2017 LAAPFF Jury Winners and Audience Award Winners Announced!

Posted May 9th, 2017 by Visual Communications in Updates

Congratulations to our 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival winners! An official press release will be up shortly.

The following are the Jury Award Winners:

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS

Grand Jury Award
PLASTIC CHINA, Directed by Wang Jiu-liang

Best Editing
Anna Price, TOKYO IDOLS

Best Cinematography
Wang Jiu-liang, PLASTIC CHINA

Special Jury Award – Pioneering Director
Ramona Diaz, Director, MOTHERLAND

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION AWARDS

Grand Jury Award
THE SOWER, Directed by Yosuke Takeuchi

Best Director
Sam Voutas, KING OF PEKING

Best Actress
Diman Zandi, RESEBA – THE DARK WIND

Best Actor
Kentaro Kishi, THE SOWER

Best Young Talent
Suzuno Takenaka,THE SOWER

Best Screenplay
Yosuke Takeuchi, THE SOWER

Best Cinematography
Daniel Miller, SOUL OF THE TIGER

Special Jury Award
SAVING SALLY, Directed by Avid Liongoren

SHORTS DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARDS

Festival Golden Reel Award (Excellence in Documentary Short Film)
PLEASE COME AGAIN, Directed by Alisa Yang

Best Cinematography
James Q. Chan, FOREVER CHINATOWN

Best Director
Jennifer Zheng, TOUGH

NORTH AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS

Grand Jury Award
SAVE MY SEOUL, Directed by Jason Y. Lee

Best Director
Dinesh Sabu, UNBROKEN GLASS

Best Editing
Takashi Nakamura and Eurie Chung, MELE MURALS

Best Cinematography
Joey Munoz, Johann Leitner, GHOST MAGNET ROACH MOTEL

Special Jury Award
A TIME TO SWIM, Directed by Ashley Duong

Special Jury Award
95 AND 6 TO GO, Directed by Kimi Takesue

SHORTS NARRATIVE COMPETITION AWARDS

Festival Golden Reel Award (Excellence in Narrative Short Film)
PRIA, Directed by Yudho Aditya

Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award (Innovative Use of Cinematic Language)
AND SO WE PUT GOLDFISH IN THE POOL, Directed by Makoto Nagahisa

NORTH AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION AWARDS

Grand Jury Award
GOOK, Directed by Justin Chon

Best Director
Justin Chon, GOOK

Best Actress
Simone Baker, GOOK

Best Ensemble Cast
COLUMBUS
(John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Rory Culkin, Michelle Forbes)

Best Screenplay
Kogonoda, COLUMBUS

Best Cinematography
Elisha Christian, COLUMBUS

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
Reid Asselstine, WEXFORD PLAZA

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
Keigian Umi Tang, THE LOCKPICKER

THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD
John Cho

The following are the Audience Awards Winners:

North American Narrative Feature 
GOOK 

North American Documentary Feature
MIXED MATCH
FINDING KUKAN

International Narrative Feature 
SAVING SALLY

International Documentary Feature 
SMALL TALK

Special Presentation 
JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER