2011 QFEST Awards & Juries

Jurors will confer the awards on Monday, July 18, at the Awards Ceremony preceding the screening of
the closing night film at the Ritz East in Old City. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Short Film

Best Documentary Film

Best Comedic Feature

Best Feature Film

JURY AWARDS

Best Short Film

Best Documentary

Best Feature Film

First Time Director

Feature Film Jury

Frank Danay is a writer who earned his BS in Film Studies from Boston University.
Adam Hymans is an emerging community leader, a strategic communications professional with an active interest in filmmaking.
Tiona McClodden is documentary and experimental filmmaker with a love for foreign films and visual art.

Feature Film Jury

Adah Bush works in vaccine contracting, doing various volunteer projects in Philadelphia.

Gary Hines is an LGBT community activist, with a love and appreciation for independent film.

Joe’l Ludovich is an award-winning producer and film maker. She currently teaches at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Short Film Jury

David Nose is a business consultant and long time festival attendee and first-time juror.

Kris Mohfanz is an experienced show producer and broadcast producer for Impax Marketing Group in Philadelphia.

Victoria Brownworth is a Pultizer Prize nominee lesbian author of numerous books on a wide variety of subjects including arts and culture.

First-Time Director

David Nose is a business consultant and long time festival attendee and first-time juror.
Kris Mohfanz is an experienced show producer and broadcast producer for Impax Marketing Group in Philadelphia.
Victoria Brownworth is a Pultizer Prize nominee lesbian author of numerous books on a wide variety of subjects including arts and culture.

2010 QFEST Award Winners

Audience Awards:

Best Short Film: (tied)
You Can’t Curry Love directed by Reid Waterer and Bedfellows directed by Pierre Stefanos

Best Documentary Film:
Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir

Best Comedic Feature:
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! directed by Evgeny Afineevsky

Best Feature Film:
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister directed by James Kent

Juried Awards:

Best Short Film: (tied)
My Name is Love directed by David Fardmar and Evelyn Everyone directed by Kylie Plunkett

Best Documentary Film:
Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir

Best Feature Film:
Undertow directed by Javier Fuentes-Leon

First Time Director:
Javier Fuentes-Leon who directed Undertow