Festival Awards
FRAMELINE43 AT&T AUDIENCE AWARDS
Since 1984 our audience has been responsible for awarding a select few films to receive the AT&T Audience Awards! At Frameline43, attendees will vote for Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Episodic, and Best Short Film. Putting the power in the audience's hands, the Frameline43 AT&T Audience Awards offer cash prizes to the favorite Feature ($1000), Documentary ($1000), Episodic ($500) and Short ($500) in the Festival. Audience members will be able to vote via text message from any text-enabled mobile device.
If you love a film, simply text the film's voting code to 55333 within six hours of the start of the screening. To find the film's voting code, look on-screen after the show or ask a staff member or a volunteer as you exit the screening. And remember: you get just one vote per film per mobile device. Standard messaging rates may apply (a small price to pay to support LGBTQ+ filmmakers).
The Frameline43 Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: Song Lang, dir. Leon Le
Best Documentary Film: Changing the Game, dir. Michael Barnett
Best Episodic: A Luv Tale: The Series, dir. Kay Oyegun
Best Short Film: Bubble, dir. Alyssa Lerner
FRAMELINE'S JURIED AWARDS
Frameline has a long history of supporting outstanding films and filmmakers, and we continue that tradition with our juried awards for First Feature and Best Documentary of Frameline43!
First Feature Award Winner: End of the Century, dir. Lucio Castro
Best Documentary Award Winner: Vision Portraits, dir. Rodney Evans
FRAMELINE AWARD
Established in 1986, the Frameline Award is given every year to a person or entity that has made a major contribution to LGBTQ+ representation in film, television, or the media arts. Past honorees range from film historian and author Vito Russo, to Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan, avant-garde lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer, drag artiste extraordinaire Divine, actor-activist George Takei, producer Christine Vachon, long-time leader of the Festival and the organization Michael Lumpkin, and producer/distributor Marcus Hu.
This year, Frameline's Board and Staff are proud to present the Frameline Award to Rodney Evans.
Designed to honor those who have "made a major contribution to LGBTQ+ representation in film, television or the media arts", The Frameline Award has been given at each festival since 1986 to:
1986 Vito Russo
1987 Alexandra von Grote
1988 Divine
1989 Cinevista/Promovision
1990 Robert Epstein
1991 Elfi Mikesch
1992 Marlon Riggs
1993 Pratibha Parmar
1994 Christine Vachon
1995 Marcus Hu
1996 Peter Adair
1997 Channel Four Television
1998 Dolly Hall
1999 Stanley Kwan
2000 Barbara Hammer
2001 The Festival's Founders
2002 Isaac Julien
2003 Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato
2004 Rose Troche
2005 Gregg Araki
2006 Francois Ozon
2007 Andrea Sperling
2008 Michael Lumpkin
2009 George & Mike Kuchar
2010 Wolfe Video
2011 Margaret Cho
2012 B. Ruby Rich
2013 Jamie Babbit
2014 George Takei
2015 Jeffrey Schwarz
2016 Robert Hawk
2017 Alan Cumming
2018 Debra Chasnoff
2019 Rodney Evans