Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards
2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival: April 23-30, 2009
 

Best Feature Film: Leonera / Lion’s Den by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil, 2008)
Special Mention: Actress Martina Gusman for Lion’s Den

Special Jury Award: Elève libre / Private Lessons by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, 2008)
Special Mention: Actor Jonas Bloquet for Death in Venice

Special Mention: Wu sheng feng ling / Soundless Wind Chime by Kit Hung (Hong Kong/China/Switzerland, 2008)
 

Best Documentary (ex-aequo): Khastegi / Sex My Life by Bahman Motamedian (Iran, 2008) and Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007)

Special Mention: Giorgio/Giorgia…storia di una voce by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008)

 

Best Short Film: Saliva by [...]

Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards
2009 Palm Springs Film Festival: January 6-19, 2008
 

Departures by Yojiro Takita
 

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature: Departures (Japan) directed by Yojiro Takita
Best Documentary Feature: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman (USA) directed by Eric Bricker
 
CRITICS AWARDS (foreign-language films submitted for the 2009 Academy Awards)
FIPRESCI Prize: Revanche, directed by Götz Spielmann
FIPRESCI Award for Best Actor: Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life (Canada) directed by Benoît Pilon
FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress: Martina Gusman, Lion’s Den (Argentina) directed by Pablo Trapero
 
New Voices / New Visions Award: Hooked (Romania/France) directed by Adrian Sitaru
Special Jury Mention: Rain (Bahamas), directed by Maria Govan
John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature (Narrative or Documentary): Amin Matalqa for Captain Abu Raed (Jordan/USA)
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