2021
DOC LA AWARDS

SALARYMAN

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Best Documentary Film Award

Allegra Pacheco 

Best Composer

James Iha

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UNRAVELING

Best Mid Length Documentary Award
Stacey Ravel Abarbanel & Jeff Swimmer 

 
 

LITTLE BERLIN

Audience Award
Kate McMullen
DOC LA Master Award
Christoph Waltz
 

THE CHEMICAL FACTORY

Best Animated Documentary Award
Drew Leung 

 
 

AGUILAS/EAGLES

Best Director Award (short)
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan & Maite Zubiaurre 


 

JOHN'S ULTIMATE ILLUSION

Best Inspirational Documentary Award
John Kippen, Donovan Lawe, Ryan Palmieri
 
 
 

NEAR MISS

Best Student Documentary Award
Olivia Rosenbloom




 

EVERYTHING IN THE END

Best Film - StorytelLA Awards
Mylissa Fitzsimmons 
Best Actor
Hugo de Souza
Best Cinematography
Todd Hickey
Best Editing
Nicole McClure

DARK PASSAGE

Best Horror Film - StorytelLA Award
Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
 
 
 
 
 

THE BEAST OF OUR TIME

Best Environmental Film Award
Maaike Middleton
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
Jeff Bridges
Best Editor Award
John Klein

MARIAH: A BOXER'S DREAM

Best Short Documentary Award
Nina Meredith
 
 
 

THE STORY WON'T DIE

Best Director Award
David Henry Gerson 
 
 
 

TONY DRIVER

Honorable Mention
Ascanio Petrini
 
 
 

ANTON: CIRCLING HOME

Best Documentary Portrait Award
Morgan Schmidt-Feng, Katy Swailes, Dennis Mohr 

 
 

RUSSIA FROM ABOVE

Best Adventure Film Award
Freddie Röckenhaus & Petra Höfer
DOC LA Icon Award
John Malkovich
 

SOMBRAS

Best Animated Film - StorytelLA Award
Marc Sanchez 




 

HELLO MOTHER

Best Short Film - StorytelLA Awards
Natalie Shirinian
Best Actress
Helen Kalognomos


 

A MACHINE FOR BOREDOM

Best Experimental Film Award
Marc Cartwright
 
 
 
 
 

THE HUNGER

Best International Documentary Award
Ruan Magan
DOC LA Storyteller Award
Liam Neeson
 

WHO IS AFRAID OF THE BLACK MAN?

Best Int'l  Short Documentary Award
Simon Gabioud 

 
 

THE REVOLUTION GENERATION

Best Screenwriting Award
Best Producer Award
Josh Tickell & Rebecca Tickell
DOC LA Humanitarian Award
Michelle Rodriguez

THE CONVERSATION 

Honorable Mention (short)
Kurt Sensenbrenner 
 
 
 
 

IPSEITY

Best Documentary Portrait Award (short) 
Nicholas Stachurski
 

 

AFRICAN REDEMPTION

Best Historical Documentary Award
Roy T. Anderson
Best Narrator Award
Keith David
 

SUICIDE

Best Music Video - StorytelLA Award
Christine Kilmer
Best Song
Mondo Boys


 

STRANGE HEARTS

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Best Student Film - StorytelLA Award

Fran Olmedo Longeri

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