July 7-17, 2011 -- OutFest

July 7-17, 2011
OutFest
Los Angeles, CA



"No Look Pass"
Writer / Director: Melissa Johnson
Featuring: Emily Tay, Katie Rollins

Melissa Johnson

Melissa Johnson

Melissa Johnson

Melissa Johnson

Melissa Johnson, Emily Tay, Katie Rollins

Emily Tay

Emily Tay

Katie Rollins

Katie Rollins

Katie Rollins, Emily Tay

Emily Tay, Katie Rollins

Emily Tay

Emily Tay, Katie Rollins

Emily Tay, Katie Rollins

Emily Tay, and her brother Lawrence Tay

OUTFEST 2011 AWARD WINNER

Special Programming Award for Freedom

Sponsored by GLAAD

NO LOOK PASS, Directed by Melissa Johnson

For its unflinching look at the life of a young lesbian basketball star facing the hardships of coming out and a relationship challenged by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the Outfest Special Programming Award for Freedom goes to NO LOOK PASS.

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"Vacation!"
Writer / Director: Zach Clark
Cast: Trieste Kelly Dunn, Lydia Hyslop Tara Everhart, Maggie Ross, and Melodie Sisk

Zach Clark Writer / Director "Vacation!"

Melodie Sisk

Melodie Sisk, Lydia Hyslop

Tara Everhart, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Melodie Sisk, Lydia Hyslop

Trieste Kelly Dunn

Lydia Hyslop

Tara Everhart

Zach Clark

Trieste Kelly Dunn, Melodie Sisk

Lydia Hyslop

Lydia Hyslop

Trieste Kelly Dunn

Tara Everhart

Zach Clark

Zach Clark

Melodie Sisk

Melodie Sisk, Zach Clark





Melodie Sisk,

Melodie Sisk,





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Logan Kibens (L)

Writer / Director: "Recessive"




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"Where's The Money"
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kevin Iwashina
Panel: Kyle Henry, Samantha Housman, Jennifer Arnold, Christopher Racster, Casper Andreas

Sheri Greicar
ACCESS LA

Kevin Iwashina, Moderator
Managing Partner at Preferred Content

Kyle Henry, Samantha Housman, Kevin Iwashina

Jennifer Arnold, Christopher Racster, Casper Andreas

Casper Andreas
Dir. "Violet Tendencies" and "Going Down in La-La Land"

Samantha Housman
Producer: "The Four-Faced Liar"

Christopher Racster
Producer: "Sprok" and "Save Me"

Jennifer Arnold
Dir.: "A Small Act" and "American Mullet"

Kevin Iwashina

Kyle Henry

Samantha Housman

Casper Andreas

"Where's The Money" Panel
Casper Andreas, Kyle Henry, Kevin Iwashina, Samantha Housman, Jennifer Arnold, Christopher Racster, Sheri Greicar




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David Lewis
Writer / Direcctor "Longhorns"

Derek Efrain Villanueva, David Lewis

Veronica Kedar Writer / Dir.: "Joe + Belle"
Kim Yutani, OutFest Programmer

xxx, Veronica Kedar

xxx, Veronica Kedar


Christine Chew
Writer / Director: "Slow Burn"

Christine Chew

Veronica Kedar


xxx, Veronica Kedar, xxx

xx, Christine Chew, yyy

Kanchi Wichmann
Writer / Director: "Break My Fall"




Craig Smith, HGTV






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ACCESS LA
Industry Mixer
Hosted by NBC Universal

Melodie Sisk, Todd Hughes Writer: "Hit So Hard"







Heidi M. Sallows, Cat Smits
"BumbleFuck, USA"

Heidi M. Sallows, Cat Smits

Heidi M. Sallows, Xander Nijsten, Cat Smits

Heidi M. Sallows, Xander Nijsten, Hayo van Gemert, Cat Smits

Hayo van Gerhart (DP), Aaron Johnston (Director), Hayo van Gemert (Editor)
"BumbleFuck, USA"





Rikki Beadle-Blair (R)

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"BumbleFuck, USA"
Writer / Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston
Cast: Cat Smits, Heidi M. Sallows

Cat Smits

Heidi M. Sallows

Heidi M. Sallows

Heidi M. Sallows

Sanne Himmelreich

Sanne Himmelreich

Xander Nijsten, Editor

Hayo van Gemert, Director of Photography

Aaron Johnston, Director


Heidi M. Sallows, Cat Smits, Sanne Himmelreich

Heidi M. Sallows, Cat Smits, Sanne Himmelreich

Heidi M. Sallows, Aaron Johnston, Cat Smits

Cat Smits, Heidi M. Sallows



Jennifer Jordan Day

Aaron Johnston

Heidi M. Sallows

Cat Smits

Cat Smits, Heidi M. Sallows

Heidi M. Sallows, Cat Smits

Storm Troopers' Helmet!

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"We Have To Stop Now"
Season 2
Cast: Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono, Suzanne Westenhoefer, John W. McLaughlin, Ann Noble

Jill Bennett, xxx, Cathy DeBuono

Cathy DeBuono

Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono

Jill Bennett

John W. McLaughlin


Cathy DeBuono, John W. McLaughlin, Jill Bennett

Cathy DeBuono, Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett, Meredith Baxter, Cathy DeBuono

Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono







Cathy DeBuono

Jill Bennett

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"Habana Muda"
Director: Eric Brach

Bruce Gross, MA
President / CEO
WRAD, Inc

Bruce Gross, MA

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"Private Romeo"
Directed by Alan Brown
Screenplay by: Alan Brown

John Anson Ford Theater
Los Angeles, CA

Janay Jefferson, Gilbert Villagrana, Beth Roper
Matlock Advertising & Public Relations
Neil Stone, Mini of Universal City

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"Margaret Cho's Cho Dependent"
Directed by Lorene Machado
Starring: Margaret Cho

John Anson Ford Theater
Los Angeles, CA

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OUTFEST 2011 AWARD WINNERS

Special Programming Award for Freedom Sponsored by GLAAD NO LOOK PASS, Directed by Melissa Johnson For its unflinching look at the life of a young lesbian basketball star facing the hardships of coming out and a relationship challenged by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the Outfest Special Programming Award for Freedom goes to NO LOOK PASS.

Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement Sponsored by APA THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE, Directed by Marie Losier For matching the conceptual daring and aesthetic bravado of its subjects' lives with an equally powerful filmmaking style and for never losing sight of the love story that flourished in an atmosphere of gender experimentation and conceptual music, the Outfest Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement goes to Marie Losier, director of THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE.

Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent Sponsored by Greenhouse Studios Madeleine Olnek, Writer/Director of CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME For her witty and creative vision, her skill at eliciting memorable performances, for deftly blending old school science fiction and deadpan comedy, and for believing that true love exists even if it means going to another planet to find it, the Outfest Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent goes to Madeleine Olnek, the writer/director of CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME.

Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film Sponsored by Ramada Plaza Hotel West Hollywood SAME DIFFERENCE, Directed by Catherine Opie & Lisa Udelson

Audience Award for Outstanding Dramatic Short Film Sponsored by Wolfe Video TSUYAKO, Directed by Mitsuyo Miyazaki

Audience Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature Film Sponsored by World of Wonder WE WERE HERE, Directed by David Weissman & Bill Weber

Audience Award for Outstanding Dramatic Feature Film Sponsored by Relativity Media 3, Directed by Tom Tykwer

Audience Award for Outstanding First U.S. Dramatic Feature Film Sponsored by HBO (cash prize of $5,000 from HBO) CIRCUMSTANCE, Directed by Maryam Keshavarz

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film Sponsored by Yellow Cab Company THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL, Directed by Shawn Nee For its moving examination of one man's emotional journey through a complex and systematic issue of inequity which currently and will continue to affect many of us, we award the Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Short Film to THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL, directed by Shawn Nee.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Short Film Sponsored by CRE - Computer Rentals & AV Solutions I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ALONE, Directed by Daniel Ribeiro For its sensitive and original portrayal of a young man's self-realization of his sexuality, and for the quality of its direction, writing, and its performances, we award the Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Short Film to I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ALONE, directed by Daniel Ribeiro.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature Film Sponsored by Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel HABANA MUDA, Directed by Eric Brach This year's winning documentary is a beautifully crafted narrative that reveals multiple worlds and gives us access to intimate moments and complex relationships. It's a very personal story that rises above the issues it explores, and entertains us in every moment.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature Film Sponsored by The Standard WEEKEND, Directed by Andrew Haigh This year's winning international dramatic feature film is a touching, authentic portrayal of gay life as we truly experience it: not stylized, not glamorized, but heartfelt, perceptive and absorbingly real. From the first frame it manages to get beneath the artifice we are used to. In its own quiet, unflinching way it leaves you a little bit changed, and yet more yourself than you ever were.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Sponsored by Glee Nikohl Boosheri, CIRCUMSTANCE For her fierce and sensual portrayal of a young woman struggling to balance the tumultuous landscape of her sexuality in a world in flux around her, the Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film goes to Nikohl Boosheri for her portrayal of Atafeh in CIRCUMSTANCE.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film Sponsored by Macy's THE CAST OF PRIVATE ROMEO For bringing fresh life to a timeless love story and infusing each moment with a 21st century immediacy that balances naked passion with longing and delivering it all with brilliant coherence, the Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film goes to the entire cast of PRIVATE ROMEO.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Screenwriting Sponsored by The New York Times Stephen Cone, THE WISE KIDS For a script that transports us to a world with rare authenticity and plunges into the lives of a myriad of characters with surprising depth and compassion and never judges its characters, the Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Screenwriting goes to Stephen Cone for THE WISE KIDS.

Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature Film

Sponsored by The Caprio Trust

THE WISE KIDS, Directed by Stephen Cone

We were very moved by this film not only as a love letter to the community it depicts but as a universal portrayal of characters both coming of age and coming of middle age. We also believe this film represents American independent cinema at its best and marks the discovery of a filmmaker with a compelling cinematic voice.

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