Outfest 2009 Articles

First, openly gay film director Todd Holland (right) is accused of telling non-100% hetero performers to keep their sexuality hidden in the closet. Several days later, another openly gay film director, Don Roos, was reportedly even more blatant about the idea of keeping actors hanging in the closet. Adding insult to injury, those statements were made at a film festival named Outfest, Los Angeles' annual [...]

Outfest 2009 kicked off on July 9 with a gala presentation of Peter Bratt's La Mission at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles Benjamin Bratt at the La Mission screening Benjamin Bratt Photos: Courtesy of Outfest

The tale of a poor backwater family struggling against poverty, addiction, and assorted personal and social maladies, Tina Mabry's Mississippi Damned was the jury's pick for best U.S. narrative film at this year's edition of Outfest, Los Angeles' gay and lesbian film festival. Among the other Outfest 2009 jury winners were Stian Kristiansen's The Man Who Loved Yngve, the late 1980s tale (written by Tore [...]

2009 Outfest Awards 2009 Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: July 9-19 2009 Outfest winners   JURY AWARDS Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature Film MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, Directed by Tina Mabry Outstanding International Dramatic Feature Film THE MAN WHO LOVED YNGVE, Directed by Stian Kristiansen Outstanding Documentary Feature Film OFF AND RUNNING, Directed by Nicole Opper Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film Derrick L. Middleton (above, [...]