Winners: Los Angeles Latino Film Festival
The winners were announced in the categories of Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best First Feature, Best Short, Best Documentary and Audience Award in the documentary and feature categories. Festival co-founder Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dermer led to the awards ceremony. Special Jury Mentions were also announcedThe 13 th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) announced the winners at the Paramount Theatre at Paramount in Hollywood.
Features categories: Best Film (RITA Award) Winner: “Anita” Director: Marcos Carnevale Writer: Marcos Carnevale, Lily Ann Martin, Marcela Guerty Country: Argentina
Best Screenplay: Features category winner: “Morenita” Director: Alan Jonsson Gavica Screenwriter: Alan Jonsson Gavica, Annabel Oakes Country: Mexico
Best Director: Winner Category Characteristics, “Cinco Días sin Nora” Director: Mariana Chenillo Screenwriter: Mariana Chenillo Country: Mexico
PRIMA OPERA CATEGORY: Winner Best First Film: “Cinco Días sin Nora” Director: Mariana Chenillo Screenwriter: Mariana Chenillo Country: Mexico
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY: Winner Best Documentary: “Sons of Cuba” Director: Andrew Lang Country: Cub
Special Mention: Documentary Category “Titon, de La Habana a Guantanamera” Director: Mirtha Ibarra Country: Spai
Honorable Mention: Documentary Category “La Vida Loca” (Crazy Life) Director: Christian Poveda Country: Mexico / France / Spai
SHORT CATEGORY: Winner Best Short: Red Mesa “Director” Lapid Writer Ilana: Ilana Lapid Country: United States
Director: “Special Mention: Shorts Category” The Tux Paco Farias Writer: Paco Farias Country: United States
Special Mention: Shorts Category “Nina Quebrada” Director: Jen Kleiner Writer: Diana Romero, Danny Klein, Jen Kleiner Country: United States
HEARING category of awards: Audience Award Cinelatino: Winner Features: “Anita” Director: Marcos Carnevale Writer: Marcos Carnevale, Lily Ann Martin, Marcela Guerty Country: Argentina
CineLatino Audience Award: Documentary Winner: “Titon, de La Habana a Guantanamera” Director: Mirtha Ibarra Country: Spai
A competitive festival with prizes, LALIFF serves as a place where Latino filmmakers meet with industry buyers and distributors. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences LALIFF recognized as a qualifying festival, so the winner of its category Film films eligible for Oscar ® considerationThe Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) was founded in 1997 by producer, director, actor and activist Edward James Olmos, Marlene Dermer independent producer, and independent film and music producer Jorge Hernández †. LALIFF is a non-profit 501c (3) with the mission to support the development and exhibition of diverse visions by Latino filmmakers and to promote awareness of the richness and diversity of American cultures, art and the countries through cinema, the most powerful in the world.