Mississippi Damned

Tina Mabry’s “Mississippi Damned,” a portrait of a poor Mississippi family, won the jury award for best dramatic feature at Outfest, the 27th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which concluded Sunday.

Nicole Opper’s “Off and Running” was named best documentary feature, and Stian Kristiansen’s “The Man Who Loved Yngve” earned the jury prize for international dramatic feature.

Jury awards also were presented to actress Laura Herring, for “Drool”; actor Derrick L. Middleton, for “Rivers Wash Over Me”; screenwriter E.E. Cassidy, “We Are the Mods”; “First and Loveliss,” directed by Shaun Kadlec and Deb Tullman, documentary short; and “The Bath,” directed by Lee Mi-rang, dramatic short.

Cassidy’s “Mods,” about a high school girl infatuated with mod culture, also earned two audience awards: for first U.S. dramatic feature film and soundtrack.