OFN Edition 04 | One Fluid Night

4th Edition

Through the lens of LGBTQIA+ cinema, we journey into a spectrum of stories that illuminate the myriad facets of love, resilience, and the quest for identity

🍿 Event

The fourth edition of One Fluid Night (OFN), our LGBTQIA+ Film Awards, wrapped up with even more fantastic results! We selected 23 great stories, 12 of which were showcased in the cinema, and all 23 were featured in our online version. Awards were given out in the following categories: Best Director, Best Animated Short Film, Best Fluid Documentary, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, and our main award, Best Fluid Story.

🎥 Films

For the film screening part of the event, we showcased twelve of our Nominees: "I Hope He Doesn't Kill Me" by Lyndon Henley Hanrahan & Nora Dahle Borchgrevink, "Best for You" by Emma Mckay & Bailey Martin, "We Vogue" by Aleksander Knutsen and other Directors, "Color" by Eva Jakubovska, "As Leaves in the Wind" by Sofia Luz, "Ticker" by Thom Petty, "Growin' Pains" by Sammson Orr, "Kordovero 22" by Gal Primack Najari, "Roman Youth" by Federico Cianferoni, "Identity Card" by Luan Lamberty, "Boxed In" by Coline Stell and "From where I came" by Eduardo Linzberg.

👨🏻‍⚖️ Judges

Our esteemed panel of judges, including Jonathan Bouzali (Producer), Ufuk Gokkaya (Filmmaker, Lecturer), Wanja Mary Sellers (Actor and Filmmaker), Branko Tomovic (Actor and Filmmaker), Myles Horgan (Writer, Actor and Educator), David Martinez (Executive Director of Raindance Film Festival), Carrie Kendall (Filmmaker and Festival Director East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival), Yorgo Glynatsis (Actor and Director), Darwin Reina (Actor, Director and Festival Director L'HIFF Festival), Jennifer Handorf (Producer), Luis Prieto (Producer, Director and Writer), Josh Farrell (Writer, Filmmaker, Lecturer) actively participated in the voting process for the "Best Fluid Story" award. They also individually selected the winners for the "Best Performance", "Best Director", "Best Cinematography", Best Animation" and "Best Documentary" Awards.

💃🏻 Entertainment

The entertainment segment featured incredible performances by Dean Vitte, Danika Rose, Lola McQueen, Dramala Tina, and Frankie Heartless all gracing our Love-theme Bar Lounge stage with great music bits by DJ Jesus RedSoul and all hosted by the incredible Debbie Del Rey.

🫶 Partners

We're grateful to continue our partnerships with Fashion Academy Paris, Booth&Bruce, Fetish Freak, Lady Ole, Big Fat Greek Baking, LGBTI Jobs and Genesis Cinema. A massive shoutout to our incredible audience; your unwavering support fuels our passion for showcasing LGBTQIA+ cinema. Here’s to another successful edition of OFN, and to many more to come! Love you all!

The winners will receive an award and a certificate, acknowledging the hard work and creativity of the filmmakers, actors, and cinematographers.