10th edition of LA Independent Women Film Awards
- LA Women News
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 14, 2023

The annual and bi-monthly IMDb qualifying LA Independent Women Film Awards is a competition devoted to female artists in media and focuses on international and U.S. film and script projects. The annual program of the festival is called A Women's Lens and offers live events, networking and screening for films directed by women. The committee is screening award winning shorts every year in Beverly Hills through Studio Screening.
The bi-monthly competition is an online festival which offers online promotion and screening to the best of each category through LA Independent Women. All topics related to women's thoughts, women's fate, life conditions, women's views and so on are welcome to participate. It is our pleasure to announce the latest winners of the bi-monthly edition of the festival.
Best Narrative Feature & Best International Filmmaker
The Queen's Orphans
Director: Elza Cataldo

Best Narrative Short & Best Female Director
Bride stone
Director: Guzel Duishenkulova

Best Actress
Sugar People
Sara Klimoska

Best Producer & Best Feature Director
Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist
Cynthia Lukas

Best Cinematographer
Darwin's Fox
Gabi Kislat

Best Editor
THE SEARCH FOR AUDUR
Iris Sveinsdottir

Best Composer
WE ARE THE LAND
Morag Megan Northey - Amelia Isabelle - Genevieve Northey-Taylor

Best Produced Screenplay
Walks on Air
Writer: Sharon Annette Oakley
Best Unproduced Screenplay
Centurions
Writer: Sally Claire Stubbs
Best Feature Documentary
Rotzloch
Director: Maja Tschumi

Best Short Documentary
Dancing Without Steps: The Art of Improvisation with Margaret Beals
Director: Adriana Davis

Honorable Mention Short Documentary
CHOMP
Director: Sarah Harvey

Best Short Director:
Director: Ali Calladine

Best Horror
Momma's Boy
Director: Helena Augsberger

Best Animation
Crowded
Director: Nathania Rubin

Best Experimental
Director: Mimi Garrard

Best Student Film
As God Wills
Director: Zubeda Mir

Best Music Video
Free (Asatoma Mantra mix)
Director: Negin Sairafi

Best LGBTQ
Onomatopeople
Director: Deanna Russo

Best First Time Filmmaker
A Journey with a Hope
Directors: Amelie Truffert, Paul D

Honorable Mention First Time Filmmaker
MARIPOSA Y SU FLOR
Director: Elena Mozzhelina

Best Comedy
The Spot
Director: Stephanie Turci

Best Youth Artist
Follow the Crow
Ariela Rozentul

Best Series-Web-Pilot
A Hard Act to Follow
Miriam Russell
The "Dancing Without Steps" film related to me the beauty of movement that is equivalent to the joy of poetry. Congratulations! Anna Davis
This film related to me the beauty of movement is equivalent to the joy of poetry. Congratulations! Anna Davis