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Lynn Bove - Angel Award Recipient
Linda Watson - Board Member
"A beautiful film with stunning performances by Anna Paquin and Holiday Grainger that is worthy to open our Festival!"
Honors -
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Best Feature Film Nominee - Guadalajara International Film Festival
OPENING NIGHT FILM
Tell It To The Bees
Thursday April 18th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Romance
Language: English
Venue: The Black Archives
Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex
Gripped by a failing marriage and the responsibilities of having a young son, Lydia (Critic's Choice Nominee Holliday Grainger) finds solace in her growing bond with the town’s recently returned female doctor...
(WORK-IN-PROGRESS)
Sell By
Friday April 19th 2019, 6:45 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay, Romance, Slice of Life
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Does every relationship have an expiration date? Adam and Marklin are about to find out. Their 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate flame to a medium burn, forcing them to reconcile with each other’s...
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for Best Film (Golden Berlin Bear) - Berlinale (Berlin)
Nominee for LGBT Best Film (Teddy) - Berlinale (Berlin)
Elisa and Marcela
(Elisa y Marcela)
Friday April 19th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Historical Fiction, Lesbian, LGBTQ
Language: Spanish & Portuguese with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Steve Drukker - Director of Finance and Grants
"This haunting film transports you to a world light years from Miami."
Honors -
Queer Lion Award - Venice Film Festival
Special Mention of the Jury - Bratislava International Film Festival (Slovakia)
José
Friday April 19th 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Romance, Slice of Life
Language: Spanish
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Octavio is Dead
Friday April 19th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ, Slice of Life
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Winner – Special Programming Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent - Outfest (Los Angeles)
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Saturday April 20th 2019, 12:15 pm
Genre: Documentary, Historical, Lesbian
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Official Selection - DOC NY (New York)
Official Selection - Frameline (San Francisco)
The Ice King
Saturday April 20th 2019, 2:30 pm
Genre: Documentary, Gay, Historical
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
John Curry transformed ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully...
Second Star on the Right
Saturday April 20th 2019, 3:00 pm
Genre: Bi, Drama, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Romance, Slice of Life
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Emilia is a 30-something bisexual woman who refuses to grow up. All her friends seem to have all their lives figured out, including Angélica who is about to get married. Yet Emilia is still living with her mother, trying...
Highlights
Harlene Bautista - Executive Producer
In Attendance
Honors -
Winner - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress – Metro Manilla Film Festival
Rainbow's Sunset
Saturday April 20th 2019, 4:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Romance, Slice of Life
Language: Filipino &Tagalog with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Elderly Senator Ramon, the pride of his small, provincial hometown, moves in with his terminally-ill best friend Fredo in his final days. It turns out that their connection goes beyond mere friendship, and the revelation...
Erik & Erika
Saturday April 20th 2019, 5:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, Trans
Language: German
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
The true story of Erik/Erika Schinegger – the ski sensation that became a media sensation. Declared female at birth, Erika is raised as a girl until a gene test proves that she is genetically male. Athletic success...
An Almost Ordinary Summer
(Croce e Delizia)
Saturday April 20th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Two very different families spend their holidays in the same seaside house: the aristocratic Castelvecchio’s – open-minded, eccentric, but quite selfish – and the working-class Petagna’s – very tight-knit...
LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM
Vita & Virginia
Saturday April 20th 2019, 7:30 pm
Genre: Drama, Historical Fiction, Lesbian, Romance
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
London 1922. The aristocratic socialite and writer Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) first lays eyes on the famous novelist Virginia Woolf and vows to pursue her, beginning one of the most notorious and convention-shattering...
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for Best Feature Film - Guadalajara International Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection - Dublin International Film Festival
Papi Chulo
Saturday April 20th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for Queer Palm - Cannes Film Festival
Nominee for Best Film - Cairo International Film Festival
Euphoria (Euforia)
Saturday April 20th 2019, 9:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Jury Winner -
Honorable Mention Best Documentary Film - OUTshine
Honors -
Winner - Audience Award - DOK.fest Munich
Tackling Life
Sunday April 21st 2019, 12:15 pm
Genre: Documentary, Gay
Language: English and German with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Dan Hunt - Co-Director
In Attendance
Jury Winner -
Best Documentary Film - OUTshine
Honors -
Official Selection - BFI Flare London
Official Selection - DOC NY (New York)
Little Miss Westie
Sunday April 21st 2019, 2:30 pm
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ, Slice of Life, Trans
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
If Ren could go back in time to before she was four, she would tell her parents that she wasn’t happy living as a boy. Now Ren is about to take part in a rite of passage for their community in West Haven, Connecticut,...
Ladies' Shorts
Sunday April 21st 2019, 3:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Lesbian, Science Fiction
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Birds of the Borderlands
Sunday April 21st 2019, 4:45 pm
Genre: Documentary, Historical, LGBTQ, Political
Language: English and Arabic with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Joe Bilancio - Programming Director
"I am a sucker for stories about people who are living their true selves at all costs."
Jury Winner -
Honorable Mention Best Narrative Feature - OUTshine
Honors -
Winner - Orizzonti Award for Best Actress (Natalya Kudryashova) - Venice Film Festival
Winner - Jury Award Best Film - Zinegoak Bilbao International GLT Film Festival (Spain)
The Man Who Surprised Everyone
(Tchelovek kotorij udivil vseh)
Sunday April 21st 2019, 5:15 pm
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ, Trans
Language: Russian
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian Taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. But one day Egor finds out that he has...
Highlights
Jennifer Kriz - Vice-Chair
"Molly Shannon captures the vivaciousness, bravery and humor poet Emily Dickinson in this not-to-miss dramedy."
Edwin Scharlau - Producer
In Attendance
Wild Nights With Emily
Sunday April 21st 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Historical Fiction, Lesbian
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
(SNEAK PREVIEW)
Riot Girls
Sunday April 21st 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Action, Adventure, Lesbian
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Set in a world where adults have mysteriously died and resources are scarce, Riot Girls tells the story of a teenage girl who is called to action when her brother is captured by rivals and set to be executed. Joined by...
Highlights
Victor Gimenez - Executive Director
"The best written script in the festival, and a beautifully shot film."
Honors -
Nominee for Golden Camera - Cannes Film Festival
The Harvesters (Die Stropers)
Monday April 22nd 2019, 6:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Language: English and Afrikaans with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for NEXT Innovator Award - Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection - SXSW (South by Southwest - Austin)
Sister Aimee
Monday April 22nd 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Historical Fiction, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Mystery
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Jury Winner -
Best Short Film Runner-Up - The One You Never Forget - OUTshine
Jury Winner -
Best Short Film Honorable Mention - Black Hat - OUTshine
Men's Shorts - 1
Monday April 22nd 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Winner - UNESCO Award - Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Official Selection - Venice Film Festival
Memories of My Body
(Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku)
Monday April 22nd 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, LGBTQ, Suspense
Language: Indonesian
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Juno is just a child when his father abandons him in their village of Center Java. Alone now, he joins a Lengger dance center where men shape their feminine appearance and movement. But the sensuality and sexuality that...
(SNEAK PREVIEW)
Catamaran (Kattumaram)
Tuesday April 23rd 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ, Slice of Life
Language: Tamil with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Conservative middle-aged fisherman Singaram cares for his orphaned niece and nephew who he loves deeply. As Singaram works hard to provide for his family, he also tries to arrange a groom for his niece. But she rejects...
Highlights
Daniel Talbott - Writer/Producer
In Attendance
Jury Winner -
Best Short Film - You Say Hello - OUTshine
Men's Shorts - 2
Tuesday April 23rd 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Nevrland
Tuesday April 23rd 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Language: English and German with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive, yet uncontrollable anxiety attacks force him to escape into fictional and virtual worlds. A chance encounter in a sex-cam-chat marks the beginning of an online relationship...
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for Best Film (Golden Berlin Bear) - Berlinale (Berlin)
Nominee for LGBT Best Film (Teddy) - Berlinale (Berlin)
Elisa and Marcela
(Elisa y Marcela)
Wednesday April 24th 2019, 6:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Historical Fiction, Lesbian, LGBTQ
Language: Spanish & Portuguese with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
1885. It’s love at first sight when Marcela and Elisa meet in high school, and soon a close friendship becomes a secret romantic relationship....
Highlights
Mark Gilbert - Chair
"The movie just blew me away, and it will you to"
Honors -
Special Teddy Jury (LGBT) Award - Berlinale (Berlin)
CENTERPIECE FILM
Retablo
Wednesday April 24th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay
Language: Spanish & Quechua with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
14-year-old Segundo is following in his father’s footsteps in the traditional folk art of crafting intricate, artisan story-boxes. Segundo reveres his father, and when he stumbles across a heartbreaking secret his...
Mr. Leather
Wednesday April 24th 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Documentary, Gay, Historical
Language: Portugese
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
In 2018, the second edition of the Mr. Leather Brazil competition was held. Five individuals vie to wear the sash, each with their own backstory. The winner will be crowned by Brazil’s first Mr. Leather, Dom Barbudo,...
Highlights
Honors -
Winner - Teddy Jury Award, Berlinale (Berlin)
Official Selection - Hong Kong International Film Festival
A Dog Barking at the Moon
Wednesday April 24th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ
Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Buried deep under the soil of Chinese family tradition, one family’s secrets gradually come to the surface when a pregnant daughter returns home to visit her parents. The secret no one wants to admit was long ago...
MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM
The Blonde One
Thursday April 25th 2019, 6:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Romance
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
US PREMIERE
In the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Gabriel has just moved in with his colleague, Juan. Shy and reserved, Gabo is reluctant to follow Juan’s wandering hands and meaningful looks. With a revolving...
Mom + Mom (Mamma + Mamma)
Thursday April 25th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Slice of Life
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Mom + Mom is the story of two women who love each other and their desire to have a child together. Karole and Ali still don’t know that the enthusiasm of this first attempt will be followed by many hardships,...
Marilyn
Thursday April 25th 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, LGBTQ, Romance, Suspense
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Drive Me Home
Thursday April 25th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Suspense
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Antonio and Agostino grew up together in a small town in Sicily; they dreamt of living a different life, somewhere else. Now thirty-year-olds, they both live abroad but they lost touch years ago. When Antonio discovers...
Highlights
Honors -
Winner – Best Director - Valladolid International Film Festival
Winner – Audience Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director - Toulouse Cinespaña (Toulouse, France)
Canary (Kanarie)
Friday April 26th 2019, 6:45 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gay, Musical
Language: English and Afrikaans with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Nominee for Best Film (Golden Berlin Bear) - Berlinale (Berlin)
Nominee for LGBT Best Film (Teddy) - Berlinale (Berlin)
The Ground Beneath My Feet
(Der Boden unter den Füßen)
Friday April 26th 2019, 7:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Suspense
Language: German
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Not yet 30, gorgeous Lola is a jet setting business consultant who excels at the aggressive tactics and nonstop work her job requires. She manages her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize...
Highlights
Arnel San Pedro - Executive Producer - Festival Runner
"This raunchy, sexy film appeals to the bad boy in all of us :)"
Honors -
Winner - Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award - Cannes Film Festival
Winner - Best International First Film - Jerusalem Film Festival and Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
Winner - Ocaña Award - Seville European Film Festiv
Sauvage
Friday April 26th 2019, 9:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Explicit, Gay, Suspense
Language: French with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Socrates
Friday April 26th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay
Language: Portuguese with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Leonard Soloway’s Broadway
Saturday April 27th 2019, 12:15 pm
Genre: Documentary, Gay, Historical, Musical
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Through verité documentary footage, humorous storytelling, interviews and archival film material, Leonard Soloway's Broadway captures a Broadway few have ever seen as told through the eyes of a legendary Broadway...
MADE BY SOUTH FLORIDA
Where Justice Ends
Saturday April 27th 2019, 2:30 pm
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ, Trans
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Where Justice Ends explores the intersection of two important and timely topics of social justice: conditions within the U.S. prison system and the injustices that befall transgender people encountering...
Wild
Saturday April 27th 2019, 3:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Romance
Language: French with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
19-year-old Nora has just been released from prison and has only one goal on her mind: finding Léa, a young neo-punk artist she has come to admire. The 25-year-old Léa had run away to hide in Portugal where she...
Highlights
Maria Mejia - Participant - Let's Stop HIV Together
Panel Leader
Dr. Josh Caraballo, PsyD - Research and Evaluation Coordinator at Latinos Salud
Panelist
Jeremy Johnston - Anti-Stigma Project Facilitator and Linkage Specialist at Latinos Salud
Panelist
Dr. Audrey Harkness - Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Miami
Panelist
Joey Waknin - Community Outreach Coordinator for Health Promotion and Care at the University of Miami
Panelist
Ashley Richardson - Education and Prevention Specialist at CAN Community Health Member of the Miami Speaker's Bureau
Panelist
Aquilla Lee - Member of the Family Foundation of Greater Miami - Miami Speaker's Bureau
Panelist
Alex McFry - Writer/Director
In Attendance
Let’s Stop HIV Together
(Community Screening)
Saturday April 27th 2019, 4:45 pm
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
My Father, The Bride
(Oishi Kazoku)
Saturday April 27th 2019, 5:15 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ, Slice of Life, Trans
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Tohka returns to the island where she grew up to attend the second memorial service for her late mother. She is greeted by her father, Seiji, who is wearing her mother’s clothes and announces that he is getting married...
Zen in the Ice Rift
(Zen sul ghiaccio sottile)
Saturday April 27th 2019, 7:30 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Slice of Life
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Maia (aka Zen) is a rowdy yet solitary 16-year-old tomboy and the only girl on the local ice hockey-team. She is constantly bullied by her teammates for her masculine attitude. When Vanessa – the beautiful and bewildered...
Men of Hard Skin
(Hombres de Piel Dura)
Saturday April 27th 2019, 9:15 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Slice of Life
Language: Spanish
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Winner - Audience Award Best Picture - Slovenia Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Consequences (Posledice)
Saturday April 27th 2019, 9:45 pm
Genre: Drama, Gay, Suspense
Language: Slovenian with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Winner - Audience Award Narrative Feature - NewFest (New York)
Winner - Audience Award Best Feature Film - Madrid International LGBT Film Festival
Winner - Young Programmer's Choice Award - Dublin International Film Festival
Honors -
Winner - Viewer's Choice Award - Bratislava International Film Festival (Slovakia)
Nominee for Queer Palm - Cannes Film Festival
Rafiki
Sunday April 28th 2019, 1:00 pm
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Romance
Language: English and Swahili with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Halston
Sunday April 28th 2019, 1:30 pm
Genre: Documentary, Gay, Historical
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
Highlights
Honors -
Winner - Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Shelley Thompson) - Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, Canada)
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival
Splinters
Sunday April 28th 2019, 3:15 pm
Genre: Bi, Drama, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Slice of Life
Language: English
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
The Shiny Shrimps
(Les Crevettes pailletées)
Sunday April 28th 2019, 6:00 pm
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Gay, LGBTQ, Musical
Language: French with English Subtitles
Venue: Regal Cinemas South Beach
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Matthias, an Olympic swimming champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a VERY flamboyant, VERY bad and VERY LGBT...
Holy Lands
Thursday June 20th 2019, 8:00 pm
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ, Slice of Life
Language: English
Venue: Jewish Community Center