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| “Opening Night” premiere, Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
2016 will be considered the “Year of the Diversity” at the LA Film Festival, despite the considerable reduction in the number of foreign films selected.
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| “Dreamstates” Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
All the different communities were well represented: African-American, Indian-American, Mexican-American, Asian-American, Middle Eastern, Latino, Jewish, people with disabilities, millennials, immigrants, and the LGBT community, too.
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| Women Filmmakers. Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
This year, 40 percent of the films selected by the LA Film Festival were directed by women.
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| “Lights Out” premiere, Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
LA Film Festival took good care of its filmmakers, sponsors, programmers, and the members of Film Independent. The prestigious festival still needs to work on its relationship with the press to generate more noise, reviews, and exposure for the films and the filmmakers, simply to tell the world that something is happening in LA.
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| “Girl Flu” cast, Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
All the films were well-deserved award winners, and they still need to hit theaters and digital distribution as soon as possible. They are very important and need to reach a wider audience.
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| “London Town” Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
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| “Heis (chronicles)” Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
The World Fiction Award went to Anaïs Volpé for HEIS (cronicles), France.
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| “Lupe Under the Sun” cast, Photo by Jose A Hermosillo, Copyrights, 2016 |
Special Mention: Lupe Under the Sun, directed by Rodrigo Reyes, Mexico-US.
The US Fiction went to Remy Auberjonois for Blood Stripe.
The US Fiction went to Remy Auberjonois for Blood Stripe.
The Documentary Award went to Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares for Political Animals.
The LA Muse Award was given to Heidi Saman for Namour.
The Nightfall Award went to Jackson Stewart for Beyond the Gates.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
The Audience Award for Fiction Feature Film went to GREEN / is / GOLD, directed by Ryon Baxter.
Political Animals, directed by Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares, won the Audience Award for Documentary Feature Film.
The Award for Short Fiction went to The Beast (Zvjerka), directed by Daina Oniunas Pusic.
The Award for Short Documentary went to The Gatekeeper, directed by Yung Chang.
The Audience Award for Short Film went to Into Darkness, directed by Rachida El Garani.
The Audience Award for Web Series went to Instababy, directed by Rosie Haber.
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