LOS ANGELES · SHORT FILMS ONLY
AWARDS
2026
APRIL 26–28 · SKYLIGHT THEATRE & BARNSDALL GALLERY · LOS ANGELES
Festival screenings will feature this year’s winning films
CERTIFICATES ARE PRESENTED IN PERSON ONLY AND ARE NOT HELD OR SHIPPED.
PRESENTED AT BARNSDALL GALLERY THEATRE · APRIL 27
Festival
Awards
🏆
Best Short
Official selection:
The Gumby (WINNER)
Matinees
Floodgates
Higher Education
CumDrop
Yoga Girl
🏆
Best Drama
Official selection:
Light Bunny (WINNER)
The Scapegoat
RIGHT ON!
Grace
The Motorcycle Man
🏆
Best Comedy
Official selection:
Veronica (WINNER)
STUD
Cake
Donor
Fender Bender
🏆
Best Genre
Official selection:
The Beneath (WINNER)
Full Scorpion
CAUGHT
Brain Spotting
The Actor
🏆
Best Emerging Filmmaker
Official selection:
It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story (WINNER)
Jie
Bleeding
Watched
Highway
🏆
Best 60-sec
Official selection:
CTRL+Z Stuck in the Edit (WINNER)
Invasive Species of Griffith Park
Azim
The Circus
🏆
Best Documentary
Official selection:
The Last Puestero (WINNER)
Lab Man
A Magic Thread
🏆
Best International
Apple (WINNER)
Special Festival Recognition
More than a mother: Violeta
Routed
AT JURY DISCRETION
Special
Awards
🏆
Best Director
Keith Brooks - (CumDrop)
Best Screenplay
Kyle Wallen - (Full Scorpion)
Best Cinematography
Geffen Shichor - (Chicken Salad)
Best Editing
Augustine So - (#1 BAD DAD)
🏆
Outstanding Performances
Karole Foreman - (Light Bunny)
Katey Sagal - (Veronica)
Josh Brener - (Veronica)
Anja Racić - (Cake)
Alex Feldman - (Matinees)
🏆
Outstanding Ensemble Cast
Being Dead Should Be Easy
PRESENTED AT SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY · APRIL 26
Los Feliz
Awards
🏆
Best Los Feliz Short
Being Dead Should Be Easy
Best Los Feliz Drama
Floodgates
Best Los Feliz Comedy
Reset
Best Los Feliz 60-sec
Invasive Species of Griffith Park
Los Feliz Breakthrough
K-Town Blues
Los Feliz Special Recognition
Feliz Ha
🏆
Best Los Feliz Director
Alana Rosenbloom - (Floodgates)
Best Los Feliz Screenplay
Claire Harris Matson - (Being Dead Should Be Easy)
Best Los Feliz Producers
Katharine Henner - (Reset)
Anjini Taneja Azhar - (Reset)
Outstanding Performances
Cat Charles - (Floodgates)
Maggie Wheeler - (Being Dead Should Be Easy)
Rachael Taylor - (Reset)
Wayne T. Carr - (Reset)
Festival screenings will feature this year’s winning films.
Certificates are presented in person only and are not held or shipped.
Festival screenings will feature this year’s winning films.
Certificates are presented in person only and are not held or shipped.
Special Awards will be presented in person.
Certificates are presented in person only and are not held or shipped.
SCREENING VENUES
Live Events
See your film on screen.
Winning films in the main categories will be screened live across two iconic Los Feliz venues. Winners officially announced on our website.
APR
26
Festival Awards Night
4800 Hollywood Blvd,, Los Feliz
APR
27
The Rocketeer
4800 Hollywood Blvd,, Los Feliz
APR
28
Los Feliz Awards Night
Skylight Theatre, 1816½ N. Vermont Ave,
AWARDS 2025
2025 WINNERS
🏆 Main AWARDS
Winning films will be screened at the event, and their titles will be published on our website.
🏆 Viva Los Feliz - Best Los Feliz Short Film - 'ON THE BOULEVARD'
🏆 Best Documentary Short Film - 'HER FIGHT, HIS NAME: THE STORY OF GWEN CARR AND ERIC GARNER'
🏆 Best Short Film - 'WHITEBOY'
🏆 Best Student Short Film - 'PATAKHA'
🏆 Best Drama Short Film - 'HUNTER LOADING'
🏆 Best Experimental Short Film - 'GIRL AT MIRROR'
🏆 Best Horror Short Film - 'VITACAMP'
🏆 Best Comedy Short Film - 'BEETHOVEN’S GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD'
Only the eight movies that won in the main categories will be screened
🏅 SPECIAL AWARDS
Winners’ names will be published on our website. If present at the live event, they will be honored in person.
🏅 Best Director - ISAAC GABAEFF ('Whiteboy')
🏅 Best Female Actor - INGRID RAE DOUCET ('Fungus')
🏅 Best Male Actor - TRISTIAN HEATH ('Safe Space')
🏅 Best Female Actor in Supporting Role - TRACIE THOMS ('On the Boulevard')
🏅 Best Male Actor in Supporting Role - GEORGE SHEFFEY ('Cardinal Virtues')
🏅 Best Screenplay - SERAP ÇİFTÇİ MAYER ('Belonging Nowhere')
🏅 Best Cinematography - STEPHEN WESTER ('Huck & Jim')
🏅 Best VFX - 'BULLET TIME'
🏅 Best Score / Music - DIEGO CONTRERAS / GABY MORENO ('Lamento')
🏅 Best Editing - TOM GAULT ('Messworld')
🏅 Best Production Design - ARMAAN PUJANI ('Hot Soda')
🏅 Best Ensemble Cast - 'A SIMPLE LIFE'
🏅 Best Trailer - 'CARDINAL VIRTUES'
🏅 Best Movie Poster - 'ZEN AND THE ART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BOOK BOX'
Viva Los Feliz - Best Los Feliz Short Film:
- On the Boulevard (Winner)
- Messworld
- Love At Poor Sight
- Honeymoon At Cold Hollow
- So Here We Are
Best Documentary Short Film:
- Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner (Winner)
- Spannuth Armada: A Redemption Story
- HAAGUA
- The Happiest Place in the World
- Marie Reese
Best Drama Short Film:
- Hunter Loading (Winner)
- Belonging Nowhere
- Huck & Jim
- Everything's Fine
- Grief Trip
Best Student Short Film:
- Patakha (Winner)
- Letter From a Stranger
- Tomorrow at Dawn
Best Short Film:
- Whiteboy (Winner)
- Bullet Time
- Lamento
- Loners Anonymous
- Mr. Note
Best Comedy Short Film:
- Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild (Winner)
- A Simple Life
- Safe Space
- Hot Soda
- Cardinal Virtues
- Fungus
Best Horror Short Film:
- Vitacamp (Winner)
- About Last Night
- Fools Gold
Best Experimental Short Film:
- Girl At Mirror (Winner)
- Modern Time Machines
- Hunter Loading
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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