2018 AWARDS

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GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

Best Documentary

HARRY MOSES

Best Composer (tie)

TERENCE BLANCHARD

DOC LA Icon Award

USHER

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BALLAD OF A RIGHTEOUS MERCHANT

Best Documentary Portrait

HERBERT GOLDER 

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MANRY AT SEA

Best Screenwriting

 STEVE WYSTRACH & STEVE ARMSTRONG

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LITTLE FIEL

Best Animated Documentary (tie)

IRINA PATKANIAN

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AMERICAN MIRROR

Best Innovative Film

ARTHUR BALDER

Best Composer (tie)

MARK PETRIE

Best Cinematography (feature)

AMBROSE ENG

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award

SUSAN SARANDON

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PAIN IS MINE

Best Documentary Short

FARSHID AKHLAGHI (Australia)

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS

Best Producer

 J. DAUGHERTY, D. HIGGINS, C. CALISE

Audience Award - Documentary Feature

C. STONEY & W. A. JONES & LIV OSTHUS

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COSMIC DEBRIS

Best Animated Documentary (tie)

PATRICK WALDROP

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ATTACHE

Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature

MELISSA PACE OVERHOLT

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THE END OF WEED

Honorable Mention - Documentary Short

KRISTY GUEVARA-FLANAGAN & J. GRAY

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CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND

Best International Documentary

ZARA BALFOUR & MARCUS STEPHENSON

 (Nepal/UK)

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THE RAVENITE

Best Mid Length Documentary 

DENNIS MOHR & MORGAN SCHMIDT-FENG

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THE GUARDIANS

Best Director

 BILLIE MINTZ (Canada)

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USE LESS

Best Environmental Film

 GARDARSDOTTIR & OLAFSDOTTIR (Iceland)

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THE MUAY THAI KID

Best Sports Documentary

ANDY SCHLACHTENHAUFEN

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MITZVOT

Best Experimental Documentary - Feature

BADER ALAWADHI  (Kuwait/US)

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CITY OF DREAMS

Best Experimental Doc - Mid Length  

S1REE1

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BEFORE I JUMP

Best Experimental Documentary - Short 

GUSTAV AHLGREN (Sweden)

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SOUL OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS

2018 DOC LA Storyteller Award

EMILIO RIVERA

Audience Award - Documentary Short

DAVID TREVINO 

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FAITHFUL 

Best Student Documentary - Gold

DANE CHRISTENSEN

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GODS FROM SPACE

Best Student Documentary - Silver

ANNALISE PASZTOR

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THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN

Best Feature - StorytelLA sidebar

BURT GRINSTEAD & ANNA STROMBERG

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DIWA

Best Actress

AINA DUMLAO

Best Short Film - StorytelLA sidebar

 AINA DUMLAO & BRU MULLER

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INGEST

Best Screenwriting - StorytelLA sidebar

ANKUR MALHOTRA

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ROCKSTAR byTANE McCLURE

Best Cinematography Award (short)

SANDY STENZEL

Best Song

TARRA LAYNE

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BABY YOU'RE LIKE A DRUG

Best Music Video

JOSHUA BUTLER

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TWICE UPON A TIME

Best Animated Film

VOJIN VASOVIC