Take a look below for the full list of winners from this year’s festival.
LAAPFF AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE
SEARCHING Directed by Aneesh Chaganty
NORTH AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MINDING THE GAP Directed by Bing Liu
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE
IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC Directed by Caylee So and Visal Sok
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING WANG STORY Directed by Frank W. Chen
LAAPFF JURY AWARD WINNERS
NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS
Grand Jury Award FOR IZZY, Directed by Alex Chu
Best Director Joanne Park, FISHBONES
Breakout Performance Adelina Amosco, THE FEVER & THE FRET
Best Cinematography Eunsoo Cho & Jose Asunción, AUGUST AT AKIKO’S
NORTH AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS
Grand Jury Award CALL HER GANDA, Directed by PJ Raval
Best Director Bing Liu, MINDING THE GAP
Special Mention ANOTE’S ARK, Directed by Matthieu Rytz
Best Editing Alejandro Valdes-Rochin & Tom Maroney, SCIENCE FAIR
Best Cinematography Nathan Fitch, ISLAND SOLDIER
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS
Grand Jury Award PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE, Directed by Hao Wu
Best Director Jin Jeon & Moon Chang-Yong, BECOMING WHO I WAS
Best Editing Hyewon Jee & Wonjung Bae, SINGING WITH ANGRY BIRD
Best Cinematography Jeon Jin & Moon Chang-yong, BECOMING WHO I WAS
Special Jury Mention – Most Urgent and Cautionary Film
THE CLEANERS, Directed by Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION AWARDS
Grand Jury Award WARU, Directed by Chelsea Cohen, Ainsley Gardiner, Casey Kaa, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Briar Grace-Smith, Paula Whetu & Katie Wolfe
Best Director Caylee So & Visal Sok, IN THE LIFE OF MUSIC
Best Actor Timothy Castillo, NEOMANILA
Special Mention KISS & SPELL, Directed by Stephane Gauger
SHORTS NARRATIVE COMPETITION AWARDS
Golden Reel Award (Excellence in Narrative/Animated Short Film)
SILENCE (MAUN), Directed by Priyanka Singh
Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing
Paris Zarcilla, POMMEL
SHORTS DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARDS
Golden Reel Award (Excellence in Documentary Short Film)
THREE BOYS MANZANAR, Directed by Preeti Deb
LINDA MABALOT NEW DIRECTORS/NEW VISIONS AWARD
Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award (Innovative Use of Cinematic Language)
MISS WORLD, Directed by Georgia Fu
