Image courtesy of QFilm Festival.
The 2015 Long Beach QFilm Festival has sadly come to a close, but not without the announcement of Jury Awards and the first-time Audience Awards. Executive Director of The LGBTQ Center Long Beach, Porter Gilberg told the Post this year’s festival was their most successful to date.
“We welcomed dozens of filmmakers, cast, and crew and attendance broke records,” he said, calling the community response “simply astounding.”
“The Center looks forward to crunching the final numbers and getting ready to plan for our 2016 festival. With the support of our community, our fabulous sponsors, and the best and brightest LGBTQ filmmakers we know 2016 will also be one for the record books,” said Gilberg.
And the awards go to:
AUDIENCE AWARDS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
BFFs
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Clambake
JURY AWARDS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Upstairs Inferno
BEST SHORT FILM
Morning Announcements
BEST DIRECTOR-SHORT FILM
Kate Lefoe, Plunge
BEST DIRECTOR-FEATURE FILM
Catherine Stewart, While You Weren’t Looking
BEST DIRECTOR-DOCUMENTARY
Jeffrey Schwarz, Tab Hunter Confidential
BEST SCREENPLAY-SHORT FILM
Attie Albertus, Laurent Boileau, Pierre Coré, Lady of the Night
BEST SCREENPLAY-FEATURE
Michelle Ehlen, S&M Sally
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
Best Documentary Short: First Clue
Emerging Talent: Joey Kuhn, writer-director of Those People