Outfest LA 2023 festival guide
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- DirectorSharon RoggioStarsCheryl AndersonKathy BaldockDavid S. FearonThe mystery of how theology, history, culture, and politics led to a Biblical mistranslation, the man who tried to stop it, and the impassioned academic crusade of the LGBTQIA+ Christian community driven to discover the truth.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorDaniel GonçalvesStarsDudéEstela LapponiCida LeiteShowcases an exploration of the disabled and queer people's sexual lives.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorBabatunde ApalowoStarsTope TedelaRiyo DavidMartha EhinomeBambino and Bawa meet in Lagos and hit it off immediately. During their long trips around the city, they develop a deep affection for each other. But in a society which considers homosexuality taboo, they feel the pressure of social norms.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJuan Sebastián ToralesStarsNicolás DíazMaría SoldiCali CoronelThe sexual awakening of a young man while spending a summer with his family in a small rural town. Upon learning of with the ancient legend of a creature that takes sinners, his impulses surface.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorTheo MontoyaStarsAlejandro HincapiéCamilo MachadoAlejandro MendiganaA funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. He remembers the pre-production of his first film, a Class-B movie with ghosts.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorAitch AlbertoStarsMax PelayoReese GonzalesVeronica FalcónMexican teenagers Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana explore their friendship while struggling with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality and family relationships in 1987 El Paso, Texas.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSean DevlinStarsRey AclaoAmelia De La CruzRicky Gacho Jr.Set in the wake of a destructive typhoon, this witty combination of road movie and docu-drama is a marvel of trans cinema. - BFI LondonCategory: Feature Film
- DirectorCorey ShermanStarsIsaac KrasnerDora MadisonDavid Johnson IIIA teenage boy's unexpected crush turns a camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorFabian StummStarsHaley Louise JonesGodehard GieseMilena DreißigBoris and Jonathan's relationship is at a turning point. Actor Boris begins to confuse work and reality and writer Jonathan must face his fears.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorEmma SeligmanStarsRachel SennottAyo EdebiriRuby CruzTwo unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJane M. WagnerStarsNarcissa WrightAfter coming out as trans, world-record-holding gamer, Narcissa Wright loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she sets out to break a new record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and live-stream every minute of her quest.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorHarvey RabbitStarsRodrigo Garcia AlvesBishop BlackTchivettA young priest is intent on denying his homosexuality, and he's not doing a very good job. Meanwhile, his alien ex-lover is plotting to turn the Earth into a homosexual planet during a cosmic event and Captain Faggotron is caught in the middle. Clashing ideologies culminate in an orgy of gay demons and a love that no longer has to hide.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSav RodgersStarsJoey Lauren AdamsAndrew AhnTrish BendixA documentary that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy (1997) on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorStephen WinterStarsSean BarrSuzanne Gregg FergusonDudley Findlay Jr.A group of New Yorkers fight AIDS rights by any means necessary.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorMerle GrimmeStarsThelma BuabengJane ChirwaLisa HrdinaRebellion is in the air when a group of queer and BIPOC women are gathered by a white feminist organization in a clumsy attempt to diversify their upcoming conference.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSandra ItäinenStarsEmna AbdelhediFatten ElkomyA queer young Muslim woman grapples with the decision to come out to her devout mother, and ends up marrying her male partner to evade silent disapproval.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJeffrey SchwarzStarsTom CruiseHeather ThomasAnn-MargretAgainst a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorHannah Pearl UttStarsCaitlin ReillyChelsea PerettiHeather Elizabeth MorrisFollows Cora, who feels that her relationship is not going well. She goes back home to win her girlfriend back but she will realize that it's much more than her love life that needs salvaging.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorRightor DoyleStarsZachary QuintoLukas GageJudith LightA deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSarah Kambe HollandStarsLouis TomeoMike RusnakBryson JonSteeleAfter coming out to her parents, an Asian American teenage girl takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorErica TremblayStarsLily GladstoneIsabel Deroy-OlsonRyan BegayFollowing her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJoe BrewsterMichèle StephensonStarsNikki GiovanniTaraji P. HensonJames BaldwinA look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSam ShahidStarsVince AlettiDon BachardyVincent CianniAn intimate look at a pioneering, openly gay artist, who took radically explicit photographs of the male nude.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorAlexandria BombachStarsAmy RayEmily SaliersWinona LaDukeKnown for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorD. SmithStarsDaniella CarterDominique SilverKoko Da DollA raw depiction of the lives of four black trans sex workers as they confront the dichotomy between the black community and themselves.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorVuk Lungulov-KlotzStarsLio MehielCole DomanMiMi RyderWithin the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJacqueline CastelStarsBobbi Salvör MenuezAmandla StenbergHeidi von PalleskeHeather, an outcast teenage goalie, falls for newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. As their relationship deepens, Heather's growing desires clash with her darkest secret, forcing her to control the animal within.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorMilad AlamiStarsPayman MaadiAmirali AbanzadAhmed AbdullahiIman and his family flee Iran and end up in a hotel turned into a refugee center in Northern Sweden. Iman maintains his role as family patriarch but he breaks promise to his wife and joins local wrestling club. Rumours spread, Iman's fear and desperation begin to take a hold.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorIra SachsStarsFranz RogowskiBen WhishawAdèle ExarchopoulosA gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSungbin ByunStarsChoi HaejunKo Jae-hyunKim Woo-kyumA transgender Korean lady who has been living and working in Seoul as a dancer must deal with her father's passing and the expectations placed on her to take part in a traditional, gendered memorial dance.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsTaylor KinkeadChristopher LowellKiah McKirnanJonny, a wild and impulsive teenage girl living precariously in a town where young women continue to go missing, and the power she's forced to unlock to survive.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorGeorden WestStarsDanielle CooperThe Lady BunnyAidan DickA raucous work of queer fantasy and history, Playland conjures a time-bending night in Boston's oldest and most notorious gay bar.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorManuel AbramovichStarsLalo SantosAdrián ZukiChacalito RegioLalo is a sex-influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social networks.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorJulio TorresStarsJulio TorresTilda SwintonRZAAlejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorAgniia GaldanovaStarsGena MarvinGena, an artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsJordan FirstmanCatalina SaavedraSebastián SilvaSebastián Silva is detached from life, struggling to succeed in the art world and habitually taking ketamine. When he meets social media influencer Jordan Firstman at a nudist beach, the two discuss collaborating, but fate has other plans.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorSacha PolakStarsVicky KnightEsme Creed-MilesCharlotte KnightFifteen years after she got burnt when the pub where she slept as a child caught fire, Franky (23) seeks revenge because she still hasn't found any answers.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorLuis De FilippisStarsCarmen MadoniaRamona MilanoPaige EvansA writer in her twenties accompanies her parents and younger sister on vacation.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorMarc SaltarelliStarsChita RiveraBruce VilanchThelma HoustonSTUDIO ONE FOREVER is the untold story of America's iconic gay disco, a kaleidoscopic excursion into LGBTQ+ history through the lens of this groundbreaking club. With Chita Rivera, Bruce Vilanch, Lance Bass, Thelma Houston and many more.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorAlice Maio MackayStarsChris AsimosJoni Ayton-KentStanley BrowningAncient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorRoberta TorreStarsRocco CastrocieloMizia CiuliniNicole De LeoIn a villa housing transgender women, residents try to fulfill the last wish of their late friend, buried in male clothing against her will.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorAndy VallentineStarsNico TortorellaJuan Pablo Di PaceEmily HampshireWhile Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorVera DrewStarsVera DrewGriffin KramerLynn DowneyAn aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.Category: Feature Film
- StarsPamela K. WilliamsMeagan GoodCedric The EntertainerTakes a bold and honest look at the culture behind the walls of the Black church. It will feature interviews with Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold, Warryn and Erica Campbell, David and Tamela Mann and Kev on Stage, among others.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorV.T. NayaniStarsDevery JacobsPriya GunsJanïsa WeekesA coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.Category: Feature Film
- DirectorDaisy FriedmanStarsBri ScalesseEstefania GiraldoWhen an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they navigate the power of loving someone else through healing their relationships with their own bodies.Category: Short Film
- DirectorGbenga KomolafeStarsMiju Kim PascualTwon PopeTwon Marcel PopeNikki spices things up at her mom's struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.Category: Short Film
- DirectorLorena RussiStarsCarlos CuellarSavannah DesOrmeauxSam Gonzalez"A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms (or whatever longer title you prefer)" is the coming of age story you never knew you wanted. Meet Lorenita: a rambunctious six-year-old with six cavities. One for each of the letters in her name, no one can pronounce. Lorenita is a butch Latina fighting to find herself in the cacophony of Queens, NY in the 90s. With the help of her imaginary best friend, Boo, a civil war ghost, Lorenita will poorly navigate the drawn-out pains of puberty.Category: Short Film
- DirectorEvan BodeStarsJeanne KambaraEmily K. HernandezTrent WelsteadLocked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.Category: Short Film
- DirectorTodd LienStarsAlicia ClarkAnna FengTodd LienAbundance of love can take different forms or shapes in different cultures.Category: Short Film
- DirectorBeth WarrianStarsSydney KuhneDesmond SivanAlexandra LainfiestaLuci gives her beloved nephew the Christmas gift of his dreams: a beautiful sequinned dress. But when he tries to show the rest of the family, Luci finds herself enacting the very restrictions and shaming she hopes to protect him from.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAndy Yi LiStarsJesse WangTodd LienAustin KlopfensteinA coming of age story about a Chinese man finds peace and self-acceptance at declining years.Category: Short Film
- DirectorJett GarrisonStarsShaan DasaniRain ValdezMichael D. CohenRookie secret agent Guy Longani is on a mission to expose the ringleader of an illegal plastic dumping scheme. When the operation goes awry, he must earn the trust of his partner if they're going to bring an evil mastermind to justice.Category: Short Film
- DirectorDean HamerDaniel SousaJoe WilsonA valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. When the octopus who rescued him transforms into a handsome young man, they fall in love and an epic adventure begins.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAry ZaraStarsGaya MedeirosIvo CanelasJó BernardoLarissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition.Category: Short Film
- DirectorChanelle TysonStarsJasmine AshantiGianna CollierNicolette EllisAlexa and Siri discover love as their humans fumble with it.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMiles LopezStarsChelsea GilsonJamel KingBlanca AraceliCategory: Short Film
- DirectorGabriela OrtegaStarsDariana AlvarezLynette CollEileen GalindoDesperate to win an ice cream contest with a flavor inspired by her late Tia Abuela's Puerto Rican treats, a teenage girl looks to her caravan neighbors to help her find the final recipe.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAngelo Madsen MinaxA deeply moving psychedelic reflection on desire, human connection, and a contact crisis.Category: Short Film
- DirectorGabrielle DemersStarsDany BoudreaultPatrick DornevalVictor ToussaintVictor makes his escape and leaves his residence, he meets Jessy with whom he spends the night. Now he reconnects with himself and asserts his own identity.Category: Short Film
- DirectorIiti Yli-HarjaStarsFatuRaiLeena UotilaFor Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he's wearing makeup in public.Category: Short Film
- DirectorSummer SveinsonStarsOlivia StambouliahKristen GutoskieThe story of a relationship told through the intimate perspective of the bathroom mirror.Category: Short Film
- DirectorYony LeyserThis documentary follows the drag wrestling collective Chokehole as they take the show to Germany, sharing the stories of cast members as they grapple with racism, gender conformism, queer identity and America's suppression of the artsCategory: Short Film
- DirectorTom BrownStarsJocelyn SiAndrew IsarFlorian DesbiendrasChristopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. His hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy and obsession.Category: Short Film
- DirectorSal BardoStarsJames Hayden RodriguezBen ChurchA young gay man struggling with O.C.D. white-knuckles his way through a Grindr date and makes a mess of things.Category: Short Film
- DirectorEmmie LichtenbergStarsSophia ArguellesMidori FrancisRailey GillilandWhen Remy accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged ex-girlfriend's house, she sets out on a journey to retrieve it, causing her to reexamine her entire relationship--and herself--in the process.Category: Short Film
- DirectorDrew De PintoStarsBeni AvalosTamara ChingMia DiosdadoThree years prior to Stonewall, transgender sex workers and drag queens revolted against police violence at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin district.Category: Short Film
- DirectorNicolás BlancoJulia Ponce DiazStarsTy ChenMatt FordAmina LakinHighlighting both the destructive and constructive natures of desire, four party-goers grapple with the limits of commitment in the bathroom of a gay rave.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMatt CampanellaStephanie Chloé HepnerStarsMatt CampanellaDavid KelseyMilan AndersonA young dominatrix encounters an unexpected client.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAntti HolmaStarsTommi KorpelaSamuli NiittymäkiSirkka RautiainenWhile preparing for a new date one evening, Touko commits a sin: sending an e-mail to a long-lost Italian lover.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMarianne AmelinckxStarsMarianne AmelinckxWhile preparing for a new date one evening, Touko sinned the ultimate sin: sending an e-mail to a long-lost Italian lover.Category: Short Film
- DirectorNyala MoonStarsAlexandria BenfordAnders GeipelNyala MoonA transgender black woman tries to get in touch with her online boyfriend.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMax DisgraceStarsEnxi ChangMika Onyx JohnsonA trans man makes a half-serious request to his new trans woman neighbor to help him relocate, and gets a hot play.Category: Short Film
- DirectorRoberto FatalStarsRiver GalloAngel ZeasA queer, gender fluid, Indigenous curandera who has lost their magic must convince their best friend to support their decision to upload their consciousness into the Internet and leave their body behind.Category: Short Film
- DirectorCarolina CostaStarsMabel CadenaNatalia SoliánA mystical sci-fi based on Saint Teresa de Avila's writings. ECSTASY is an ethereal exploration of pleasure and fidelity to faith. Set inside a ghostly mausoleum that is an artifact of both the past, and future.Category: Short Film
- DirectorFateema Al-Hamaydeh MillerStarsGuled AbdiAugusto BitterHamsa Diab FarhatA closeted Arab wholesale perfume seller, attempting to mask his identity with excessive amounts of Polo Sport adjacent cologne, is knocked off center when a charming customer sees through his act.Category: Short Film
- DirectorNicolas Keller SarmientoStarsValentin GerezNicolas Keller SarmientoBy a quiet gas station in rural Buenos Aires, a young kid, ERNESTO, confesses to his friend that he wants to be a dancer when he grows up. But in the patriarchal flatlands of Argentina, dancing isn't really an option. After being harassed by drivers by, Ernesto hides in the bathroom where he magically runs into a broken-hearted drag queen, RUBY. Charmingly mischievous, RUBY challenges him to a fateful dance off; one that will ultimately and forever encourage him to follow his dancing dreams.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMarco BergerStarsFranco MosqueirasGonzalo GarridoIrune PorcelMateo and Lucas, best friends, go out to party in a hot summer night. Mateo meets Lucia, and Lucia commits an act that will change their lives. From there, Mateo and Lucas will begin a search, both physical and personal. The Exchange exposes sexuality without fear, without labels, without holding back. It is the discovery of something that somehow touches all of us, regardless of our sexual orientation or gender identity. A film that shows the beauty of sex, love, friendship, and innocence.Category: Short Film
- DirectorDaniel Eduvijes CarreraStarsCristian UrbinaDavid Ty RezaEric Stevens FloresA charming cowboy rescues Fernando from the streets of East LA, and he must end the love of his early life and make a new connection with his family.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAriel MahlerRadha MehtaStarsLex BerryEvan BialosukniaMarnie BialosukniaThis short documentary explores the journey of Florida's first transgender Homecoming Queen, Evan Bialosuknia, and her confidence and impact on youth faced with discrimination from Florida's newly signed "Don't Say Gay" bill.Category: Short Film
- DirectorTaran KillamStarsAndrew ChappelleMatt CookJulie CraigCharlie and Gerald reunite their failed 2000's boy band for a competition whose prize money could remedy all of their financial woes. What could go wrong?Category: Short Film
- DirectorJorge CadenaStarsSaray Nohemi Rebolledo OspinoRubén Barrios RodríguezAndru Suarez RojasSet in the Colombian Caribbean, follows a group of queer activists who use extravagant performative actions to fight together against the various social injustices that plague the region.Category: Short Film
- DirectorKait SchusterStarsRivkah ReyesMargaret ChoElizabeth Faith LudlowGina takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her INNER SABOTEUR. Enter Gianna. Will they make peace, or does Gianna, like, literally want Gina dead?Category: Short Film
- DirectorCourtney Hope ThérondStarsOlivia CadeMallory CorinneThanks to her therapist's advice, a young woman gets help from a prostitute to recover from a trauma.Category: Short Film
- DirectorConor DooleyStarsAna FabregaColin BurgessSally BurtnickA sprawling story of love and loss, as reflected on a single face.Category: Short Film
- DirectorEmiliano SisolfiStarsAntonella De SimoneCaterina MarinEnrico MaroliRiccardo has to find a new place for themself due to their difficult relationship with their mother, however, their emotional attachment is giving them a hard time.Category: Short Film
- DirectorJoshua ConkelStarsMarc BendavidKate ComerLucy DeVitoTom and his partner Mikey are having paranormal issues with creepy spirits.Category: Short Film
- DirectorTai LeclaireDavid SpadoraStarsSami GriffithTai LeclaireAustin PohlenFollows a queer Native who retreats into his mind to find the perfect response from different versions of his own identity after being confronted by a non-Native wearing a ceremonial headdress at a music festival.Category: Short Film
- DirectorStacy Jill CalvertJaclyn ChessenStarsDalila Ali RajahCandis CayneTina D'EliaFollows an artist who finds other kind of feelings in her figure drawing class.Category: Short Film
- DirectorHao ZhouFollows Zee, a Chinese non binary future nurse which it is looking to obtain a work visa through their licensure exams.Category: Short Film
- DirectorAnne BrashierStarsNatalia CaraballoXan ChurchwellJerry NgFed up with being bullied, demisexual and asexual best friends Bex and Wren strike back with a bit of magic that has unintended consequences.Category: Short Film
- DirectorHailey CollinsStarsEmma HenryJeremy PfaffEllie SinclairTwo sisters, Casey and Theo, visit their father after months apart due to the divorce of their parents. While Theo is happy to bond with her dad, Casey is reluctant to reconnect with him after recent events. Despite their differences, the sisters ultimately stick together when they need each other the most.Category: Short Film
- DirectorDiana GongStarsDiana GongEli TurnerDepicts a struggle between inner chaos and reality that explodes to create a world of cowboys, horses, and western landscapes.Category: Short Film
- DirectorStephanie J. WilliamsAn amalgam of scaffolded body parts, choreographed to withstand, attempts to remain whole in an environment programmed to disassemble it.Category: Short Film
- DirectorCydney TuckerTwo transgender black activists are campaigning for mayor and working to construct safe housing for transgender women of color in New Orleans.Category: Short Film
- DirectorSasha WortzelStarsMatias HerreraMelba MartinezShoog McdanielThis punk rock fairytale doubles as a portrait of Shoog McDaniel - a fat, queer, and disabled photographer working in and around northern Florida's vast network of freshwater springs.Category: Short Film
- DirectorRonnie ClarkStarsWilliam Lawrence ToussaintA thought-provoking look at self-discovery and victory.Category: Short Film
- DirectorMeryem LahlouStarsHera AndersonBrianna BrockThere is no such thing as being queer in MoroccoCategory: Short Film
- DirectorMaite BonillaStarsRosmery 'Boquita' AlmonteSamuel María GómezSebastian OseguedaA 10-year-old boy reveals his true gender identity to his father while his heartless mother is in denial of her son's truth.Category: Short Film
- DirectorStar AmerasuAimee HoffmanStarsStar AmerasuA visual autobiographical poem by Star Amerasu, Outfest Fusion's resident artist.Category: Short Film