– – HFPA president Ali Sar announced the winners of the third annual HFPA Short Film competition as judged by a jury of HFPA members from 20 submitted shorts.  For the third year in a row, short films from Lab participants were selected from an impressive field of works.

Grass,`wÿXˇ;color:#222222’>about how body hair shapes beauty standards and defines gender in the Arab world, Jeff Wong’s "Times New Roman";color:#1D2228’>H’mong SistersMatria by Alvaro Gago Diaz on the quotidian drama of a woman in Galicia.

Dashte Kamoush (The Wasteland) by Ahmad Kahrimi;  Lahi, Hayop (Genus Pan), Lav Diaz Best Director, and Special Jury Prize Listen, by Ana Rocha de Sousa.

  Los Angeles to share their work with industry professionals and the broader film community.