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Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival announces award winners
2019-10-11

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( CHICAGO, IL - October 10, 2019 ) Reeling: the Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival announces the highly anticipated juried, audience, and AARP Silver Image award winners for films screened at the 37th annual festival, September 19-29, 2019. The complete list of award-winning films follows:

Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature

15 YEARS

Director Yuval Hadadi

Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature

JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE

Director Tomer Heymann

Jury Award for Best Narrative Short

THE ONE YOU NEVER FORGET

Director Morgan Jon Fox

Jury Award for Best Documentary Short

OUR TRANSITION

Director Connor O'Keefe

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

THE SHINY SHRIMPS

Directors Cédric Govare & Maxime Le Gallo

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

THE ARCHIVETTES

Director Megan Rossman

Audience Award for Best Narrative Short

5A5B

Directors Michael Cicetti, Austin Bening, and Alix Korda

Audience Award for Best Documentary Short

THE GAY RUB

Director Michael J. Saul

AARP Silver Image Award

MAKING SWEET TEA

Directors John L. Jackson Jr. & Nora Gross

NARRATIVE FEATURE JURY

Bryan McHenry, filmmaker/animator/editor

Kerstin Karlhuber, director of FAIR HAVEN

Bryan Wendorf, Chicago Underground Film Festival founder/director

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE JURY

Michelle Memran, director of THE REST I MAKE UP

Jeffrey Saxenmeyer, director of THE CROWN

Matt Tyrnauer, director of STUDIO 54, SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD, WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?, and VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR

SHORTS JURY

Joseph Steiff, Professor of Cinema and Television Arts, Columbia College Chicago

Kellee Terrell, award-winning filmmaker and journalist

Robin Carnilius, director of McTUCKY FRIED HIGH

SJ Wright, author


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