SHORT FILMS · LOS FELIz · LOS ANGELES
AWARDS
2026
APRIL 26–28, 2026 · SKYLIGHT THEATRE & BARNSDALL GALLERY · LOS ANGELES
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS OF THIS YEAR’S WINNING FILMS.
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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-Second
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
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
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)
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LOS FELIZ, the Los Feliz Film Fest (LFFF), is a short film festival in Los Angeles built to move filmmakers forward. Main category winners screen live and receive one-on-one mentorship from working filmmakers. Presented by two-time Academy Award winner Breakwater Studios.