This post was supposed to have gone up two weeks ago but when the Great Domain Name Crash of 2016 came I lost all the progress and couldn’t update the site with anything new.
I enjoyed that this LA Film Fest forced me to do a decent amount of research into the films I was going to see cause I didn’t have much in the way of title recognition. I saw a truly eclectic group of films mixed in with some fun excursions and a cool Ryan Cooler panel (that devolved into some mess but that’s neither here nor there). Here are the films I saw and my choices for best of the fest.
Opening Night, Namour, Play the Devil, Beyond the Gates, Don’t Hang Up, They Call Us Monsters, Destined, The View from Tall
Best Picture: Opening Night
Best Director: Maria Govan, Play the Devil
Actor: Prentice Jones, Play the Devil
Actress: Amanda Drinkall, The View from Tall
Supporting Actor: Taye Diggs, Opening Night
Supporting Actress: Barbra Crompton, Beyond the Gates
Best Screenplay: Destined
Film Editing: Destined
Cinematography: Destined
Production Design: Don’t Hang Up
Costumes: Opening Night
Makeup: Play the Devil
Sound Design: Don’t Hang Up
Visual Effects: Beyond the Gates
Original Score: Play the Devil
Foreign Language Film: Play the Devil
Documentary Feature: They Call Us Monsters
Ensemble: Destined