Audience Awards and Feedback

Reel Queer is pleased to announce the following winners of Audience Awards at Out Takes 2009 as voted by filmgoers. Congratulations to the winning filmmakers.

Joint Winners, Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature:

Patrik, Age 1.5 [Patrik 1.5] (Dir: Ella Lemhagen, Sweden, 2008)

Shelter (Dir: Jonah Markowitz, USA, 2007)

Other audience favourites were I Can't Think Straight, Shank, Were the World Mine and XXY.

Winner, Audience Award for Best Documentary:

Ask Not (Dir: Johnny Symons, USA, 2008)

Other audience favourites were Ten More Good Years, With Gilbert and George, Bi the Way and Fairytale of Kathmandu.

Winner, Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film:

Teddy (Dir: Christopher Banks, New Zealand, 2009)

Other audience favourites were Lucky Blue, The Postcard, Somewhere Only We Know, and The Window.