{"id":12147,"date":"2022-08-23T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12147"},"modified":"2022-08-23T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:46:14","slug":"atlantas-lgbtq-film-festival-out-on-film-announces-the-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12147","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta&#8217;s LGBTQ Film Festival OUT ON FILM Announces the Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Atlanta\u2019s Out on Film presented by GILEAD and WABE announces\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>film lineup for 35th edition of the film festival\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>(September 22 &#8211; October 2)<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Nicholas Stoller\u2019s<em>\u00a0Bros<\/em>\u00a0is the Opening Night selection,\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>and Todd Flaherty\u2019s\u00a0<em>Chrissy Judy<\/em>\u00a0is the Closing Night film<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Centerpiece screenings include Micheal Rice\u2019s\u00a0<em>Black As U R<\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Connie Cocchia\u2019s<em>\u00a0When Time Got Louder<\/em>, Daresha Kiyi\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Mama Bears<\/em><\/strong><strong>, and the world premiere of Yuval David\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Wonderfully Made \u2014 LGBTQ+R(eligion)<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Colman Domingo receives 2021 Out On Film Icon Award<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"BROS\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/BROS.jpg\" alt=\"BROS\" width=\"332\" height=\"115\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"CHRISSY JUDY\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/CHRISSY%20JUDY.jpg\" alt=\"CHRISSY JUDY\" width=\"207\" height=\"115\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>BROS, CHRISSY JUDY<\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Atlanta, GA (August 23, 202<\/strong>2<strong>) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Out on Film presented by GILEAD and WABE has announced the lineup of films and events for the 35th Anniversary edition of the Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival.\u00a0\u00a0The Oscar\u00ae qualifying film festival, which was recently included on MovieMaker Magazine\u2019s \u201c50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee\u201d list, once again offers a diverse selection of films from highly anticipated studio efforts to independent films, and international to local Georgia and Atlanta productions as part of its carefully curated hybrid presentation. Taking place September 22-October 2<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Out on Film will open with Nicholas Stoller\u2019s comedy<strong><em>\u00a0Bros\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>co-<\/em>written by and starring Billy Eichner, with Todd Flaherty\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Chrissy Judy<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0taking the Closing Night slot.\u00a0Spotlight screenings include Micheal Rice\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Black As U R<\/em><\/strong>, Connie Cocchia\u2019s<em>\u00a0<strong>When Time Got Louder<\/strong><\/em>, Daresha Kiyi\u2019s<em>\u00a0<strong>Mama Bears<\/strong><\/em>, and the world premiere of Yuval David\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Wonderfully Made \u2014 LGBTQ+R(eligion)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from executive producer Mark McDermott, and advocate producers including Lance Bass.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Out on Film\u2019s lineup includes 40 features (23 narrative films, 17 documentaries) and 16 shorts programs with 143 films representing 27 countries.\u00a0<strong>Nearly all of these films will be available for nationwide streaming.<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong>\u00a0will be on hand to receive this year\u2019s Out on Film Icon Award, and additional special events will include a 40th Anniversary screening of\u00a0<strong><em>Grease 2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and the film festival\u2019s first screenplay competition, sponsored by Warren Gump.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Out on Film Festival Director Jim Farmer said, \u201cOur 35th Anniversary presentation will hit all the notes that Out on Film has become celebrated for over the past four decades, with a wonderful combination of films from around the world, as well as from our amazing city of Atlanta. We\u2019ve got a great honoree in Colman Domingo who somehow will manage to be on hand in the middle of his incredibly packed production schedule, and new wrinkles in store, including our very first screenplay competition coupled with a queer filmmaker celebration.\u201d\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Out on Film will open on Thursday, September 22 with\u00a0Nicholas Stoller\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Bros<\/em><\/strong>, the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love, co-written by and starring Billy Eichner. \u00a0The\u00a0Georgia premiere\u00a0of Todd Flaherty\u2019s dark comedy\u00a0<strong><em>Chrissy Judy\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>will take place on Closing Night, Sunday, October 2.\u00a0The film follows two gay men as they face a crossroads with their two-queen drag act, which may cause one of them to\u00a0and rediscover his true self in the process.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"BALCK AS U R\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/BALCK%20AS%20U%20R.jpg\" alt=\"BALCK AS U R\" width=\"222\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"MAMA BEARS\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/MAMA%20BEARS.jpg\" alt=\"MAMA BEARS\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"INTENTIONALLY ERASED\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/INTENTIONALLY%20ERASED.jpg\" alt=\"INTENTIONALLY ERASED\" width=\"159\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>BLACK AS U R, MAMA BEARS, INTENTIONALLY ERASED<\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Centerpiece screenings include Micheal Rice\u2019s documentary\u00a0<strong><em>Black As U R<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0puts a mirror up to Black America a asking the question: \u201cWhy do we as a people protest against racial injustice, but disregard the injustices experienced by black queer people?\u201d\u00a0Daresha Kiyi\u00a0\u2018s festival-favorite documentary\u00a0<strong><em>Mama Bears<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0focuses on the mothers of LGBTQ+ children via the journeys taken by Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, two \u201cmama bears\u201d\u2014 whose profound love for their LGBTQ+ children has turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community\u2014and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important. Daresha Kiyi\u00a0will attend the screening and participate in a post-screening Q&amp;A.\u00a0First-time filmmaker\u00a0Connie Cocchia\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>When Time Got Louder\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>follows a young woman\u00a0who leaves home and her autistic brother for college and finds herself torn between the new life she is establishing and her love for home and family. The film stars Willow Shields (<em>The Hunger Games<\/em>) and Elizabeth Mitchell (<em>Lost<\/em>).\u00a0Connie Cocchia will attend and participate in a post-screening Q&amp;A. Emmy winner\u00a0<em>Yuval David<\/em>\u2019s documentary\u00a0<strong><em>Wonderfully Made \u2014 LGBTQ+R(eligion)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>will make its world premiere at Out on Film. Produced by Mark McDermott, with advocate producers including Lance Bass,\u00a0the film looks at the\u00a0root of anti-LGBTQ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics with a focus on the process of a fine art project creating unprecedented, photographic iconography depicting Jesus as a member\/ally of the LGBTQ+ community. Director\u00a0Yuval David and Executive Producer Mark McDermott will be on hand to talk about the film post-screening.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"WONDERFULLY MADE 2\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/WONDERFULLY%20MADE%202.jpg\" alt=\"WONDERFULLY MADE 2\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"LOVE ISLAND\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/LOVE%20ISLAND.jpg\" alt=\"LOVE ISLAND\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Additional world premieres include\u00a0Kimya Motley\u2019s documentary\u00a0<strong><em>Intentionally Erased<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>about the experiences of Black trans women in the United States. Following the screening, Out on Film will host a panel discussion to expand upon the conversation illuminated by the film.\u00a0Myles Clohessy\u2019s thriller\u00a0<strong><em>Love Island\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>follows\u00a0a group of friends as they attempt to survive what began as an idyllic pandemic getaway to the LGBTQ party haven of Fire Island, as they find themselves methodically being targeted and killed by an obsessed madman.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Colman Domingo 2\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/Colman%20Domingo%202.jpg\" alt=\"Colman Domingo 2\" width=\"164\" height=\"175\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Colman Domingo<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Special events at Out on Film will be led by the presentation of this year\u2019s Icon Ward to Colman Domingo. A 2022 Emmy Award, two-time Film Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Award, SAG Award, Critics Choice and NAACP Award nominee, Colman Domingo recently won a Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series\/Anthology and an Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his work in\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>. In addition, Domingo is a Tony\u00ae, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk,\u00a0Drama League, and NAACP Theatre Award nominated,\u00a0OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award winning actor, playwright, director, and producer. A prolific and ubiquitous presence on screen and stage in recent years, Domingo has made an indelible impression in films such as Barry Jenkins&#8217;\u00a0<em>If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em>, Steven Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lincoln<\/em>, Lee Daniel&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Butler<\/em>, Ava DuVernay&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Selma<\/em>, Nate Parker&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Birth of a Nation<\/em>, Nia DaCosta&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Candyman<\/em>, and Janicza Bravo&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Zola<\/em>. Domingo has also made his mark on television in\u00a0<em>Fear the Walking\u00a0<\/em>Dead,\u00a0<em>Euphoria<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Knick<\/em>.\u00a0 As a writer, his plays and musicals include \u201cDot,\u201d \u201cWild with Happy\u201d and \u201cA Boy and His Soul,\u201d Upcoming projects include the fourth season of his series,\u00a0<em>Bottomless Brunch at Colman&#8217;s<\/em>,\u00a0as well as the debut of his new series\u00a0<em>West Philly, Baby<\/em>, for which he will write, direct and executive produce for ALLBLK\/AMC+.Colman.\u00a0Domingo will also star in the Netflix\/Higher Ground film\u00a0<em>Rustin as<\/em>\u00a0Bayard Rustin in 2023. He also will star as \u2018Mister\u2019 in the Warner Brothers\/Oprah Winfrey\/ Steven Spielberg produced\u00a0<em>The Color Purple<\/em>\u00a0musical motion picture, filmed in Atlanta and due next year as well.\u00a0Colman Domingo will participate in a \u201cConversation on Film\u201d following screenings of his short films\u00a0<em>New Moon<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>New Star<\/em>.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Additional highlights during the 35<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary edition of Out on Film include a focus on local Atlanta-based films and filmmakers led by\u00a0Mercedes Kane\u2019s documentary\u00a0<strong><em>Art and Pep<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0about\u00a0Art\u00a0Johnston and Pepe Pe\u00f1a,\u00a0the owners of the iconic bar Sidetrack in Chicago.\u00a0 The longtime romantic partners are civil rights leaders who have been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality for decades, activists during the AIDS crisis and co-founders of Equality Illinois. Jono Mitchell, another Atlanta-based director, will attend the film festival with his latest film,\u00a0<strong><em>Miles From Nowhere<\/em><\/strong>. The drama\u00a0focuses on\u00a0a dying man on a cabin retreat who is forced to confront past mistakes after learning he may not know his friends as well as he may think. Former Atlantan Travis Fine\u2019s latest is the drama\u00a0<strong><em>Two Eyes<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0which tells the story of three main characters in three distinct time periods: a young artist traveling to Montana in 1868 to paint the wild, untamed land, a young photographer in 1979 who befriends a foreign exchange student, and a\u00a0young trans musician in 2020.\u00a0Atlantan Cara Consilvio\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>For the Love of Friends<\/em><\/strong>looks at Brent Nicholson Earle, who, in 1986, awoke America to the AIDS crisis and honored the friends he lost by running the perimeter of the United States.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"AT AND PEP 2\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/AT%20AND%20PEP%202.jpg\" alt=\"AT AND PEP 2\" width=\"237\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"TWO EYES\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/TWO%20EYES.jpg\" alt=\"TWO EYES\" width=\"222\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"GREASE 2\" src=\"https:\/\/img-ak.verticalresponse.com\/media\/f\/2\/7\/f27fc878b1\/29480458f7\/3249cc81b4\/library\/GREASE%202.jpg\" alt=\"GREASE 2\" width=\"191\" height=\"125\" align=\"none\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">ART AND PEP, TWO EYES, GREASE 2<\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Finally, Out on Film will combine its anniversary celebration with a 40<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary screening of Allan Carr\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Grease 2<\/em><\/strong>. Festival goers will be encouraged to grab their\u00a0leather jacket and prepare to sing along to \u201cCool Rider\u201d and the rest of the beloved score of this criminally underrated musical including \u201cReproduction,\u201d \u201cBack to School,\u201d \u201cScore Tonight\u201d and \u201cTurn Back the Hands of Time.\u201d\u00a0 Matthew Caulfield is the dreamy but nerdy foreign exchange student with eyes for Michelle Pfeiffer\u2019s seemingly unattainable Pink Lady Stephanie if he can just somehow get around Adrian Zmed\u2019s perfect hair. If that wasn\u2019t enough, on Saturday, October 1 there will be a free-to-the public reading of the winning screenplay from the film festival\u2019s first screenplay competition as well as a queer filmmaker\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>For information on purchasing passes, tickets, and additional details on Out on Film, please go to:\u00a0<u>outonfilm.org<\/u>.<\/p>\n<div><strong><u>The 2022 Out on Film official selections:<\/u><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>OPENING NIGHT SELECTION<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Bros<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Nicholas Stoller<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 115 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>This fall, Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They&#8217;re both very busy.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>From the ferocious comic mind of Billy Eichner (<em>Billy on the Street,<\/em>\u00a02019&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Lion King,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Difficult People,<\/em><em>Impeachment: American Crime Story<\/em>) and the hitmaking brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller (the\u00a0<em>Neighbors<\/em>films,\u00a0<em>Forgetting Sarah Marshall<\/em>) and Judd Apatow (<em>The King of Staten Island,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Trainwreck,<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Big Sick<\/em>), comes\u00a0<em>Bros,<\/em>\u00a0a smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about how hard it is to find another tolerable human being to go through life with.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Starring Billy Eichner, the first openly gay man to co-write and star in his own major studio film \u2014 and featuring an entirely LGBTQ+ principal cast, including Luke Macfarlane (<em>Killjoys),<\/em>\u00a0Ts Madison (<em>The Ts Madison Experience<\/em>), Monica Raymund (<em>Chicago Fire<\/em>), Guillermo D\u00edaz (<em>Scandal),<\/em>\u00a0Guy Branum (<em>The Other Two)<\/em>\u00a0and Amanda Bearse (<em>Married \u2026with Children) \u2014 Bros<\/em>\u00a0is directed by Nicholas Stoller from his screenplay with Eichner. The film is produced by Judd Apatow, Stoller and Joshua Church (co-producer\u00a0<em>Trainwreck<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Step Brothers<\/em>) and is executive produced by Eichner and Karl Frankenfield.<\/p>\n<div><strong>CENTERPIECE SELECTIONS<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Black As U R<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Micheal Rice<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 75 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>Black As U R<\/em>\u00a0poses to Black America a highly confrontational and much avoided question. Why do we as a people protest racial injustice, but disregard the injustices experienced by black queer people? In this incendiary documentary, filmmaker Micheal Rice takes the audience on a journey through the homophobia that characterizes many black spaces, both contemporarily and via an autobiographic look into his own upbringing in the south. BLACK AS U R is the first step in confronting the African American community about queerphobia, via the searing stories of queer black people.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>When Time Got Louder<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Connie Cocchia<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Canada, Running Time: 114 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she&#8217;s torn between her new life and her love for her brother. This beautiful drama by first time feature filmmaker Connie Cocchia stars Willow Shields (<em>The Hunger Games<\/em>) and Elizabeth Mitchell (<em>Lost<\/em>).\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Mama Bears<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Daresha Kiyi<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 90 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Did you know there are more than 32,000 mothers in America \u2014 many from conservative, Christian backgrounds \u2014 who fully accept their LGBTQ+ children?\u00a0<em>Mama Bears<\/em>\u00a0is an exploration of the journeys taken by Sara Cunningham and Kimberly Shappley, two \u201cmama bears\u201d\u2014 whose profound love for their LGBTQ+ children have turned them into fierce advocates for the entire queer community\u2014and Tammi Terrell Morris, a young African American lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears are so vitally important.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Wonderfully Made \u2014 LGBTQ+R(eligion)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>World Premiere\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Yuval David<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 94 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Directed by Emmy winner Yuval David and produced by Mark McDermott, the extraordinarily moving\u00a0<em>Wonderfully Made \u2014 LGBTQ+R(eligion)<\/em>\u00a0is a feature-length documentary that strikes at the root of anti-LGBTQ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics. The film focuses on the Catholic Church because it is one of the largest religious organizations in the world, and because its anti-LGBTQ+ stance is well known and growing more hardline around the world. The narrative of the film is shaped by the process of a fine art project creating unprecedented, photographic iconography depicting Jesus as a member\/ally of the LGBTQ+ community, portrayed by multiple LGBTQ+ models of diverse ethnicities, genders, races, sexualities, and identities.\u00a0 Advocate Producers include Lance Bass, Bishop Gene Robinson, Reverend Mel White, former Ireland President Mary McAleese, Andrew Tobias, Mitchell Gold, and Jane Clementi.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<strong>CLOSING NIGHT SELECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Chrissy Judy<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Georgia Premiere\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Todd Flaherty<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 96 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Everybody has that one friend who can\u2019t get their act together, but you can\u2019t help but love them to pieces anyway. For thirty-something Chrissy, that\u2019s his bestie, Judy, an endearing but perpetually messy ride-or-die who\u2019s always got more than a few cocktails in the tank.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>After hustling for years together in the New York City bar scene, Judy is convinced that this is the summer their two-queen drag act will finally get its big break. That is, until Chrissy\u2019s priorities suddenly shift, forcing a disillusioned Judy to closely examine his trajectory as a queer artist, and rediscover his true self in the process. In this dark comedy,\u00a0<em>Chrissy Judy<\/em>\u00a0peers into the underbelly of queer culture and examines the struggles gay men face in the pursuit of love, acceptance, romance, and identity.<\/p>\n<div><strong>ADDITIONAL FEATURE FILMS (IN-PERSON)<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>All Kinds of Love<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: David Lewis<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 75 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Amid the backdrop of the Supreme Court\u2019s upholding of marriage equality in 2015, a long-time gay couple divorce just as everyone else is getting married. After his commitment-phobic husband divorces him, a stuck-in-his-ways gay man tries to start over. When he becomes accidental roommates with a younger hip nerd who is as romantically challenged as he is, sparks fly.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>All Man: The International Male Story\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Directors: Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 83 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>This fascinating new film journeys across three decades of the International Male catalog\u2019s unlikely but lasting impact on fashion, masculinity, and sexuality in America. Gene Burkard, a once-closeted Midwesterner, and GI found freedom in San Diego, where he transformed men\u2019s fashion into something cosmopolitan, carefree, and trendsetting.\u00a0<em>International Male\u00a0<\/em>reached gay and straight customers alike as it redefined images of masculinity in American culture, generating revenue and circulation in the millions.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Art and Pep<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Mercedes Kane<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 90 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Art\u00a0Johnston and Pepe Pe\u00f1a\u00a0are the owners of the iconic bar Sidetrack in Chicago, as well as longtime romantic partners.\u00a0 They&#8217;re also civil rights leaders who have been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality for decades, activists during the AIDS crisis and co-founders of Equality Illinois.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>El Houb<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Sharif Nasr<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Netherlands: Running Time: 102 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his traditional parents about being into men. Their reaction inspires a journey of discovery through Karim&#8217;s isolation as he attempts to break an ingrained culture of silence and eventually locks himself in his parent\u2019s closet. Based on the life of lead actor Fahd Larhzaoui, this new film is darkly comic and bold.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>For the Love of Friends<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Cara Consilvio<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 97 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>In 1986, to awaken America to the AIDS crisis and to honor the friends he lost, Brent Nicholson Earle runs the perimeter of the United States. In The American Run for the End of AIDS, Brent runs almost a marathon a day for 20 months straight. After enduring blisters, exhaustion, ignorance, and fear, he returns home to his own HIV diagnosis. Though the run finishes, Brent\u2019s activism never stops, in Atlanta filmmaker\u2019s Cara Consilvio\u2019s exquisite documentary.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Framing Agnes<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Chase Joynt<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Countries: USA\/Canada, Running Time: 75 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>In 1958, a young trans woman named Agnes entered a study about sex disorders at UCLA to get the gender-affirming care she needed, by any means necessary. Her story was long considered to be exceptional until never-before-seen case files of other patients were found in 2017. Directed by Chase Joynt (<em>No Ordinary Man<\/em>) and featuring an all-star cast of transgender artists and performers,\u00a0<em>Framing Agnes<\/em>\u00a0uses re-enactment and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to breathe new life into previously unknown people who redefined gender in the midcentury. Featuring Angelica Ross, Jen Richards, Zackary Drucker, Silas Howard, Max Wolf Valerio, and Stephen Ira.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Grease 2 (1982)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Allan Carr<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 114 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the leader of Rydell High School&#8217;s Pink Ladies, a gang of girls who are counterparts of the school&#8217;s group of greasers called the T-Birds. Stephanie is tired of her relationship with top T-Bird Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed), so she breaks up with him and quickly catches the eye of English exchange student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield). Hoping to win her over, Michael tries to overcome his nerdy ways while holding off the jealous Johnny.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>In From the Side<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Matt Carter<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 134 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Following a drunken encounter, two equally attached men from a cash strapped and divided gay rugby club unwittingly sleepwalk into an adulterous affair but must conceal their growing feelings or risk destroying the club they love. Set amidst the British rugby world, this is a gorgeous and stirring love story, directed by Matt Carter.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Intentionally Erased<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>World Premiere<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Kimya Motley<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 60 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Kimya Motley is an educator, activist, author, director, and producer working to end violence against all women and girls. She has directed, co-wrote, and co-produced this absorbing documentary\u00a0about the experiences of Black trans women in the United States.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Jimmy in Saigon<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Peter McDowell<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 89 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Generations after his brother\u2019s death, director Peter McDowell uncovers secrets related to Jimmy\u2019s sexuality and drug use. Jimmy died as a civilian in Saigon during the Vietnam War when Peter was only 5 and through hundreds of his letters and a truth-seeking journey that takes him around the world, Peter gets to know Jimmy and finds peace in his own life. This haunting documentary is executive produced by Dan Savage.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Lonesome<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Craig Boreham<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Australia, Running Time: 95 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>In this sexually explicit drama, Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in big city Sydney. When he meets city lad Tib both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Love Island<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>World Premiere\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Myles Clohessy<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 90 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The perfect summer vacation escape away from COVID locked down NYC quickly spirals out of control for a group of friends on the infamous, picturesque, LGBTQ party haven of Fire Island, as they find themselves slowly being picked off one by one by a manic, obsessed killer, played with menace by Jonathan Bennett.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Love Without Fear (Amar Sin Miedo)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Juan Jose Frausto<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 120 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>Love Without Fear<\/em>\u00a0is a sexy romantic story about Josh Adams and his self-discovery in the city of Taxco, Mexico, as well as an intimate depiction of two men from different parts of the world that unexpectedly are drawn to one another. When Josh meets musician Leo, his life changes in this erotic, humane drama.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Manscaping<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Broderick Fox<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: UK, Running Time: 62 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>An Afrofuturist, a naked fetishist, and a community activist walk into a barbershop\u2026 Black American visual artist Devan Shimoyama, Australian fetish barber\/porn producer Richard Savvy, and transgender Canadian barber Jessie Anderson are three queer men reimagining the traditional barbershop and restyling masculinity along the way.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Mars One<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Gabriel Martins<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Brazil, Running Time: 115 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. T\u00e9rcia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she&#8217;s cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father&#8217;s ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, their older daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and ponders whether it&#8217;s time to leave home.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Maybe Someday<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Michelle Ehlen<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jay, a non-binary 40-something photographer, attempts to move across the country to start her\u00a0 life over again in the midst of separating from her wife. Along the way, she takes a detour to stay with her high school best friend who she used to be secretly in love with and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long given up on love. Struggling to move forward with the next chapter of her life, memories of the past resurface as Jay grapples with the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and letting go.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Miles From Nowhere\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Jono Mitchell<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 76 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>During an annual cabin retreat, a dying man must confront past mistakes after learning he may not know his friends as well as he may think. This thoughtful drama from prolific Atlanta director Jono Mitchell features an impeccable ensemble cast.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Nana\u2019s Boys\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Ashton Pina<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time, 78 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>When an explosion rattles NYC into a lockdown and without power, Amari and Q are forced to confront the fragility of their partnership. Ashton Pina has set out to create an intimate and honest reflection on the experiences that cause pressure on a relationship. NANA\u2019S BOYS is a bittersweet love story about two Black men, who despite their history, current circumstances and sometimes callousness attitude have a deep care for each other.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Nelly &amp; Nadine<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Magnus Gertten<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Countries: Sweden\/Norway\/Belgium, Running Time: 92 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>Nelly &amp; Nadine<\/em>\u00a0is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbru\u0308ck concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly&#8217;s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine&#8217;s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Pat Rocco Dared<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Directors: Bob Christie, Morris Chapdelaine<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Canada, Running Time: 90 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>In the 1970\u2019s Playboy magazine dubbed Pat Rocco the King of the Nudies, but he is much more than an erotic filmmaker. Rocco is an activist, artist, filmmaker, and entertainer. He\u2019s the whole Hollywood package, with one more story to tell: his own. He arrived in Hollywood with his parents at the age of eleven. By seventeen he knew he was gay, had moved away from home, and was living out of the closet. It was 1951. Having sung in choirs as a youth, he managed to find gigs in radio, nightclubs, theatres, and church basements. With his true talent and undeniable charisma, he made his way to television variety shows, starring alongside legends like Phyllis Diller.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Sissy<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Directors: Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Australia, Running Time: 103 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Cecilia and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them, until Alex arrived on the scene. Twelve years later, Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream of an independent, modern millennial woman&#8230; until she runs into Emma for the first time in over a decade. Emma invites Cecilia away on her bachelorette weekend at a remote cabin in the mountains, where Alex proceeds to make Cecilia&#8217;s weekend a living hell.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>So Damn Easy Going<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Christoffer Sandler<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Countries: Sweden\/Norway, Running Time: 91 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Eighteen-year-old Joanna needs her ADHD meds to keep her mind in order. When she can no longer afford her medication, she must get creative in her hunt for money. Amid this, she meets charming and confident Audrey. This encounter changes her life in this award-winning crowd pleaser.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Swallowed\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Carter Smith<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 93 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>After a drug run goes bad, two childhood friends must survive a horrific night in a backwoods hell of drugs, bugs, and obscene intimacy Jena Malone and Mark Patton (<em>A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em>) headline the cast in this queer horror nightmare.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Two Eyes<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Travis Fine<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 107 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>Two Eyes<\/em>\u00a0explores queerness, gender, &amp; love&#8230;art and passion&#8230;chasing after your muse&#8230;and finding your true people along the way. The story follows three main characters in three distinct time periods \u2013 a young artist travelling to Montana in 1868 to paint the wild, untamed land, a young photographer in 1979 who befriends a foreign exchange student, and a\u00a0young trans musician in 2020.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Unidentified Objects<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Juan Felipe Zuleta<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 100 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Peter (<em>New Amersterdam\u2019<\/em>s Matthew Jeffers) is a flamboyant, misanthropic dwarf hiding from the world in his shabby New York City apartment. But an unexpected visit from his upbeat\u2014and possibly unhinged\u2014neighbor Winona forces him out of his shell and onto an impromptu road trip. Their destination? What she believes to be the site of an upcoming alien visitation in the wilderness of rural Canada. On their increasingly surreal odyssey, Peter and Winona will encounter bickering lesbian cosplayers, shroom-addled survivalists, and even extraterrestrial highway cops. But the further they go and the more their trauma comes to light, it becomes clear that the only thing more nerve-wracking than being abducted is being alone in the universe.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Where Butterflies Don\u2019t Fly<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Roman Nemec<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Czech Republic, Running Time: 126 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Daniel is an odd guy who lives with his endlessly quarrelling parents uncomplaining about his destiny. He keeps a distance from other people, he has no friends, nobody understands him, he is different. He will be turning nineteen and the last thing he would spend his time on is a preparation for his approaching graduation. Adam is his class teacher. He is gay and lives in a relationship with his younger partner David and his strictly guarded secret keeps locked behind a door of their apartment. Daniel and Adam live in their own bubbles until a moment when they both happen to be together in a life-threatening situation.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Youtopia<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Scout Durwood\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 91 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Scout Durwood\u2019s musical comedy is bound to make you smile. After a devastating break up an elder millennial inadvertently forms a hipster cult. When members start to disappear, the leader is confronted with the knowledge that her journey of self-discovery may trigger the end of civilization as we know it, forcing her to face her most challenging enemy yet: herself.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div><strong>ADDITIONAL FEATURE FILMS (VIRTUAL)<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Country Love<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director:\u00a0Wapah Ezeigwe<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Nigeria, Running Time: 45 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Kambili returns home after fifteen years when his sister, Nneka, writes him a heartfelt letter of reconciliation. Upon his return, he is confronted by the bitter-sweet memories of his childhood, his estranged relationship with his family and his deep affection for his boyhood friend Ifediora. Hopeful that things would now work for better-he would rebuild his relationship with his sister and reunite with Ifediora- his expectations are crushed when it dawns on him that Ifediora despite being homosexual has moved on with a woman he is engaged to and Nneka has still not changed from being who she is.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Shelley Thompson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Canada, Running Time: 91 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>When a young woman with a startling resemblance to John Andrew\u2019s wife Miranda appears days before her funeral, he begins an odyssey towards understanding. His son Donald is now Dawn, home to mourn her mother and repair the estrangement with her dad. As Dawn reconnects with her sister Tammy and her fianc\u00e9 Byron, a new family order begins to emerge.\u00a0An ancient tractor becomes a focus for the mechanically minded Dawn, but John Andrew\u2019s long-simmering resentments about the tractor heighten family tensions.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Erin\u2019s Guide to Kissing Girls<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Julianna Notten<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Canada, Running Time: 90 min.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>As middle school is ending, Erin, the only out person in her grade, and Liz, fellow comic nerd and track star, find their friendship tested when Liz is accepted to private high school and Erin falls hard for new girl and ex child-star, Sydni. Erin believes the only way to save herself from certain doom next year is to ask Sydni to the big dance and get in with the popular kids, but the plan goes awry when she starts to lose Liz along the way. Erin\u2019s Guide To Kissing Girls is a story of friendship, first loves, and deciding what\u2019s important to you when everything is changing, all told through a queer lens.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Game on, Queer Disruptions in Sport<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director:\u00a0M\u00e1ria Tak\u00e1cs<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: Hungary, Running Time: 107 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Gay runners, a lesbian boxer, an intersex rower, and a transwoman footballer, all on one team! Can you imagine them? They are athletes whose lives are unseen, unimaginable to society. In recent years, LGBTIQ+ people in sport have become more visible yet so many still stay in the closet, especially in professional sport. The film portrays 5 protagonists from 4 different countries, each disrupting amateur sport with their gay, lesbian, trans and intersex identities. They talk candidly about their sports journeys, their individual experiences, and their private life.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>A Journey to Pride<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director Christopher Wesley Moore<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 57 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>After a decade of not having a pride in Jackson, Mississippi, a local pride committee is formed to plan the largest and safest pride Mississippi has ever had as the COVID pandemic threatens to cancel the event for the third time.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em><u>Screens with:<\/u><\/em><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Hollidays in Mississippi<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Christina Huff<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 35 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>The Hollidays in Mississippi<\/em>\u00a0focuses on the relationship between Eric White (GoDiva Holliday) and Justin Tyler (DeePression Holliday), two drag performers born and raised in small-town Mississippi. While the film highlights the importance of queer families (the families we create outside of our biological families) through the lens of White and Tyler, this story will ultimately follow the unique relationship between White and Tyler. The two drag performers work together to create and celebrate queer space in small-town Mississippi. However, when COVID-19 stops them in their tracks, White loses his passion for show directing and passes the baton onto Tyler to finish his legacy of building queer communities in Tupelo, Mississippi.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>No Siren Left Behind<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Directors:\u00a0Shirin Barghi, Martine N. Granby<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 31 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>No Siren Left Behind<\/em>\u00a0is a documentary short chronicling the history of New York City\u2019s oldest and largest women-run motorcycle club &#8211; its place in queer history, the lives of its members, and the sisterhood of a chosen family.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Our Dad, Danielle<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: S.E King<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 98 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Danielle Joy \u201cDJ\u201d Healey was terrified of being her true self for 57 years, fearing she would lose her wife, two daughters, and prestigious law career. She almost died trying to shield those she loved from her reality. For over half of her life Danielle had privilege and power on the outside while suffering tremendously on the inside. The traditional nuclear-family dream in idyllic Sugar Land, Texas was forever changed once she revealed in 2017 to her Facebook community the secret she\u2019d kept for decades: Danielle is trans.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>A Run for More<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Ray Whitehouse<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 82 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>As a transgender woman in Texas, Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe expected to encounter resistance to her campaign for city council. She did not anticipate questioning her relationship to identity, activism and civic engagement. On the campaign trail, she finds herself on an unexpected journey of self-discovery and healing.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Unabridged Mrs. Vera\u2019s Daybook<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Director: Robert James<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Country: USA, Running Time: 80 min.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The Unabridged Mrs. Vera\u2019s Daybook tells a story of historic activism and community art through the works of two San Francisco artists and long-term AIDS survivors. During one of the darkest periods in US history, two men decide to bring joy and color to a broken community for which an entire movement has emerged. Supporters, fellow activists and members of the queer art community join the film to help paint this vivid portrait of perseverance, compassion and outrageous dime-store fashion.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div><strong>SHORT FILM PROGRAMS (IN PERSON)<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><u>EVERYTHING UNDER THE RAINBOW SHORTS<\/u><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Baldwin Archives<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Tory Devon Smith and Laura Seay, 8 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Beast<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Urvashi Pathania, 9 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Body Language<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Odu Adamu, 10 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Church Camp<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Andrew D. Bourne, 14 min, U.S<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Naman Gupta, 15 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Half\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jacob Roberts, 11 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Hard\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Robin Takao D\u2019Oench<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Leatherboy\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jack McGreal, 8 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Taffeta\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Lovell Holder, 11 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Troy\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Mike Donahue, 16 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>TRANSEXCELLENT<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Gbenga Komolafe, 14 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Do I Know You from Someone?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Gwen Rathbone, 11 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>How Not to Date While Trans\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Nyala Moon, 12 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Just Benjamin<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Paige Murphy, 24 min, U.S<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Pronouns in Bio\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Frankie Shaftain-Fenner, 20 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Transit: A New York City Fairytale\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Emily Dinova, 18 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>LET\u2019S LAUGH AGAIN<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Brutal\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Sam McConnell, 13 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Cock N\u2019 Bull 3\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Nathan Adloff, 24 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>F^\u00a2k \u2018Em R!ght B@\u00a2k\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Harris Doran, 12 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Gay Haircut\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jude Hope Harris, 7 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Gay History Tour\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Adam Enright and Aaron Fuksa, 7 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Fawzia Mirza, 11 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Tank Fairy\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Erich Rettstadt, 10 min, Taiwan\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Unicorn\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Matt Porter, 14 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>BEING WHO WE ARE<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Close-Up\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Benett Holgerson, 15 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Dads\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Martin Luca, 5 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Foreign Uncle\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Sining Xiang, 20 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Letter Men<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Andy Vallentine, 9 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Parrot<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Kyle B. Thompson, 11 min, U.S<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Punch Line\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Becky Cheatle, 10 min, Ireland\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Ripples<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Dylan Mitro, 20 min, Canada\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Queer Parivaar\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Shiva Raichandani, 27 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Sequin\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Averi Israel, 4 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>TAKING A STAND<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>CANS Can\u2019t Stand\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Matt Nadel and Megan Plotka, 18 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Dawn, A Charleston Legend\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Ron Davis, 34 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Peach Paradise\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Shiva Raichandani,12 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Rooted Out\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Julie Casper Roth, 27 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>INSPIRATIONS<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Blind Angels: Richmond, Virginia\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Umbreen Butt, 9 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Love, Barbara\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Brydie O&#8217;Connor, 15 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>One Lift at a Time\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Flo Singer and Ben Dame, 9 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Taking the Long Road Home\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Qiydaar Foster, 35 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Twinkleberry\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Daisy Ifama, 12 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>LATINEXTRAORDINARY<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Azulejos\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Maria Paula Arboleda, 19 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Hijo\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Oscar Perez-Chairez, 33 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Novena\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Fernand Lopez, 15 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Six Feet Apart\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Monty Cole, 13 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>AROUND THE WORLD<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>All the Awards I Never Gave You\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Ciao Scott, 17 min, Brazil<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>I Am Leo\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Tajo Hurrle, 18 min, Germany\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Little Sky\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jess X. Snow, 14 min, Canada\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Makassar is a City for Football Fans\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Khozy Rizal, 20 min, Indonesia\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Paternity\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Vicente De Ramos, 5 min, Spain\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Swim\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Michael Gamarano Singleton, 9 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>FOR THE LADIES<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Birth of a Beautiful Butch\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Gia-Rayne Harris, 3 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Blue Hour\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Stacey Rushchak, 27 min, Poland\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Eye of the Veil\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Dorothy A. Atabong, 23 min, Canada\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Melting Point\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Mindy Stricke. 5 min, Canada\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Ois\u00edn\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Alba Fernandez, 21 min, Ireland\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Second Parent\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Penny PJ Chen, 16 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>ANIMATION EXPLOSION<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Bi the Way\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Amir Ovadia Steklov, 15 min, Germany\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Black Box\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Alana Mango, 4 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Girl Behind the Mirror\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Iuri Moreno, 12 min, Brazil\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>It\u2019s a Gray, Gray World\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib, 6 min, Iran\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Inner Wound Real<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><em>Dir. Carrie Hawks, 15 min., U.S<\/em><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Magentalman and The Gentlemint\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. James Crang, 5 min, U.K.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>\u00a1Nails!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Eliana Pipes, 5 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>New Moon\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jeff Le Bars and J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Balai, 11 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Beautiful Stranger\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Benjamin Bellor, 26 min, France\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Firsts\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jesse Ung, 17 min, New Zealand\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Naked Men in the Woods\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Paul Ploberger, 30 min, Austria\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Too Rough\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Sean L\u00econadh, 15 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Veils\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Erika Nakayama, 18 min, Japan<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Too Rough\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Sean L\u00econadh, 15 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>HOMEGROWN SHORTS<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Amina\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Shanrica Evans, 13 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Capacity\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Marlee Archer, 7 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Held Together \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Alvin Agarrat, 16 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>I Can Tell You Anything\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Kevin Anthony, 12 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Making a Scene\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Jono Mitchell, 12 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>My Abortion Saved My Life\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Ruby Fludzinski and Tiler Wilson, 9 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>One Days\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Alexandra Faith, 7 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Perfect First Date\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Kyle Hamlin, 11 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Pierce Me \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. John e. Kilberg, 10 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>HORROR SHORTS \u2013 THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The House Sitters\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Sydne Horton, 22 min, U.S.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Infested Hearts\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Michael Varrati, 17 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Mom, If I Were a Vampire\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Deborah Chuang, 17 min, Taiwan\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>White Wedding\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, 16 min, U.K.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><u>CONNECTIONS &#8211; DRAMA SHORTS<\/u><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Iago and Tristan\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir.\u00a0Miguel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Monroy, 12 min, Spain\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>The Letter Men\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Andy Vallentine, 9 min, U.S\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Like Father, Like\u2026<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Urvashi Pathania, 12 min, U.S.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>Masaru\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. Ruben Navarro, 12 min, U.S.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong><em>North Star<\/em><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Dir. P.J. 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Chris Molina, 15 min<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>ABOUT OUT ON FILM\u00a0<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Since its official inception in 1987, Out On Film has grown to become one of the major LGBTQIA+ film festivals in the country. Now an Oscar\u00ae qualifying film festival and one of\u00a0USA Today&#8217;s 2020 Reader&#8217;s&#8217; Choice picks as one of the top 20 film festivals in North America, Out On\u00a0Film hosts an 11-day film festival in September as well as programming throughout the year.\u00a0\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Sponsors for the event include GILEAD, WABE, WarnerBros. 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