Which award-winning gay films are on Here TV?

Here TV's own Emmy winner and Emmy nominees come first, then every film on the service honored at the Academy Awards, Cannes, Outfest and other festivals. The list names the award for each.

Does Here TV have Oscar winners?

Yes. Gods and Monsters won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Patrik, Age 1.5 and Taxidermia were their countries' entries for the Academy Awards.

Award-winning films on Here TV

Festival winners, Academy Award entries and Emmy-nominated documentaries streaming on Here TV.

Questions people ask

Which award-winning gay films are on Here TV?: Here TV's own Emmy winner and Emmy nominees come first, then every film on the service honored at the Academy Awards, Cannes, Outfest and other festivals. The list names the award for each.
Does Here TV have Oscar winners?: Yes. Gods and Monsters won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Patrik, Age 1.5 and Taxidermia were their countries' entries for the Academy Awards.

Girls' Voices Now 2025 Original
2025 · Movie
Here TV's Girls' Voices Now won the 2021 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Children's Program and was nominated again at the Children's & Family Emmys in 2024 and 2026.
A True Story
2025 · Movie
The film screened at TLVFest in Tel Aviv and the Rome Independent Film Festival, and its ensemble received a special mention for Best Cast at the Rainbow Awards in Rome.
Critics Choice 2025 Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & TV Original
2025 · Movie
Nominated for the 2026 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Special; winners are announced October 30, 2026.
The Last Take
2024 · Movie
The Last Take screened at the Lovers Film Festival in Turin and the Arpa International Film Festival, and received a Best Shorts Outstanding Achievement award in the LGBTQ+ category in 2024.
30 Years from Here Original
2011 · Movie
Nominated for the 2012 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Special.
The Exploding Boy
2023 · Movie
The film won Best Dramatic Feature at the Oregon Independent Film Festival, where Bates was also named Best Actor.
A Long Road to Freedom Original
2018 · Movie
Nominated for the 2019 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Special.
My Dear
2022 · Movie
Yao's debut feature premiered in the international competition at the 65th San Francisco International Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Golden Gate Award.
A World of Dreams: Voices from the Out100 Original
2013 · Movie
Nominated for the 2014 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Special.
Overthinker
2022 · Movie
Originally titled Pensadero, the film premiered at the Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival, where it received a special mention, before screening at festivals across Latin America and Europe.
Gods and Monsters Original
1998 · Movie
Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and earned Oscar nominations for McKellen and Redgrave.
One Like Him
2021 · Movie
One Like Him screened widely on the international LGBTQ+ festival circuit, including Frameline, Outfest Fusion, Mill Valley, Wicked Queer, and the Arab Film Festival in Berlin, and won Best LGBTQ+ Film at the North East Film Festival and a jury award at Brussels' Tels Quels Festival.
The Letter Men
2021 · Movie
The film premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, played some twenty festivals worldwide and collected honors including Best International Short and Best Director, qualifying for Academy Award consideration.
Butterflies in Berlin
2019 · Movie
An Italian-German co-production featuring the voices of Paolo De Santis, Chris Jones and Sharon Fryer, the film won Best Animated Film at the Merlinka and Side by Side LGBTQ+ film festivals, a Jury Prize at Bellaria and the Grand Prix at West Side Mountains Doc Fest.
Leave of Absence
2018 · Movie
It won Best Director at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Zlin Film Festival, and screened at festivals including Nashville, TLVFest, and the Belgrade Short Film Festival.
Advent
2016 · Movie
The short premiered at the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, where it won the Día d'Asturies audience award for best short film.
Fake It
2015 · Movie
The film was widely honored on the festival circuit, taking the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at Outfest Los Angeles in 2016 along with prizes at the MiFo LGBT Film Festival and the London International Short Film Festival.
Patrik, Age 1.5
2008 · Movie
Ella Lemhagen's warm, wry comedy-drama, Sweden's entry for the Academy Awards, stars Gustaf Skarsgård and Torkel Petersson as two men discovering that families are made, not matched.
Sex Positive
2008 · Movie
Winner of the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at Outfest, Sex Positive is a portrait of a difficult, brilliant man and a vital piece of AIDS history.
Watercolors
2008 · Movie
The film won the Outfest Audience Award for Outstanding First Dramatic Feature in 2008, along with a jury prize for Olson, and took Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director at the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
The DL Chronicles
2007 · Series
It won the 2008 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Anthology Series, the first show centered on Black gay love to do so.
Taxidermia
2006 · Movie
Grotesque, darkly funny, and visually astonishing, Taxidermia was Hungary's entry for the Academy Awards and remains one of the boldest films of the twenty-first century.