The LA Independent Women Film Awards is a seasonal competition with an annual screening event which takes place every year in January in Beverly Hills. The seasonal competition offers online promotion and screening through LA Independent Women for the winners and nominees of the season while the finalists of the year are screened further through Fine Arts Theater and LA independent Women in January. The festival brings together talented filmmakers and women in media from all over the world and aims to discover the most talented female voices in cinema. It is our pleasure to announce the latest winners of the competition.
Best Narrative Feature
The Goat
Director: Ilaria Borelli
Best Female Director
Director: Charlotte Schiøler
Best Narrative Short
Director: Cindy Lee
Best Feature Film Actress
Shang Gao
Best Short Film Actress
Kerri Lynn Miller
Best Producer
Laura Angiulli
Best Cinematographer
Idil Eryurekli
Best Editor
Spenser Reich
SAMSON
Best Composer
Yantra de Vilder
Back To The Garden
Best Documentary Feature
Directors: Aine Clarke, Michel Van der Veken
Best Documentary Short
The Miami Kids and The Maya
Director: Victoria Alonso Noujaim
Best Animation
Director: Candy Guard
Best Student Animation
Director: Zilai Feng
Honorable Mention Animation
Irina
Director: Amelie Magdalena Loy
Honorable Mention Student Film
Director: Francesca Scorsese
Best Experimental
Circulation
Director: Yun Yan Zeng
Best Student Film
Director: Bella Catherine Pianko
Best L.A. Filmmaker
Rose Beth Johnson-Brown
Cuspid
Best International Filmmaker
Cherry Juice
Director: Mersiha Husagic
Best Science Fiction
REVERIE
Director: Kelli Elizabeth Horan
Best Series-Web-Pilot
Unravelling Anxiety
Director: Charlotte Wanhill
Best LGBTQ
The Lonely Cougar and The Heartbroken Stud
Director: Jana Bringlöv Ekspong
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Director: CEREN SAHAN
Best Comedy of the season
Cocoa
Directors: Jody Mortara, Joe Gawalis
Best Music Video
The Little Drummer Boy | Hope and a Future
Director: Nora Fong
Best Horror
All Your Women Things
Director: Madison Bloom
Best Unproduced Script
The Match
Writer: Crystal Rivers
Best Produced Script
Midnight Girl
Writer: Kerri Randles
Best Thriller
The Dinner Game
Director: Lauren Boone
Best Human Rights
Riccy
Director: Mildred Yaneth Tejada
Best Youth Artist
Uma Sencindiver Forsby
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Best Youth Actress
Liyabona Magazi
The Last Ranger
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