Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) images, presents Outfest 2010: The 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The nations leading LGBT festival and the oldest film festival in the city will be held July 8 to 18. In addition to the 147 films (60 features and 87 shorts) from 23 countries, Outfest hosts over a dozen panels and special events at several venues across Los Angele...
Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) images, presents Outfest 2010: The 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The nations leading LGBT festival and the oldest film festival in the city will be held July 8 to 18. In addition to the 147 films (60 features and 87 shorts) from 23 countries, Outfest hosts over a dozen panels and special events at several venues across Los Angeles, including Hollywood, West Hollywood and Downtown.
The list of films and filmmakers involved with this years festival include the debut narrative feature from acclaimed documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman HOWL starring James Franco, Jon Hamm and David Strathairn, as the Opening Night Gala, and the feature debut of actor-turned-writer/director J.B. Ghuman, Spork as the Closing Night Gala. Other gala screenings include: Cheryl Dunyes hybrid thriller/documentary The Owls as the U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece and the feature debut from Outfest Screenwriting Lab fellow Javier Fuentes-Len, Undertow (Contracorriente) as the International Dramatic Centerpiece.
As previously announced, Jane Lynch will receive this years Outfest Achievement Award. Fellow Glee cast member Chris Colfer and director Paris Barclay will present the award to Lynch prior to the Opening Night Gala screening of HOWL. Outfest will also once again celebrate the Opening Night Gala with its renowned After-Party which this year will take place at the most spectacular new nightclub in Los Angeles, Exchange LA.
In honor of West Hollywoods 25th anniversary as an incorporated city, Outfest is proud to present a series of films that focus on the citys history and celebrate the community as a vital contributor to the arts. Titles include The Broken Hearts Club, An Ordinary Couple, Is It Just Me? and Out of the Shadows.
In its 4 in Focus series, Outfest celebrates a quartet of first-time feature film directors who have boldly established their careers with accomplished, independently-produced debut features. The selections this year include: Myriam Aziza's The Evening Dress (La Robe Du Soir), Javier Fuentes-Len's Undertow (Contracorriente), Adriana Magg's Grown Up Movie Star and Jake Yuzna's Open.
For more information and for a complete listing of films in the Festival, log on to www.Outfest.org or call 213-480-7065. Festival tickets go on sale on June 7 to Outfest members and on June 14 to the general public. Special ticket packages are also available.