The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival taking place July 7 to 17, 2016, announced the complete lineup of films including opening night film THE INTERVENTION and closing night film OTHER PEOPLE.
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.
With 162 films from 19 different countries, Outfest Los Angeles once again brings together the highest quality of LGBTQ film in the world along with highlighting efforts in the mainstream media to tell those stories. The 2016 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival will return to the Ford Theatres after a two-year renovation of the historic venue. The much anticipated comedy, “Ghostbusters” will kick off the screenings on July 13 with Documentary Centerpiece “Kiki”, “Bearcity 3”, “Modern Love”, and Closing Night Gala “Other People” following on the subsequent days.
Spotlight screenings include the Season 2 premiere of Hulu’s “Difficult People”; a tribute screening of “The Hunger” in honor of David Bowie; HBO’s “Looking: The Movie” and “The Trans List”; Tig Notaro’s new comedy series “One Mississippi” from Amazon as well as the Season 3 premiere of “Transparent”; and TBS’ new comedy series “Search Party”.
Outfest Los Angeles will also be showcasing three digital series which includes the world premiere of “For Ex-Lovers Only” from director/screenwriter Andrew Gitomer, the Season 2 world premiere of “The Chadwick Journals” from directors Deondray Gossett and Quincy LeNear and the 2016 GLAAD Media Award winner for Outstanding Digital Journalism, “Holler if You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church” from director Clay Cane.
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