Outfest Fusion: Queer Cinema Online & In Person
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- Parent Category: Film Festivals
- Category: Previews
- Published on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 14:58
- Written by Brad Balfour
Los Angeles’ long running queer film fest, Outfest Fusion, returns March 24 to April 2, 2023. True to its name, Outfest Fusion is an offshoot of the Outfest film festival with online and in person screenings featuring the work of today’s leading, and emerging, QTBIPOC artists and storytellers at venues across LA including the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and more along with most of the films being available for streaming.
Outfest Fusion began in 2004 and this entry of the festival opens with a ceremony honoring two Outfest Fusion alum; Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) and Bird Runningwater (Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Program). The opening festivities will screen several short films, including Baba, directed by Sam Arbor and Adam Ali, in which a young gay Libyan man lives underground with his friends and dreams of fleeing to England, but when he has to find his passport, he finds warmth where he least expects it and questions whether he should leave.
Outfest Fusion also includes a plethora of shorts, features, docs, and panel discussions. Panel workshops such as How to Craft the Perfect Pitch and Navigating Commercial Filmmaking as a QTBIPOC Creative are free to attend. Fusion Family Day showcases short films aimed at kids and families, while the One Minute Movie Contest tasks filmmakers to create bite-sized cinematic works.
Running since 1982, the mission statement of Outfest is to create “visibility to diverse LGBTQIA+ stories and empowers storytellers, building empathy to drive meaningful social change.”
To learn more, go to: https://www.outfestfusion.com/
Outfest Fusion
March 24 - April 2, 2023
Online and Various Venues in Los Angeles