Check out the latest winners of the LA Independent Women Film Awards

Each season, the LA Independent Women Film Awards honors outstanding work from both U.S. and international female talents across a range of genres in both feature and short films.

Each year in January, the annual festival showcases the finalists and nominees through live events and online screenings at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills and LA Independent Women Film Channel.

The festival is dedicated to amplifying female voices and talents in media, focusing on projects from around the world and the U.S. that are directed and produced by women in film and media. We welcome topics related to women's perspectives, destinies, life conditions, and viewpoints. The festival's mission is to provide a platform for talented female artists to gain recognition for their projects and, importantly, to offer them industry exposure to support their craft for years to come. We are pleased to announce the latest winners of the seasonal festival.

Here are the winners:

Best Narrative Short

What I Am

Director: Jackie Oudney

Best Documentary Feature

NAKAL

Director: Flore Nappée

Best Documentary Short

Every Line Becomes A Circle

Directors: Lynnette Luis, Christopher Leete, Ottilie Maters

Best Director

Regina

Director: Ashley De Grandy

Best Actress

Tara Reid

Dr. Quarantine

Best Producer

Wenfeng Li & Jiachen Li

Do Not Go to The Riverside

Best Cinematographer

Allie Schultz

Virginia in the Woods

Best Editor

Sally Broad

Buttercream

Best Composer

Carla Dobbie

Buttercream

Best Produced Script

I Might Regret This

Eva Lomby Boiro

Best Unproduced Script

HYDE

Kaley Smalley

Best Indie Director

Marta György-Kessler

Meeting the Buddha

Best Animation

Boy, I'm Scared

Director: Lindsey Tenaglia

Best Horror

Rash

Director: Lyssa Samuel

Best Student Film

Sometime in September

Director: Grace Eitrheim

Best L.A. Filmmaker

Hannah Lerner

Burro

Best International Filmmaker

Saskia Vredeveld

A Girl of Zeventy

Best Music Video

You miss it, too

Director: Sierra Gracelyn Brogmus

Best Series-Web-Pilot

Betsy Fucking Ross

Director: Kayla Baken

Best LGBTQ

AMANTES

Director: Caroline Fournier

Best Comedy

Chowmein Holiday

Director: Iris Lanhua Ma

Best Short Thriller

Whispers

Director: Ming Fen Congdon

Best Human Rights

What We Carried

Director: Carolina Pereira

Best Youth Artist

Georgia Acken

July, Again

Best First Time Filmmaker

Une Petite Lune de Miel

Director: Dana Protsyshak

Best Independent Film

Those who walk

Director: Nina Pieters