JULY 7 - 31, 2022
Best of Fest
Al-Sit (Sudan)
Director/Writer: Suzannah Mirghani
Producer: Suzannah Mirghani, Eiman Mirghani
Best Foreign Film
Aniksha (Canada)
Director/Writer: Vincent Toi
Producer: Guillaume Collin, Vincent Toi
Best Drama
The Island Of The Dolls (Mexico)
Director/Writer/Producer: Julio César Padilla
Best Comedy
Like The Ones I Used To Know (Canada)
Director/Writer: Annie St-Pierre
Producer: Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering
Best Animation
Flowing Home (France)
Director/Writer: Sandra Desmazieres
Producer: Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy
Best Experimental
The Moon Child (Barbados)
Director/Writer: Sanna Allsopp
Producer: Sanna Allsopp, Meredith Ostrom
Best Documentary
A Concerto is a Conversation (USA)
Director: Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
Producer: Jeremy Lambert, Kris Bowers
Best Sci-Fi
Risen (Australia)
Director/Writer: Tony Radevski
Producer: Pete Ireland
Best Horror
The Moogai (Australia)
Director/Writer: Jon Bell
Producer: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
Best Music Video
When Winter Comes (UK)
Director: Geoff Dunbar
Writer: Paul McCartney
Producer: Ben Chappell
Best Web Series
Hudson Falls (USA)
Director/Writer: Elias Plagianos
Producer: Kathleen Burke, Brett Dameron
Best High School Film
IRL (USA)
Director: Sally-Anne Hunt
Writer: Sally-Anne Hunt, Hannah Theisen
Producer: Sally-Anne Hunt, Brent Duncan
2020 WINNERS
Best of Fest
Lake of Happiness (Belarus)
Director: Aliaksei Paluyan
Best Foreign Film
Matriochkas (Belgium)
Director: Bérangère McNeese
Best Drama
The Twelve Thousand (Canada)
Director: Eric Davis
Best Comedy
Tribes (USA)
Director: Nino Aldi
Best Animation
Little Hilly (Taiwan)
Directors: Huang Yun Hsien, Liao Pei Yu
Best Documentary
The Mountain & The Maiden (USA)
Directors: Shmuel Hoffman, Anton von Heiseler
Best Sci-Fi
Cosmic Fling (USA)
Director: Jonathan Langager
Best Horror
Something Doesn't Feel Right (Ireland)
Director: Fergal Costello
Best Experimental
There Are Two Theories (USA)
Director: Ashton Sterling Bingham
Best Music Video
Black Pumas Colors (USA)
Director: Kristian Mercado
Best Web Series
Commercials (USA)
Director: Pam Thomas and JEAN
Best High School Film Narrative
Diamond Game (USA)
Director: Nolan Hieu Trifunovic
Best High School Film Animation
Instinct (USA)
Director: Yinuo Wei
Screenplay Competition Winner!
Hello I Must Be Going by Sara Hallowell
Finalist
The Thread & The Veil by Garret Walsh
The Far Acre by Garret Walsh
Hunger by Tom Brown
Controllers by Sam Rocco
2019 WINNERS
Best of Fest: This is Your Cuba (Esta Es Tu Cuba)
Best Foreign Film: This Time Away
Special Mention: From This Day Forward
Best Drama: IAGO
Best Comedy: Housekeeping
Special Mention: Baby Bird
Best Animation: The Ostrich Politic
Special Mention: Guaxuma
Best Documentary: The Return
Best Experimental: Song Without Words
Best High School Short: The Doves
Best Web Series: Production Incorporated
Best New Chinese Filmmaker: Lip Reader: Game Of Detective
Special Mention: The Outlying Islands
Best Sci Fi: Slice of Life
Best Horror: Once Upon a Time in a Haunted House
Best Music Video: Lost Kings "When We Were Young"
Best Actor: Timothy Spall (This Time Away), Kim Estes (Together)
Best Actress: Sheila Hancock (From This Day Forward)
Screenplay Competition Winner
BORN IN L.A. "Dolls and All" by Marlene Sharp
2018 WINNERS
Best of Fest
Little Match Girl
Drama / Sweden / 17 min
Director: Bjorne Larson
Producers: Kim Magnusson, Oliver Oftedal
Best Foreign Film
The Hangman
Drama / South Africa / 22 min
Director: Zwelethu Radebe
Producers: Dumisani Mvumvu, Kearen Pennells
Best Drama
It Gets Better
Drama / Germany / 21 min
Director: Adi Wojaczek
Producer: Patrick Mölleken
Best Comedy
The Dreamer
Comedy / USA / 5 min
Directors: Armand & Nat Prisco, Eric Eckelman
Producer: Mark Forlenza
Best Comedy
Fire in Cardboard City
Comedy/Animation / New Zealand / 9 min
Director: Phil Brough
Producers: Matt Heath, Orlando Stewart
Best Animation
IAN
Animation / Argentina / 9 min.
Director: Abel Goldfarb
Producers: Gastón Gorali, Juan Jose Campanella
Best Documentary
We Became Fragments
Documentary / USA / 13 min.
Directors: Luisa Conlon, Lacy Roberts, Hanna Miller
Producer: Luisa Conlon
Best Experimental
Intrusion
Experimental / Australia / 5 min.
Director/Producer: Ming-Zhu Hii
Best Music Video
Disconnected
Music Video / USA / 5 min.
Director/Producer: Dave Suchanek
Best Actors
Philip Baker Hall - (Dear Chickens)
Owen Miller - (Marcus)
Best Actress
Joan Collins - (Gerry)
LA Shorts Screenplay Competition Winner
Requiem Terezin by Elad Tzadok
Best High School Film
Catman: The Love Thief
Comedy / USA / 17 min.
Director: Austin Coombs-Perez
Producers: Austin Coombs-Perez, Ginger Port