ICE-T with DOC LA Storyteller Award
2019 DOC LA AWARDS
WHAT'S EATING RALPHIE MAY
Best Documentary
Catherine Rhinehart
Lahna Turner
Ralphie May
SELLING LIES
Best Documentary Short
Leslie Iwerks
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE
Best Producer Award
Robert Rippberger & Chris Chiari
DOC LA Storyteller Award
ICE-T
LET THE BELL RING
Audience Award - Feature
Best Student Documentary - Feature
Christine Freitag
Best Cinematography
Max Preiss
A SONG OF AN UNKNOWN ACTRESS
Best Documentary Portrait - Feature
Peter Goeltenboth & Florian Giefer
ALICE IS STILL DEAD
Best Autobiographical Documentary
Edwin Stevens
HELEN
Honorable Mention Documentary Short
Mark Allen Davis
SHADOW LIFE
Miranda Kahn
Best Animated Documentary (tie)
SCALING ICELAND
Best Student Documentary Mid Length
Adam Hersko-RonaTas
PANDEMIA
Best Experimental Film
Yiannis Biliris
(Hong Kong)
STUART X
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
Cate Blanchett
Best Director - Documentary Short
Thibault Upton
(Australia)
THIS LITTLE LAND OF MINES
Best Director - Documentary Feature
Erin McGoff
Best Composer (tie)
Jeremy Zuckerman
THE RINGMASTER
Best Screenwriting
Molly Dworsky
Dave Newberg
Zachary Capp
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Audience Award - Short
Corrado Carreto
UNCAGED: A STAND-IN STORY
Best Documentary Portrait - Short (tie)
Marco Kyris, Blake Johnston, Kelso Steinhoff
(Canada)
DREAM JOB
Best Autobiographical Doc - Short
Katie Burrell & Colleen Gentemann
(Canada)
AFRICAN DRIVERS
Best Wildlife Documentary
Hector Saldago
(Kenya/Mexico)
YEMEN: THE SILENT WAR
Best Animated Documentary (tie)
Sufian Abulohom
(Yemen)
CAN DOLLS BE MY NEIGHBOR
Best Student Documentary Short
Claire He
(Japan)
LOVEMOBIL
Best International Documentary
Elke Margarete Lehrenkauss
(Germany)
BURATINO
Honorable Mention - Feature
Sacha Slobodyanik
Best Composer (tie)
Anna Drubich
THE WILD
Best Environmental Film
Mark Titus
SWIM UP HILL
Best Sports Documentary
John Duarte
JACK
Best Documentary Portrait - Short (tie)
Stacey Stone
THE OPTITIAN
Best Documentary Portrait Mid Length
Jonty Fine
KAXA MARCA
Best Cinematography - Short
Mariel Sosa
(Peru)
DETRANSITIONED
Best LGBTQ Documentary
Nic Pollock
52%
DOC LA Rising Star Award
Wren Gardiner
2019 Los Angeles Film Festival storytelLA Awards
Presented by the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute at DOC LA as an official sidebar, Los Angeles Film Festival storytelLA screens and awards fictional stories alongside our documentary competition. Here are our winners for 2019.
FEW HOURS IN ATHENS
Best Actress
Danae Vasilopoulos
Best Film
Ari Papargyropoulos
LIFE!
Best Short Film
Ramesh Jai
(Ghana)
TALK
Best Actor
William Baldwin
Best Film Director
Romuald Boulanger
(France)
BUTTERFLIES FLY IN WINTER
Best Student Film
Yana Alekperova
(Russia)
BRUISED
Best Animated Film
Rok won Hwang & Samantha Tu
BE MY REBEL
Best Song
Nena & Dave Stewart
Best Music Video
Virgil Widrich