2018
DOC LA AWARDS

GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
 
Best Documentary
HARRY MOSES
Best Composer (tie)
TERENCE BLANCHARD
DOC LA Icon Award
USHER

BALLAD OF A RIGHTEOUS MERCHANT

Best Documentary Portrait
HERBERT GOLDER 

MANRY AT SEA
 
Best Screenwriting
STEVE WYSTRACH & STEVE ARMSTRONG

LITTLE FIEL
 

Best Animated Documentary (tie)

IRINA PATKANIAN

ATTACHE
 

Honorable Mention - Documentary Feature

MELISSA PACE OVERHOLT

MITZVOT
 
Best Experimental Documentary - Feature
BADER ALAWADHI  (Kuwait/US)

SOUL OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS
 

2018 DOC LA Storyteller Award

EMILIO RIVERA

Audience Award - Documentary Short

DAVID TREVINO 

THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN

Best Feature - StorytelLA sidebar

BURT GRINSTEAD & ANNA STROMBERG

ROCKSTAR byTANE McCLURE

Best Cinematography Award (short)

SANDY STENZEL

Best Song

TARRA LAYNE

AMERICAN MIRROR
 
Best Innovative Film
ARTHUR BALDER
Best Composer (tie)
MARK PETRIE
Best Cinematography (feature)
AMBROSE ENG
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award
SUSAN SARANDON

PAIN IS MINE
 
Best Documentary Short
FARSHID AKHLAGHI (Australia)

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS
 

Best Producer

 J. DAUGHERTY, D. HIGGINS, C. CALISE

Audience Award - Documentary Feature

C. STONEY & W. A. JONES & LIV OSTHUS

COSMIC DEBRIS
 

Best Animated Documentary (tie)

PATRICK WALDROP

THE END OF WEED
 

Honorable Mention - Documentary Short

KRISTY GUEVARA-FLANAGAN & J. GRAY

CITY OF DREAMS
 

Best Experimental Doc - Mid Length  

S1REE1

FAITHFUL 
 

Best Student Documentary - Gold

DANE CHRISTENSEN

DIWA

Best Actress
AINA DUMLAO
Best Short Film - StorytelLA sidebar
 AINA DUMLAO & BRU MULLER

BABY YOU'RE LIKE A DRUG
 

Best Music Video

JOSHUA BUTLER

CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND
 
Best International Documentary
ZARA BALFOUR & MARCUS STEPHENSON
(Nepal/UK)

THE RAVENITE
 
Best Mid Length Documentary 
DENNIS MOHR & MORGAN SCHMIDT-FENG

THE GUARDIANS

Best Director

 BILLIE MINTZ (Canada)

USE LESS
 

Best Environmental Film

 GARDARSDOTTIR & OLAFSDOTTIR (Iceland)

THE MUAY THAI KID
 

Best Sports Documentary

ANDY SCHLACHTENHAUFEN

BEFORE I JUMP
 

Best Experimental Documentary - Short 

GUSTAV AHLGREN (Sweden)

GODS FROM SPACE
 
Best Student Documentary - Silver
ANNALISE PASZTOR

INGEST

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Best Screenwriting - StorytelLA sidebar

ANKUR MALHOTRA

TWICE UPON A TIME

Best Animated Film

VOJIN VASOVIC