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2017 Outfest LGBT Film Festival Lineup Revealed
12:58 PM PDT 6/2/2017 by Gregg Kilday
The 2017 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival will kick off July 6 with Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country, a drama about a Yorkshire sheep farmer and his relationship with a Romanian immigrant, which debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The festival, celebrating its 35th anniversary, will close July 16 with IFC’s Freak Show, Trudie Styler’s directorial debut starring Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Laverne Cox and Bette Midler.
Additional gala screenings include the U.S. centerpiece Strangers, written and directed by Mia Lidofsky; the international centerpiece Close Knit, written and directed by Naoko Ogigami; the documentary centerpiece Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast In Me, directed by Lori Kaye; and the special centerpiece Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall, directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright.
“Outfest began 35 years ago with a group of students desperate to find positive depictions of themselves on film; today Outfest is the launch pad for the storytellers that bring our stories to life on screen.” Christopher Racster, Outfest executive director, commented.
The festival, held at venues throughout Los Angeles including the Directors Guild of America and the Theatre at Ace Hotel, will screen 194 films from 30 different countries.
Special events will include OWN’s Queen Sugar directors panel with Outfest alumnae Aurora Guerrero, Tina Mabry and Cheryl Dunye; a conversation with I. Marlene King, the executive producer of Pretty Little Liars and Famous in Love; a screening of Chasing Amy in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, followed by a conversation with director Kevin Smith and Guinevere Turner; Showtime Networks’ More Than T; a sneak peek at season four of Amazon Studios’ Transparent; and a screening of REVRY’s Suspiciously Large Woman: Bob the Drag Queen Comedy Special.
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2017 OUTFEST LOS ANGELES LGBT FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP
GALA FILMS:
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY – Opening Night Gala
Dir: Francis Lee, United Kingdom, 2017, 104 min
KEVYN AUCOIN BEAUTY & THE BEAST IN ME– Documentary Centerpiece
Dir: Lori Kaye, USA, 2017, 90 min
CLOSE KNIT – International Centerpiece
Dir: Naoko Ogigami, Japan, 2017, 127 min
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TODRICK HALL – Special Centerpiece
Dir: Katherine Fairfax Wright, USA, 2017, 100 min
STRANGERS – U.S. Centerpiece
Dir: Mia Lidofsky, USA, 2016, 115 min
FREAK SHOW – Closing Night Gala
Dir: Trudie Styler, USA, 2017, 91 min
U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES
195 LEWIS
Dir: Chanelle Aponte Pearson, USA, 2017, 45 min
AFTER LOUIE
Dir: Vincent Gagliostro, USA, 2016, 100 min
BEACH RATS
Dir: Eliza Hittman, USA, 2016, 98 min
BECKS
Dir: Liz Rohrbaugh & Daniel Powell, USA, 2017, 92 min
CHERRY POP
Dir: Assaad Yacoub, USA, 2016, 78 min
EASTSIDERS SEASON 3: GO WEST
Dir: Kit Williamson, USA, 2017, 90 min
THE FEELS
Dir: Jenée LaMarque, USA, 2016, 88 min
HELLO AGAIN
Dir: Tom Gustafson, USA, 2017, 105 min
A MILLION HAPPY NOWS
Dir: Albert Alarr, USA, 2016, 81 min
NEW QUEER FRONTIERS: BKPI & THE CHANCES
Dir: Hye Yun Park (BKPI) & Anna Kerrigan (The Chances), USA, 2017, 37 min & 34 min
PROM KING, 2010
Dir: Christopher Schaap, USA, 2017, 102 min
THE REVIVAL
Dir: Jennifer Gerber, USA, 2017, 84 min
THE RING THING
Dir: William Sullivan, USA, 2018, 120 min
SATURDAY CHURCH
Dir: Damon Cardasis, USA, 2017, 81 min
SIGNATURE MOVE
Dir: Jennifer Reeder, USA, 2017, 80 min
SOMETHING LIKE SUMMER
Dir: David Berry, USA, 2017, 115 min
INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC FEATURES
4 DAYS IN FRANCE
Dir: Jér?me Reybaud, France, 2016, 142 min
BODY ELECTRIC
Dir: Marcelo Caetano, Brazil, 2017, 93 min
CENTER OF MY WORLD
Dir: Jakob M. Erwa, Germany/Austria, 2016, 115 min
Dir: Palatpol Mingpornpichit, Thailand, 2016, 96 min
I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE
Dir: Ernesto Contreras, Mexico/Netherlands, 2017, 103 min
IN BETWEEN
Dir: Maysaloun Hamoud, Israel/France, 2016, 96 min
MAYBE TOMORROW
Dir: Samantha Lee, Philippines, 2016, 84 min
THE PASS
Dir: Ben A. Williams, United Kingdom, 2016, 88 min
PATHS
Dir: Chris Miera, Germany, 2017, 108 min
RIFT
Dir: Erlingur Thoroddsen, Iceland, 2017, 111 min
SANTA & ANDRES
Dir: Carlos Lechuga, Cuba, 2016, 105 min
TAMARA
Dir: Elia K. Schneider, Venezuela/Uruguay/Peru, 2016, 110 min
TOM OF FINLAND
Dir: Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2017, 115 min
THE WOUND
Dir: John Trengove, South Africa, 2017, 88 min
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
100 MEN
Dir: Paul Oremland, New Zealand, 2016, 95 min
BONES OF CONTENTION
Dir: Andrea Weiss, USA/Spain, 2017, 75 min
BOYS FOR SALE
Dir: Itako, Japan, 2017, 76 min
CHAVELA
Dir: Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi, USA/Mexico/Spain, 2017, 90 min
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON
Dir: David France, USA, 2017, 105 min
DREAM BOAT
Dir: Tristan Ferland Milewski, Germany, 2017, 92 min
THE FABULOUS ALLAN CARR
Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz, USA, 2017, 90 min
GIRL UNBOUND: THE WAR TO BE HER
Dir: Erin Heidenreich, Canada/Pakistan, 2016, 80 min
NO DRESS CODE REQUIRED
Dir: Cristina Herrera Borquez, Mexico, 2017, 92 min
OUT OF ORDER
Dir: Amanda Bluglass, USA, 2016, 60 min
QUEST
Dir: Jonathan Olshefski, USA, 2017, 90 min
REBELS ON POINTE
Dir: Bobbi Jo Hart, Canada, 2017, 90 min
STRONG ISLAND
Dir: Yance Ford, USA/Denmark, 2017, 107 min
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
Dir: Jennifer M. Kroot, USA, 2017, 90 min
WHOSE STREETS?
Dir: Sabaah Foloyan & Damon Davis, USA, 2017, 100 min
A WOMB OF THEIR OWN
Dir: Cyn Lubow, USA, 2016, 86 min
SPECIAL EVENTS
QUEEN SUGAR DIRECTORS PANEL
IN CONVERSATION WITH I. MARLENE KING
STEVEN UNIVERSE
BEGINNERS/FOCUS FEATURES 15th ANNIVERSARY
Dir: Mike Mills, 2011, 105 min
MORE THAN T sponsored by Showtime Networks
Dir: Silas Howard, USA, 2017, 53 min
SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE WOMAN: BOB THE DRAG QUEEN COMEDY SPECIAL sponsored by REVRY
Dir: Christopher Birk & Cheyenne Picardo, USA, 2017, 54 min
BAD MOVIE NIGHT
TRANSPARENT SEASON 4 sponsored by Amazon Studios
TEENAGE KICKS sponsored by Azure Productions
Dir: Craig Boreham, 2016, Australia, 98 min
Panels & Workshops:
BEYOND BINARIES: CREATING INTERSECTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Panelists include Laura Terruso (writer, HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS), Kevin Iwashina (Founder & CEO of Preferred Content), Andrew Ahn (writer-director, SPA NIGHT), Roberta Munroe (director-producer-author), Miles McKenna (YouTube Star, MilesChronicles and host of HELLA GAY), and the discussion will be moderated by Brickson Diamond (co-founder of The Blackhouse Foundation).
CASH IN WITHOUT SELLING OUT: AUTHENTIC BRANDED STORYTELLING
NEW FRONTIER OF STORYTELLING: SUNDANCE VIRTUAL REALITY
SCREENWRITING LAB: LIVE READING
TRANS SUMMIT
PLATINUM SECTION: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS & LIVE EVENTS
THE STRANGE ONES
Dir: Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein, USA, 2017, 81 min
THE LADIES ALMANACK
Dir: Daviel Shy, USA, 2017, 87 min
DISCREET
Dir: Travis Mathews, USA, 2017, 80 min
QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION
Dir: Yony Leyser, Germany, 2017, 72 min
OUTFEST UCLA LEGACY PROJECT
BEAUTIFUL THING
Dir: Hettie Macdonald, United Kingdom, 1996, 90 min
