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Ja’Lisa Arnold Wins 2025 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award; Christopher Guerrero Set For Initiative’s Audience Award

The Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award recipients for 2025 are Ja'Lisa Arnold and Christopher Guerrero.

Arnold’s award-winning film Grief Cannot Exist Without Joy follows Tobi, a gifted musician struggling with the recent loss of his brother, Lou. His only path to healing is through music — by completing an unfinished song dedicated to his sibling, he confronts his grief and finds a way forward. This year’s included De Sanctis; Christine Messineo (Director of Americas, Frieze); Tayanna Todd (Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group); filmmaker and artist Rhys Ernst; Erin Christovale (Hammer Museum); and Oscar-nominated filmmaker RaMell Ross ( Nickel Boys).

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