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 GieseTanju BilirBoris 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 TomeoVanessa JohnCarlos BasilAfter 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