The Los Angeles film festival concluded its 2025 run on Sunday, and less than a day later comes the reveal of the shorts award winners thanks to a jury made up of filmmakers Sue-Ellen Chitunya and Katherine Propper with film programmer, producer and publicist Rachel Walker.
The grand jury prize for live action went to Giulia Grandinetti’s Majonezë. “A young woman breaks free from the imposing forces of her life in this well-acted tale of family, love and rebellion. Immersing us in the local rituals and natural wonders of the Albanian countryside, Majonezë is an entertaining, cinematic punk rock fable,” praised the jury in its official statement.
The documentary short grand jury prize went to Charles Frank’s Shanti Rides Shotgun with the jury offering, “We enjoyed learning how to drive through the jam-packed streets of New York with Shanti. The candor, enthusiasm…
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