Outfest Announces Lineup for 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 09, 2016
Outfest - the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen - today announced the complete programming lineup for the 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival presented by HBO. The nation's leading LGBT festival will be held July 7-17, 2016.
The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival opens with Samuel Goldwyn Films' "The Intervention", Clea Duvall's engaging directorial and screenwriting feature debut starring Cobie Smulders, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Alia Shawkat and Clea Duvall; and closes with Vertical Entertainment's "Other People" - a 2016 Sundance Film Festival standout, written and directed by Saturday Night Live's Chris Kelly and starring Jesse Plemons, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, Molly Shannon and June Squibb. Additional gala screenings include: U.S. Centerpiece "Spa Night" (Dir/Scr: Andrew Ahn), International Centerpiece "Esteros" (Dir/Scr: Gerald "Papu" Curotto), Documentary Centerpiece "Kiki" (Dir: Sara Jordenö), Legacy Centerpiece "Different From The Others" (Dir: Richard Oswald), and Special Centerpiece "King Cobra" (Dir: Justin Kelly) starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Keegan Allen, Molly Ringwald and Alicia Silverstone. "I am proud and honored to present a program that focuses on the most talented queer voices across all media - from film to television to the web," says Christopher Racster, Executive Director of Outfest. "Each year we see a snapshot of the lives of LGBT people from around the world. Honest reflections and celebrations of our experiences. These depictions take us on intensely personal journeys, which increasingly show that our similarities are greater than our differences. At a time when the cultural zeitgeist is using differences to drive us apart, these films intimately show us that each of our stories matter and each need a platform to be heard, understood, and respected."For more information and for a complete listing of films in 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, log on to outfest.org or call 213-480-7065, Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 6:00pm. Outfest members receive benefits such as free tickets, priority entrance to screenings or ALL ACCESS passes. Tickets go on sale to members beginning Thursday, June 9. General admission tickets to individual films go on sale beginning Tuesday, June 14. Contact the Box Office for membership, tickets and event information by calling 213-480-7065 or visit Outfest.org. Special ticket packages are also available. The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival is proudly presented by HBO, a partnership that has spanned 20 years. Grand Sponsors include Delta Air Lines, Entertainment Partners, and Frontiers Media. Premiere Sponsors are Clear Channel Outdoor, Comcast NBCUniversal, Directors Guild of America, DIRECTV, GetPrEPLA.com, The Grove, Merrill Lynch, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. For more information about sponsorship, visit www.outfest.org/sponsor. To download stills, please visit: http://bit.ly/24DlD7G To download the official trailer: https://youtu.be/VjBiPFn_P5k To apply for press credentials, please visit: http://www.outfest.org/press-industry/
ABOUT OUTFEST Founded by UCLA students in 1982, Outfest is the world's leading organization that promotes equality by creating, sharing and protecting LGBT stories on the screen. Outfest builds community by connecting diverse populations to discover, discuss and celebrate stories of LGBT lives. Over the past three decades, Outfest has showcased thousands of films from around the world, educated and mentored hundreds of emerging filmmakers, and protected more than 35,000 LGBT films and videos. Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival is eleven days of world-class films, panels, and parties. ABOUT HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. and the world's most successful pay TV service, providing the two television services - HBO and CineMax - to approximately 131 million subscribers worldwide. The services offer the popular subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and CineMax On Demand, as well as HBO GO and MAX GO, HD feeds and multiplex channels. HBO NOW, the network's internet-only premium streaming service, provides audiences with instant access to HBO's acclaimed programming in the U.S. Internationally, HBO branded television networks, along with the subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO services to over 60 countries. HBO and CineMax programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide. 2016 OUTFEST LOS ANGELES LGBT FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP
GALA FILMS: THE INTERVENTION - Opening Night Gala
Dir/Scr: Clea Duvall, 2016, USA, 90 min KING COBRA - Special Centerpiece
Dir/Scr: Justin Kelly, 2016, USA, 91 min SPA NIGHT - U.S. Centerpiece
Dir/Scr: Andrew Ahn, 2016, USA, 90 min ESTEROS - International Centerpiece
Dir/Scr: Geraldo "Papu" Curotto, 2016, Argentina/Brazil, 83 min KIKI - Documentary Centerpiece
Dir: Sara Jordenö, 2016, Sweden/USA, 94 min DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS - Legacy Centerpiece
Dir: Richard Oswald, 1919, Germany, 54 min OTHER PEOPLE - Closing Night Gala
Dir/Scr: Chris Kelly, 2015, USA, 97 min U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES AVA'S IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
Dir/Scr: Marina Rice Bader, USA, 2016, 80 min AWOL
Dir: Deb Shoval, USA, 2016, 85 min BEARCITY 3
Dir: Doug Langway, USA, 2016, 120 min BRUISING FOR BESOS
Dir: Adelina Anthony, USA, 2016, 88 min DADDY'S BOY
Dir/Scr: Daniel Armando, USA, 2015, 78 min FIRST GIRL I LOVED
Dir/Scr: Kerem Sanga, United States, 2016, 91 min FRONT COVER
Dir: Ray Yeung, USA, 2015, 87 min HUNKY DORY
Dir: Michael Curtis Johnson, USA, 2016, 88 min I LOVE YOU BOTH
Dir: Doug Archibald, USA, 2015, 90 min LAZY EYE
Dir: Tim Kirkman, USA, 2015, 86 min MILES
Dir: Nathan Adloff, USA, 2016, 90 min DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN... (aka MODERN LOVE)
Dir/Scr: Joshua Tunick, USA, 2016, 92 min PUSHING DEAD
Dir/Scr: Tom E. Brown, USA, 2016, 110 min RETAKE
Dir/Scr: Nick Corporon, USA, 2015, 98 min SLASH
Dir/Scr: Clay Liford, USA, 2016, 100 min SUICIDE KALE
Dir: Carly Usdin, USA, 2015, 78 min WOMEN WHO KILL
Dir/Scr: Ingrid Jungermann, USA, 2016, 93 min INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC FEATURES ALMOST ADULTS
Dir: Sarah Rotella, Canada, 2015, 90 min BABY BUMP
Dir: Kuba Czekaj, Poland, 2015, 89 min BEING 17
Dir: André Téchiné, France, 2016, 116 min BLUSH
Dir: Michal Vinik, Israel, 2015, 84 min CLOSET MONSTER
Dir: Stephen Dunn, Canada, 2015, 90 min DEPARTURE
Dir/Scr: Andrew Steggall, France, United Kingdom, 2015, 109 min FIRE SONG
Dir: Adam Garnet Jones, Canada, 2015, 85 min GIRL GETS GIRL
Dir/Scr: Sonia Sebastian, Spain, 2015, 88 min GIRLS LOST
Dir: Alexandra-Therese Keining, Sweden, 2015, 106 min HE HATED PIGEONS
Dir/Scr: Ingrid Veninger, Canada, 2015, 80 min HOLDING THE MAN
Dir: Neil Armfield, Australia, 2015, 127 min I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón, Germany, Mexico, Mexico, 2015, 88 min LOVE
Dir: Viet Max, Vietnam, 2015, 105 min THE NEST
Dir: Filipe Matzembacher, Brazil, 2016, 115 min PARIS 05:59: THEO & HUGO
Dir: Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau, France, 2016, 97 min SUMMERTIME
Dir: Catherine Corsini, France, 2015, 105 min WHERE ARE YOU GOING HABIBI?
Dir/Scr: Tor Iben, Germany, 2015, 80 min DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMING OUT
Dir: Alden Peters, USA, 2015, 71 min FILM HAWK
Dir: JJ Garvine & Tai Parquet, USA, 2016, 75 min FORBIDDEN: UNDOCUMENTED AND QUEER IN RURAL AMERICA
Dir: Tiffany Rhynard, USA, 2016, 90 min JEWEL'S CATCH ONE
Dir: C. Fitz, USA, 2016, 85 min LAST MEN STANDING
Dir: Tim Hussin & Erin Brethauer, USA, 2016, 66 min MAJOR!
Dir: Annalise Ophelian, USA, 2015, 91 min OVARIAN PSYCOS
Dir: Joanna Sokolowski & Kate Trumbull-LaValle, USA, 2016, 72 min THE PEARL
Dir: Jessica Dimmock & Christopher LaMarca, USA, 2016, 97 min PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD
Dir: Maya Goded, Mexico & Netherlands, 2016, 78 min RAISING ZOEY
Dir: Dante Alencastre, USA, 2016, 54 min REAL BOY
Dir: Shaleece Haas, USA, 2015, 74 min SCRUM
Dir: Poppy Stockwell, Australia, 2015, 54 min SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR
Dir: Deborah S. Esquenazi, USA, 2016, 90 min STRIKE A POSE
Dir: Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan, Netherlands, 2016, 83 min UNCLE HOWARD
Dir: Aaron Brookner, UK & USA, 2016, 96 min WEEKENDS
Dir: Dong-Ha Lee, South Korea, 2016, 98 min WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED
Dir: Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 2015, 95 min PANELS AND SPECIAL EVENTS GHOSTBUSTERS
Dir/Scr: Paul Feig, 2016, USA, 116 min THE HUNGER
Dir: Tony Scott, 1983, UK/USA, 97 min LOOKING: THE MOVIE
Dir: Andrew Haigh, 2016, USA, 86 min POLITICAL ANIMALS
Dir: Jonah Markowitz & Tracy Wares, 2015, USA, 88 min THE TRANS LIST
Dir: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2016, USA, 51 min UNCLE GLORIA
Dir: Robyn Symonds, 2016, USA, 76 min FOR EX-LOVERS ONLY
Dir/Scr: Andrew Gitomer, 2016, 26 min THE CHADWICK JOURNALS
Dir: Deondray Gossett & Quincy LeNear, 2016, USA, 63 min HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME: BLACK & GAY IN THE CHURCH
Dir: Clay Cane, 2015, USA, 60 min SPECIAL EVENTS - TV Show Previews:
DIFFICULT PEOPLE (Hulu)
ONE MISSISSIPPI (Amazon)
SEARCH PARTY (TBS)
TRANSPARENT (Amazon) SPECIAL EVENTS - Panels & Workshops:
SAG PANEL: THE BUSINESS OF ACTING: MAKING DIVERSITY WORK FOR YOU
FILMMAKER WORKSHOP WITH SEED & SPARK: CROWDFUNDING
FILMMAKER WORKSHOP WITH SEED & SPARK: VIRTUAL REALITY PLATINUM SECTION: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS & LIVE EVENTS OUTFITUMENTARY
Dir: K8 Hardy, USA, 2016, 82 min THE CULT
Dir: André Antônio, Brazil, 2015, 70 min DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE
Dir/Scr: Yony Leyser, Germany, 2015, 92 min OUTFEST UCLA LEGACY PROJECT BOUND
Dir: Lana and Lilly Wachowski
USA, 1996, 109 min BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE
Dir: Howard Brookner, USA, 1983, 90 min THE WATERMELON WOMAN
Dir/Scr: Cheryl Dunye, USA, 1996, 90 min LEGACY/PLATINUM CO-PRESENTATION NO SKIN OFF MY ASS
Dir: Bruce La Bruce, 1990, Canada, 73 min
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