Outfest announces
film competition winners

Outfest 2007's film competition winners were announced on Monday. The HBO Outstanding First Dramatic Feature garnered its recipient a $5,000 prize, while the Outstanding American Narrative Feature Award won its recipient a $2,500 cash prize courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

Grand Jury Awards

Outstanding American Narrative Feature: 25 Cent Preview, directed by Cyrus Amini

Outstanding International Narrative Feature:Tuli, directed by Auraeus Soilto

Outstanding Documentary Feature:Jerusalem Is Proud to Present directed by Nitzan Gilady

Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film: Merlin Gaspers and Dorian Brockington, 25 Cent Preview

Oustanding Actress in a Feature Film: Michelle Ehlen in Butch Jamie

Outstanding Screenwriting: Casper Andreas and Jesse Archer for A Four Letter Word

Outstanding Directing Short:Pariah directed by Dee Rees

Outstanding Documentary Short:Legacy directed by Inge Blackman

Special Programming Awards:

Freedom Award:Through Thick and Thin, directed by Sebastian Cordoba

Outstanding Emerging Talent ($5,000 product grant from Kodak): Dominique Cardona and Laure Colbert, directors, Finn's Girl

Outstanding Artistic Achievement: Angelina Maccarone, director, Vivere

Audience Awards:

HBO Outstanding First Dramatic Feature:Shelter, directed by Jonah Markowitz

Outstanding Dramatic Feature:The Bubble, directed by Eytan Fox

Outstanding Documentary Feature:For the Bible Tells Me So, directed by Daniel Karslake

Outstanding Dramatic Short:Pariah, directed by Dee Rees

Outstanding Documentary Short:Freeheld, directed by Cynthia Wade

Outstanding Soundtrack: Michele Mulroney and Micah Schraft, Sunny and Share Love You (The Advocate)