GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release
The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release is one of the annual GLAAD Media Awards which is offered to the best LGBT-related film released not for major distribution. First awarded in 1991, it was known as the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Independent) until 1997, when the award was renamed to its current name.
List of winners and nominees by year[]
Winning nominees are indicated by bold text.
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Wedding Banquet | Ang Lee | Ang Lee, Ted Hope, James Schamus |
| 1996 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Maria Maggenti | Dolly Hall |
| 1997 | Beautiful Thing | Hettie MacDonald | Tony Garnett, Bill Shapter |
| Antonia's Line | Marleen Gorris | Hans de Weers, Hans de Wolf, Gerard Cornelisse | |
| French Twist | Josiane Balasko | Pierre Grunstein, Claude Berri | |
| It's My Party | Randal Kleiser | Randal Kleiser, Robert Fitzpatrick, Gregory Hinton, Harry Knapp, Dessie Markovsky, Joel Thurm | |
| Stonewall | Nigel Finch | Christine Vachon | |
| 1998 | My Life in Pink | Alain Berliner | |
| All Over Me | Alex Sichel | Dolly Hall | |
| Bent | Sean Mathias | Michael Solinger, Dixie Linder, Martin Sherman | |
| Different for Girls | Richard Spence | John Chapman, Laura Gregory | |
| Lilies | John Greyson | Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart, Anna Stratton | |
| 1999 | High Art | Lisa Cholodenko | Antidote Films, Jeff Levy-Hinte, Susan Stover, Dolly Hall |
| The Hanging Garden | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald, Louise Garfield, Arnie Gelbart | |
| Steam: The Turkish Bath | Ferzan Özpetek | Roberto Manni | |
| Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | Christine Vachon, Michael Stipe |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Boys Don't Cry | Kimberly Peirce | Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Eva Kolodner, Christine Vachon |
| All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar | |
| Better Than Chocolate | Anne Wheeler | Sharon McGowan, Peggy Thompson | |
| Edge of Seventeen | David Moreton | David Moreton, Todd Stephens | |
| Show Me Love | Lukas Moodysson | Lars Jönsson | |
| 2001 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | Greg Berlanti | Mickey Liddell, Joseph Middleton |
| Aimée & Jaguar | Max Färberböck | Hanno Huth, Günter Rohrbach, Lew Rywin | |
| Before Night Falls | Julian Schnabel | Jon Kilik | |
| Urbania | Jon Shear | Stephanie Golden, J. Todd Harris, Jon Shear | |
| 2002 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel, Pamela Koffler |
| Big Eden | Thomas Bezucha | Jennifer Chaiken | |
| Nico and Dani | Cesc Gay | Cesc Gay | |
| Punks | Patrik-Ian Polk | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds, Michael McQuarn, Patrik-Ian Polk | |
| Songcatcher | Maggie Greenwald | Richard Miller | |
| 2003 | Kissing Jessica Stein | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Eden Wurmfeld, Brad Zions |
| 8 Women | François Ozon | Stéphane Célérier, Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier | |
| Borstal Boy | Peter Sheridan | Jim Sheridan, Pat Moylan | |
| His Secret Life | Ferzan Özpetek | Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli | |
| Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Vergara | |
| 2004 | Yossi & Jagger | Eytan Fox | Amir Harel, Gal Uchovsky |
| Die, Mommie, Die! | Mark Rucker | Dante Di Loreto, Anthony Edwards, Bill Kenwright | |
| Gasoline | Monica Stambrini | Galliano Juso | |
| Madame Satã | Karim Aïnouz | Marc Beauchamps, Isabel Diegues, Vincent Maraval, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Donald Ranvaud, Juliette Renaud, Walter Salles | |
| Mambo Italiano | Émile Gaudreault | Daniel Louis, Denise Robert | |
| 2005 | Bad Education | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar |
| Bear Cub | Miguel Albaladejo | Juan Alexander | |
| Blue Gate Crossing | Yee Chin-yen | Peggy Chiao, Wang Toon, Hsu Hsiao-ming, Hsu Bing-xi, Zhang Zhi-wei | |
| Brother to Brother | Rodney Evans | Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof | |
| The Mudge Boy | Michael Burke | Elizabeth W. Alexander, Alison Benson, Randy Ostrow | |
| 2006 | Transamerica | Duncan Tucker | Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Morgan, |
| Beautiful Boxer | Ekachai Uekrongtham | Ekachai Uekrongtham | |
| Mysterious Skin | Gregg Araki | Gregg Araki | |
| Saving Face | Alice Wu | Will Smith, James Lassiter, Teddy Zee | |
| Walk on Water | Eytan Fox | Amir Harel | |
| 2007 | Quinceañera | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Anne Clements |
| The History Boys | Nicholas Hytner | Damian Jones, Kevin Loader, Nicholas Hytner | |
| Imagine Me & You | Ol Parker | Sophie Balhetchet, Barnaby Thompson, Andro Steinborn | |
| Shortbus | John Cameron Mitchell | Howard Gertler, John Cameron Mitchell, Tim Perell, Alexis Fish | |
| Summer Storm | Marco Kreuzpaintner | Jakob Claussen | |
| 2008 | The Bubble | Eytan Fox | Ronen Ben Tal |
| Dirty Laundry | Maurice Jamal | ||
| Itty Bitty Titty Committee | Jamie Babbit | Emily Lightfoot aka CEO | |
| Nina's Heavenly Delights | Pratibha Parmar | Pratibha Parmar, Marion Pilowsky, Chris Atkins | |
| Whole New Thing | Amnon Buchbinder | Camelia Frieberg | |
| 2009 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (tie) | Patrik-Ian Polk | Patrik-Ian Polk |
| Shelter (tie) | J. D. Disalvatore | ||
| The Edge of Heaven | Fatih Akin | Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Jeanette Würl | |
| Save Me | Robert Cary | Christopher Racster, Herb Hamsher, Chad Allen, Robert Gant, Judith Light | |
| XXY | Lucía Puenzo | Luis Puenzo, José María Morales, Carla Pelligra, Fernando Sirianni, Fabienne Vonier |
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Little Ashes | Paul Morrison | Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey, Jaume Vilalta |
| Casi Divas | Issa López | Ignacio Darnaude, Luz María Rojas | |
| The Country Teacher | Bohdan Sláma | Pavel Liška, Zuzana Bydžovská | |
| Phoebe in Wonderland | Daniel Barnz | Daniel Barnz | |
| The Secrets | Avi Nesher | David Silber | |
| 2011 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Andrew Lazar, Far Shariat |
| Howl | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Elizabeth Readleaf, Christine Walker, Gus Van Sant, Jawal Nga | |
| La Mission | Peter Bratt | Benjamin Bratt, Peter Bratt, Alpita Patel | |
| Patrik, Age 1.5 | Ella Lemhagen | Tomas Michaelsson | |
| Undertow | Javier Fuentes-León | Javier Fuentes-León | |
| 2012 | Pariah | Dee Rees | Nekisa Cooper |
| Circumstance | Maryam Keshavarz | Maryam Keshavarz | |
| Gun Hill Road | Rashaad Ernesto Green | Ron Simons, Michelle-Anne M. Small | |
| Tomboy | Céline Sciamma | Bénédicte Couvreur | |
| Weekend | Andrew Haigh | Tristan Goligher | |
| 2013 | Any Day Now | Travis Fine | Travis Fine, Kristine Fine, Liam Finn, Chip Hourihan |
| Keep the Lights On | Ira Sachs | Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs | |
| Mosquita y Mari | Aurora Guerrero | Aurora Guerrero | |
| Musical Chairs | Susan Seidelman | Janet Carrus, Joey Dedio | |
| North Sea Texas | Bavo Defurne | Yves Verbraeken | |
| 2014[1] | Concussion | Stacie Passon | Cliff Chenfield, Anthony Cupo, Rose Troche |
| Geography Club | Michael Huffington, Anthony Bretti | ||
| Out in the Dark | Michael Mayer | Jehú Rotter, Michael Mayer | |
| Reaching for the Moon | Bruno Barreto | Paula Barreto, Lucy Barreto | |
| Yossi | Eytan Fox | Moshe Edry, Amir Harel, Leon Edry, Eytan Fox | |
| 2015[2] | Lilting | Hong Khaou | Dominic Buchanan |
| Dear White People | Justin Simien | Effie Brown, Ann Le, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Justin Simien, Lena Waithe | |
| Life Partners | Susanna Fogel | Brendan Bragg, Jordana Mollick, Joni Lefkowitz, Riva Marker, Daniela Taplin Lundberg | |
| The Way He Looks | Daniel Ribeiro | Daniel Ribeiro, Diana Almeida | |
| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | Arvin Chen | In-Ah Lee | |
| 2016 | Tangerine | Sean S. Baker | Sean S. Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou |
| 52 Tuesdays | Sophie Hyde | Matthew Cormack, Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason, Rebecca Summerton | |
| Appropriate Behaviour | Desiree Akhavan | Cecilia Frugiuele | |
| Boy Meets Girl | Eric Schaeffer | Eric Schaeffer, Edward Aitken, Charles Blackstone, Bruce Edward, Elisa Pugliese, Gail Smerigan | |
| Drunktown's Finest | Sydney Freeland | Mateo Frazier, Chad Burris | |
| 2017 | Other People | Chris Kelly | Adam Scott, Naomi Scott, Sam Bisbee |
| The Handmaiden | Park Chan-wook | Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim | |
| Naz & Maalik | Jay Dockendorf | Jacob Albert, Margaret Katcher | |
| Spa Night | Andrew Ahn | David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas | |
| Those People | Joey Kuhn | Joey Kuhn, Kimberly Parker, Sarah Perlman Bremner | |
| 2018 | A Fantastic Woman | Sebastián Lelio | Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) | Robin Campillo | Hugues Charbonneau, Marie-Ange Luciani, Jacques Audiard | |
| God's Own Country | Francis Lee | Manon Ardisson, Anna Duffield, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Jack Tarling | |
| Thelma | Joachim Trier | Thomas Robsahm | |
| The Wound | John Trengove | Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrou | |
| 2019 | Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton | Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Steve Golin, Joel Edgerton |
| 1985 | Yen Tan | Ash Christian Hutch | |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Marielle Heller | Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, David Yarnell | |
| Disobedience | Sebastián Lelio | Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz, Ed Guiney | |
| The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, | |
| Hearts Beat Loud | Brett Haley | Sam Bisbee, Houston King, Sam Slater | |
| A Kid Like Jake | Silas Howard | Paul Bernon, Jim Parsons, Eric Norsoph, Todd Spiewak, Rachel Xiaowen Song | |
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Desiree Akhavan | Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare | |
| Saturday Church | Damon Cardasis | Damon Cardasis, Adi Ezroni, Rebecca Miller, Mandy Tagger | |
| We the Animals | Jeremiah Zagar | Jeremy Yaches, Christina D. King, Andrew Goldman, Paul Mezey |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rafiki | Wanuri Kahiu | Steven Markovitz |
| Adam | Rhys Ernst | Howard Gertler, James Schamus | |
| Brittany Runs a Marathon | Paul Downs Colaizzo | Matthew Plouffe, Tobey Maguire, Margot Hand | |
| (Kanarie) | Christiaan Olwagen | Jaco Smit | |
| End of the Century | Lucio Castro | Joanne Lee | |
| The Heiresses | Marcelo Martinessi | Sebastián Peña Escobar, Marcelo Martinessi | |
| Pain and Glory | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Ricardo Marco Budé, Ignacio Salazar-Simpson | |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Céline Sciamma | Bénédicte Couvreur | |
| Sócrates | Alexandre Moratto | Tammy Weiss, Alexandre Moratto, Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Fernando Meirelles | |
| This Is Not Berlin | Hari Sama | ||
| 2021 | The Boys in the Band | Joe Mantello | Ryan Murphy, David Stone, Joe Mantello, Ned Martel, Alexis Martin Woodall |
| Ammonite | Francis Lee | Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly | |
| And Then We Danced | Levan Akin | Mathilde Dedye, Ketie Daniela | |
| The Half of It | Alice Wu | Anthony Bregman, M. Blair Breard, Alice Wu | |
| I Carry You With Me | Heidi Ewing | Mynette Louie, Heidi Ewing, Gabriela Maire, Edher Campos | |
| Kajillionaire | Miranda July | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Youree Henley | |
| The Life Ahead | Edoardo Ponti | Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Regina K. Scully, Jamie Wolf | |
| Lingua Franca | Isabel Sandoval | Isabel Sandoval, Carlo Velayo, Darlene Malimas, Jhett Tolentino, Jerome Kerkman | |
| Monsoon | Hong Khaou | Tracy O'Riordan | |
| The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Martin Krejčí | Declan Baldwin, Lauren Beck, Benjamin Blake, Josh Godfrey, Kimberly Steward |
References[]
- ^ Townsend, Megan (May 3, 2014). "George Takei, "Orange is the New Black," "Concussion" among #GLAADAwards recipients in New York City". GLAAD. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ^ List of award recipients: 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, Waldorf Astoria New York, May 9, 2015
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- GLAAD Media Awards
- Awards for best film