2022
DOC LA AWARDS

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THE FIRE WITHIN

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award for Best Film
Werner Herzog
DOC LA Best Producer Award
Mandy Leith
Alexandre Soullier
Julien Dumont




 

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HELP HER LIVE

Best Mid-Length Documentary
Frankie Kraft
Audience Award
Frankie Kraft
Best Song "Hallelujah"
HAIM


 





 

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DARK FRAMES

Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature
Tom Thurman
Best Screenwriting
David Thomson
Best Editing
Jim Piston
 
 
 




 

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WILD BEAUTY

Best Director
Ashley Avis
Best Cinematography (digital)
Kai Krause
 

 
 





 

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FEEDING TOMORROW

Best Environmental Documentary
Simon English & Oliver English
 





 

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THERE IS EXACTLY ENOUGH TIME

Best Experimental Documentary Film
Oskar Salomonowitz & Virgil Widrich


 

 
 
 




 

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GRID DOWN, POWER UP

Best Web Documentary
David Tice
DOC LA Storyteller Award
Dennis Quaid
 
 




 

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TU

Best Film - STORYTELLA Award
Suzanne Friesen


 



 

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SISTER
 
Best Horror FIlm - STORYTELLA Award
Roshni Rush Bhatia
 

 

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DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WEREWOLF

Best Animated Film - STORYTELLA Award
Mark Cheng

 
 
 
 

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OF MEDICINE AND MIRACLES

Best Documentary
Ross Kauffman
Best Composer
Amie Doherty
 





 

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KYLIE

Best Short Documentary
Sterling Hampton


 

 

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THIS ONE IS FOR YOU

Honorable Mention - Documentary Short
Mesha Kussman


 





 

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WHEN WE DANCE

Best Director - Documentary Short
Nick Waters
Best Cinematography - Documentary Short
Michael Dean Greenwood

 

 
 



 

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WHY I'M A VEGAN

Best Environmental Short Film
Lindsay Hicks & Moby


 
 
 




 

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RACE AND SURFING

Best Int'l Animated Documentary 
Claire Pinegar & Jeremy Asher Lynch
Best Narrator
Selema Masekela

 
 

 

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WALKING ON CLOUDS
 
Best Sports Documentary
Renan Kamizi  
 

 
 

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MA BICHE (Sweetie Pie)

Best Actress - STORYTELLA Award
Alexandra Naoum
Best Actor - STORYTELLA Award
Bryan Trésor
 

  
 



 

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PRA MELHORAR

Best Music Video - STORYTELLA Award
Mariana Jorge
 

 
 



 

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VALKYRIE

Best Student Film - STORYTELLA Award
Maeve E. Andrews


 

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SMADAR

Best International Documentary
Mayan Toledano
Best Analog Cinematography (16mm)
Mika Altskan
 

 




 

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DAD CAN DANCE

Best International Short Documentary
Jamie Ross
 

 
 





 

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QUEER AND FRUM

Best Documentary Portrait
Miki Katoni
 Best Screenwriting - Documentary Short
Miki Katoni
Best Editing - Documentary Short
James Tensuan
 




 

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AMSTERGWEN

Best First Film
Gwen van der Zwan & Martijn Goris
 






 

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LIFELINE

Best Inspirational Documentary
Jessica Philipps


 
 
 

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MISS BETTY'S CALLING

Best Animated Documentary
Richard O'Connor


 
 

 




 

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WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND
 
Best Student Film
Xingyu Gu  
 

 
 

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ASPHODEL FIELDS

Best Experimental Film - STORYTELLA Award
Luigi Calabrese


 


 

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CLOSED
 
Best Comedy - STORYTELLA Award
Anna Avramenko
 

 

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GYORO GOES TO THE THEATER

Best Int'l Animated Film - STORYTELLA Award
Shoichi Haruyama


 
 



 

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