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2000 PlanetOut Short Movie Awards: The Winners

PlanetOut and IFILM are proud to announce the winners of the First Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards! The votes have been tallied; now please join us in watching some of the best GLBT shorts of the year -- and share your comments in our member reviews area!


GRAND PRIZE WINNERS ($5000 each)
Closer Tina Gharavi
20 minutes
Fiction and documentary collide in this poignant character study of a 17-year-old lesbian.
Family Stephen Patrick Foery
15 minutes
This stirring documentary questions the meaning of "family" as Foery comes out to his biological family.

DRAMA
Juried First Prize Winner ($1000) and Audience Award Winner
Jean Anthony Fabian
10 minutes
An older woman is haunted by a mysterious young man. Find out the secret of their shared past as the story unfolds.

ANIMATION
Juried First Prize Winner ($1000) Audience Award Winner
Candy Kisses
Allyson Mitchell
4 minutes
You'll laugh, you'll cry. Candy Kisses tries to figure out why non-monogamy sucks so hard.
The Cucumber Chronicles: Episode 1 Bryan McHenry
3 minutes
This video deconstructs a gay personal ad using collage animation, ala Monty Python.

COMEDY
Juried First Prize Winner ($1000) and Audience Award Winner
How to Fake an Orgasm Dayna McLeod
10 minutes
Based on "How To" television, quick fix pop psychology, and self help advice books aimed at women, How to Fake an Orgasmis hysterically funny.

DOCUMENTARY
Juried First Prize Winner ($1000) and Audience Award Winner
Constructions Kathryn Xian
9 minutes
This touching documentary explores and interprets the brief life and work of artist Samantha Maeshiro and the unique, powerful, methods she employed.

EXPERIMENTAL
Juried First Prize Winner ($1000) Audience Award Winner
Me-ba...I'm Coming: A Travelogue
Kara Lynch
9 minutes
Me-baincorporates Super 8 landscapes, panoramic self portraits, and voice-over to recreate coming out in Africa.
A Seeker
Kian Kuan
6 minutes
A Seekerdocuments the filmmaker's introspective investigation of his own identity while living in two different cultures.


View the other finalists
Animation
  • Candy Kisses
  • Guileless Guile
  • Tease
  • Tit Chat
  • Animation Category Page

    Drama

  • Beyond These Walls
  • In My Secrecy
  • ...lost
  • The Ride
  • Drama Category Page

    Comedy

  • Cowboy Jesus
  • Devil Doll
  • Forever Bottom!
  • Lesbianage IV
  • Comedy Category Page

    Documentary

  • Closer
  • Family
  • Jake: Today I Become A Man
  • Straightboy Lessons
  • Documentary Category Page

    Experimental

  • Fluff
  • Restroom
  • A Seeker
  • The Shape of the Gaze
  • Experimental Category Page


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    Check out other films that participated in the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards (POSMA)

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    About IFILM
    Founded in October 1998, the IFILM Network is a unique online global film exchange for film fans, filmmakers, and industry professionals.


  • Get All the Details
  • 2002 PlanetOut Short Movie Awards
  • The Jury
  • Press Release
  • About IFILM.com
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    Celebrity Jurors
    Guinevere Turner Guinevere Turner made a splash on screen in 1992 as the writer, producer, and star of Go Fish. She's since worked on and in several independent and mainstream movies, including the much-anticipated American Psycho.

    Shari Frilot Shari Frilot is a programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and cofounder of the first gay film festivals in Latin America -- Mix Brasil and Mix Mexico.

    Marcus Hu Copresident of the internationally acclaimed distribution company Strand Releasing, Hu is also the producer of several award-winning films.



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