The Los Angeles Film Festival that ran from June 14 to June 22 handed out its prizes today. Becks, the story of and inspired by Alyssa Robbins took home the U.S Fiction Award Prize. Liyana, the beautiful documentary by Amanda Kopp and Aaron Knop took home the Documentary Award.
The Documentary Feature Film Audience Award went to Skid Row Marathon, directed by Mark Hayes, and the Audience Award for Short Film went to Mari Walker’s Swim
Below is the full list of winners:
U.S. Fiction Award
Becks, directed by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell
U.S. Fiction Cinematography Award
Everything Beautiful is Far Away, cinematography by Christian Sorensen Hansen and Pete Ohs
Special Mention for Breakout Performance
Auden Thornton of Beauty Mark
Special Mention for Directing
Bruce Thierry Cheung of Don’t Come Back from the Moon
World Fiction Award
The Night Guard (El Vigilante), directed by Diego Ros
Special Mention for Excellence in Storytelling
On the Beach at Night Alone (Bamui Hae-Byun-Eoseo Honja), directed by Hong Sangsoo
Documentary Award
Liyana, directed by Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp
LA Muse Fiction Award
And Then There Was Eve, directed by Savannah Bloch
LA Muse Documentary Award
Skid Row Marathon, directed by Mark Hayes
Special Mention for Acting
John Carroll Lynch of Anything
Special Mention for Excellence in Storytelling
The Classic, directed by Billy McMillin
Nightfall Award
Serpent, directed by Amanda Evans
Special Mention for Acting
Kate Nhung of The Housemaid
Award for Short Film
A Funeral for Lightning, directed by Emily Kai Bock
Special Mention for Excellence in Storytelling
Balloonfest, directed by Nathan Truesdell
Award for Documentary Short
Black America Again, directed by Bradford Young
Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film
The Keeping Hours,directed by Karen Moncrieff
Audience Award for Documentary Feature Film
Skid Row Marathon, directed by Mark Hayes
Audience Award for Short Film
Swim, directed by Mari Walker
Audience Award for Web-series
High & Mighty, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada