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| Fucktoys Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival |
Continuing an amazing festival run, Annapurna Sriram's ebullient satirical odyssey Fucktoys has won the Grand Jury Award For US Narrative Feature at Newfest 2025. The jury gave a special mention to Siobhan McCarthy's heartfelt high school comedy She's The He, which also got a mention in the Best Narrative Feature category.
Another film having a good festival was short film Rainbow Girls, which won both Best Narrative Short and the Grand Jury Award For New York Short Film, with its director, Nana Duffuor, coming second in the Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award race.
Those awards in full:
Grand Jury Award For US Narrative Feature
- Winner: Fucktoys
- Special Mention: She's The He
Grand Jury Award For International Narrative Feature
- Winner: Love Letters
- Special Mention: Dreamers
Grand Jury Award For Documentary/Nonfiction Feature
- Winner: Come See Me In The Good Light Special Mention: Niñxs
Grand Jury Award For New York Short Film, Presented In Partnership With The Gotham Film & Media Institute
- Winner: Rainbow Girls
- Special Mention: Baba, I’m Fine
Newfest37 Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award
- Matthew Jacobs Morgan, director of Lisbon
- Nana Duffuor, director of Rainbow Girls
- Elle Clay & Leilah Weinraub, co-directors of Seek No Favor
Audience Award For Best Narrative Feature
- Winner: In Transit
- Runner-Up: She's The He
Audience Award For Best Documentary Feature
- Winner: Come See Me In The Good Light
- Runner-Up: A Deeper Love: The Story Of Miss Peppermint
Audience Award For Best Narrative Short
- Winner: Rainbow Girls
- Runner-Up: Flash Sale
Audience Award For Best Documentary Short
- Winner: Hustleween
- Runner-Up: Echoes: The B Side
Teen Choice Audience Award For Best Teen Short Film
- Winner: A Friend Of Dorothy
- Runner-Up: Dandelion
