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Devotion of LA Independent Women Film Awards to female voices in cinema

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The LA Independent Women Film Awards is dedicated to highlighting female voices and talents in media, focusing on both international and U.S. projects across all genres that are directed and produced by women in film and media. Over the years, the festival has successfully screened and promoted hundreds of projects in various LA cinemas, primarily at the Fine Arts Theatre of Beverly Hills, and digitally through LA Independent Women and other platforms via its annual screening programs celebrating female voices in cinema.



The festival's seasonal competition is recognized by IMDb as a platform to nominate, promote, and acknowledge women as directors, producers, and artists in Film and TV. This seasonal festival serves as a preliminary event leading up to the annual screenings held in late November and December each year through Fine Arts Theater and online.


Topics related to women's thoughts, destinies, life conditions, perspectives, and more are encouraged to participate. The festival's mission is to establish a platform for talented female artists to gain recognition for their projects and, importantly, to provide them with industry exposure to help sustain their craft for years to come. The LA Independent Women Film Awards is a highly regarded event committed to the cinematic arts, showcasing female artists in media from around the globe. We are delighted to reveal the winners of the most recent seasonal edition of the festival.



Winners:


Best Narrative Feature

Traces of What Remains

Director: Lisa Maria Blatter



Best Narrative Short

Joshua Tree

Director: Rachel Keaton



Best Documentary Feature

My Father and Qaddafi

Director: Jihan K



Best Documentary Short

PHANTOM PAINS

Director: Tamar Komem



Best Director

Fumie Matsubara

In Their Own Words



Best Actress

Courtney Grace

Written in the Sand



Best Producer & Best Web-Series-Pilot

The Ex-Wives of Beverly Hills

Director: Eda Benjakul

Producer: Nicole Rhea Hansen



Best Indie Director

Lívia Gaudencio, Cida Reis

Where are you now?



Best Animation

Mirage

Director: Kira Narog, Aliya Rafei



Best Horror

Strands

Director: Danielle Axten



Best Experimental

Painting Cathedral Rock

Director: Mel Day



Best Student Film

KYRIE

Director: Calista Noelle Hinrichsen



Best L.A. Filmmaker

Makenna Perkal

Five Things to Love



Best International Filmmaker

World´s Best Dad...Sometimes

Julia Benczak



Best LGBTQ

Psychic Connection

Director: Kathy Graivier



Best Short Comedy of the Season

Mental

Director: Suzanna Turner



Best Human Rights

Via Dolorosa: The Path of Sorrows

Director: Amira Khalil Hanania



Best First Time Filmmaker

Creturs

Director: Carrie King



Best Independent Film

NADIA

Tanja Blume



Best Unproduced Script

Jesse's Girl

Jenn Ficarra


 
 
 

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