The 2019 Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced the award winners with Official Secrets, directed by Gavin Hood voted winner of the HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature, and Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman winning the HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature.
Other awards include the John Schlesinger Award for Narrative Feature, presented to a first-time feature filmmaker went to Swallow, directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis; and the John Schlesinger Award for Documentary Feature, presented to a first-time feature filmmaker went to Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues.
John Cameron Mitchell was presented with the 2019 Filmmaker on the Edge Award in conversation with filmmaker John Waters; Judith Light received the Excellence in Acting Award in conversation with film and theater critic David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter); and Jillian Bell received the Next Wave Award in conversation with Vanity Fair’s chief critic Richard Lawson.
Provincetown International Film Festival 2019 Winners
HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature: OFFICIAL SECRETS, directed by Gavin Hood
HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
The John Schlesinger Award for Narrative Feature, presented to a first-time feature filmmaker: SWALLOW, directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis
The John Schlesinger Award for Documentary Feature, presented to a first-time feature filmmaker: GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH, directed by David Charles Rodrigues
HBO Documentary Short Film: CATHERINE OPIE B. 1961, directed by Sini Anderson
Here Media Best Queer Short Film: LAVENDER, directed by Matthew Puccini
Best Narrative Short Film: LOCKDOWN, directed by Celine Held and Logan George
Best Animated Short Film: UNDER COVERS, directed by Michaela Olsen
Best New England Short Film: THE BLACK MAMBAS, directed by Bruce Donnelly
Best Student Short Film: FRAN THIS SUMMER, directed by Mary Evangelista