The SoCal Film Awards, originally called the SoCal Independent Film Festival, has been celebrating movies and creators since 2005.

It’s latest edition has a variety of independent movies and screenplays to celebrate from all around the world, with an animated short film from Singapore taking top honors and claiming Best in Show at the 16th edition of the SoCal Film Awards.

A complete list of winners, finalists and honorable mentions is below.

Diamond Winners

DIAMOND AWARDS

Best Feature Film: Sword and Sorrow, Dir. Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi
Best Short: Personalized Futures, Dir. Max Delfino
Best Documentary Feature: Hometown Legends, Dir. Kolby Akamu Moser, Nainoa Langer
Best Documentary Short: GOAL: Same Game. New Players., Dir. Karen Arango
Best Screenplay (Long-Form): Moksha, Written by Saurin Lakhia
Best Screenplay (Short-Form): The 22, Written by Amanda Gecewicz

 

Awards of Excellence

Awards of Achievement

Additional Awards

Screenplay Finalists

Honorable Mentions