LAMA Winter 2016 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Short
“Welcome To The Last Bookstore”
Dir. by Chad Howitt
1st Place Winners
“A Better Place”
Dir. by Dennis Ho
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
Jeremy Rollins is a young man who was born with a strange condition. He has the uncanny and uncontrollable ability to transfer any physical pain and injury from an attacker to the person the attacker cares most about or loves. Jeremy has been sheltered from the outside world and his condition kept a secret by his overly protective mother. Upon the passing of his mother, Jeremy is now forced to venture outside of his house to confront, through his childlike innocence, the realities of a harsh society and the cruelties of people it produces.
The story is about a young soldier and his experiences in the WW1. It highlights the hardships and horrors faced by many young men who served in the army during that time.
Audience Award
“22 Years”
Dir. by Fred Thomas Jr.
An exploration of LA's quirkiest bookstore, and the man who brought it into existence.
Best Animation
Best International Film
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
“After The End”
Dir. by Sam Southward
For Rene Fustercluck, life was bad, the Apocalypse was awful and then Gordon arrived. 'After the End' is the world's first post-apcolyptic rom-com that explores the possibility that the only thing worse than being the last man on earth, is being the second to last man on earth.
The story is about a young soldier and his experiences in the WW1. It highlights the hardships and horrors faced by many young men who served in the army during that time.
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“The Pitch”
Dir. by Colin Sprigg
“Double-Blind No.1”
Dir. by The Double-Blind Experiments
Madison Halley, pitcher of the Comets, is visited by a legend from baseball's past, who reveals secret about her father the team's coach that threatens the championship and her family.
Five VFX artists set out to test the theory that a fine-art technique relying on chance could be applied to a motion piece.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“Shadow Of A Shadow”
by Alan Redpath
““Tiesto/The Chainsmokers -Split”
Dir. by Joe Zohar
Obsessed with 1960's French cinema, a young man abandons his wife, leaves for Paris, and fights for the love of a long retired actress.
After an online feud goes to far, the Chainsmokers learn why its not a good idea to try and murder Tiesto.
Best Director
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
Best Actor
Jack Farthing
“Waiting For Dawn”
Best Actress
Dawn Noel
“22 Years”
Best Cinematography
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
Best Costume Design
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
Best Editing
“Double-Blind No.1”
Dir. by The Double-Blind Experiments
Best Original Score
“Red White”
Dir. by Fabien Gazanhes
Best Production Design
“Waiting For Dawn”
Dir. by Richard Cousins
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“22 Years”
Dir. by Fred Thomas Jr.
“Death Of A Chook”
Dir. by Cameron Burnett
“I’ll Eat You Alive”
Dir. by Amara Cash
“It’s My Decision”
Dir. by Lydia Cornell
“Los Ninos Sicarios”
Dir. by Rob Lambert
“Rise”
Dir. by Steve Nguyen & Choz Belen
“Red White”
Dir. by Fabien Gazanhes
“The Bench”
Dir. by Cameron Burnett
“ Tangled Spirits”
by Eric P. Granger
“ The Job Offer”
by Massimiliano Mauceri
“ The Journal”
by Bradie Keyland
“ The Kings Court”
by Brandon Montgomery
“ The Unheard Flute”
by Paul Gross
Category Winners
Honorable Mention
2016
Los Angeles
Movie Awards
“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
