Best of NFMLA

A spectacular awards program recognizing the best talent in independent cinema from around the globe.

The Best of NFMLA Awards will honor 125 nominees across 16 Award categories including narrative, documentary, animation, new media, direction, screenplay, performance, sound design, score, cinematography and editing. The nominees are comprised of the content that screened as part of the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival 2020 season which ran from January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020.

Winners

Best Feature

She's the Eldest

Directed by Cate Jones and Produced by Kelley Gann

Best Documentary Feature

The Man of The Monkey

Directed by David Romberg and Produced by Robert Girvin

Best Short Film, Comedy

Misdirection

Directed by Carly Usdin and Produced by Joe Toronto

Best Short Film, Drama

Alina

Directed by Rami Kodeih and Produced by Nora Mariana

Best Short Film, Documentary

Manzanal

Directed and Produced by Jon Ayon

Best International Short Film, Comedy

Touch

Directed by Nir Berger and Produced by Leah Tonic

Best International Short Film, Drama

The Present

Directed by Farah Nabulsi and Produced by Ossama Bawardi

Best Short Film, Animated

The Rotation

Directed and Produced by Hazhir As'adi

Best Screenplay

Tribes

Written by Andy Marlatt

Best New Media & Experimental

The 410 (Episode 1)

Directed by Renuka Jeyapalan and Produced by Matt Power

Best Performance, Comedy

Vico Ortiz

Misdirection

Best Performance, Drama

Maya Harman

Chubby

Best Cinematography

Philip Alexander Narvaez

Acuitzeramo

Best Film Editing

Alyssa Toledo

Lift Off

Best Sound Design

Gary Kwan

Handscape

Best Score

Patricio Hidalgo, Tacho Utrera, Wendy Cao Romero, Fernando Guadarrama, Ramón Gutiérrez and Arturo O’Farrill

Fandango at the Wall

Best New Filmmaker of the Year

Alberto Belli

Feature

Documentary Feature

Documentary Short

New Media & Experimental

Animation

International Comedy

International Drama

Drama Short

Comedy Short

Screenplay

Performance Drama

Performance Comedy

Cinematography

Film Editing

Sound Design

Score

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