LAMA Spring 2016 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Short
“ Lost & Found “
Dir. by Naomi Iwamoto
1st Place Winners
“ The Rooster’s Blood “
Dir. by Mariano Dawidson
“ I Did Not Forget You “
Dir. by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Damian is a 26 year old that wakes up one morning all beaten up, bound, hooded and alone in an unfamiliar place. He doesn’t know how he got there, or why. He doesn’t even remember his name. A man arrives; He is clearly not the one who captured him, however he attends him. Damian now remembers an accident where his mother and brother died, he was driving. He remembers a discussion that reveals secrets from his past. The path that led him to hit rock bottom keeps going through his head. He starts a special relationship with his captor, who will form part of the puzzle that Damian must complete.
Major Abraham Vance, a U.S. Special Forces Veteran survives a tragic event that forces him to return home with a life-altering injury and a promise to find the daughter of a fallen comrade. He finds her embroiled in drugs and sex trafficking in Juarez, Mexico. In the process of getting her back to the U.S. they strike an unlikely friendship; They're fragile bond may be the only path they both have left to healing and hope.
Audience Award
“I Did Not Forget You”
Dir. by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Lost & Found is a short documentary that follows three widows as they rebuild their lives after losing their husbands. This is a story about losing someone you thought you could never live without and finding yourself through the process.
Best Documentary Feature
Best Animation
Best International Film
“ The Rooster’s Blood “
Dir. by Mariano Dawidson
“ Fresh Cut Grass “
Dir. by Robert Cullen
“ The Doctor’s Prison Cell “
Dir. by Nikola Knez
A little dog visits the big city in search of his sister.
The Doctor's Prison Cell is a feature length documentary about international human rights abuses that occurred in the Croatian War for Independence (1991-1996). The city of Vukovar was surrounded by approximately 80,000 Serbian soldiers, 1,600 tanks and armored personnel carriers, 980 artillery weapons, 350 anti-aircraft guns with 750 rocket launchers. The defense of the city was mounted by approximately 1,850 lightly armed Croatian volunteers. The hospital became a haven for the sick, the wounded, and the living, all of whom saw it as the last ray of hope in the constantly bombarded city, where more than 1,500 shells hit each day.
Damian is a 26 year old that wakes up one morning all beaten up, bound, hooded and alone in an unfamiliar place. He doesn’t know how he got there, or why. He doesn’t even remember his name. A man arrives; He is clearly not the one who captured him, however he attends him. Damian now remembers an accident where his mother and brother died, he was driving. He remembers a discussion that reveals secrets from his past. The path that led him to hit rock bottom keeps going through his head. He starts a special relationship with his captor, who will form part of the puzzle that Damian must complete.
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“ Treintanera “
Dir. by Diego Londono
“ Life “
Dir. by Dylan Perlot
This is a short comedy about a Mexican-American woman who lives with her Mexican Abuela. She is soon to turn thirty, and believes that there is something wrong with her because she hasn’t found a man she can relate to, and her job doesn’t fulfil her. In her frustration, she decides to accept her Abuela’s crazy scheme, and go back to her roots and traditions to “make things right”... but things go horribly wrong.
Life is a short student experimental/fashion film. We meet 4 people: a woman swimming, a man admiring the beautiful mountains, another woman enjoying the nature, and a second man making a fire. They are all far away from each other, but to be fully happy and to find love they need to be together.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“ Legacy “
by Angus Watts
“ Far “
Dir. by Phil Sexton
Eric Black battles severe agoraphobia, the scar of a turbulent childhood at the hands of his psychotic father. Upon learning of his father’s death, Eric is reunited with his tempestuous brother, and sees an opportunity for new beginnings in his remote desert hometown, but soon learns his father’s violent legacy was not buried alongside him.
SPUF DON featuring TRAVIS SCOTT "FAR" Music Video
Best Director
“ I Did Not Forget You”
Dir. by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Best Actor
John Farmanesh-Bocca
“I Did Not Forget You”
Best Actress
Rachel McGuinness
“I Did Not Forget You”
Best Cinematography
“ The Rooster’s Blood”
Dir. by Mariano Dawidson
Best Costume Design
“ The Catcher”
Dir. by Jamie Brindle
Best Editing
“ I Did Not Forget You”
Dir. by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Best Original Score
“ The Rooster’s Blood”
Dir. by Mariano Dawidson
Best Production Design
“ The Rooster’s Blood”
Dir. by Mariano Dawidson
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“ Cold War”
Dir. by Richard Gray
“ Dead Unanimity”
Dir. by James Hu & Craig McNelley
“ Dust Buddies”
Dir. by Beth Tomashek & Sam Wade
“ Guardian Angel”
Dir. by Ralph Odierna
“ Intruder”
Dir. by Brian McQuery
“ Recalculating”
Dir. by Diane Fredel-Weis
“ Shameless”
Dir. by Monique Oberholzer
“ The Catcher”
Dir. by Jamie Brindle
“ Martinis & Fireflies”
by Harry Holland
“ Pokergeist”
by Michael Okon
“ Solomon’s Choice”
by Richard Geiwitz
“ The Tailor From Taegu And
Mrs. Abernethy ”
by Ruby Akin
“ Witches Protection Program”
by Michael Okon
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
