Winners

9th Edition

Announced on Nov 2022

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 Best Narrative Feature

DREAMS LIVE IN TREES
Director: Marco Della Fonte

Best Narrative Short
AS STARS OUT THERE
Director: Einav Nitzani

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Honorable Mention Narrative Short
The Kid Behind The Iron Door
Director: Farnaz Samiinia

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Best Female Director
The Erl King
Director: Genevieve Kertesz

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Best Actress  & Best Female Producer
Kiera Morgan
DREAMS LIVE IN TREES

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Best Female Cinematographer
Beth Cloutier for A name in your book

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Best Female Editor
Zhiqiu Jin for Death of the Virgin

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Best Female Composer
Noora Nakhaei for Printemps

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Honorable mention Female composer
Drown Without Water
Rachel Mason

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Best produced script

Four O'Clock Flowers

Louise Breckon-Richards

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Best Feature Docu
Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis
Director: Victoria Bruce

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Honorable Mention Poetic Docu
A WOMAN
Director: Jeanine Meerapfel

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Best Debut Feature Docu
Big Little Women
Director: Nadia Fares

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Best Environmental Docu
WILD THINGS
Director: Sally Ingleton

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Honorable Mention Experimental Docu

Juanita Nielsen NOW
Director: Zanny Begg

Best Short Docu
A Feminist Lens: The Art and Activism of Photographer Joan Roth
Director: Pamela French

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Honorable Mention Short Docu
The Advocates
Director: Shereen Shaltout

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Best Short Director
Out At Sea
Director Qingyu Cheng

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Best Animation
Pete
Director: Bret Parker

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Honorable Mention Animation
Daruma
Director: Hannah Meseck

 

Best Experimental 
ASK AGAIN LATER
Director: Chloe Evangelista

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Honorable Mention Experimental
Follicular images
Director: Ludivine Large-Bessett

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Best Student Film
A Little Glass of Rum
Director: Carah Chafin

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Best Unproduced Script
Jorie Lee Crosses the Line
Writer: Mary Kuryla

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Honorable Mention screenwriter
Motherland
Writer: Panayiota (Penny) karan

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Best LA Filmmaker & Best LGBTQ
BLUE MOON
Director: Emily Ruhl

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Best International Female Filmmaker
Not a Thing ( Ice cream could be dangerous)
Director: Fanni Szilagyi

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Best Music Video
Monsters
Director: Emely Hardt

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Best Web/series
Coexisting
Director: Tallulah Sheffield

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Honorable Mention Web/series
Namaste LA
Director: Lindsay Clift

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Best First time filmmaker
The Red Rose and the White Rose
Director: Xuebing Feng

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Honorable Mention First time filmmaker
Miner's Candle
Director: Manuela Schneider

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Best Comedy
Happy You Near
Director: Naomi Rohatyn

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Honorable Mention Comedy
Dating Safely
Director: Edgar Torres

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Best Short Thriller
Attest
Director: Andi Behring

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