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Outcast Films is thrilled to announce
that our latest acquisition SHE’S A BOY I KNEW
has just been nominated for four Leo Awards. The Leo Awards, established
in 1998 to celebrate excellence in British Columbia film and television
will honor programs in 9 different categories including Feature
Length Drama; Dramatic Series; Short Drama; Documentary Program
or Series; Information or Lifestyle Series; Music, Comedy, or Variety
Program or Series; Animation Program or Series; Student Production;
and Music Video.
SHE’S A BOY I KNEW was nominated for FOUR AWARDS including:
Best Documentary; Best Direction; Best Screenwriting; and Best Picture
Editing.
Witty, brave, and vulnerable, Haworth has given us the most affecting
and memorable documentary of the year." Vancouver Magazine
"Haworth creates an emotional space that engulfs the viewer
in a way that's extremely rare in any film, whether fiction or non-fiction."
The Vancouver Sun
Finding self-empowerment through self-representation, SHE’S
A BOY I KNEW is a comic, heartbreaking, and uplifting autobiography
that focuses on the interpersonal relationships of a family who
unexpectedly find their bonds strengthening as they overcome their
preconceptions of gender and sexuality.
For additional information about the Leo Awards, please visit: www.leoawards.com.
About Outcast Films
Outcast Films is a film distribution company dedicated to the fair
and equal representation of media made by or about the diverse Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community. We are also educators and
activists and want to be a vehicle for voices that may not otherwise
be heard. Outcast Films outreaches to thousands of teachers, community
leaders, activists, policy makers and breakers, institutions, and
individuals. By doing so, we hope to foster critical discussions
around social justice issues, as well as providing the public with
a resource of cutting edge films and videos created by and impacting
the LGBT community. |
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