27th Festival Awards
Award Winners of the 27th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival
Here are the winning films. The Audience Awards are based on the ballots our patrons turned in after each program. The Jury Award is based on votes by the Out Film CT committee.
Winner – Tru Love
Runner Up – The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Special Mention – Boy Meets Girl
Winner – To Be Takei
Runner Up – Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Special Mention – A Self Made Man
Winner – A Last Farewell
Runner Up – She Said, She Said
Special Mention – Summer Vacation
Eric Schaeffer (Boy Meets Girl)
Actors Alexandra Turshen and Michelle Hendley
and director Eric Schaeffer in Skype session.
and director Eric Schaeffer in Skype session.
The Directors Award is intended to recognize a director whose vision brought something new and special to the film festival, and Eric Schaeffer’s Boy Meets Girl, as well as his on-screen Q&A via Skype, created a sensation that had audience members abuzz throughout the entire festival.
