Outfest Award Winners Announced
July 17, 2006
By Lauren Horwitch
Outfest, L.A.’s largest gay and lesbian film festival, has announced the winners of its 12th annual Film Competition Awards.
15 winners where announced at an awards ceremony July 16 at the John Anson Amphitheatre hosted by Bruce Vilanch. Michael Carbonaro took home OUTstanding Actor in a Feature Film for his performance in Another Gay Movie, Diane Gaidry won the actress award for Loving Annabelle, and Ned Farr took home OUTstanding American Narrative Feature and a $2,500 cash prize for his film The Gymnast.
The 24th annual Outfest 2006 featured 209 films and videos from 28 countries, exhibited in nine venues over 12 days. The festival also included five galas, 70 feature film programs, 15 short film programs, six panels, and five special events.
All Outfest award winners are as follows:
Grand Jury Awards:
OUTstanding American Narrative Feature – The Gymnast
Director: Ned Farr
OUTstanding International Narrative Feature – Whole New Thing
Director: Amnon Buchbind
OUTstanding Documentary Feature – Small Town Gay Bar
Director: Malcolm Ingram
OUTstanding Screenwriting – Q. Allen Brocka and Phillip Pierce for Boy Culture
OUTstanding Actor in a Feature Film – Michael Carbonaro for Another Gay Movie
OUTstanding Actress in a Feature Film – Diane Gaidry for Loving Annabelle
Audience Awards:
HBO OUTstanding First Narrative Feature – The Gymnast
Director: Ned Farr
OUTstanding Narrative Feature – A tie
Loving Annabelle directed by Katherine Brooks
A Love to Hide directed by Christian Faure
OUTstanding Documentary Feature – Camp Out
Directors: Kirk Marcolina and Larry Grimaldi
OUTstanding Narrative Short Film – Available Men
Director: David Dean Bottrell
OUTstanding Documentary Short Film – My Crazy Life
Director: Carlos Arguello, Enzo Ybarra and APLA’s MPowerment & Studio
OUTstanding Soundtrack – Pick Up the Mic
Director: Alex Hinton
Special Programming Awards:
Freedom Award – Dan Hunt, Janet Boss and Reed Williams, Directors for Cruel and Unusual
OUTstanding Emerging Talent – Ash Christian, Director for Fat Girls
OUTstanding Artistic Achievement – Ho Tam, Director for Book of James
