FilmOut San Diego

FilmOut San Diego, also known as the San Diego LGBTQ Film Festival, is an annual film festival in San Diego, California.

WWW Official Site 𝕏 FilmOutSD

History

Michael McQuiggan has been the festival programmer since 2003 and the venue locations include the North Park Theatre, San Diego [Natural History Museum] and Museum of Photographic Arts.

Notable films

FilmOut Programming Award

Freedom Award

2008: Mark Schoen and Betty Dodson
2009: Ensemble cast for Pedro
2010: Ensemble cast for Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!
2011: Harmony Santana for Gun Hill Road
2012: Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay for Zenne Dancer
2013: Robert L. Camina for Raid of the Rainbow Lounge
2014: Mike Skiff for Folsom Forever
2015: Erica Tremblay for In the Turn
2016: Robert L. Camina for Upstairs Inferno
2017: Josh Howard for The [Lavender Scare (film)|The Lavender Scare]
2018: Terrence McNally for Every Act of Life
2021: Stephanie Sellars and Benjamin Feuer for Lust Life Love
2022: Travis Fine for Two Eyes
2023: Marc Saltarelli for Studio One Forever
2024: Jules Rosskam for Desire Lines

Outstanding Emerging Talent

2008: James Vasquez for Ready? OK!
2009: Alex Loynaz for Pedro
2010: David Kittredge for Pornography: A Thriller
2011: Ben Bonenfant for Strapped and Sarah Stouffer for Bloomington
2012: Nathan Adloff for Nate & Margaret
2013: Dave Scala for Grotto
2014: Michelle Hendley for Boy Meets Girl
2015: Michiel Thomas for Game Face
2016: Connor Jessup for Closet Monster and Reef Ireland for Downriver
2017: McGhee Monteith for He Could've Gone Pro
2018: Jamal Douglas for The [Quiet Room (2018 film)|The Quiet Room]
2021: Wes Hurley for Potato Dreams of America
2022: Christopher Matias Aguila for Hotter Up Close
2023: Alex Diaz and Alan Cammish for Glitter & Doom
2024: Lou Goossens for ''Young Hearts''

Outstanding Artistic Achievement

2008: Jamie Babbit for Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2009: Nick Oceano for Pedro
2010: Nancy Kissam for Drool
2011: Jesús Garay for Eloïse's Lover
2012: Rolla Selbak for Three Veils
2013: Kai Stänicke for Cold Star & It's Consuming Me
2014: Zachary Halley for Grind
2015: Dean Francis for Drown
2016: Laurent Boileau for Lady [of the Night (2014 film)|Lady of the Night]
2017: Eli Mak for Devil Wears a Suit
2018: Drew Lint for M/M
2021: Jonathan Butterell for Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2022: Roman Němec for Where Butterflies Don't Fly
2023: Tom CJ Brown for Christopher at Sea
2024: Marwan Mokbel for ''The Judgement''

Filmmaker Career Achievement (Lifetime)

2011: Randal Kleiser
2012: Del Shores
2013: Divine
2015: Tab Hunter

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