( 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