Work is awarded in nine categories. After the close of the festival, finalists are announced in each category.

First place winners are screened at the festival, receive a trophy, an award certificate, and are listed on the winners page of the la new wavefilmfest website. All other awardees will be listed on the winners page of the la new wavefilmfest website, will receive an award certificate, and have a chance to be screened at the festival. All entrants will receive an imdb title page.

Awards will be given in the following categories:

Script Competition

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 scripts)

Short Film AwaRDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST MALE ACTOR

BEST FEMALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR

BEST EDITING

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEST STUNTS

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

BEST MAKE-UP

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Feature Film AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST MALE ACTOR

BEST FEMALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BEST EDITING

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEST STUNTS

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

BEST MAKE-UP

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Experimental FILM AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST PERFORMANCE

BEST CONCEPT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

BEST EDITING

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Animated Film AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST STORY

BEST MALE VOICEOVER ACTOR

BEST FEMALE VOICEOVER ACTOR

BEST ANIMATED VISUALS

BEST EDITING

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Short DocumentaRY AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST CONCEPT

BEST EDITING

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Feature DocumentarY AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST CONCEPT

BEST EDITING

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Music Video AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 videos)

MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT

BEST DIRECTING

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Student Film AWARDS

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Honorable Mention (Up to 10 films)

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST MALE ACTOR

BEST FEMALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BEST STUNTS

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

BEST MAKE-UP

BEST COSTUME DESIGN