Seattle Queer Film Festival Wraps Up Live Screenings But Online Festival Continues…Also, The Award Winners!

October 23, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

The 2023 Seattle Queer Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, October 22nd after 11 days of great LGBTQ+ films and events and enthusiastic crowds of film fans. But, it’s not over yet…the online portion of the festival runs from Monday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 29th and features many of the films seen during the live portion of the festival!

Go to https://threedollarbillcinema.org/sqff2023 to buy passes or individual tickets. And, remember that Three Dollar Bill Cinema members get discounts on all passes and tickets for the entire year plus invites to special screenings!

Awards were also given for this year’s festival including juried awards and audience awards. We don’t agree with anyone’s choice for Best Narrative Feature (it should have been Andrew Haigh’s superb opening night film, All of Us Strangers which was brilliant) but different incorrect strokes for different folks!!!

JURIED AWARDS:

Best Narrative Feature – THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

Honorable Mention – BIG BOYS

Best Documentary Feature – GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT

Best Short – BLUE SQUARE HEART

*available in our QUEENS AND KINGS shorts block

Runner-Up – SEQUIN

*available in our QUEENS AND KINGS shorts block

Most Innovate Short – MOONCAKE

*available in our MESSY, QUEER, ASIAN shorts block

Youth Jury Best Short – MY LIFE AT THE BEGINNING

*available in our LGBTQ: GEN ALPHA TO Z shorts block

Runner-Up – PIECE BY PIECE

*available in our LGBTQ: GEN ALPHA TO Z shorts block

Youth Jury Best Feature – BIG BOYS

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS:

Best Narrative Feature – FANCY DANCE

Runner-Up – BIG BOYS

Best Documentary Feature – 1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE

Runner-Up – NOT QUITE THAT

Best Short – PECCADILLO

*available in our QUEENS AND KINGS shorts block

Runner-Up – TRANSENDERS

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.