The winners of the latest competition were announced by the LA Art Film Fest

The LA International Art Film Fest was established to showcase and endorse arthouse cinema. This festival focuses on the world of arthouse films and includes seasonal competitions along with annual film screenings in Hollywood at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. The festival was created by a group of programmers, agents, directors, producers, and writers from the US, France, Spain, Canada, and Mexico.

Explore the rich history and unique traits of arthouse films with the LA International Art Film Fest, a genre that persistently challenges, inspires, and transforms our perception of cinema. The festival's mission is to support, discover, promote, and screen both emerging and established talents in the film industry. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the season.

Best Narrative Feature

Oysters` silence

Director: Marcos Pimentel

Best Documentary Feature

Shards

Director: Sara Broos

Best Narrative Short

Slice

Directors: Lauren Hoover, Siri Miller

Best Documentary Short

Longie

Director: M. J. Mandich

Best Indie Film

Black Ice The Rhythm

Director: Gerald Mcbride Steven Mcbride

Best Student Film

Ancestral Thatched Hut

Director: Xuan Cao

Best Animation

The Light in the Dark

Director: YuFeng Chiu

Best Experimental

Mirror Mirror

Director: Joe Morgan

Best Environmental

Her prayer, my journey

Directors: Inayah Bashir, Nana Kwadwo Osei-Ababio

Best Sci-Fi

OASIS

Director: John McKey

Best Human Rights

Camile

Director: Maythê Costa

Best Director

Ancestral Thatched Hut

Director Xuan Cao

Best Actress

Violet McGraw

A Wonderful Way with Dragons

Best Cinematographer

Paul Theodoroff

LONELY MEN WITH POWER

Best First Time Filmmaker

Best Life

Director: Valerie Chaney

Best Editor

Jenny Hicks

Nobody's Sweetie

Best Female Director

Gentle

Director: Alex Naghavi

Best Short Script

Delirium–Have you heard of the new drug in town?

Alexandra Varkarotas

Best Feature Script

Closer to Heaven

James Robinson

Best Music Video

DIDN'T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL - THE ANTHEM SPIRITUAL

Andrew J Horton