Winner - Best Music Documentary at DTLAFF

DTLA Film Festival Announces 2023 Filmmaker Awards

Nicki Micheaux’s ‘Summer of Violence’ Takes Best Picture, ‘Hail Mary’s’ Rosemary Rodriquez Named Best Director and the two features share Audience Favorite Award

‘It’s Basic’ Honored as Best Documentary, and ‘The Fourth’ Best Short, and ‘This Is Your Song’ Best Screenplay, ‘The Countdown’ Best TV Pilot, ‘Girl at a Bar’ Best Web Series

LOS ANGELES | Nov. 5, 2023 – DTLA Film Festival – a leading showcase from independent films in Los Angeles – announced today its 2023 Filmmakers Awards. Director-writer Nicki Micheaux’s “Summer of Violence,” the festival’s Centerpiece Film, won Best Picture. Rosemary Rodriguez, the director of the festival’s Opening Night Film, “Hail Mary,” was named Best Director, and the two tied for Audience Favorite Award. “It’s Basic” by Marc Levin took the Best Documentary award.

The 15th annual DTLA Film Festival, Nov. 1-5 at Regal L.A. LIVE, concluded today with the screening of the Closing Night Film, “Women In Fire,” which was honored with the Best Cinematography – Documentaries award and received a $1,500 in-kind prize from festival sponsor Colorspace Finishing, presented by owner Peter Swartz.

Other winners included Hassan Said and Lourdes Figueroa of “This Is Your Song” for Best Screenplay, and non-gender-specific Best Actors honors went to Natalia de Riego (“Hail Mary”), Rachael Holoway (“Numb”), Zosia Mamet (“Molli and Max in the Future”), Johanna Putnam (“Shudderbugs”), Paul Reiser (“The Problem With People”) and Brian Walsh (“This Is Your Song”) with the Best Ensemble Cast prize going to “Darla In Space.”

Read about all wins including BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY for Method Sampling, here.