In the docu awards, grand jury prize went to “Hooligan” while Wang took home best director.
The award recognizes those who represent “the fierceness and spirit” of the Visual Communications founders, which is the festival’s producing organization.
The festival closed Thursday with the L.A. premiere of Jonathan Lim’s romantic drama “Pali Road.”
The 32nd annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival gave top prizes to two films directed by women: L.A.-based Lena Khan’s “The Tiger Hunter,” which won the grand jury prize for narrative feature; and the top winner in the docu category, Nanfu Wang’s “Hooligan Sparrow.” “Tiger,” which marks Khan’s feature-directing debut, also won three other prizes, including the audience award for fiction feature.