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May 16, 2013
Trans films honored at Amsterdam's TranScreen

The audience's picks for Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival which ran from 8 to 12 May

The audience award winners from Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival, TranScreen were announced earlier this week with a documentary/artfilm about 'the smallest drag queen in the world' taking the top slot.

The German film called One Zero One - the story of Cybersissy & BayBjane directed by Tim Lienhard tells the story of Morrocan-German Mourad 'the smallest drag queen in the world' and his partner Antoine. It's described as 'part documentary, part camp-style visual fairy tale'.

July 23, 2012
Any Day Now wins audience award at LA's Outfest and leading man Alan Cumming takes best actor prize

Keep on the Lights wins jury prize for outstanding US drama and screenplay

The drama Any Day Now received a prolonged standing ovation after it screened at LA's Outfest film festival on Saturday so it was little surprise that the film about a gay couple trying to adopt a teenager with Downs Syndrome won the Audience Award for Outstanding Dramatic Feature Film on Sunday (22 July).

Star Alan Cumming won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film. Judges praised the star for 'bringing depth, humor, fierce wit, and emotional integrity to a moving portrait of a man who unexpectedly finds a family and the strength to fight for it.'

May 1, 2012
Alan Cumming defends the right of gays to adopt

'Most of the abuse against children comes from straight parent - from straight men, actually'

Alan Cumming's latest film, Any Day Now, just won the audience award at the Tribeca Flm Festival and focuses on a topic the actor feels very strongly about: gay adoption.

Cumming and Garret Dillahunt play a couple in the 1970s who are engaged in a legal battle to adopt a teenager with Down's Syndrome who they have been caring for.