The Frameline Audience Award – Best Feature is an award of the San Francisco Frameline Film Festival. Since the festival's inception in 1984 the Best Feature Film has been awarded by the festival's audience selection.
Winners
+ Year Film Director Country of origin Ref 1984 Angel Robert Vincent O'Neil United States 1985 Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels) Marleen Gorris Netherlands 1986 Westler Wieland Speck West Germany 1987 Law of Desire (La ley del deseo) Pedro Almodóvar Spain 1988 Friends Forever (Venner for altid) Stefan Henszelman Denmark 1989 The Heart Exposed (Le Cœur découvert) Jean-Yves Laforce Canada "Big box office for gay film fest". San Francisco Examiner, June 29, 1989. 1990 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Beeban Kidron United Kingdom 1991 Together Alone P. J. Castellaneta United States 1992 The Twin Bracelets Huang Yu-shan Hong Kong 1993 Grief Richard Glatzer United States Dennis Harvey, "Good ‘Grief’ nabs prize at Lesbian-Gay Fest". Variety, July 1, 1993. 1994 Only the Brave Ana Kokkinos Australia World and Time Enough Eric Mueller United States 1995 Costa Brava Marta Balletbò-Coll Spain Parallel Sons John G. Young United States 1996 Stonewall Nigel Finch United States 1997 Lilies John Greyson Canada 1998 Edge of Seventeen David Moreton United States 1999 Chutney Popcorn Nisha Ganatra United States 2000 Big Eden Thomas Bezucha United States 2001 The Iron Ladies Yongyoot Thongkongtoon Thailand 2002 The Business of Fancydancing Sherman Alexie United States 2003 Yes Nurse! No Nurse! Pieter Kramer Netherlands 2004 Brother to Brother Rodney Evans United States 2005 Transamerica Duncan Tucker United States 2006 The Gymnast Ned Farr United States "The Gymnast takes home the gold at San Francisco filmfest". The Advocate, June 29, 2006. 2007 Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) Chris Kraus Germany 2008 XXY Lucía Puenzo Argentina "Frameline Audiences Award 'XXY,' 'Pageant'". IndieWire, July 2, 2008. 2009 Patrik, Age 1.5 Ella Lemhagen Sweden Brian Brooks, "“Patrik” Wins Frameline Accolades at World’s Largest LGBT Fest". IndieWire, June 30, 2009. 2010 The String Mehdi Ben Attia France Jeremy Kay, "Undertow, The String among Frameline34 winners". Screen Daily, June 29, 2010. 2011 Tomboy Céline Sciamma France Brian Brooks, "“Wish Me Away” & “Evening Dress” Win at the Historic 35th Frameline". IndieWire, June 28, 2011. 2012 Cloudburst Thom Fitzgerald Canada Peter Knegt, "‘Cloudburst,’ ‘Kuchu’ Tops Winners at 36th Frameline Film Festival". IndieWire, June 27, 2012. 2013 Reaching for the Moon Bruno Barreto Brazil Jeremy Kay, "Wolfe acquires festival quartet". Screen Daily, July 2, 2013. 2014 The Way He Looks Daniel Ribeiro Brazil Randy Myers, "Review: ‘The Way He Looks’ a sweet story of young love". The Mercury News, November 6, 2014. 2015 Margarita with a Straw Shonali Bose India Ryan Lattanzio, "Frameline Film Festival Names 2015 Awards Winners". IndieWire, June 29, 2015. 2016 Pushing Dead Tom E. Brown United States Justin Lowe, "‘Pushing Dead’: Outfest Review". The Hollywood Reporter, July 22, 2016. 2017 God's Own Country Francis Lee United Kingdom David Lewis, "How a director found 'God's Own Country'". San Francisco Chronicle, October 27, 2017. 2018 For Izzy Alex Chu United States Victoria Moy, "‘For Izzy’ tells the story of a unique family being formed in the 626". Alhambra Source, July 30, 2018. 2019 Song Lang Leon Le Vietnam Shannon Power, "‘Electrifying’ films win big awards at Frameline Film Festival" . Gay Star News, July 3, 2019. 2020 Rūrangi Max Currie New Zealand Andreas Wiseman, "Hulu Picks Up U.S. Rights To New Zealand Transgender Drama ‘Rurangi’". Deadline Hollywood, March 8, 2021. 2021 Lola (Lola vers la mer) Laurent Micheli Belgium, France Jim Provenzano, "Frameline45 awards faves and filmmakers". Bay Area Reporter, July 2, 2021. 2022 Vulveeta Maria Breaux United States 2023 The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) Sébastien Marnier France, Canada Valerie Complex, "Frameline47 Presents LGBTQ+ Filmmakers With Awards And Nearly $60K In Funding On Closing Night". Deadline Hollywood, June 29, 2023. 2024 All Shall Be Well Ray Yeung Hong Kong https://awardswatch.com/48th-frameline-lgbtq-film-festival-awards-luke-gilfords-national-anthem-wins-best-first-feature/
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