michelle Castro
Best Comedy/Dramedy
St. Joseph
Rate
Kathrina Miccio
Best Director
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
Winner
Sleep
7.1
(33)
Rate
Vladislav Khesin
Best Feature All Genre
Winner
Slipaway
7.1
(316)
Rate
Tigran Mutafyan
(producer)
Julia Butler
(executive producer)
Daniel Mentz
(executive producer)
Glasscore Entertainment
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Winner
Becca on Call
7.6
(6)
Rate
Jenness Rouse
(producer)
Rising Monarch Productions
Best Horror Short
Winner
Creak
7.8
(6)
Rate
Elizabeth Dean
(director)
Best Horror Short Student
Winner
Happy Places
8.9
(8)
Rate
Nich Frost
Samuel Oliver
Clint Calvert
Mardell Elmer
Lauretta Morrison
Indiana University - Purdue University
Best Original Score
Winner
Clever Girl
8.6
(80)
Rate
Kip Bennett
(composer)
Brand Old Productions
Best Sound Design
Winner
Sleep
7.1
(33)
Rate
Cindy Takehara Ferruccio
Winner
Sleep
7.1
(33)
Rate
Cindy Takehara Ferruccio
Best Web Series(Live Action)
Winner
Clever Girl
8.6
(80)
Rate
Joe Zappa
(director)
Brand Old Productions
Documentary Short
Winner
The Honey Badger
Rate
Daniel Hayes
(producer)
Kb Kutz
(director)
KB Kutz
Jury Mention
Winner
Skin
7.2
(8)
Rate
Panos Katsimperis
Kontoni Varvara
(producer)
Screenplay Shorts
The Hotel
Rate
Engin Poyraz
LAIFF February Award
Edit
Best Actor
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 Cinematography
Nocebo
8.9
(19)
Rate
Faraz Alam
Celluloid Drapers
Best Comedy/Dramedy
Winner
Kill the Engine
6.9
(9)
Rate
Derek Frey
David Amadio
Gil Damon
Steve Kuzmick
Lazer Film Productions
Best Director
Winner
Fabien Dufils
1 Buck
Mad Street Motion Pictures
Winner
Derek Frey
Kill the Engine
Lazer Film Productions
Best Director (Student)
Winner
Antonio Darwiche
Ephemeral
Best Documentary
Winner
Black Pioneers
Rate
Robert Mychal Patrick Butler
(director)
Erik Greer
(producer)
Silas Tibbs
(producer)
Kenneth Mack II
(producer)
Easy Breezy Productions
Best Drama
Winner
Sui Side Inn
Rate
Hua Bai
Best Ensemble Cast
Winner
Voice of Grace
Rate
Best Feature In All Genres
Winner
1 Buck
5.2
(4.3K)
Rate
Fabien Dufils
Mad Street Motion Pictures
Best Foreign Short
Winner
Living Idle
9.1
(67)
Rate
Ramana.artbyramana
Best Horror Short
Winner
Yesterday Is Tomorrow
6.9
(27)
Rate
JayJay Ocean
Alayna Miller
(producer)
LA Independent Film & Entertainment L.I.F.E.
Best Original Score
Winner
Kill the Engine
6.9
(9)
Rate
Matt Amadio
Lazer Film Productions
Best Original Song
Winner
Life Interrupted
8.6
(33)
Rate
Steven Wishnoff
(lyrics by)
Robbie Rist
(music by)
Borgasmord Productions
Best Picture
Winner
Voice of Grace
Rate
Brynn Chamblee
Best Producer
Winner
Sui Side Inn
Rate
Xiaoxiao Li
Best Production Design
Winner
Sui Side Inn
Rate
Hua Bai
Best Trailer/Promo
Winner
Svarta Madam
7.3
(1K)
Rate
Jarno Lee Vinsencius
(director)
JLV Pictures
Best Web Series (English)
Winner
Life Interrupted
8.6
(33)
Rate
Steven Wishnoff
(executive producer)
Borgasmord Productions
Winner
Right Hand Man
Rate
Rob Zazzali
Best Woman Film Maker
Winner
Between Seconds
7.0
(7)
Rate
Nora Jaenicke
Best Woman Filmmaker
Winner
Between Seconds
7.0
(7)
Rate
Nora Jaenicke
First time filmmaker
Winner
Believers
Rate
Stephen M. Hunt
LAIFF March Award
Edit
Best Action/Thriller Short
Winner
Brad Lee
Rate
Hao Wang
(director)
Best Actor
Avi Agarwal
Lucky Cat
Semi-Finalist
Best Actress
Winner
Christina Toth
Taste
Best Comedy/Dramedy
Winner
#Actorslife
4.8
(48)
Rate
Clint D'Souza
(director)
Tiptoemango Productions
Best Director
Lucas Paz
Under Water: Dive Deep
(PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions
Best Drama
A Journey
Rate
Babis Galanakis
Videoview
Best Drama (Student)
Winner
The Exit
Rate
Hsiao Hsuan Liu
Mengmeng Men
Best Experimental
Under Water: Dive Deep
Rate
Lucas Paz
(director)
(PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Winner
Non-Transferable
5.5
(1.1K)
Rate
Brendan Bradley
Jigsaw Ensemble
Best Foreign Film Short
Winner
Leandro Corinto
(director)
Best Foreign Language Film
Let's Talk About 'It'
6.6
(21)
Rate
Kshitij Sharma
Cineddiction Films
Best Horror
Winner
Ravenswood
3.5
(1.9K)
Rate
Best Horror Short
Winner
The Ruins
8.2
(28)
Rate
Ric Sechrest
(director)
Your Team Productions
Best Horror Student Short
Winner
Blackout
6.4
(26)
Rate
Timothy Collins
Best LGBT Short
Winner
Taste
9.2
(6)
Rate
Danielle Kronenberg
(Producer / Creator / Actress)
Jay Palmieri Jr.
(Writer / Director / Producer)
Best Original Music/Score
Winner
2442:
Rate
James Grote
(composer)
Homer Liwag
(director)
Best Original Score
Winners
Leandro Corinto
(director)
Nani Dias
(composer)
Best Producer
Winner
Taste
9.2
(6)
Rate
Danielle Kronenberg
(Producer / Creator / Actress)
Jay Palmieri Jr.
(Writer / Director / Producer)
Best Trailer/Promo
Winner
Blindsided By Love
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions
Screenplay Shorts
Odilo Fabian or (The Possibility of Impossible Dreams)
8.3
(16)
Rate
Michael Rowney
Rowney Motion Pictures
Screenplay Web Series
A Very British Affair
Evan Watkins
Aletha Shepherd
Louise Bond
Rai Quartley
Brett Johnson
Aletheia Entertainment
Woman Filmmaker
Winner
Eli
Rate
Yayun Hsu
LAIFF April Award
Edit
Best Action Thriller Sci-fi Horror Short
Winner
Redruby
5.4
(6)
Rate
Jose Holder
Best Actor
Winner
John Y
(actor)
Million Loves in Me
Best Actor under 18
Winner
Mateusz Broda
My Pretty Pony
Best Actress
Winner
Koon-Lan Law
(actress)
Million Loves in Me
Best Cinematography
Winner
Girl of My Dreams
8.1
(17)
Rate
Gary Tachell
Best Comedy/Dramedy
Winner
Girl of My Dreams
8.1
(17)
Rate
Johnny Wilson
ClydesTale Entertainment
Best Commercial
Winner
Kimurawear: I'am
Rate
Christopher Eadicicco
Best Director
Winner
Bradley Hawkins
Filling In
Dadley Productions
Winner
Marco Bazzi
Plasmic Love
Winner
Rodolfo Juarez
(director)
Esfera de vida
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
Winner
Mahum Jamal
(director)
A Good Dream
Doe-Eyed Pictures
Best Director Music Video
Winner
Marco Bazzi
Plasmic Love
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Curiosity, Adventure & Love
8.9
(43)
Rate
Winner
Mozart and his 260 Pianists
Rate
Benjamin Chen
(director)
C&S Media International
Echelon Studios
Best Drama
Winner
Rose
9.4
(13)
Rate
Sonia Bajaj
(director) (producer)
Tushar Tyagi
(producer)
1943
Rate
Elizabeth Dean
(director)
Best Editing
Winner
Filling In
9.2
(30)
Rate
Ryan Geesaman
Dadley Productions
Sage Alexander
Rate
Shaun Peter Cunningham
(editor)
Picto Films
Innersight Entertainment
Best Ensemble Cast
Winner
Sage Alexander
Rate
Picto Films
Innersight Entertainment
Best Experimental
Winner
Esfera de vida
Rate
Rodolfo Juarez
(director)
Best Feature In All Genres
Winner
A Good Dream
5.2
(25)
Rate
Mahum Jamal
(producer)
Doe-Eyed Pictures
Best Filmmaker Under 18
Winner
Olivia Rose Wallace
Best Foreign Short film
Winner
My Pretty Pony
8.1
(48)
Rate
Maciej Barczewski
(director)
Best Music Video
Winner
Plasmic Love
Rate
Best Original Score
Winner
Girl of My Dreams
8.1
(17)
Rate
David Arkenstone
1943
Rate
Shie Rozow
(composer)
Best Original Song
Sage Alexander
Rate
Cory Perschbacher
(music)
Shaun Peter Cunningham
(producer)
Carolyn Johnston
(producer)
Picto Films
Innersight Entertainment
Best Picture
Winner
Million Loves in Me
8.5
(90)
Rate
Kenny Chan
(executive producer)
John Y
(executive producer)
Best Produced Screenplay
Winner
Dam
Rate
Michael J. Daly
Conan McIvor
Bosco Productions
Best Producer
Winner
1943
Rate
Elizabeth Dean
Bill R. Dean
Esfera de vida
Rate
Arturo Gonzalez
Michelle Raguth
Rodolfo Juarez
Best Trailer
Winner
Sage Alexander
Rate
Shaun Peter Cunningham
(producer)
Carolyn Johnston
(producer)
Jared Cline
(producer)
Edgar Cortes
(producer)
Picto Films
Innersight Entertainment
Best Trailer/Promo Foreign
Winner
Triangle Mansion: The Teaser
Rate
Rachel Zhou
Longtake Productions
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Girl of My Dreams
8.1
(17)
Rate
Johnny Wilson
ClydesTale Entertainment
Best Web Series
Winner
Two Refugees and a Blonde
7.2
(10)
Rate
Osamah Sami
(writer)
Rain Fuller
(writer)
Shahin Shafaei
(writer/director)
DogGone It!
7.0
(11)
Rate
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
LAIFF May Award
Edit
Best Action/Thriller
Winner
Arc Raider
Rate
Rowan Pullen
Picture Reel Films
Back2Back Films
Best Actor Under 18
Winner
Lizzy Kay
Elle
Best Actress
Winner
Karsyn Jarrett
Bless Her Heart
Winner
Karsyn Jarrett
(actor)
Bless Her Heart
Best Comedy/Dramedy
Winner
Bless Her Heart
8.9
(10)
Rate
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
Winner
Michael Bond
(director)
Elle
Bondfilm
Best Drama Short
Winner
Passage of Flick
7.8
(8)
Rate
James Vinson
(writer/director)
Mark Harris
(producer)
Best Editing
Winner
New York 2150
7.8
(14)
Rate
Harry Assouline
(editor)
Best Ensemble Cast
Winner
Antö
7.7
(18)
Rate
Best Experimental
Krupa
Rate
Ranjani Prasad
Best Experimental Student Short
Winner
Iridescence
7.5
(29)
Rate
Maxime Beauchamp
Kent Donguines
Best Foreign Film Short
Winner
On the Road
6.6
(29)
Rate
Bartosz Nowacki
Alistan Productions
Antö
7.7
(18)
Rate
Joe Torres
(director)
TRES Cinematografía
Best Makeup
Winner
Antö
7.7
(18)
Rate
Marisabel Dávila
(makeup artist)
Best Original Score
Winner
The Babies
Rate
Assaf Rinde
Fable Entertainment
Crescendo Effect
Best Picture
Winner
Antö
7.7
(18)
Rate
Joe Torres
(director)
TRES Cinematografía
Best Produced Screenplay
Winner
The Babies
Rate
Yuval S