LA Independent Women Film Awards recognizes women's contributions all over the world, not only to narrative films but to documentaries as well. The festival has a bi-monthly and annual structure with online screening options through LA Independent Film Channel. The program consists of various categories dedicated to female artists working in media and contributing to the cinematic language. It is our pleasure to share the list of the winners of the latest edition of LA Independent Women Film Awards.
Best Narrative Feature & Best Producer & Best Actress
Gone Mom
Dir: Gail Harvey
Producer: Ilene Kahn Power
Starring: Annabeth Gish
Best Documentary Feature
Three Women, About slavery and Freedom
Dir: Ida Does
Best Narrative Short
The Wind Phone
Dir: Kristen Gerweck
Best Documentary Short
Surviving torture - Syria's Imprisoned women
Dir: Alexandra Pauliat
Best Short Director
Untidy
Dir: Tara Elliott
Best Feature Director & Best Produced Script
His Wake
Writer: Sarah Carter
Dir: Sarah Carter
Best Female Director
Peanut
Dir: Taihra Swaine
Best Horror
Creature
Dir: Jeremy Zelikovic
Producer: Tara Doustar
Best Animation
The Cat
Dir: Mary Apick
Honorable Mention Animation:
Gaslight
Dir: Kristen Yuan, Mild Kamolluck Niamkongkit
Best Experimental & Best Music Video
Metamorphosis
Dir: Edward Taveras and Cashavelly Morrison
Best Student Film
Late Shift
Dir: Shira Baron
Best Cinematographer
Gone Mom
DOP: Amy Belling
Best Editor & Honorable Mention Series
The Coroner's Assistant Pilot
Editor: Remy Gareau
Best Composer &Honorable Mention Director:
Sunflower
Dir: Elmira Gilman
Best LGBTQ
Zoe & Bryn
Dir: Maura Smith
Best First Time Filmmaker
The NPC
Dir: QIU YU
Best Science Fiction
The Queue
Dir: Laurie Waplington
Best International Filmmaker
OutSwing
Dir: Samar Minallah Khan
Best Series-Web-Pilot
Pink Is In Pilot
Dir: Aharon Jinihashvili
Best Unproduced Feature Script
Writer: Sil Brook
Best Unproduced Short Script
Writer: Theresa Peterson