Andrew Ahn’s Spa Night, a film about a young Korean-American coming to terms with his sexual identity, was recognized with the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at Outfest, the Los Angeles LGBT film fest.
The event concluded Sunday, July 17, 2016, with a screening of Chris Kelly’s Other People, starring Jesse Plemons, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, Molly Shannon and June Squibb.
Joe Seo, who stars in Spa Night, also received a special mention for his performance.
The festival’s audience awards were presented to Nathan Adloff’s Miles, which received the U.S. Narrative Audience Award; Carly Usdin’s Suicide Kale, Audience Award for Best First U.S. Dramatic Feature; and Annalise Ophelian’s Major!, U.S. Documentary Audience Award.
A complete list of awards follows:
Audience Awards
U.S. Documentary Audience Award
Major!, directed by Annalise Ophelian
U.S. Narrative Audience Award
Miles, directed by Nathan Adloff
Audience Award for Best First U.S. Dramatic Feature
Suicide Kale, directed by Carly Usdin
Grand Jury Awards
Documentary Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
Major!, directed by Annalise Ophelian
Documentary Grand Jury Prize
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four, directed by Deborah Esquenazi
Special Mention for Outstanding Performance
Joe Seo, Spa Night
Best Screenwriting in a U.S. Feature
Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
U.S. Grand Jury Prize
Spa Night, directed by Andrew Ahn
International Grand Jury Prize
Being 17, directed by Andre Techine; cowriter Celine Sciamma
International Special Mention
The Nest, directed by Filipe Matzenbacher and Marcio Reolon.
Best Documentary Short
These Cocksucking Tears, directed by Dan Taberski.
Best Narrative Short
Fake It, directed by Tzurit Hartzion.
Special Mention for Artistic Achievement
B., directed by Kai Stänicke
Special Programming Awards
Emerging Talent
Twiggy Pucci Garçon and Sara Jordenö, Kiki
Freedom
Tiffany Rhynard and Moises Serrano, Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America
Artistic Vision
Kuba Czekaj, Baby Bump
