The OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival is an annual LGBT film festival produced by the Carolina Theatre in Durham, North Carolina, typically held in mid-August. The festival has been credited in previous years as the second largest LGBT film/video festival in the Southeastern United States. It has been consistently hosted in the same venue each year.
The festival debuted in 1995 as the Q Film Fest, renaming itself in the following year to North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. In 2020, festival organizers announced that the festival would change its name again to OutSouth Queer Film Festival.
Programming OUTSOUTH is international in its focus, screening and occasionally opening selected films and inviting filmmakers and actors from the screened films to attend. The three individual theater venues are in the same building and each are dedicated to the festival's programming.
The festival's program size has varied over the years. For many of its first years, the festival was typically a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday) and has attracted an average of 10,000 patrons each year. In 2012, OUTSOUTH expanded to a full week, bridging across two weekends. The festival has since reduced back down to a four-day program with an extended Après-Fest in the week following.
Awards The Festival has given a variety of awards to screened films over the years. Awards have been historically divided into Men's, Women's, and Trans categories and also divided on film length. +Audience AwardsYearCategoryWinnerReference2011Men's International ShortBoys Like You2012Men's FeatureThe Men Next DoorWomen's FeatureCloudburstDocumentaryWish Me Away2013Men's FeatureSouthern Baptist Sissies2014Men's FeatureMore Scenes from a Gay MarriageWomen's FeatureTru LoveShort FilmElectric Indigo2015Men's FeatureBetter Half and Upstairs Inferno (tie)Women's FeatureMargarita with a StrawTrans FeatureFrom This Day Forward2016Men's FeatureWhat's the Matter with Gerald?Women's International ShortRose DocumentaryThe Freedom to Marry2017Men's FeatureA Very Sordid WeddingTrans FeatureApricot GrovesDocumentaryBehind the Curtain: Todrick Hall2018Men's FeatureMy Big Gay Italian WeddingWomen's FeatureFreelancers AnonymousTrans FeatureTransmilitaryDocumentaryTo a More Perfect Union: U.S. v WindsorShortKick the Can2019Comedy FilmThese ThemsDrama FilmFrom Zero to I Love YouForeign FilmThe Shiny ShrimpsDocumentary FilmGay Chorus Deep South2021Short FilmThe Forgotten Place2023DocumentaryStudio One ForeverNarrative FeatureTwo Lives in Pittsburgh2024Short FilmSunflowers at Night +Jury AwardsYearCategoryWinnerReference2012Men's International ShortHouse for Sale2013Men's FeatureScenes from a Gay Marriage2014Men's FeatureMore Scenes from a Gay Marriage2015Men's Feature4th Man OutWomen's FeatureALTO2016Men's FeatureRetakeWomen's FeatureAWOLTrans FeatureGirls Lost2017Men's International ShortSisakWomen's Long Form ShortLilyWomen's FeatureCat SkinTrans International ShortDuskTrans FeatureApricot Groves2018Men's FeatureEvening ShadowsMen's International ShortFreefall and Turn It Around (tie)Men's ShortThe Date ProjectWomen's FeatureFreelancers AnonymousWomen's International ShortMargueriteTrans FeatureTransmilitaryTrans International ShortSomething About Alex2019Drama FeatureThe Garden Left BehindLesbian Web SeriesAnne PlusLong Form Dramatic ShortMiller & SonRomantic Comedy Feature2 in the Bush: A Love StoryUS Drama ShortBrothersUS FeatureLast FerryUS Comedy ShortThe HandymanMen's International ShortCarlito Leaves ForeverEmerging ShortMasks2020ShortOne More Please2021ShortSheer QormaLong Form Dramatic ShortFabiu2022Men's International ShortNeuzeit
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