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OUTFEST HAS the most extensive awards program of any gay and lesbian film festival, bestowing 14 awards with cash prizes for film and video excellence. Three professional juries acknowledge excellence in American features, international features and documentary features. In addition, five audience awards are selected by post-screening ballots. Our three special programming awards include Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Outstanding Emerging Talent, and the Freedom Award.
OUTFEST 1996 Audience Awards:
| OUTstanding Narrative Feature(tie): | |
| WATERMELON
WOMAN directed by Cheryl Dunye |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Feature: | |
| PAUL MONETTE: THE BRINK
OF SUMMER'S END directed by Monte Bramer |
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| OUTstanding Narrative Short: | |
| SCREAM, TEEN, SCREAM
directed by Joshua Rosenzweig & Peter Spears |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Short: | |
| FICTION AND OTHER TRUTHS:
A FILM ABOUT JANE RULE directed by Lynne Fernie & Aerlyn Weissman |
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| OUTstanding Short Video Fiction: | |
| THE BODY OF A POET directed by Sonali Fernando |
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| OUTstanding Short Video Non-Fiction: | |
| TUTTI FRUTTI directed by Diane Wai |
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Grand Jury Awards:
| OUTstanding American Narrative Feature: | |
| CELESTIAL CLOCKWORK directed by Fina Torres |
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| OUTstanding
International Narrative Feature: Honorable Mention |
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| BOUND directed by Larry & Andy Wachowski |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Feature: | |
| SHINJUKU BOYS directed by Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams |
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| OUTstanding Screenwriting: | |
| STONEWALL written by Rikki Beadle Blair |
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Click on a year below to see the film competition winners: