Reeling 2009: The 28th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival ended last night after featuring over 150 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender films in 11 days. I was able to see quite a few movies, and it was so nice to meet some of the talented directors and screenwriters. I must give a BIG THANK YOU to Angelique Smith, Reeling's Director of Marketing and Public Relations, who graciously allowed me to promote the festival here on the Dish. I hope everyone enjoyed reading my reviews as much as I enjoyed writing them. For my final festival post, I thought it would be fun to present my own Best of the Fest awards, so here they are:

Best Film: Fruit Fly directed by H.P. Mendoza
Runner-up: Hollywood je t'aime directed by Jason Bushman
Honorable Mention: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction directed by Kevin Hamedani

Best Documentary: Out in the Silence by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
Runner-up: Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance by Madsen Minax
Honorable Mention: Fish Out of Water by Ky Dickens

Best Actor: Eric Debets, Hollywood je t'aime
Runner-up: Wayne Virgo, Shank
Honorable Mention: Robert Mammana, Just Say Love

Best Actress: L.A. Renigen, Fruit Fly
Runner-up: Rebekah Kochan, Eating Out: All You Can Eat
Honorable Mention: Janette Armand, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction

Best Supporting Actor: Rocky Marshall, Mr. Right
Runner-up: Adam Pascal, American Primitive
Honorable Mention: Michael Airington, Hollywood je t'aime

Best Supporting Actress: Jill Marie Jones, Drool
Runner-up: Cornelia Duryée Moore, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Honorable Mention: Susan Traylor, STUCK!

Best Gay Couple: Doug Fahl and Cooper Hopkins, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Runner-up: Tate Donovan and Adam Pascal, American Primitive
Honorable Mention: Keith Jordan and Adamo Ruggiero, Make the Yuletide Gay

Best Lesbian Couple: Rox and Linda, Out in the Silence
Runner-up: E.S. Park and Theresa Navarro, Fruit Fly
Honorable Mention: Laura Harring and Jill Marie Jones, Drool

Hottest Hunks: Chris Salvatore and Michael E.R. Walker, Eating Out: All You Can Eat
Runner-up: Pete Scherer, Pornography: A Thriller
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Hart, Mr. Right

Most Evil Villains: Diane Gramley, Out in the Silence, and Rene Portland, Training Rules
Runner-up: Oded Fehr, Drool
Honorable Mentions: Stacy Cunningham, STUCK!, and Alice Payne, Shank

Best Short: Curious Thing by Alain Hain
Runner-up: Non-Love-Song by Erik Gernand
Honorable Mention: "The Lie" by Dylan Rice directed by Eric Normington

Best Songs: "Fag-Hag" and "We Are the Hag" by H.P. Mendoza (Fruit Fly)
Runner-up: "The Lie" by Dylan Rice (watch the short video below)
Honorable Mention: "It's You (The La La Song)" by Chris Salvatore (Eating Out: All You Can Eat)



I hope you will all check out some of these groovy movies whenever they come to a theater near you or are released on DVD. For further information on Chicago Filmmakers, the not-for-profit media arts organization that produces Reeling, go to www.chicagofilmmakers.org.

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