Outfest announced its grand jury prize winners today, after the LGBTQIA+ film festival in Los Angeles wrapped its 41st edition.
Anhell69, directed by Theo Montoya, won the Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize.
The film set in Medellín, Colombia takes a hybrid doc-fictional approach to explore the country’s history of violence and the bleak prospects for many young people in Colombia.
POV magazine has called it “uncompromising and disturbing, the best kind of transgressive documentary filmmaking.” Queendom, directed by Agniia Galdanova, earned a Special Mention in the documentary feature category. [Scroll for full list of Outfest awards winners].
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