The Best of NFMLA Awards recognize the best talent in independent cinema from around the globe. The 2025 Awards honor 130 Nominees across 16 Award Categories. The Nominees are comprised of projects that screened as part of the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival 2024 season which ran from January 1st, 2024 through December 31st, 2024.

nominees

  • 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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jury

Adriana Fernandez
Previously at Bad Robot
Alexandria Martin
Kas Kas Productions
Alison Small
Brownstone Productions
Amanda Miller
Psyop
Ana Bond
Sony Pictures Television
Ana Souza
Sundance Institute
Asalle Tanha
Cartoon Network
Ashlie Sapiro
MAX
Basil Khalil
Oscar® and Palme d’Or Nominated Writer and Director
David Valdez
NBCUniversal
Diego Nájera
Participant
Divya D’Souza
Invention Studios
Elizabeth A. Bell
Stampede Ventures
Evan Anglin
Zero Gravity Management
Felipe Vargas
DGA Awarded Director
Fior Fabian
MACRO
Florentina Almonte
ShortsTV
Haley Pigman
Blumhouse
Ivana Martinez
VERVE
Jon Hersh
Housefire Management
Jon Kee
Circle of Confusion
Juan Devis
Ninetythree Media
Lisa Nwankwo
Participant
Mackenzie Maguire
Gravitas Ventures
Marjon Javadi
The Walt Disney Company
Matazi Weathers
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Meggie Choi
Amazon MGM Studios
Mike Rosen
PRETTYBIRD
Mitchell Bendersky
Expectation Management
Montserrat Gómez
NBCUniversal
Noémie Sornet
FUSE
Roberto Larios
Verve
Rodrigo Moscoso
Zero Gravity Entertainment
Samantha Cameron-Mowat
New Regency
Savannah Abrishamchian
Monkeypaw Productions
Yvette Miley
NBCUniversal

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