Winners
9th Edition
Announced on Nov 2022
Best Narrative Feature
DREAMS LIVE IN TREES
Director: Marco Della Fonte
Best Narrative Short
AS STARS OUT THERE
Director: Einav Nitzani
Honorable Mention Narrative Short
The Kid Behind The Iron Door
Director: Farnaz Samiinia
Best Female Director
The Erl King
Director: Genevieve Kertesz
Best Actress & Best Female Producer
Kiera Morgan
DREAMS LIVE IN TREES
Best Female Cinematographer
Beth Cloutier for A name in your book
Best Female Editor
Zhiqiu Jin for Death of the Virgin
Best Female Composer
Noora Nakhaei for Printemps
Honorable mention Female composer
Drown Without Water
Rachel Mason
Best produced script
Louise Breckon-Richards
Best Feature Docu
Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis
Director: Victoria Bruce
Honorable Mention Poetic Docu
A WOMAN
Director: Jeanine Meerapfel
Best Debut Feature Docu
Big Little Women
Director: Nadia Fares
Best Environmental Docu
WILD THINGS
Director: Sally Ingleton
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
Honorable Mention Short Docu
The Advocates
Director: Shereen Shaltout
Best Short Director
Out At Sea
Director Qingyu Cheng
Best Animation
Pete
Director: Bret Parker
Honorable Mention Animation
Daruma
Director: Hannah Meseck
Best Experimental
ASK AGAIN LATER
Director: Chloe Evangelista
Honorable Mention Experimental
Follicular images
Director: Ludivine Large-Bessett
Best Student Film
A Little Glass of Rum
Director: Carah Chafin
Best Unproduced Script
Jorie Lee Crosses the Line
Writer: Mary Kuryla
Honorable Mention screenwriter
Motherland
Writer: Panayiota (Penny) karan
Best LA Filmmaker & Best LGBTQ
BLUE MOON
Director: Emily Ruhl
Best International Female Filmmaker
Not a Thing ( Ice cream could be dangerous)
Director: Fanni Szilagyi
Best Music Video
Monsters
Director: Emely Hardt
Best Web/series
Coexisting
Director: Tallulah Sheffield
Honorable Mention Web/series
Namaste LA
Director: Lindsay Clift
Best First time filmmaker
The Red Rose and the White Rose
Director: Xuebing Feng
Honorable Mention First time filmmaker
Miner's Candle
Director: Manuela Schneider
Best Comedy
Happy You Near
Director: Naomi Rohatyn
Honorable Mention Comedy
Dating Safely
Director: Edgar Torres
Best Short Thriller
Attest
Director: Andi Behring