Established in 1999, the Juried Awards for Outstanding First Narrative Feature and Outstanding Documentary Feature have recognized exceptional films and filmmakers. In 2022, we introduced two juried awards for short films: Outstanding Narrative Short and Outstanding Documentary Short.

2024 First Narrative Feature: National Anthem
             Honorable Mentions: In the Summers and Young Hearts
           Documentary Feature: Fragments of a Life Loved (Frammenti di un percorso amoroso)
            Narrative Short: Paradise Europe (Du Bist so Wunderbar)
             Honorable Mentions: If I’m Here It Is by Mystery (Se Eu Tô Aqui é Por Mistério) and Ripe!
            Documentary Short: Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr
             Honorable Mentions: Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way & You can’t get what you want but you can get me

2023 First Narrative Feature: 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas)
             Honorable Mention: Big Boys
           Documentary Feature: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
             Honorable Mention: Every Body
            Narrative Short: The Cutest and Funniest Animals in the World (Os Animais Mais Fofos e Engraçados do Mundo)
            Documentary Short: Ob scene (Ob scena)

2022 First Narrative Feature: So Damn Easy Going (Så jävla easy going)
             Honorable Mentions: Besties (Les meilleures) and Unidentified Objects
            Narrative Short: Tank Fairy (桶妝仙女)
             Honorable Mention: Monsieur Le Butch
            Documentary Short: Holding Moses
             Honorable Mention: I Just Wanna Dance

2021 First Narrative Feature: Milkwater
             Honorable Mentions: Language Lessons and Firebird

2020 First Narrative Feature: Two of Us (Deux)

2019 First Narrative Feature: End of the Century (Fin de siglo)
             Honorable Mention: Zen in the Ice Rift (Zen sul ghiaccio sottile)
           Documentary: Vision Portraits 

2018 First Feature: Retablo
           Documentary: When the Beat Drops

2017 First Feature: The Wound (Inxeba)
           Documentary: Strong Island

2016 First Feature: Jonathan
           Documentary: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

2015 First Feature: In the Grayscale (En la gama de los grises)
             Honorable Mention: Stories of Our Lives
           Documentary: Alex & Ali
             Honorable Mention: The Amina Profile

2014 First Feature: Something Must Break (Nånting måste gå sönder)
             Honorable Mention: Lilting
           Documentary: Kumu Hina
             Honorable Mention: Regarding Susan Sontag

2013 First Feature: Out in the Dark (Alata)
             Honorable Mention: Concussion
           Documentary: Valentine Road
             Honorable Mentions: Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton and The New Black

2012 First Feature: Facing Mirrors (Aynehaye Rooberoo)
             Honorable Mention: My Brother the Devil
           Documentary: The Invisible Men (Gvarim Bilti Nirim)
             Honorable Mention: I Am a Woman Now

2011 First Feature: The Evening Dress (La robe du soir)
             Honorable Mention: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
           Documentary: Wish Me Away
             Honorable Mention: Hit So Hard

2010 First Feature: Undertow (Contracorriente)
           Documentary: Dzi Croquettes
             Special Mention: Postcard to Daddy

2009  

2008  

2007 First Feature: Glue
           Documentary: Red Without Blue

2006 First Feature: Stray Cats (Mga pusang gala)
           Documentary: Cruel and Unusual

2005 First Feature: Gypo
           Documentary: Zero Degrees of Separation

2004 First Feature: Eating Out
           Documentary: Tying the Knot

2003 First Feature: The Child I Never Was (Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen)
           Documentary: Straight Out (Hrein og bein) and Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary

2002 First Feature: Guardian of the Frontier (Varuh meje)
           Documentary: Georgie Girl

2001 First Feature: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2000 First Feature: Urbania

1999 First Feature: Head On