LAMA Spring 2019 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
“ INSIGHT Hell On Earth “
Dir. by Joeseph Murkijanian
1st Place Winners
“ Purgatorio “
Dir. by Gabriel Manso
The year of 2029, post world war 3, Brazil. Julia goes with Tomas in a mission to take a prisoner to her punishment. However, a unexpected revelation changes all the perspectives and points of view about the situation, bringing great conflict between the characters. A Sweet Filmes production.
Audience Award
“ Portrait Of A Woman At Dawn”
Dir. by Cullen Douglas
"An eight year old Catholic girl is separated from her family and mistakenly sent to Auschwitz where she is watched by a Jewish Women scheduled for extermination."
Best Documentary Feature
Best Animation
“ Anacronte “
Dir. by Raul Koler & Emiliano Sette
“ Gray Is The New Blonde “
Dir. by Victoria Marie
Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil, without any emotion and fulfilling their destiny, they put to test humanity's happiness in a struggle that, in short, has each of us as winners and losers.
En masse, women all across the world are choosing to ditch the dye and embrace their gorgeous grays. They are no longer willing to succumb to the outdated notion that they must cover their grays in order to be attractive, desirable and respected members of society. No more are they 'washing the gray right out of their hair.” Instead, they are bravely going against the social norms and this film, Gray Is The New Blonde will serve as an historical account of this cultural shift. Produced and directed by emerging filmmaker Victoria Marie, this documentary will explore how the world has negatively viewed women with gray hair for decades, and more importantly how this has begun to change.
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“ Dante Falls “
Dir. by Nancy Lin
“ We Shall Overcome “
Dir. by Kelvin Shum
Spunky teen Nova Dante has one job: caretaker to the Dante family cemetery and the ghosts that live within. With her parents away, Nova must balance her work and personal life as she and her inattentive Shinto priest boyfriend accidentally release evil ghosts that threaten to take over the world.
In this grotesque universe, yearning students of different gender & race participate in what appears to be a ritualistic exam.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“ Sheathstar “
by Matthew Sheather
“ Contemporary Woody Guthrie “
Dir. by Joel Umbaugh
A police constable who works along with his parents found an alien species and he plans to escort it to another planet. But before he succeeds, he is shot down, captured along with his friends by an advanced military of terrorist, and its leader who forced them to work alongside them. Later on, while he's in captivity, they finally go AWOL and return home to Earth with his friends. As soon as a massive threat arrives, knowing the same terrorist and their leader are plotting to destroy, the fugitive team will do what it takes to protect their home with the help of a powerful superhero who will lead them to victory
Black and white imagery explores the divisive, money centric, culturally segregated America that Guthrie opposed. An idea reignited by his contemporary, Kay the Aquanaut.
Best Actress
Julia Lehman
“ My Baby Is A Bike Helmet ”
Best Cinematography
“ Purgatorio “
Dir. by Gabriel Manso
Best Costume Design
“ Portrait Of A Woman At Dawn”
Dir. by Cullen Douglas
Best Editing
“ Take What You Want ”
Dir. by Izzy Ezagui
Best Original Score
“ Purgatorio “
Dir. by Gabriel Manso
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“ Beverly ”
Dir. by Nick Laurant
“ Fracture ”
Dir. by Robyn Killian
“ Gap ”
Dir. by Yuchao Lai
“ My Baby Is My Bike Helmet ”
Dir. by Roxanna Dunlop & Arden Grier
“ Pawn ”
Dir. by Kinnik Sky
“ Portrait Of A Woman At Dawn”
Dir. by Cullen Douglas
“ Pushed ”
Dir. by Sutton Mckee
“ Take What You Want ”
Dir. by Izzy Ezagui
“ This Is Fine ”
Dir. by Roth Rind
“ Ties ”
Dir. by Laura Stabilini
“ Friends Or Foes ”
by Tim Quinn
“ May A Girl Sit Here ”
by Stuart Schulz
“ Sol ”
by James Fox
“ The Bliss Killer ”
by LeLe Park
“ The Decline Of Daisy de Melker ”
by Tony Bryan
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
