LA Shorts Fest Announces Award Winners

LA Shorts, the world’s largest short film festival, has announced this year’s award winners.

Winners of the awards for Best Experimental, Best Animation, Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Foreign Film and Best of the Fest are automatically eligible for consideration at the Oscars.

The Best Documentary award went to We Love You (USA, 40 minutes), a look at the alternative Rainbow Gatherings and the violence visitors face from Federal Agents.

The Best Comedy also came from the USA. Boutonniere (10 minutes) focuses on one of those American rites of passage, the prom, and a teenage girl who would rather not attend.

The Best Drama, Hotel (UK) is a thriller in a nutshell. In 19 minutes, we are drawn into the war on terror, where a British operative discovers that the line between himself and his suspect is very thin indeed.

The Best Music Video award went to Gary Thomas for the video to REM’s single Man-Sized Wreath, which appears on the band’s latest album Accelerate.

A complete list of winners can be found on the LA Shorts Fest website.