“Cowboys and “Welcome to the USA” were awarded the top prizes at the 32nd annual NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival.
Top honors went to writer and director Anna Kerrigan for “Cowboys,” who took home the Grand Jury Prize for narrative feature, while director Assel Aushakimova’s “Welcome to the USA” won the Grand Jury Prize for international feature.
Director Posy Dixon’s “Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story” took home the documentary feature prize, and “Queenie” director Cai Thomas won for New York short.
The announcement was made today at the festival’s virtual award ceremony by NewFest Executive Director David Hatkoff and Director Of Programming Nick McCarthy.
The jury members — Rhys Ernst, Dino-Ray Ramos, and Isabel Sandoval; Whembley A. Sewell; Barbara Vasconez said, “We don’t often get to hear the stories of our trans elders through their own words, and to know that we have a living elder whose...
Top honors went to writer and director Anna Kerrigan for “Cowboys,” who took home the Grand Jury Prize for narrative feature, while director Assel Aushakimova’s “Welcome to the USA” won the Grand Jury Prize for international feature.
Director Posy Dixon’s “Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story” took home the documentary feature prize, and “Queenie” director Cai Thomas won for New York short.
The announcement was made today at the festival’s virtual award ceremony by NewFest Executive Director David Hatkoff and Director Of Programming Nick McCarthy.
The jury members — Rhys Ernst, Dino-Ray Ramos, and Isabel Sandoval; Whembley A. Sewell; Barbara Vasconez said, “We don’t often get to hear the stories of our trans elders through their own words, and to know that we have a living elder whose...
- 10/25/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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