Los Angeles Film Festival awards

IndieWire has a overview of who won what at the latest LAFF. Prince of Broadway won the Target Filmmaker Award (for Best Narrative Feature), written by Sean Baker (who also directed) and Darren Dean. Here’s a synopsis of the movie:

Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky and Levon, two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of New York’s wholesale fashion district. Lucky, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Levon, a Armenian-Lebanese immigrant, operates an illegal storefront with a concealed back room where counterfeit goods are showcased to interested shoppers. Lucky’s world is suddenly turned upside down when a child is thrust into his life by a woman who insists the toddler is his son. While Lucky copes with his new domestic dilemma, Levon struggles to save a marriage that is falling apart.