LAMA Fall 2016 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Short
“ Iron Crib “
Dir. by Rafaela Galindo
1st Place Winners
“ Game Of Checkers “
Dir. by Patricia Sequeira
“ The Dark Side “
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Following Marta’s wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. That long night becomes a maze-like journey through their interconnecting friendships, where each reveals herself as it was the last day. On the eve of the burial, the talk is about life and a friendship that survived it all. But will this friendship be able to survive death?
Video games, films and comics condition the lives of many kids. When fragile, they may be influenced up to the point of no longer recognizing reality. Dr. Stanne, a child psychiatrist, is called to assess an extremely unique case: a patient accused of homicide following some of his “Patrols”, which he committed dressed as a famous comic book character, the executioner "RORSHACH".
The psychiatrist, however, still seems to be unable to find the answer to what would appear to be a very simple question: what turns a man into a monster?
Audience Award
“The Kite”
Dir. by Lu Han
The challenges faced by incarcerated pregnant women whose babies are taken away after six months.
Best Documentary Feature
Best Animation
Best International Film
“ Game Of Checkers “
Dir. by Patricia Sequeira
“ The Eyes “
Dir. by Jingchuan Wang
“ Like Notes Of Music “
Dir. by Michael Magee
A 2D Digital Narrative Animation Short about a being who starts to grow extra eyes.
The film portrait of landscape painter Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff shows his life today and looks back on his career and style of arts in the United States, Greece, Switzerland and other parts of the world. Unique moments reveal highlights such as coming home to the Greek isle of Sifnos where the painter has worked for more than 30 years, or his marriage to Tim Lovejoy in Connecticut. Enjoy a wonderful person, his different way of live and his endless devotion to art.
Following Marta’s wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. That long night becomes a maze-like journey through their interconnecting friendships, where each reveals herself as it was the last day. On the eve of the burial, the talk is about life and a friendship that survived it all. But will this friendship be able to survive death?
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“ Rose Garden “
Dir. by Rafael Nani
“ Cuckold Picasso “
Dir. by Lance Larson
A whole condo has its routine changed after Felix arrived. A smart little kid who knows he’s going to die soon, but the way he faces his destiny changes everyone around him.
Pablo Picasso's "1971 Harlequin Head", thought forever lost in a Romanian fire, is found vividly alive in the disturbed psyche of a tortured man's soul.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“ Resurrection Time Conspiracy “
by James Carroll
“ En Visant La Lune “
Dir. by Hassid Julien
It seems like an innocent research project when the Institute of Learning employs the greatest minds across the world to create a matter transfer machine. But the institute is really a covert organization funded by Islamic Extremists and the matter transfer machine is being created as a GPS bomb delivery system.
When the youngest geniuses’ discover matter transfer, they also discover time travel and the true intentions of the institute. Ram Goldstein, the brightest teen, is forced to complete to project or watch all his love ones die.
This music video is about a middle class dad and his one young daughter, both living in a caravan. He’s got little money but is willing to do anything to make her dream come through : moving in a fancy house. To make this happen, he decides to start illegal fights to earn some cash. Things are not going his way, fighting is harder than he thought, and he quickly realizes that the fight club won’t suffice.
Best Director
“ The Dark Side”
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Best Actor
Massimo Poggio
“The Dark Side”
Best Actress
Ana Padrão
“Game Of Checkers”
Best Cinematography
“ The Dark Side”
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Best Costume Design
“ Weekend Warriors”
Dir. by Julien Lasseur
Best Editing
“ The Dark Side”
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Best Original Score
“ The Dark Side”
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Best Production Design
“ The Dark Side”
Dir. by Alfieri Vincenzo
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“ Destination”
Dir. by Craig Parker
“ Grill Dog”
Dir. by Corey Aumiller
“ She”
Dir. by John Mark Triplett
“ The Kite”
Dir. by Lu Han
“ The Traitor”
Dir. by Oldrich Antos
“ Weekend Warriors”
Dir. by Julien Lasseur
“ Furniture”
by Marvin Kaplan
“ Hawk”
by Cal Athan
“ Isaac Newton Gifted”
by Bo Price
“ Jagged Edge”
by Tamara Herman & Cindy Aronson
“ Solstice”
by Mayank Kushwah
Category Winners
Honorable Mention
Stage IV:
Living With Cancer
“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
