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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 1997 Audience Awards:
| OUTstanding Narrative Feature(tie): | |
| BROADWAY
DAMAGE directed by Victor Mignatti |
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| FIRE directed by Deepa Mehta |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Feature: | |
| YOU DON'T KNOW DICK:
COURAGEOUS HEARTS OF TRANSEXUAL MEN directed by Bestor Cram |
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| OUTstanding Narrative Short: | |
| A SUMMER DRESS directed Francois Ozon |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Short: | |
| MARTYRS AND SAINTS directed by Simeon Hutner |
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| OUTstanding Short Video Fiction: | |
| THE NELLIE OLESONS directed by Laura Black |
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| OUTstanding Short Video Non-Fiction: | |
| ZERO BUDGET directed by Emma Hindley |
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Special Programming Awards:
| OUTstanding Emerging Talent: | |
| Ira Sachs,
Director, THE DELTA |
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Grand Jury Awards:
| OUTstanding American Narrative Feature: | |
| LILLIES
directed by Jon Greyson |
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| OUTstanding International Narrative Feature: | |
| A QUEER STORY directed by Shu Kei |
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| OUTstanding Documentary Feature: | |
| HIDE AND SEEK directed by Su Friedrich |
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| OUTstanding Screenwriting: | |
| NEVER MET PICASSO by Stephen Kijak |
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| OUTstanding Actor in a Feature Film: | |
| Alexis Arquette, NEVER MET PICASSO | |
| OUTstanding Actress in a Feature Film: | |
| Shabana Azmi, FIRE | |
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