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SATURDAY | July 18 | 12:00pm | DGA 2
SEED & SPARK WORKSHOP
SATURDAY | July 11 | 11:30am | DGA 2
WEB SERIES: IN WITH THE NEW OUT As people cut the cable television cord and move online, the number of web series has skyrocketed. Frustrated LGBTQ filmmakers, faced with fewer funding and distribution options, have also turned to the Internet, and the opportunities have grown in leaps and bounds. The queer web series featured below are the best and brightest the Internet has to offer. Watch a sampling of these massively popular series, and join the creators and stars as they share their insights and stories behind the scenes.
The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct connection to your audience. Crowdfunding is becoming a fundamental piece of most financing plans for independent film. However, many filmmakers miss the opportunity to turn their film funding campaigns into audience-building opportunities that can last an entire career - and provide the groundwork for a distribution plan that the filmmaker controls. This class for film-related financing will provide the crowdfunding action plan that is most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with your audience. CO-SPONSORED BY
Featuring 80/20, Dyke Central, Kelsey, The Transgender Project, Wallflowers and Where The Bears Are. Plus a sneak preview of Boys In Tech and EastSiders! SPONSORED BY
FREE SCREENING
SATURDAY | July 18 | 3:00pm | REDCAT
Dir/Scr: Ellen Brodsky, 2014, USA, 68 min.
What happens when LGBTQ youth band together to be out onstage about their lives? Find out in this powerful documentary about True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, where young performers tell their stories with wit, candor and bravery. From a trans teen kicked out of her home to a devout Christian standing up to his church’s homophobic teaching, these adolescent artists get their act together - even after the Boston Marathon bombing occurs just yards from their rehearsal space, making them even more determined that the show must go on. PLUS SHORT: GOLDEN Dir: Kai Stänicke, 3 min.
SUNDAY | July 12 | 9:30pm | Harmony Gold
QUINCEAÑERA
A Sundance and GLAAD award-winner, this unforgettable LA classic explores the sexual and racial tensions simmering amongst a traditional Latino family against the backdrop of Echo Park’s rapidly growing gentrification. Helmed by Outfest alums Wash Westmoreland and the late Richard Glatzer (the directing duo behind the Oscar-winning STILL ALICE), and featuring Emily Rios (“Breaking Bad,” “True Detective”), Jesse Garcia (El Rey Network’s “From Dusk Til Dawn”), and Sam Peckinpah veteran Chalo Gonzales as Tio Tomás, the film resonates as powerfully today as it did upon its first release, standing as a tribute to Glatzer - who passed recently after a long fight with ALS.
SUNDAY | JULY 12 | 7:30PM | Harmony Gold
A NIGHT WITH “KINGDOM” STAR NICK JONAS When Nick Jonas dropped his pants and exposed his rock-hard abs, the gay community went bananas. But it was only after his softspoken onscreen persona, the MMA fighter Nate in the hard-hitting DirecTV series “Kingdom”, came out as gay during the final moments of season 1 that Jonas cemented his status as an iconic queer sex symbol. Outfest is pleased to welcome the man himself as well as “Kingdom” creator Byron Balasco for an in-depth discussion and a sneak peak of the upcoming second season.
Tickets: 213.480.7065 or outfest.org
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