Best Screenwriting Award – San Diego FilmOut Festival

SAN DIEGO — Judas Kiss writer Carlos Pedraza and director J.T. Tepnapa won the Best Screenwriting Award at last month’s San Diego FilmOut, the festival announced today.

“J.T. and I are so grateful to FilmOut for this award,” Pedraza said, “and to our amazing cast and crew who brought our story to such vivid life.”

Awards at the festival are juried by the festival’s programming committee and board of directors. Judas Kiss had the coveted Boys’ Centerpiece slot on FilmOut’s opening weekend, where it screened on August 20, with Pedraza, Tepnapa and a large number of cast and crew on hand, including San Diego’s own Sean Paul Lockhart (aka Brent Corrigan), who plays film student Chris Wachowsky.

According to San Diego Gay and Lesbian News, Judas Kiss was one of the festival’s “big draws.”

Tepnapa’s previous films have screened at FilmOut in the past. Judas Kiss is the director’s and the two writers’ first feature-length effort.

Other features bringing home awards from San Diego include The Green (Best Narrative Feature), You Should Meet My Son (Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature), Gun Hill Road (trans actress Harmony Santana, Freedom Award) and Eloise’s Lover (director Jesus Garay, Outstanding Artistic Achievement).

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