The 2005 International Gay Film Awards is the only award show to recognize and celebrate gay themed theatrical motion pictures films that have had limited theatrical releases and have been overlooked by the mainstream awards shows. By changing perceptions of gay life and enhancing the community’s visibility worldwide through film, the independent gay films nominated challenge people’s ideas of what’s normal and accepted.
The Award show will be held in the heart of Hollywood Friday, February 25, 2005 at 7:30 pm. The event will be an evening to celebrate the theatres, film festivals, distributors, filmmakers, financiers and stars who have contributed in bringing these stories to audiences worldwide. Presenters of the Awards will be celebrities and filmmakers from the independent film community.
Winners will be awarded the GLITTER AWARD. “The name glitter was chosen because we believe that all of these films one way or another have had an impact on peoples lives and deserve an opportunity to shine,” says Jorge
Ameer, Executive Director of the awards show.
2005 NOMINATED MOTION PICTURES
ADORED: DIARY OF A PORN STAR – ITALY (Wolfe Releasing)
Writer/Director: Marco Filiberti
Production Co.: Campinella Productions
A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Warner Independents)
Writer: Michael Cunningham
Director: Michael Mayer
Production Co.: Hart-Sharp Entertainment
A THOUSAND CLOUDS OF PEACE – MEXICO (Strand Releasing)
Writer/Director – Julian Hernandez
Production Co. : Nubes Cine
BAD EDUCATION – Spain (Sony Pictures Classics)
Writer/Director: Pedro Almodovar
Production Co.: Canal + Espana/El Deseo
BROTHER TO BROTHER (Wolfe Releasing)
Writer/Director: Rodney Evans
Production Co: C-Hundred Film
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS – UNITED KINGDOM (ThinkFilm)
Writer/Director: Stephen Fry
Production Co.: The Film Consortium
BEAR CUB (Cachorro) SPAIN (TLA Releasing)
Writer/Director: Miguel Albaladejo
Production Co.: Hispanocine Producciones Cinematograficas
BULGARIAN LOVERS -SPAIN (TLA Releasing)
Writer/Director: Eloy de la Iglesia
Productions Co.: Altube Filmeak
CALLAS FOREVER (Here! Films)
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Production Co. Mediapro Pictures
CARANDIRU – (Sony Picture Classics)
Writer/Producer/Director: Hector Babenco
Production Company: Br. Petrobas
COWBOYS & ANGELS -IRELAND (TLA Releasing)
Writer/Director: David Gleeson
Production Co. Wide Eye Films
GYPSY 83
Writer/Director; Todd Stephens
Production Co.: Velvet Films
JUNKED – (Hollywood Independents)
Writer/Director: Lance Lane
Productions Co. Harley’s House/ Junked Productions
KINSEY (Fox Searchlight)
Writer/Director: Bill Condon
Production Co: American Zoetrope
LATTER DAYS – (TLA Releasing)
Writer/Director: C. Jay Cox
Production Co.:Davis Entertainment Filmworks
MERCI DOCTEUR REY -FRANCE (Here! Films)
Writer/Director: Andrew Litvac
Production Co.::Eat Your Soup Productions
MY MOTHER LIKES WOMEN-SPAIN (Norador Productions)
Dir. Daniela Fejerman
Production Co. Fernando Colomo Producciones Cinematograficas
MY WIFE MAURICE – FRANCE (TLA Releasing)
Writer/Director: Jean-Marie Poire
Production Co.:Comedie Star
PROTEUS – CANADA/AFRICA (Strand Releasing)
Writer/Director: John Greyson
Production Co.; Pluk Productions
THE RASPBERRY REICH – GERMANY (Strand Releasing)
Writer/Director: Bruce La Bruce
Production Co: Jurgen Bruning Filmproduktion
THE SINGING FOREST (Hollywood Independents)
Writer/Director: Jorge Ameer
Production Co.: A.J. Productions
24th DAY (Screen Media Ventures)
Dir. Tony Piccirillo
Production Co. Nazz Productions
STRAIGHT JACKET (Here! Films)
Writer/Director: Richard Day
Production Co.: SRO Pictures
SHE HATE ME (Sony Pictures Classics
Writer/Director: Spike Lee
Production Co.: 40 Acres and a Mule
SHOWBOY – (Here! Films)
Writer/Director: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann
Production Co. Fite Films
STAGE BEAUTY – UNITED KINGDOM (Lions Gate Films)
Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Richard Eyre
Production Co.: Artisan Entertainment
TWIST – CANADA (Strand Releasing)
Writer/Director: Jacob Tierney
Production Co.: Victorious Films
TESTOSTERONE (Strand Releasing)
Dir. David Moreton
Production Co.: Blue Streak Films
TRANSFIXED – BELGIUM/FRANCE (Picture This! Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Francis Girod
Production Co. France 3 Cinema
TOUCH OF PINK -CANADA (Sony Pictures Classics)
Writer/Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Production Co.: Martin Pope Productions
WASABI TUNA – (Cafe Entertainment Studios)
Dir. Lee Friedlander
Production Co. Cafe Entertainment Studios
YES NURSE! NO NURSE! NETHERLANDS (Here!
Films)
Writer/Director: Pieter Kramer
Production Co.: Bos Bro. Film & TV Productions
YOU’LL GET OVER IT (A cause d’un farcon) FRANCE (Picture This!
Entertainment)
Writer: Herve Chabalier
Director: FAbrice Cazenueve
Production Co. Capa Drama
YOU I LOVE (Ya Lyublu Tebya) RUSSIA (Picture This! Entertainment)
Director: Olga Stolpovskaja, Dmitry Troitsky
PERFORMANCE NOMINATIONS
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Gael García Bernal -BAD EDUCATION
David Sutcliffe – TESTOSTERONE
Jimmy Mistry – TOUCH OF PINK
Jose Luis Garcia Perez – BEAR CUB
Matt Letscher – STRAIGHT – JACKET
Liam Neeson – KINSEY
Marco Filiberti – ADORED
Thomas Jane – JUNKED
Craig Pinkston – THE SINGING FOREST
Steve Sandvoss – LATTER DAYS
Anthony Mackie – BROTHER TO BROTHER
Christian Taylor – SHOWBOY
Colin Farrell – A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Peter Sarsgaard – KINSEY
(In the role of Kinsey’s male love interest)
Adam Greer – STRAIGHT JACKET
(In the role of Guy’s male love interest)
Roger Robinson – BROTHER TO BROTHER
(In the role of Bruce Nugent, Perry’s mentor)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jacqueline Bisset – LATTER DAYS
(In the role of the restaurant owner)
Veronica Cartwright – STRAIGHT JACKET
(In the role of agent to Guy Stone)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Fanny Ardant – CALLAS FOREVER
Rosa Maria Sarda – MY MOTHER LIKES WOMEN
Suleka Mathew – TOUCH OF PINK
Carrie Preston – STRAIGHT – JACKET
Laura Linney – KINSEY
DOCUMENTARIES
TARNATION – (Wellspring)
Writer/Director: Jonathan Caouette’s
TYING THE KNOT – (Roadside Attractions)
Dir. Jim de Seve
Production Co.: 1049 Films
