Outfest has announced its coveted 10th Annual Film Competition Awards in which 16 competitive film awards were announced in three categories: Grand Jury Awards, Audience Awards and Special Programming Awards.
Outfest 2004, the festival’s 22nd edition, featured 220 films and videos from 22 countries, exhibited in nine venues over 12 days. The festival boasted 98 separate programs, four galas, 69 feature film programs, 14 short film programs, six special events and five panels. The awards ceremony, held prior to the Los Angeles debut of Straight-Jacket at the John Anson Amphitheatre, included such celebrity presenters as Lauren Ambrose, Bobby Gant, Dave Koz, Lucy Lawless, Judith Light, Martha Plimpton and Kevin Williams.
The winners of the Grand Jury Awards are as follows:
OUTstanding American Narrative Feature – “Brother To Brother” Director: Rodney Evans
OUTstanding International Narrative Feature – “Wild Side” Director: Sebastean Lifshitz
OUTstanding Documentary Feature – “A Fine State This Is” Director: Jessica Chandler
OUTstanding Screenwriting – Ryan Shiraki and Lecia Rosenthal For “Poster Boy”
OUTstanding Actor in a Feature Film – Roger Robinson For “Brother To Brother”
OUTstanding Actress in a Feature Film – Robin Greenspan, Lacie Harmon & Lee Friedlander For “Girl Play”
The winners of the Audience Awards are as follows:
HBO OUTstanding First Narrative Feature – “Dorian Blues” Director: Tennyson Bardwell
This award also includes a $5,000 cash prize, courtesy of HBO
OUTstanding Lesbian Narrative Feature – “Girl Play” Director: Lee Friedlander
This award also includes a $1,000 cash prize, courtesy of Wolfe Video and Olivia Cruises
OUTstanding Narrative Feature – “Brother To Brother”
Director: Rodney Evans
OUTstanding Documentary Feature – “Drag Kings on Tour” Director: Sonia Slutsky
OUTstanding Narrative Short Film – “Gift For Living”
Director: Tamika Miller
OUTstanding Documentary Short Film – “Butch Mystique”
Director: Debra A. Wilson
OUTstanding Soundtrack – “Callas Forever” Director: Franco Zeffirelli
The winners of the Special Programming Awards are as follows:
Freedom Award – Patrik-Ian Polk, Writer/Director For “Noah’s Arc”
OUTstanding Emerging Talent – Ekachai Uekrongtham, Writer/Director For “Beautiful Boxer”
OUTstanding Artistic Achievement – Jennifer Reeves, Writer/Director For “The Time We Killed”
For more info, visit the Outfest website.
