Outfest has announced the award winners of its 2021 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.The nation’s leading LGBTQ festival ran from August 13th to August 22nd, holding its closing night at the iconic Orpheum Theatre, with Vivian Kleiman’s No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics claiming the Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize, and Brielle Brilliant’s Firstness winning the U.S.
Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize.For the first time ever, Outfest collaborated with IMDb in choosing Audience Award winners, selecting them based on IMDb ratings.
Among other prizes and recognition, eligible Outfest Los Angeles winners received a one-year membership to IMDbPro.The winners of the Grand Jury Prizes for Best U.S.