LAMA Spring 2026 Winners & Selections
Best Narrative Short
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Short
“ A Community United “
Dir. by Dylan Leonard
1st Place Winners
“ The Wealth “
Dir. by Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar
“ Ice Ice Bye Bye “
Dir. by Sebastien Abdelhamid Godelu
As a respected merchant in a small Anatolian city approaches death, relatives, friends, and visitors begin gathering around his bedside. What starts as quiet concern slowly reveals buried expectations, emotional fractures, and unspoken calculations. In the silence surrounding one man’s final days, a family’s moral boundaries begin to dissolve.
In Los Angeles, an ordinary morning fractures without warning. A man is forced to flee as an unseen threat closes in, reducing a life to instinct and movement. What begins as routine turns into a silent struggle for existence.
Audience Award
TBD
A short documentary on the LA fires and how the type 1 diabetes community rallied to deliver life-saving medical supplies to those affected.
Best Documentary Feature
Best Animation
Best International Film
“ Victory “
Dir. by Meji Alabi
“ Fangio: Courage or Destiny (Coraje o Destino) “
Dir. by Nicolas Pedro Villarreal
“ Paradise “
Dir. by Yun Jiang
"Fangio: Courage or Destiny" follows a young boy as he is confronted with his future and the decisions he must make to fulfill his destiny. Inspired by the 1955 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Argentina, where Juan Manuel Fangio had to suffer third-degree burns on his leg in order to win the race.
Daniel and Charles, a same-sex couple from China, travel to Tuscany, Italy to hold a dreamy wedding ceremony. Friends offer blessings to the couple. However, a young girl Mimi seems puzzled by the presence of two grooms. In the end, Daniel and Charles make a decision to confess their true relationship to Daniel's mother.
Slick Rick’s VICTORY is a landmark cinematic visual album executive produced alongside Idris Elba and directed by visionary filmmaker Meji Alabi. Four years in the making, the project marks Slick Rick’s first body of work in over 25 years — a bold, genre-defying return that expands the language of hip-hop storytelling through film, music, spoken word, and visual art.
Best Experimental
Best Student Film
“ Gardeners “
Dir. by Merry May Ma
“ Mirrors & Letters “
Dir. by Chenguang Wang
At the risk of losing her job, a burned-out chemical engineer teeters on the edge of a breakdown, but a chance encounter with a mushroom musician reveals an unexpected discovery hidden in the nano-landscapes.
As her eldest son lies dying, a mother attempts to repair the broken relationship between her two sons. The younger son, trapped between guilt and buried resentment, reluctantly carries out his mother’s wishes, only to have his gesture violently rejected. After the eldest son’s death, a letter of forgiveness allows the younger son to finally let go—until it is revealed the letter was written by the mother, not the brother.
Best Music Video
Best Script
“One Week with Gerald “
by Josh McConkey
“ CapitaliZoo “
Dir. by Ecem Lawton
Tom, a brilliant but disillusioned young medical student on the verge of dropping out, is assigned to care for Gerald—a 73-year-old World War II veteran with a sharp wit and a lifetime of untold stories. What begins as a routine hospital rotation becomes an unforgettable week-long journey through courage, sacrifice, love, and leadership as Gerald reveals the defining moments that shaped his life during and after the war. As the veteran’s health fades, Tom is forced to confront his own fears, purpose, and understanding of what it truly means to serve others. One Week With Gerald is an emotionally powerful character-driven drama about legacy, mentorship, resilience, and the enduring impact one life can have on another.
With “CapitaliZoo,” acclaimed actress Beren Saat steps into the music world, reintroducing herself through a carefully constructed visual and sonic transformation. The music video unfolds as a stylized allegory set within a surreal ecosystem of power and spectacle, where movement, image, and control intersect. Through precise choreography and a polished cinematic lens, Beren embodies a state of constant becoming—positioning the work as both a debut and a reinvention.
Best Director
Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar
Best Actor
Onur Berk Arslanoğlu
Best Actress
Nilay Erdönmez
Best Cinematography
“ The Wealth “
Dir. by Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar
Best Costume Design
“ CapitaliZoo “
Dir. by Ecem Lawton
Best Editing
“ VICTORY “
Dir. by Meji Alabi, Ben Solomon
Best Original Score
“ Fangio: Courage or Destiny (Coraje o Destino) “
Dir. by Nicolas Pedro Villarreal
Best Production Design
“ The Wealth “
Dir. by Muzaffer Mehmet Çağlar
Official Selections, Category “Best” and Honorable Mention Winners
“ Bloodroot “
by Scott Boswell
“ DEAD EAST "Nippon Flight 319“
by Paul Alan Gober
“ DOWN AND OUT IN THE VALLEY “
Dir. by Mari Walker
“ Forecast “
by Aaron Ryan
“ INVISIBLE WOUNDS “
Dir. by Torsten Lang
“ Iterum “
by Franck Mèndez
“ Plastic Jesus “
Dir. by Joshua Guesford
“ The African “
by Nnamdi Nwosa
“ Too Closely Dublin “
Dir. by Jason H Munden, Ashlieya Mariano
“ Who Am I? I Thought I was An American... “
Dir. by Anthony Myung-Hoon TeJumson
“ Worcester v. Georgia “
by Grant Huffman
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Honorable Mention Finalist
“ A Book of Freedom: The Confessions of Francisco Menéndez “
Dir. by Students of the Cinematic Art Program at Flagler College
“ Accidental Truth Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure “
Dir. by Ron James
“ Anchor Points “
Dir. by Victor Quijada, Samuel Greffe
“ Assalti Frontali - A Tale of Resistance “
Dir. by Paolo Fazzini, Francesco Principini
“ Call Me Joe “
Dir. by Franco Ceredi
“ Callbacks “
Dir. by Samuel Daniel Miller
“ Forever Damned “
Dir. by Julius Corbin
“ Forged by Hell - The War Trough the Eyes of Solders “
Dir. by Denis Vorobiov
“ Game Girls “
Dir. by Alina Skrzeszewska
“ Golden Hearted “
Dir. by Millena Gay
“ If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem “
Dir. by Rodolfo Felipe Bravo
“ Isolation “
Dir. by Maher Ahmed
“ Roadside Delivery “
Dir. by Culumbus E Nkwocha
“ Strolling Down Brighton Pier “
Dir. by Kenny McCracken
“ SYNC “
Dir. by Luboš Vacke
“ The People´s Code “
Dir. by Coizta Grecko
“ WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE? “
Dir. by Kazumi Shimizu
Category Winners
Honorable Mention
Official Selections
