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2023 
DOC LA AWARDS

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CITIZEN SLEUTH

Best Documentary Film Award
Directed by  Chris Kasick 

 

 






 

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Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Best Director
Michael Selditch
Audience Award (feature)
Michael Selditch

 




 

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THE CITY OF HUMAN CHESS

Best Mid-Length Documentary
Cecilia Albertini

 


 

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TIGEREYES

Best Documentary Portrait
Martina Trepczyk
Best Cinematography (short)
Kyle Armstrong Roepke

 
 

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PAPER BOATS

Best First Film Award
Jessica Pons

 

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STOLEN DOUGH

Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature
Stefano Da Fre & Laura Pellegrini



 

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NIGHT HAWKES

Best Film - STORYTELLA Award
Atlas Ferrera
Best Actress - STORYTELLA Award
Kailey Mann
Best Actor - STORYTELLA Award
Quinn Nagle
Best Cinematography - STORYTELLA Award
Boa Simon


 

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MEANS TO AN END

Best Screenwriting - STORYTELLA Award
Tanya M. Wheeler
Best Horror Film
Tanya M. Wheeler

 

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EARTH'S SECOND MOON

Best Student Film - STORYTELLA Award
Benji Tucker

 

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SO MANY DREAMS

Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
Pierce Brosnan
Audience Award (short)
Thom Zimny

 
 



 

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FIORETTA

Best Screenwriting
Matthew Mishory & Rob Levine
Best Producer Award
Brad Schlei, Álvaro Fernández, Randy Schoenberg
Best Cinematography
Maciej Twardowski
 
 

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AXEL

Best Documentary Short
Tom Mull
Best Composer
Trevor Welch

 

 

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TUNE OUT THE NOISE

DOC LA Cinephile Award
Errol Morris






 

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PRISON ROMANCE

DOC LA Best Music Video Award
Pavel Gavrilin
Best Song
Nogu Svelo

 

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IKE BROWN

Honorable Mention - Documentary Short
Caleb Clowe

 

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ZITA SEMPRI

Best Int'l Film - STORYTELLA Award
Stefania Spampinato

 
 

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LA VIDA ES FRIA

Best Music Video - STORYTELLA Award
Estevan Oriol

 

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BREARTH

Best AI Film
Julio Del Alamo

 
 

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HEARTIST

Best International Documentary Award
Marianna Mørkøre & Beinta á Torkilsheyggi

 

 

 

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TUTTO APPOSTO GIOIA MIA

Best International Director
Chloé Gioia Lecci López

 

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LEONIE, SKEET AND THE PIGLETS

Best International Short Documentary
Jip Heijenga

 

 

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BLOOD OF IRAN

Best Experimental Documentary Award
Alicia Afshar

 




 

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THE BLOOM

Best International Experimental Film
Jody Xiong

 

 

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NOW I AM OLD AND DO NOT NEED THE MOON

Best Student Documentary
Dasha Bough

 
 

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HEDGEHOG

Best Director - STORYTELLA Award
D. Mitry 

 

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HIDARI
 
Best Animated Film - STORYTELLA Award
Masashi Kawamura

 

 

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