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Our Talented Winners!

---Commercial/PSA---

Best Editor in commercial/PSA is Armen Perian for LAGAVULIN­: Champion. Art Center College of Design, USA.

Best Cinematographer in Commerical/PSA is Rahat Mahajan for The Guardian

Best Director in Commerical/PSA is Jae Young Park for Veronicas Voice. Art Center College of Design, USA.

Best Commercial/PSA is Armen Perian for LAGAVULIN­ Champion. Art Center College of Design, USA.

---Music Video---

Best Editor in Music Video is Tommy Lee for “Renminbi Tips”. Capilano University, Canada

Best Cinematographer in Music Video is Kathleen Marry Lee for His Eyes Are Closed

Best Director in Music Video is Alex/Kyle for MS MR­ “Think of you”. School of Visual Arts, USA

Best Music Video is Alex/Kyle for Foster the People, “Coming of Age”. School of Visual Arts, USA

---Narrative---

Best Editor in Narrative is Kyle Jones for Upstairs. Art Center College of Design, USA.

Best Cinematographer in Narrative is Arbaaz Shroff for A Little Ways Down The Toad

Best Director in Narrative is Natxo Fuentes for The Last Session. Centro de Estudios Cuidad de la Luz, Spain

Best Narrative is Kyle Jones for Upstairs. Art Center College of Design, USA.

Best Writer is Natxo Fuentes for The Last Session. Centro de Estudios Cuidad de la Luz, Spain

Best Experimental/Animation is Marco Prestini for CMYK. Art Center College of Design, USA.

Best Documentary is Nick Damian for Run to Live. Art Center College of Design, USA.

The Michael Gottlieb Award for Innovation goes to Tom Teller for "Harley". Chapman University, USA.

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We are so excited for the speakers of our 2nd annual film festival!

 Art Center College of Design

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Officially three more days till DIFF LA.

We would like to thank our generous sponsor Avion Tequila. The after-party features their top-shelf Tequila #aviontequila.

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An extra hand would be awesome.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/482576241788993/ Photographed by Ezekiel Williams.

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We would like to proudly announce our talented nominees…

---Best Animation | Experimental--- "How to Avoid Annoying People" USA - "CMYK" USA - "JOHN DOE" USA - "DTLA" Japan ---Best Documentary--- "Run To Live" USA - "Bowman" Switzerland - "Madness" USA - "Blacksmith" USA ---BEST Directing in a Commercial | PSA--- "Takeout Your Garden Campaign" South Korea - "LAGAVULIN | Champion" USA - "Verionica's Voice" USA ---BEST Cinematography in a Commercial | PSA--- "The Guardian" USA - "LAGAVULIN | The Notable Few" USA - "Manic Panic" USA ---BEST Editing in a Commercial | PSA--- "Takeout Your Garden Campaign" South Korea - "LAGAVULIN | The Notable Few" USA - "Manic Panic" USA ---BEST Commercial | PSA--- "LAGAVULIN | The Notable Few" USA - "Verionica's Voice" USA - "Manic Panic" USA ---BEST Directing in a Music Video--- 'MS MR - "Think of You"' USA - 'They Might Be Giants-"Am I Awake"' USA - "His Eyes Are Closed" Australia ---BEST Cinematography in a Music Video--- 'Foster the People - "Coming of Age"' USA - "His Eyes Are Closed" Australia - "Kill Paris: Falling in Love Again" USA ---BEST Editing in a Music Video--- 'MS MR - "Think of You"' USA - "Dresses - Painting Roses" USA - "Renminbi Tips" Canada ---BEST Music Video--- 'Foster the People - "Coming of Age"' USA - "Dresses - Painting Roses" USA - "His Eyes Are Closed" Australia ---BEST Directing in a Narrative--- "The Last Session" Spain - "Upstairs" USA - "Scapegoat" USA ---BEST Cinematography in a Narrative--- "Woodland Heights" USA - "Scapegoat" USA - "A little ways down the road" India ---BEST Editing in a Narrative--- "Upstairs" USA -

"Scapgoat" USA

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"Dream Girl" USA ---BEST Writing in a Narrative--- "The Last Session" Spain - "Upstairs" USA - "Scapegoat" USA ---BEST Narrative Film--- "The Last Session" Spain - "Upstairs" USA - "Scapegoat" USA Thank you to all of you who submitted! We are so excited to view these on the big screen!

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Creatives, comedians, trendsetters, game-changers and more of the most fascinating people in Los Angeles, brought to you via L.A. Weekly's People Issue 2014.

Check out @laweekly annual People issue on the stands this week. Glad to have them on board as a media partner. Maybe one of our winners will be profiled next year. It could be you! 

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DIFF is honored to have these inspirational women in film on our Female Filmmaker Panel! Janicza Bravo http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1891632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Nicola Marsh http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1958109/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Isabel Cueva http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036803/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Sami Kriegstein http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2349340/

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The 2014 LA Weekly Artopia will be held on Thursday, May 15th 2014 from 7pm - 11pm at Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles. Buy tickets here.

The DIFF team wants to thank our promotional partner LA Weekly, which has a big event of its own coming up! This is your LAST CHANCE to get tickets to the hottest Art event in Los Angeles. LA Weekly presents Artopia 2014 at Grand Central Market! With food, music, drinks, fashion, film and live art installations, you never know who or what you will meet!

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The film selection process is underway! So far we've received submissions from: Argentina, USA, Canada, Spain, India, Israel, Singapore, Greece, France, Australia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Iran, Japan.  Excited?  Yeah, we are too!

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Happy Wednesday!

Here's some DIFF news: Screenmaster Books will be providing copies of "The Hollywood Pitching Bible: A Practical Guide to Pitching Movies and Television" to the director and writer winners of DIFF LA.  www.screenmasterbooks.com

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The 2014 LA Weekly Artopia will be held on Thursday, May 15th 2014 from 7pm - 11pm at Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles. Buy tickets here.

We love our promotional partner LA Weekly since they always have the coolest events—next to DIFF! Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the Art event of the season! LA Weekly presents Artopia 2014 at Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles on May 15, 2014 from 7pm-11pm. Featuring food, music, drinks, fashion, film and live art installations, Artopia is celebration of the vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles!  T-33 days, 40 minutes, 22 seconds till DIFF LA http://diffla.org/#

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DOT INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL | for students, by students.

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The many faces behind DIFF LA.

T- 1 month, 2 weeks, 17 Hours, and 34 Minutes Till DIFF. 

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FREE SUBMISSION deadline extended!! + UNLEASH The Warrior June 07!

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DIFF LA is right around the corner. Don't miss your opportunity to submit your films to this FREE event. ‪#‎DIFFLA‬ ‪#‎Pazazz‬

T- 02 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT!

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Theo Martins | Total Recall

If you're a fan of crazy camera moves you'll love this!