2009 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Awards
2009 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Oct. 16-25, 2009
A major box-office hit in its native Norway, Stian Kristiansen's The Man Who Loved Yngve chronicles the (homo)sexual awakening of a small-town male teenager after another male teen starts attending his school.
JURY AWARDS
BEST FEATURE FILM: The Man Who Loved Yngve, directed by Stian Kristiansen
FEATURE FILM HONORABLE MENTION: I Can’t Think Straight, directed by Shamim Sarif
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, directed by Gréta Olafsdóttir and Susan Muska
BEST SHORT FILM: Diana, directed by Aleem Khan
SHORT FILM HONOURABLE MENTION: Claiming the Title, directed by Jonathan Joiner and Robert H. Martin
MOST INNOVATIVE SHORT: The Apple, directed by Emilie Jouvet
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature: PRAYERS FOR BOBBY, directed by Russell Mulcahy
Best Documentary: EDIE & THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, directed by Gréta Olafsdóttir and Susan Muska
Best Local Film: WAXIE MOON, directed by Wes Hurley
Best Short: CLAIMING THE TITLE, directed by Jonathan Joiner and Robert H. Martin
Best Boys Short: DIRTY MAGAZINES, directed by Jay J. Levy
Best Girls Short: ONE NIGHT, directed by Laura Jean Cronin
MISSISSIPPI DAMNED IS A GREAT FILM.
GO SEE IT.
ONE OF THE BEST OF THE YEAR.