Film Program
June 26th
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August 21st
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September 12th
October 14th
October 15th
Pulse: Seasons 1 & 2 - At Home Only
Friday, October 15th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, October 24th @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 15 - 24 Sixteen-year-old Bastian is the center of a friendship between 4 boys and 3 girls. The...
SHORTS OF ALL SORTS - At Home Only
Friday, October 15th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, October 24th @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 15 - 24 TOGETHER AGAIN Director: Stuart Ruston, 14 minutes, USA, 2021 Roger Banks is a 26-year...
MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM MASCARPONE (MASCHILE SINGOLARE) - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 15th @ 7:00 pm
MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY Join us after the film for lite bites & an open bar with your festival friends! Party Location: TBD - Stay...
THE NOVICE - On the Big Screen Only
Friday, October 15th @ 7:00 pm
IN PERSON ONLY Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman - Masters of Sex, The Hunger Games) is a queer college Freshman who joins the rowing team. Intent...
NOT KNOWING (BILMEMEK) - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 15th @ 9:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Three lives in disarray: Selma and Sinan are frustrated with each other and their marriage while their son, Umut, is...
Down In Paris - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 15th @ 9:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Richard, a filmmaker in his forties, is suddenly overwhelmed by anxiety during filming. He walks off set and wanders...
October 16th
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Hard rock was on the rise in the late 60s, and Fanny, a California group that included Filipina-American sisters,...
SHORTS - Where The Men Are - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL HUGO: 6:30 Directors: Simon Helloco and James Maclver, 13 minutes, In French with English subtitles, France, 2021 During...
SOCKS ON FIRE - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL When the matriarch of a large Southern family passed without a written will, the family is torn apart in a battle over...
The Perfect David - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL At sixteen, David is a typical teenager, but his boyish good looks rest upon a hulking, muscular body. His weightlifting...
BLISS (GLUCK) - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 7:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Sascha has been working in the Berlin brothel “Queens” for many years. Maria is the new Italian girl; she is...
SPOTLIGHT FILM MAYOR PETE - On the Big Screen Only
Saturday, October 16th @ 7:15 pm
SPOTLIGHT FILM Join us after the film for special spotlight film event! Open Bar + Food and your favorite festival friends at The Westin...
AMBAR - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 9:30 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL For the past ten years, Helmut has been working as a private investigator. One night, he received a call from his...
BEYTO - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 16th @ 9:30 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Talented, hunky swimmer, motivated apprentice, and cool buddy Beyto appears to have a bright future ahead of him. But...
October 17th
BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 17th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, envisioned a musical stage adaptation of her most famous film and...
SHORTS - It's Ladies Night - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 17th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL SEASICK Director: Lindsey Ryan, 12 minutes, USA, 2021 Ferry deckhand Sadie is in disarray as she tries to delete a...
No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics w/ Pretty Boy Josh - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 17th @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL No Straight Lines tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering cartoonists who depicted everything from the AIDS...
A Royal Secret - Episodes 1 & 2 - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 17th @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his restaurant, ex-con man Kurt Haijby appeals for a private audience...
Kiss Me Kosher - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 17th @ 7:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Berta, a sprightly Jewish grandmother, and her equally vivacious granddaughter Shira argue passionately about love and...
SNEAK PREVIEW The Swimmer - On the Big Screen Only
Sunday, October 17th @ 7:15 pm
IN PERSON ONLY Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school, where...
October 18th
Instructions for Survival w/ Everyman & Joychild - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 am
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Alexander is a transgender person who has lived with his girlfriend Marie for more than...
Along Came Wanda - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 A memory jogged by a teapot from an old lover quickly turns into an adventure of...
Being BeBe - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Being BeBe intimately charts 15 years in the life of drag performer Marshall Ngwa (aka...
ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Teenage siblings Lohan and Samar have fled the war in Syria to settle in Germany, where...
Building A Bridge - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Horrified by Catholic leaders’ silence in the wake of the Pulse nightclub massacre,...
EXQUISITE CORPSE (CADAVER EXQUISITO) - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 UNITED STATES PREMIERE Clara finds her girlfriend, Blanca, floating in her bathtub...
A Royal Secret - Limited Series: 4 Episodes - At Home Only
Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his restaurant, ex-con man Kurt Haijby...
October 21st
October 22nd
BOY CULTURE: THE SERIES - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 22nd @ 7:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL In the continuation of Q. Allan Brocka’s 2006 fan favorite Boy Culture, Derek Magyar returns as X, who is still...
THE ATTACHMENT DIARIES (EL APEGO) - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 22nd @ 7:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Argentina, 1970s. A desperate young woman goes to a clinic to have a clandestine abortion. As her pregnancy is already...
David's Friend w/ Smoke, Lillies & Jade - On the Big Screen & At Home
Friday, October 22nd @ 9:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Written and performed by Nora Burns (comedian and founder of comedy troupe The Nellie Olesons), this fast-paced...
GLOB LESSONS - On the Big Screen Only
Friday, October 22nd @ 9:15 pm
IN PERSON ONLY Alan is an insecure, perfectionist, mostly closeted man from Minnesota. Jesse is an unpredictable, mysterious woman from West...
October 23rd
GEMMEL & TIM - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL In 2017 and 2019 respectively, Gemmel “Juelz” Moore and Timothy “Tim” Dean, two gay black men, both died of a...
INVISIBLE: Gay Women in Southern Music - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Contemporary country music is finally coming out of the closet. Some of the greatest hits sung by the likes of Willie...
THE SIXTH REEL - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL When the death of a close friend unearths the long-thought-lost final reel of a classic film, Jimmy (drag legend Charles...
SHORTS - REEL STORIES - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 5:00 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL CODED Director: Ryan White, 28 minutes USA, 2021 Coded tells the story of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy...
Ladies' Spotlight Film Sweetheart - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 7:15 pm
LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY Ladies night is back! Join us after the film to party with your girlfriends. DJ, Open Bar & Lite Bites! Party...
JUMP, DARLING - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 7:15 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Russell, a big city actor turned struggling drag queen, escapes to his grandmother’s house in the country. There he...
To the Sea (Al Mar) w/ The Night Train - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 9:30 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL A young couple decides to start a new beginning by the sea. Lorena must finish her art project and finds the small...
Potato Dreams Of America - On the Big Screen & At Home
Saturday, October 23rd @ 9:30 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Following the success of his Oscar-qualified, award-winning short documentary Little Potato, Wes “Potato” Hurley has...
October 24th
TWO (SHTAIM) w/ Bracha - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 24th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Initially optimistic, Bar and Omer embrace the process of becoming mothers, eagerly combing through a catalogue of...
Moon Manor - On the Big Screen & At Home
Sunday, October 24th @ 2:45 pm
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Today is Jimmy's last day alive. He has advancing Alzheimer’s, so he's decided to die like he has lived - with...
Closing Night Film THE BEST FAMILIES (LAS MEJORES FAMILIAS)
Sunday, October 24th @ 6:00 pm
CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY + FILM AWARDS Join us as we close-out the 2021 Fort Lauderdale Festival at Sunshine Cathedral. You voted all...