OUTshine Film Festival

YOUR WILL BE DONE (SO AUF ERDEN)

Thursday, April 26th @ 9:15 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Johannes and Lydia run an evangelical parish near Stuttgart. He's the charismatic preacher, and she writes the...

Bohemian Rhapsody

Tuesday, October 30th @ 7:30 pm

Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied...

HARD PAINT (TINTA BRUTA)

Friday, April 27th @ 9:00 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Hiding behind colors, a fluorescent soul comes to life. While facing criminal charges, Pedro must grapple with his...

Funny Story

Sunday, April 22nd @ 7:15 pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE Funny Story is a tragicomedy you didn’t see coming! After years of being a neglectful father, a womanizing TV star...

From Boys 2 Men and Back Again (Men’s Shorts)

Tuesday, April 24th @ 9:15 pm

Young and old and everything in between are the people and places that make up these beautiful, thought-provoking and funny compilation of...

FROM BAGHDAD TO THE BAY

Sunday, April 29th @ 3:00 pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE Ghazwan Alsharif had his dream job translating for the U.S. forces in Iraq. But his dream turned into a nightmare when...

FREELANCERS ANONYMOUS

Sunday, April 29th @ 2:30 pm

SNEAK PEAK A quick-paced comedy featuring a group of women who come together to launch a tech start-up. Billie, on impulse, quits her...

Freak Show

Sunday, February 18th @ 1:00 pm

In the vein of Clueless and Napoleon Dynamite, Freak Show tells the moving, heartwarming, and hilarious story of Billy Bloom, a boldly...

EVERY ACT OF LIFE

Sunday, April 29th @ 5:15 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE The story of the groundbreaking life and work of 4-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally: a personal journey...

Disobedience (2nd Screening)

Sunday, April 29th @ 12:45 pm

Sebastián Lelio’s ( A Fantastic Woman ) mesmerizing and intimate film follows Ronit (Rachel Weisz), a New York Photographer, who returns...

DISOBEDIENCE

Friday, April 27th @ 7:00 pm

Sebastián Lelio’s ( A Fantastic Woman ) mesmerizing and intimate film follows Ronit (Rachel Weisz), a New York Photographer, who returns...

Dear Mom (Querida Mamae)

Monday, April 23rd @ 7:00 pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE Dear Mom centers on the conflictive relationship between Heloisa, a recently divorced doctor, and her mother Ruth....

Daddy Issues

Tuesday, April 24th @ 7:00 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Maya, a talented, queer artist, is desperate to attend art school in Italy but lacks the funds to do so. Instead, she...

CHERRY GROVE STORIES

Wednesday, April 25th @ 9:00 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE In an era when it was illegal for two men to hold hands in public, the pristine beachfront hamlet of Cherry Grove on...

Anything

Saturday, April 21st @ 5:15 pm

Early Landry (John Carroll Lynch) is a kind and decent man. Grief-stricken over the recent death of his wife, Early moves from Mississippi...

In Between Seasons

Monday, April 23rd @ 9:00 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE A woman is bringing up her high school son alone. While she has established a close bond with her son, she did not...

ANCHOR & HOPE

Saturday, April 28th @ 5:15 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Eva and Kat enjoy a carefree existence on their houseboat on a London canal. Yet after the death of their pet, Eva's...

Allure

Sunday, February 18th @ 3:00 pm

Laura (Evan Rachel Wood) works as a house cleaner for her father's company but her personal life is not so pristine. Rough around the edges,...

Alaska Is a Drag

Sunday, April 22nd @ 7:00 pm

Tough, but diva fabulous, Leo is an aspiring drag superstar stuck working in a fish cannery in Alaska. He and his twin sister are trapped in...

A Moment in the Reeds

Monday, April 23rd @ 6:45 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father...

CENTERPIECE FILM THE MARRIAGE (MARTESA)

Wednesday, April 25th @ 7:00 pm

CENTERPIECE FILM EAST COAST PREMIERE In a rare gay-themed film from Kosovo, Anita and Bekim are adding the final touches to their big...

OPENING NIGHT FILM My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Puoi Baciare Lo Sposo)

Friday, April 20th @ 8:00 pm

OPENING NIGHT FILM INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Antonio and Paolo live happily together in Berlin and are finally getting married. They decide to...

LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM Kiss Me (Embrasse Moi)

Saturday, April 21st @ 7:30 pm

LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM Océanerosemarie is full of life, and of friends but mainly of ex-girlfriends, 76 to be exact…but who’s counting!...

FREE COMMUNITY SESSION CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE

Saturday, April 21st @ 12:15 pm

FREE COMMUNITY SESSION CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE Seed & Spark's cornerstone class clearly lays out the steps toward a successful...

FREE COMMUNITY SESSION ART OF THE PITCH

Sunday, April 22nd @ 12:15 pm

FREE COMMUNITY SESSION ART OF THE PITCH Seed & Spark's cornerstone class clearly lays out the steps toward a successful crowdfunding...

OUTSHINE FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING FLASH GORDON

Tuesday, April 17th @ 8:00 pm

OUTSHINE FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING Bring your beach chair, picnic basket, and blanket SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL SCREENING Although NASA scientists...

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO

Thursday, April 26th @ 6:45 pm

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez breathed an alluring wind of change in the NYC and Paris fashion scenes in the 1970s....

CLOSING NIGHT FILM 1985

Saturday, April 28th @ 7:30 pm

CLOSING NIGHT FILM EAST COAST PREMIERE Inspired by the award-winning short of the same name, 1985 follows Adrian (Cory Michael Smith, Gotham...

HEARTS BEAT LOUD

Sunday, April 29th @ 7:15 pm

Single dad Frank (Nick Offerman) prepares to send his hard-working lesbian daughter Sam off to college . Hoping to stay connected with his...

LAST DAYS IN HAVANA

Friday, April 27th @ 9:15 pm

A tragicomedy that tackles the subject of friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Two mid-forties friends are neighbors:...

WOUNDED BY THE WIND (LAS HERIDAS DEL VIENTO)

Tuesday, April 24th @ 9:00 pm

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE His father’s death forces David to take charge of his legacy. As he begins to clear out the years of accumulated...

STILL WAITING IN THE WINGS

Saturday, April 28th @ 5:00 pm

Still Waiting in The Wings follows the trials and triumphs of actors waiting tables in Times Square. While dreaming of the Broadway stage,...

WHERE WE ALL ARE – SHORTS

Saturday, April 21st @ 4:45 pm

Getting Started Director: Andrea Meyerson Runtime: 22 Minutes USA, 2018 After meeting online, Tori and Joy finally have their first date....

Where The Men Are (Men's Shorts)

Monday, April 23rd @ 9:15 pm

Here are some of the most interesting, engaging and award winning shorts from across the land. Femme Alden Peters, 17 minutes, USA IN...

Where The Ladies Are (Ladies Shorts)

Sunday, April 22nd @ 5:15 pm

Whether thinking back to your first love (how sweet), your recent break-up (not that sweet) or the love that may never be, these shorts are...

Where Justice Ends

Monday, June 4th @ 6:30 pm

FREE EVENT - NO TICKETS NEEDED Where Justice Ends is at the intersection of two important and timely topics of social justice — conditions...

We Are Thr3e (Somos Tr3s)

Sunday, April 22nd @ 9:15 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Nacho is an average guy. At a party he meets Ana, a recently divorced, self-confident young woman. Then they meet...

VENUS

Sunday, April 29th @ 4:45 pm

Sid’s East Indian parents have been putting enormous pressure on Sid to marry a nice Indian girl and raise a family. That certainly...

Trick

Tuesday, September 11th @ 8:00 pm

FREE EVENT! FREE POPCORN! 2-4-1 DRINKS! It's lust at first sight when Gabriel, a songwriter with Broadway ambitions, runs into Mark, a hot...

To a More Perfect Union: US vs. Windsor

Sunday, April 22nd @ 2:30 pm

To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor tells a story of love, marriage and a fight for equality. The film chronicles unlikely heroes --...

The Test of Love (L'Épreuve D'Amour)

Saturday, April 21st @ 3:00 pm

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Paul is a man uncomfortable in his own skin. His 20-year marriage to Marielle is put to the test when she catches him...

The Revival

Sunday, February 18th @ 11:00 am

THE REVIVAL follows a second generation Southern Baptist Preacher who has a secret that is tearing him apart. Based on the award winning...

THE RED TREE (L'ALBERO ROSSO)

Saturday, April 21st @ 2:30 pm

THE RED TREE / L'ALBERO ROSSO is a short documentary that tells the little known history of Italian gay men being arrested and exiled to a...

The Gospel According To André (Showtime 7:00 PM)

Thursday, May 31st @ 7:00 pm

SHOWTIME 7:00 PM OUTshine Film Festival Complimentary Advance Screening Please RSVP by May 28. (click the blue button above) André Leon...

SOMETHING LIKE THAT (ALGUMA COISA ASSIM)

Sunday, April 29th @ 7:30 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Caio and Mari are two young adults whose relationship is beyond any definition. Throughout 10 years, the plot...

Love, Simon

Thursday, March 15th @ 7:00 pm

Thanks to our friends at 20th Century Fox , Love, Simon will be a free community screening. Please click on the "Get Tickets" Link above to...

SNAPSHOTS

Thursday, April 26th @ 7:00 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE When a grandmother's (Piper Laurie) secret past collides with her granddaughter's (Emily Baldoni) secret future and her...

Serial Mom

Tuesday, November 13th @ 8:00 pm

A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom...

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Sunday, April 22nd @ 4:45 pm

A deliciously scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome exMarine who landed in Hollywood after the Second World War and became...

Santa & Andres

Sunday, February 18th @ 11:00 am

Publicly gay novelist Andrés has been banned by the Cuban government from writing another word. With a political rally coming up, they...

Quiet Heroes

Saturday, April 21st @ 2:30 pm

EAST COAST PREMIERE In Salt Lake City, the religious monoculture severely complicated the AIDS crisis. Patients received no support from and...

Queerama

Saturday, April 21st @ 9:45 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Queerama is a film created from the treasure trove of the BFI archive. The story traverses a century of gay experiences,...

POSTCARDS FROM LONDON

Friday, April 27th @ 6:45 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Buff and beautiful teenager Jim (Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats ) moves from the London suburbs to Soho where he falls...

NOBLEMEN

Wednesday, April 25th @ 9:15 pm

WORLD PREMIERE Fifteen year old Shay is struggling with adolescence and sexuality. He is constantly terrorized by a gang of bullies in a...

Next Generation Artists - YoungArts Shorts

Saturday, April 28th @ 2:30 pm

TRANSFORMATIONS FILM SERIES Variations On Breathing Director: Jean Carlo Ramirez, 4 mins How can we embrace our true selves amid an ocean of...

My Life With James Dean (MA VIE AVEC JAMES DEAN)

Tuesday, April 24th @ 6:45 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Moving. Demanding. Unclassifiable. Rare. These are the words given to the gay film that Director Géraud Champreux is...

MISTY EYES (LOS OJOS LLOROSOS)

Thursday, April 26th @ 9:00 pm

WORLD PREMIERE Alice is diagnosed with AIDS and the confusion as he starts his treatment is overwhelming. Making it more difficult is his...

MCQUEEN

Saturday, April 28th @ 3:00 pm

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE Jury Winner - Best Documentary Alexander McQueen’s rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale. An unremarkable...

Mario

Saturday, April 21st @ 9:15 pm

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Mario has fallen in love for the first time. Yet his new love is Leon, the team’s new striker, who could pose a...

SHOWTIME SPONSORED FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING BEYOND THE OPPOSITE SEX

Saturday, April 28th @ 12:45 pm

SHOWTIME SPONSORED FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING Beyond the Opposite Sex is the follow-up documentary to Showtime’s 2004 The Opposite Sex:...

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