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“Lost Gully Road” and “She is the Ocean” Among LA Femme International Film Festival Winners

"She is the Ocean"

This year’s LA Femme International Film Festival has come to a close. Focused on women filmmakers who create commercial films for a worldwide audience, the fest just wrapped its 14th edition.

Donna McRae’s “Lost Gully Road” was named Best Feature. The horror pic centers on an aimless young woman staying in a secluded cottage in the forest. A portrait of nine women from around the world, Inessa Blokhina’s “She is the Ocean” took home the honor for Best Documentary. The doc’s characters range from 12 to 83 years old, and they’ve all chosen “to make the Ocean the center of their physical, philosophical, and professional lives,” according to the film’s synopsis.

The fest’s other big winners include Marcia Kimpton, who received Best Feature Director for “Bardo Blues,” a Thailand-set drama about a man looking for answers about his mother, and Catherine Dudley-Rose, who was named Best Feature Writer for “Parallel Cords,” the story of a young violinist struggling to escape her musician father’s legacy.

Check out all of the winners below, courtesy of LA Femme International Film Festival


Best Feature 2018
“Lost Gully Road”
Donna McRae

Best Documentary 2018
“She Is The Ocean”
Inessa Blokhina

Best Screenplay 2018
“The Blue Eye: Akrotiri”
Annie Spiczak

Best Music Video 2018
“Stand Down”
Dana Tynan & Kario Salem

Best Short 2018
“Clams Casino”
Pam Nasr

Best Feature Writer 2018
“Parallel Chords”
Catherine Dudley-Rose

Best Feature Director 2018
“Bardo Blues”
Marcia Kimpton

Best Foreign Film 2018
“Dagenham”
Jo Morris

Best Animated Short 2018
“The Magic Lantern”
Mariana Ospina & Youp Zondag

Best Special Focus Documentary 2018
“STROOP (POACHED)-Journey Into The Rhino Horn War”
Susan Scott

Best Webisode 2018
“Big T”
Brenda Ray

Best TV Pilot Script 2018
“Three Sisters”
Jen Gutierrez

Best Commercial 2018
“Amazon Get Answers NOW!”
Tamika Miller


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