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NYLA (October) 2019 Winners Audience Award “ What Didn’t Kill Me ” Dir. by Jason Coulter Best Narrative Feature “ Desperate Waters ” Dir. by Jeffry Druce Best Narrative Short “ TALK ” Dir. by Boulanger Romuald Best Documentary Feature “ Gilead's Protocol ” Dir. by Dvorit Shargal Best Documentary Short “ Farewell, farewell, farewell ” Dir. by Ricardo Castro Best Student Film “ Progeny ” Dir. by Justin Daering Best Animation “ Latteship ” Dir. by Hsing-Fang Tsai & Daishi Takishima Best Music Video “ DECEMBER FADES "CRASH and BURN" ” Dir. by Theresa June-Tao & Thuo Sam Best Script “ Where's Stephanie? ” by Jo-Ann Wilhelm Best Director “ Progeny ” Dir. by Justin Daering Best Actor Chasen Tyler Bauer “ Progeny ” Best Actress Sarah Scott “ Desperate Waters ” Award Of Excellence “ Approaching London ” by Alexander Hooper Award Of Excellence “ DEFEASANCE ” by John A Caslione Award Of Excellence “ Lost in Control ” by Maria Massei-Rosato Award Of Excellence “ PROMISE ” by John T. Frederick Award Of Excellence “ StarPowered ” by Madeline Rooks  NYLA (May) 2019 Winners Audience Award “ Illegal ” Dir. by Jesus Nebot Best Narrative Short “ Pink Promise ” Dir. by Christiana Chang Best Documentary Feature “ Born As A Girl ” Dir. by Marek Klosowicz Best Documentary Short “ Margaret Singer: Seeking Lignt ” Dir. by Louise Palanker Best Student Film “ #SLUT ” Dir. by Jenna Kanell Best Animation “ Home Grown ” Dir. by William Reynish Best Music Video “ Love Me So Much ” Dir. by Heidi Hornbacher Best Script “ Force Of Evil ” Dir. by Louise Lee Mei Best Actress Wei Kong “Pinky Promise” Award Of Excellence “ 40 Billion ” by JJ Frey, PHD Award Of Excellence “ Little Things Mean A Lot ” by Michal Monteith Award Of Excellence “ Mojo ” by Joanne Bellw Award Of Excellence “ Nymphs: Life Of The Sea ” by Raymond Davenport Award Of Excellence “ The Need For Something ” by John T. Frederick Award Of Excellence “ Timeless ” by Christina Babinsack NYLA (October) 2018 Winners Audience Award (Tie) “ The One ” Dir. by Jim Simone & “ Woofy Goldberg ” Dir. by Samuel DeAngelis Best Narrative Short “ Masks ” Dir. by Mahaliyah Ayla O Best Student Film “ Watermelon: A Cautionary Tale ” Dir. by Kefei Li & Connie Qin He Best Animation “ Where The Jungle Ends ” Dir. by Joe Stucky Best Music Video “ Horrified ” Dir. by Michelle Bossy Best Script “ To Hell And Back ” by Agnese Pagliarani Award Of Excellence “ Been Too Long ” by Laura DeBar Award Of Excellence “ bGone ” by Scott Marshall Taylor Award Of Excellence “ Freeman’s Men ” by Gloria J Browne-Marshall Award Of Excellence “ Jonath ” by Luis Gerardo Pascual Award Of Excellence “ The Seduction Of Auntie Rose ” by Alpha Blair Award Of Excellence “ Western Dragons ” by John T. Frederick NYLA (May) 2018 Winners Audience Award Blinders Dir. by Edward Klau Best Narrative Feature “ Uma ” Dir. by Alain Maiki Best Narrative Short “ Sanvean ” Dir. by Elizabeth Yoder, Paul E. Allan & Alina Patra Best Documentary Feature “ I Got The Land ” Dir. by Francescu Artily Best Documentary Short “ Adrift ” Dir. by Cath Le Couteur Best Student Film “ The Blank Page ” Dir. by Lou Dubigeon Best Animation “ Colloidal Croco ” Dir. by Takashi Yoneoka Best Music Video “ Break My Senses ” Dir. by Oleg Trofim Best Script “ Please, Gentlemen, Ask Me Who I Am ” by Cinzia Gagliardi Best Director “ Uma ” Dir. by Alain Maiki Best Actor Orlando Delgado “ Uma ” Best Actress Alexandra Braun “ Uma ” Award Of Excellence “ Parousia ” by Todd Sorrell Award Of Excellence “ Perry ” by RJ Watson Award Of Excellence “ Saving Simon ” by Joanne Bellew Award Of Excellence “ The Death Of Me ” by Eric Grisanti Award Of Excellence “ The Guide ” by Henry Radoff Award Of Excellence “ Things To Do Before Leaving ” by James Byrne NYLA (October) 2017 Winners Audience Award “ I Need You ” Dir. by Gracie Bellissimo Best Narrative Feature “ Kroatoa ” Dir. by Roberto Durrant Best Narrative Short “ The Circle ” Dir. by Sheldon Schwartz Best Documentary Feature “ Biarritz Surf Gang ” Dir. by Nathan Curren & Pierre Denoyel Best Documentary Short “ Los Angeles To New York: Dwan Gallery ” Dir. by Carroll Moore Best Student Film “ The Waltz Of The Monsters ” Dir. by Gabriele Fabbro Best Animation “ Flutter ” Dir. by Vladimir Todorov Best Music Video “ The Federal Empire ” Dir. by I.N.L.Y.F Best Script “ Hawk Moon ” by Cal Athan Best Director “ The Circle ” Dir. by Sheldon Schwartz Best Actor Ryan Phillippe “ The Circle ” Best Actress Lori Alan “ Do The Voice ” Award Of Excellence “ Blind Love ” by Julie Sayres Award Of Excellence “ Giga Trippers ” by Tess Ws Award Of Excellence “ Riggers ” by Dane Krogman Award Of Excellence “ Running Blind ” by John T. Frederick Award Of Excellence “ The Power Of The Butterflies ” by Sergiu Valcu Award Of Excellence “ Year Of The Rabbit ” by Julie Fischer NYLA (May) 2017 Winners Audience Award “ Transformation: Art Peace Imagine In India ” Dir. by Bob Williams Best Narrative Feature “ Carter & June ” Dir. by Nicholas Kalikow Best Narrative Short “ Ditch ” Dir. by Adrian Elliot Best Documentary Feature “ Curiosity, Adventure & Love ” Dir. by Sunshine Lichauco de Leon & Suzanne Richiardone Best Documentary Short “ Transformation: Art Peace Imagine In India ” Dir. by Bob Williams Best Student Film “ Alchemist ” Dir. by Calvin Khurniawan Best Animation “ Revelation - The City Of Haze ” Dir. by Mao Qichao Best Music Video “ Mina Tobias: Kings & Queens ” Dir. by Madchen Amick Best Script “ Broken Doll ” by Guillermo Gonzalez Lanchares Best Director “ Carter & June ” Dir. by Nicholas Kalikow Best Actor Michael Raymond-James “ Carter & June ” Best Actress Samaire Armstrong “ Carter & June ” Award Of Excellence “ 39 Billion False Claims ” by JJ Frey, PhD Award Of Excellence “ Bad Mark ” by Elizabeth Delaney Award Of Excellence “ Grizzled ” by Alain Goulem Award Of Excellence “ Royally Duped: A Fairytale Gone Askew ” by Winnie Khaw Award Of Excellence “ Seventh Angel ” by Richard Perry Award Of Excellence “ Ziggy And The Stooges ” by Gregg Greenberg NYLA (LA) 2016 Winners Audience Award “ The Letter ” Dir. by Becca Berry Best Narrative Feature “ Boundaries Of The Heart ” Dir. by Zhang Feng Best Narrative Short “ Farewell My Love ” Dir. by Zhang Dage Best Documentary Feature “ Lost Kites ” Dir. by Samuel Rich & Gabriella Fritz Best Documentary Short “ Democracy Road ” Dir. by Michael Anton Best Student Film “ Farewell My Love ” Dir. by Zhang Dage Best Animation “ Wall ” Dir. by Chia-Yin Chou Best Music Video “ Slowly ” Dir. by Cassie Marin Best Script “ Mayday ” by Jeffrey Thomas Best Director “ Boundaries Of The Heart ” Dir. by Zhang Feng Best Actor Deng Fei “ Farewell My Love ” Best Actress Luo Zixin “ Boundaries Of The Heart ” Award Of Excellence “ Furniture ” by Marvin Kaplan Award Of Excellence “ Prisoner Moon ” by John Van Roekel Award Of Excellence “ Resurrection Time Conspiracy ” by James Carroll Award Of Excellence “ The Legend Of William Tell ” by J. Ian Sample Award Of Excellence “ Voodoo Love ” by Mario Pineda NYLA (NY) 2016 Winners Audience Award “ The Fragility Of Love ” Dir. by David Terra Best Narrative Feature “ Autumn Fall ” Dir. by Jan Vardoen Best Narrative Short “ Beautiful Dreamer ” Dir. by David Gaddie Best Documentary Feature “ Yosemite ” Dir. by Oliver Goetzl Best Documentary Short “ Amazigh Wedding In The Anergui Valley ” Dir. by Farida Benlyazid Best Student Film “ The Suburbs Go On Forever ” Dir. by Mark Day Best Animation “ Tre Tosser ” Dir. by Peter Hausner & Snobar Avani Best Music Video “ Love & Darkness ” Dir. by Shelly Carmel Best Script “ In For A Penny ” by James Kelty & Laurelle Barnett Best Director “ Autumn Fall ” Dir. by Jan Vardoen Best Actor Jordi Vilasuso “ This Modern Man Is Beat ” Best Actress Ingeborg Raustol “ Autumn Fall ” Award Of Excellence “ Ellen Grace ” by BR Stanley Award Of Excellence “ Letters From Thurgood ” by Robert Redmond Award Of Excellence “ Luther’s Gang ” by Massimiliano Mauceri Award Of Excellence “ Madame Facades ” by Charles Laulette Award Of Excellence “ Pullman ” by Karen Schmidt & Timothy Schmidt NYLA (LA) 2015 Winners Audience Award “Play Violet For Me” Dir. by Matt Mercer Best Narrative Feature “Other People’s Children” Dir. by Liz Hinlein Best Narrative Short “K7” Dir. by Jan Inberg Best Documentary Feature “Marriage: Shattered Vows” Dir. by Peter Hatch & Karla Plimmer Best Documentary Short “Our People” Dir. by Payne Lindsey Best Student Film “Angel” Dir. by Marty Wei Best Animation “The Present” Dir. by Jacob Frey Best Music Video “Emotions” Dir. by Carlos Hurtado Best Script “Cover-Up” by Toshihide Iguchi Best Director “Other People’s Children” Dir. by Liz Hinlein Best Actor Chad Michael Murray “Other People’s Children” Best Actress Diane Marshall Green “Other People’s Children” Award Of Excellence “Baker’s Dozen” Dir. by Bruce Notman Award Of Excellence “Fire On Ice” by Courtney Suttle Award Of Excellence “Warriors Of The Four Corners” by Robert Brickman NYLA (NY) 2015 Winners Audience Award “If The Trees Could Talk” Dir. by Michael Weinstein Best Narrative Short “Keeper Of The Past” Dir. by Marco J. Riedl Best Documentary Feature “Blade #1” Dir. by Zuzka Kurtz Best Documentary Short “Laces” Dir. by Jenny McQuaile Best Student Film “Damaged Goods” Dir. by Sophie Finkelstein Best Animation “Switch Man” Dir. by Hsun-Chun Chuang & Shao-Kuei Tong Best Music Video “My Movies” Dir. by Onn Halpern & Liel Simon Best Script “Silence” by Dylan Phillips Best Director “Keeper Of The Past” Dir. by Marco J. Riedl Best Actor Ed Asner “Pacific Edge” Best Actress Luisa Wietzorek “Keeper Of The Past” Award Of Excellence “Till We Meet Again” Dir. by Bank Tangjaitrong Award Of Excellence Linnea Larsdotter “Till We Meet Again” Award Of Excellence “Across The Pond” by Andrea Harding Award Of Excellence “Archangel” by Joe “Tuffy” Tofuri Award Of Excellence “Pale Fox” by Julio Duggan NYLA (LA) 2014 Winners Audience Award “Lockdown” Dir. by Rebecca George Best Narrative Short “Wild & Precious” Dir. by Cusi Cram Best Narrative Feature “Then There Was” Dir. by Louis Mandylor Best Documentary Feature “Painting the Way to the Moon ” Dir. by Jacob Okada Produced by Jacob Okada, Adam Morrow & Carylanna Taylor Best Documentary Short “Mito” Dir. by Josh Dixon Best Student Film “The Greatest Gift” Dir. by Yilei Zhou Best Animation “Run Crab Run!” Dir. by Wei lu Best Music Video “Ramona Flowers” Dir. by Bouha Kazmi Best Script “Cahoots” by Elan Carlson Best Director “Then There Was” Dir. by Louis Mandylor Best Actor Costas Mandylor “Then There Was” Dir. by Louis Mandylor Best Actress Keesha Sharp “The 636” Dir. by Mark Travis Award Of Excellence “House Of Fire” by Peter Gazdag Award Of Excellence “The Stronger Need” by Charles Laulette Award Of Excellence “Wooden Nickel” by Cara Haycak NYLA (NY) 2014 Winners Audience Award “The Happily Ever After” Dir. by Erika Burke Rossa Best Narrative Short “Songs From The Outside” Dir. by Michael Van Ostade & Andrew Van Ostade Best Narrative Feature “Swell” Dir. by Joey Angerone Best Documentary Feature “This is My Long Island” Dir. by Dan Marquardt Best Documentary Short “Kawomera: Plant, Pray, Partner For Peace” Dir. by Marla Mossman Best Student Film “Number 2” Dir. by Jarrod Shusterman Best Animation “Stan” Dir. by Meirav Haber Best Music Video “Korn-Never Never” Dir. by Giovanni Bucci Best Script “The Scythe” by Terrance Mitchell Thibideaux Best Director “Songs From The Outside” Dir. by Michael Van Ostade & Andrew Van Ostade Best Actor David Lyons “Penance” Dir. by Jeff Wolfe Best Actress Cristina Franco “In The Black” Dir. by Vincent Talenti Award Of Excellence “Lost Cause” by David Schroeder Award Of Excellence “The Portrait” by Matthew Marshall Award Of Excellence “The Snakeman” by Jeffrey Ryback NYLA (LA) 2013 Winners Audience Award “Sand Storm” Dir. by Geoff Erwin & “Contrition” Dir. by Ricardo Perez-Selsky Best Narrative Feature “The Boarder” Dir. by Jolene Adams Best Narrative Short “Eve Angelic” Dir. by Luca Ceccarelli Best Documentary Feature “Impact” Dir. by Flo Villane Best Documentary Short “My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech” Dir. by Justin Baldoni Best Student Film “Valediction” Dir. by Rodrigo Correia Best Animation “Blessing” Dir. by Wei-Jhih Chen Best Music Video “Only Me (Solo Yo)” Dir. by Carlos Hurtado Best Script “Grace” by Lynda Lemberg & Jeffery Allen Russel Best Director “The Boarder” Dir. by Jolene Adams Best Actor Carlton Wilborn “The Boarder” Dir. by Jolene Adams Best Actress Leslie Stevens “The Boarder” Dir. by Jolene Adams Award Of Excellence Andy Scott Harris “The Boarder” Dir. by Jolene Adams Award Of Excellence “Icarus Down” Dir. by Paul Nicoletos Award Of Excellence “Hopes Nocturnal” by David Sabbath Award Of Excellence “Music House” by Craig Horst Award Of Excellence “The Tapestry” by Steven Prowse NYLA (NY) 2013 Winners Audience Award “Ten-Buck Baton” Dir. by Nimer Basha Best Narrative Feature “Ten-Buck Baton” Dir. by Nimer Basha Best Narrative Short “The Novel” Dir. by Paolo Licata Best Documentary Feature “Do Not Duplicate” Dir. by Jonathan Mann & Sean McGing Best Documentary Short “The Kids Of 5114” Dir. by Michael Rothman Best Student Film “Blindfolded” Dir. by Eric Choi Best Animation “Trid An Stoirm” Dir. by Fred Burdy Best Music Video “Fly-Anti Bullying” Dir. by Ilan Rosenberg Best Script “Zero Day” by Simon Birkenhead Best Director “The Novel” Dir. by Paolo Licata Best Actor Anton Alexander “The Novel” Dir. by Paolo Licata Best Actress Jane Doe “ABCFilm” Dir. by Jane Doe Award Of Excellence “Guest House” Dir. by Aaron Wolf Award Of Excellence “Last Waltz of Vienna” by Brian Weakland Award Of Excellence “Hot Chocolate” by Jeremiah O’Brien NYLA (LA) 2012 Winners Audience Award “Abstraction” Dir. by Daniel Gomes Best Narrative Feature “Anita Ho” Dir. by Steve Myung Best Narrative Short “Abstraction” Dir. by Daniel Gomes Best Documentary Feature “Twero: The Road To Health” Dir. by Michael Otremba Best Documentary Short “L.A. Aboriginal” Dir. by Bayou Bennett & Daniel Lir Best Student Film “Harvest” Dir. by Reid Carrescia Best Animation “Retrocognition” Dir. by Eric Patrick Best Music Video “Jesus Ain’t Coming Back” Dir. by Nathan Bayne Best Script “Besa” by Michael Miceli & Delson Armstrong Best Director “Anita Ho” Dir. by Steve Myung Best Actor David May “Abstraction” Dir. by Daniel Gomes Best Actress Heather Mitchell “The Red Valentine” Dir. by Glenn Stewart Award Of Excellence “Medicine Men” Dir. by Guy Malim Award Of Excellence “The Red Valentine” Dir. by Glenn Stewart Award Of Excellence “Original Sin” by Charles Laulette NYLA (NY) 2012 Winners Best Narrative Feature “To Redemption” Dir. by Alexia Oldini Best Narrative Short “Masque” Dir. by Robert Hatch Best Documentary Feature “The Fourth World” Dir. by Mark Volkers Best Documentary Short “Carbon for Water” Dir. by Evan Abramson & Carmen Elsa Lopez Abramson Best Student Film “Paying For It” Dir. by Lauren Lillie Best Animation “Animalario” Dir. by Sergio Mejia Forero Best Music Video “TLS-Traditional Love Song” Dir. by Roberto Roda Best Script “The O Shaped Mouth” by Shephali Frost Best Director “To Redemption” Dir. by Alexia Oldini Best Actor Richard Losee “Masque” Dir. by Robert Hatch Best Actress Kelsey Ford “Paying For It” Dir. by Lauren Lillie Award Of Excellence “Spaghetti For Two” Dir. by Matthias Rosenberger & Betina Dubler Award Of Excellence “Escape” Dir. by Marvi Lacar Award Of Excellence “Ripple” by Heather Faris NYLA (LA) 2011 Winners Best Narrative Feature “A Porn Star Is Born” Dir. by Corey Bishop Best Narrative Short “Spoiler” Dir. by Daniel Thron Best Documentary Feature “Take A Seat: Sharing A Ride Across America” Dir. by Dominic Gill Best Documentary Short “No Autographs” Dir. by Bryan Buckley Best Student Film “Stuck” Dir. by Martin W. Anderson Best Animation “Create” Dir. by Dan MacKenzie Best Music Video “Just Another Thing” Dir. by Jon Reno Best Script “Imprinted” by Alison McMahan Best Director “Spoiler” Dir. by Daniel Thron Best Actor Paul McCarthy-Boyington “Stuck” Dir. by Martin W. Anderson Best Actress Sarah Banks “1095 Days” Dir. by Han Fang Pao Award Of Excellence “Blackstone” Dir. by George Tunis Award Of Excellence “Ambush” Dir. by Joseph Bauer Award Of Excellence “1095 Days” Dir. by Han Fang Pao Award Of Excellence “Red Lights Over Hong Kong” by Roberto Marrero NYLA 2011 Winners 1st Session (April 30th-May7th 2011) Best Narrative Feature “You Me And The Circus” Dir. by Ty Hodges Best Narrative Short “The Escape” Dir. by James Connelly Best Documentary Feature “The After Party (The Last Party 3)” Dir. by Michael Schiller Best Documentary Short “Mistura”-The Power Of Food Dir. by Patricia Perez Best Student Film “Quirk Of Fate” Dir. by Marco J. Riedl Best Animation “The Mouse That Soared” Dir. by Kyle Bell Best Music Video “Firecoat” Dir. by Matt Hewitt Best Script “Halfway Home” by David Schroeder Best Director “The Escape” Dir. by James Connelly Best Actor Bart McCarthy “The Escape” Dir. by James Connelly Best Actress Vahina Giocante “5150 Hold” Dir. by Shirley Monsarrat Award Of Excellence “The Mole Man Of Belmont Ave.” Dir. by Mike Bradecich & John LaFlamboy Award Of Excellence “5th & Alameda” Dir. by Richard Friedman Award Of Excellence “A Sense Of Humor” Dir. by Nathan Larkin-Connolly Award Of Excellence “The Last King Blood” Dir. by Jonathan Vender Award Of Excellence “Cockpit: The Rule Of Engagement” Dir. by Jesse Griffith Award Of Excellence “Nowhere Road” Dir. by Benjamin Dynice Award Of Excellence “10 Minutes From Paradise” by Janyce Lapore