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
LÃvia 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