Q Cinema Announces Winners - Fort Worth, TX

"Were the World Mine," "Mulligans," and "Out at the Wedding" took top prizes at the Tenth Annual Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festivla known as Q Cinema. (Source: Todd Camp).

The event, held May 29-June 7 at the historic Rose Marine Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas featured 30 films including a continental U.S. premiere, 12 Southwest premieres, and five Texas ones, along with appearances by several filmmakers, including "Were the World Mine" director Thomas Gustafson and stars Tanner Cohen and Nathaniel David Becker; "Out at the Wedding" producers Laura A. Kellam and Gina G. Goff; festival honoree Leslie Jordan with special guests Del Shores and Jason Dottley; "Mulligans'" director Chip Hale and writer/star Charlie David among many more.

The winners are:

BEST OVERALL FILM:
"Were the World Mine," directed by Thomas Gustafson

"For the first time, this year's Best Overall Film winner will take home a check for $500 and we couldn't think of a more deserving picture than this first-time feature about an all-boys school intoxicated by a love potion of Shakespearean proportions," said Ryan Evans, Q Cinema publicist.

BEST GAY FILM:
"Mulligans," directed by Chip Hale

The story of a father falling for his son's college buddy was buoyed by strong performances, beautiful cinematography and impressive writing by one of the film's stars, Charlie David, according to Evans.

BEST LESBIAN FILM
Out at the Wedding, directed by Lee Friedlander

Offering a heavy dose of farce, frolic and fun, the film follows a would-be bride mistaken for a lesbian who decides to keep up the charade rather than tell her conservative parents that she's marrying a black man, according to press materials.

BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Sex Positive," directed by Daryl Wein

This story of a forgotten AIDS activist whose unpopular message of safe sex and a slow-down made the story of Richard Berkowitz an obvious standout among this year's docs, states Evans.

BEST DRAMATIC SHORT FILM (WOMEN'S)
"The Touch," directed by Jane Clark