LAMA Spring 2025 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
“ Bloody Beginning - The Battle of Ia Drang “
Dir. by Luke McCrary
1st Place Winners
“ Unknown Asset “
Dir. by Wilson Lamont
When two Siblings find a threatening letter on their business front door, they find themselves on a quest to find a hidden treasure left by their late father, before a neighborhood gang
Audience Award
“ Sewing Machine “
Dir. by Tyler William Hagen
1965, the US has just deployed to Vietnam. On November 16th 1965 the US Army battles the NVA in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in the first major battle of the Vietnam War.
Best Animation
Best International Film
“ Baron Munchausen (Karl) “
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
“ The EKSPATS - We're Going to Africa “
Dir. by Ron Myrick
The EKSPATS is an animated clash of cultures comedy TV series of an all-American family that relocates to Nigeria.
Eternal love or eternal life? This difficult choice is facing a brilliant actor. His life in the gray real world and the life of the world of fantasies are so closely intertwined that bright pictures of visions in his imagination layered on each other, mixing and breaking into small fragments fold again into the incredible patterns of a magic kaleidoscope ...
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“ Elixir “
Dir. by James Anderson, Michael Kemp, Aaron Thomas Nicholson
“ The Last President “
Dir. by Bin He
Isiah tries to confused on his current events he has going on as later it is revealed the harsh truth of his situation.
In 2048, a fallen world leader is imprisoned after resisting a global AI regime. Alone in a sterile future prison, he embarks on a metaphysical journey, unlocking past lives, forgotten truths, and his hidden divine destiny. As reality begins to collapse under the weight of artificial evolution, he awakens to a higher consciousness—becoming humanity’s final hope for transcendence.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“ The Case Officer “
by Ronald McQueen
“ We are the Descendants “
Dir. by Steven Chesne, Nayip Ramos
An FBI Surveillance Team is surprised to witness the arrival of Colonel Adad, a known Syrian War Criminal, at a local airport. They are more surprised when the Colonel is greeted by Director Armstrong, a senior Bureau Chief.
“We are the Descendants (in 79 languages)” is a 10-minute short narrative Film/Music Film featuring vocalists worldwide, all singing the very same phrase in 79 languages: “We are the descendants.”
Best Director
“ Baron Munchausen (Karl) “
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Actor
Wilson Lamont
“ Unknown Asset ”
Best Actress
Ashleigh Morghan
“ Unknown Asset ”
Best Cinematography
“ Baron Munchausen (Karl) “
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Costume Design
“ Baron Munchausen (Karl) “
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Editing
“ We are the Descendants “
Dir. by Steven Chesne, Nayip Ramos
Best Original Score
“ Baron Munchausen (Karl) “
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
Best Production Design
“ Fly Me To Earth “
Dir. by Chris Rienacher
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“ Between The Lines “
Dir. by Taytum Blake
“ Desert Inn “
Dir. by Yuanhao Zhang
“ Fly Me To The Earth “
Dir. by Chris Rienacher
“ Masks “
Dir. by Cameron McGuinness
“ Method “
Dir. by Sherif Mohamed Mattar, Marvin Edmonds
“ Sekhmet “
Dir. by Emmy Swayze
“ Sewing Machine “
Dir. by Tyler William Hagen
“ She Devil “
Dir. by Allie Perison
“ The Odd Double “
Dir. by Xavier Ortiz
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“ At The Mercy Of Faith“
by Samuel Lee Taylor
“ Bessies Place “
by Adam Sandel
“ Fugazi“
by Jeff Kimball
“ I Am Who I Am ... Are You Really?“
by Merrill Anway Jones
“ Natalia“
by Rosalyn Rosen
“ Precursor“
by Steve Brown
“ Stache“
by Erin Keefer
“ The Executioner“
by Kate Chen
“ Voodoo Valentinos“
by Michael Louis Gould
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Honorable Mention Finalist
“ 37 North - Chapter One“
Dir. by Kirandeep Karnati
“ Correct Mistake“
Dir. by Khalid Al Nafisah
“ Experientia“
Dir. by Kevin Georget
“ Grey Skies“
Dir. by Unni Rav
“ Hallucinations Of War“
Dir. by Nath Miburn
“ Hansel & Gretel“
Dir. by Boris Plamenov Vasilev
“ Harvest of Fear: The GMO ThreatThey Don't Want You to Know“
Dir. by Gary Null
“ Lovebug“
Dir. by Blake Kaiser
“ Mistura“
Dir. by Ricardo de Montreuil
“ No Left Turns“
Dir. by Douglas Ryan
“ Single Buffalo“
Dir. by Laura Anastasia Jones
“ The Secret Key“
Dir. by Atanas Shopski
“ The Shepherd’s Flock“
Dir. by Ellie Copeland
“ Until The Last Minute“
Dir. by Ilya Noyabrev
Category Winners
Honorable Mention
“C.T.R.L”
Dir. by Mariana Conde & Mariana Conde
“Caught Inside”
Dir. by Dwight Thompson
“Chuck Ransom”
Dir. by Arian Harandi
“Daddy Come Home”
Dir. by Mendel Katz & Yisrael Dubov
“FELONY”
Dir. by Thanos Kermitsis
“Jaysin Voxx 'Hands on Me'”
Dir. by Carlos Hurtado
“Mateo”
Dir. by Nancy C. Mejia
“The Courier”
Dir. by J.Mackye Gruber
“The Equation of Life”
Dir. by Gerry Orz
“The Stop”
Dir. by Marc Ruiz
“Two and a Quarter Minutes”
Dir. by Joshua Ovalle
Official Selections
