Award winners at the Long Beach Indie International Film Festival, which ran Aug. 31-Sept. 4 at Cinemark at the Pike:
Best Web Series
Jenny & Jeff (Morgan Traa)
Best Narrative Feature-Drama
Civil Warriors (Che Broadnax & Deborah Hoard)
Best Narrative Feature-Comedy/Dramatic Comedy
Jerico (Seckeita Lewis)
Best Documentary Feature
The Wounds We Cannot See (Alexander Freeman)
Best Narrative Short
Jerico Jones (Cole Brewer)
Best Documentary Short
Death and Life (Gregory Alosio)
Best Animated Short
Revoltoso (Arturo “Vonno” Ambriz & Roy Ambriz)
Best Student Film
Big City Fever (Karoline Vielemeyer)
Best TV Pilot
Queen of the Road (Laura P. Valtorta)
Best Music Video
As the Tide Goes By (Sophia Dagher)
Best Youth Filmmaker
Jackie Krisher: No Limits (Claire Imler)
LBI New Voices Award 2016
(This is awarded to a younger producer, director or writer who shows promise for a sustained career in film and television)
Oscar Rene Lozoya
Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) Award of Merit
(For positive and balanced depictions of African American Men)
Shadow in the Shade
The California Endowment (TCE) Sons and Brothers Award
(For positive and balanced depictions of young men of color)
LGBT United
BEST OF FEST
Road to the Well (Jonathon Cvack)
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