Outfest Fusion, LA nonprofit Outfest‘s film festival dedicated to queer Bipoc storytelling, has unveiled the full lineup of films for its 20th anniversary festival.
10 features, 93 short films, and four TV presentations will screen during the March festival in Los Angeles, including Sundance documentaries “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and “The Stroll.” Documentary “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn,” produced by Xpedition and Al Roker, and featuring Lee Daniels, will make its North American premiere during the festival; in total, 23 films will make world premieres, five will make their U.S. premiere, four their international premieres, and three their North American premieres. Over half of all films were directed by women, non-binary, two spirit, or gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
“We are at a moment where our industry is ready to have an honest dialogue about inclusion, investment and representation of people of color and yet our entire LGBTQ+ population is facing a...
10 features, 93 short films, and four TV presentations will screen during the March festival in Los Angeles, including Sundance documentaries “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and “The Stroll.” Documentary “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn,” produced by Xpedition and Al Roker, and featuring Lee Daniels, will make its North American premiere during the festival; in total, 23 films will make world premieres, five will make their U.S. premiere, four their international premieres, and three their North American premieres. Over half of all films were directed by women, non-binary, two spirit, or gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
“We are at a moment where our industry is ready to have an honest dialogue about inclusion, investment and representation of people of color and yet our entire LGBTQ+ population is facing a...
- 3/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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LGBTQ+ love and relationships are at the heart of Frameline Voices’ programming for 2023.
How Not to Date While Trans, Chaac + Yum, Valentine, Grindr Baby and Lucky Fish have been chosen as the five shorts for this year’s iteration of the shorts program, Frameline’s executive director James Woolley and director of programming Allegra Madsen announced Tuesday.
This program of romantic stories from LGBTQ+ creators is set to premiere weekly beginning Feb. 3 and running through Feb. 24. Selections, beginning with How Not to Date While Trans, will air and can be streamed on Here TV, America’s first LGBTQ+ premium subscription TV and streaming service. They can also be viewed through Frameline’s YouTube, Instagram and Facebook social channels.
“Supporting the careers of emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers and creating a space for nuanced queer narratives in the film industry is deeply aligned with Frameline’s...
LGBTQ+ love and relationships are at the heart of Frameline Voices’ programming for 2023.
How Not to Date While Trans, Chaac + Yum, Valentine, Grindr Baby and Lucky Fish have been chosen as the five shorts for this year’s iteration of the shorts program, Frameline’s executive director James Woolley and director of programming Allegra Madsen announced Tuesday.
This program of romantic stories from LGBTQ+ creators is set to premiere weekly beginning Feb. 3 and running through Feb. 24. Selections, beginning with How Not to Date While Trans, will air and can be streamed on Here TV, America’s first LGBTQ+ premium subscription TV and streaming service. They can also be viewed through Frameline’s YouTube, Instagram and Facebook social channels.
“Supporting the careers of emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers and creating a space for nuanced queer narratives in the film industry is deeply aligned with Frameline’s...
- 12/13/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
GLAAD and The Black List today announced the screenwriters and film and TV projects named to The 2022 GLAAD List of the most promising LGBTQ-inclusive scripts that have yet to be produced.
The feature writers chosen are Nik Dodani (Blue Boy), Roberto Fatal (Electric Homies), Josh Feldman (First Language), Sav Rodgers and Taylor Gates, Andres Perez-Duarte (Jorge in Paradise), Jett Garrison (Quick Quick Slow), Justin Geldzahler (The Quiet Kind), Rain Valdez and Rachel Leyco, Elise H. Greven (Silent Spring), Zeke Smith (Wasps!), Karina Ansley (We Are Okay) and Q. Allan Brocka (The Young Punks).
The writers whose pilots were selected included Jose Useche (30 Days in Bayside), Noni Salma (Badass), W.A.W. Parker (The Baron), Nova Cypress Black (Blackseed), Deborah Puette (Blaze), Dana Aliya Levinson (Fraud), Jeff Locker (Spesh) and Frank Paiva (The Tell-Us-You’re-Gay Committee).
GLAAD this year expanded...
The feature writers chosen are Nik Dodani (Blue Boy), Roberto Fatal (Electric Homies), Josh Feldman (First Language), Sav Rodgers and Taylor Gates, Andres Perez-Duarte (Jorge in Paradise), Jett Garrison (Quick Quick Slow), Justin Geldzahler (The Quiet Kind), Rain Valdez and Rachel Leyco, Elise H. Greven (Silent Spring), Zeke Smith (Wasps!), Karina Ansley (We Are Okay) and Q. Allan Brocka (The Young Punks).
The writers whose pilots were selected included Jose Useche (30 Days in Bayside), Noni Salma (Badass), W.A.W. Parker (The Baron), Nova Cypress Black (Blackseed), Deborah Puette (Blaze), Dana Aliya Levinson (Fraud), Jeff Locker (Spesh) and Frank Paiva (The Tell-Us-You’re-Gay Committee).
GLAAD this year expanded...
- 4/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
GLAAD and The Black List have released their third-ever specialty report celebrating LGBTQ inclusive stories.
Exclusive to Variety, the list includes work from 12 notable out creators in film, along with eight television pilots. The Black List is an annual ranking of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Founded by Franklin Leonard, the group has been working in concert with media watchdog GLAAD to identify and elevate underrepresented queer voices.
In only two years, nearly 50 of projects named in the previous editions of the GLAAD List have been optioned, are in production or have been released. For the 2022 edition, GLAAD also called on top-tier production houses, streamers and studios to help vet the list. These companies include Berlanti-Schechter Films, Hello Sunshine, Hillman Grad, Netflix, MGM’s Orion Pictures, Ryan Murphy Productions and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.
“The industry has finally realized after a very long time that they’re not telling the stories of various communities,...
Exclusive to Variety, the list includes work from 12 notable out creators in film, along with eight television pilots. The Black List is an annual ranking of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Founded by Franklin Leonard, the group has been working in concert with media watchdog GLAAD to identify and elevate underrepresented queer voices.
In only two years, nearly 50 of projects named in the previous editions of the GLAAD List have been optioned, are in production or have been released. For the 2022 edition, GLAAD also called on top-tier production houses, streamers and studios to help vet the list. These companies include Berlanti-Schechter Films, Hello Sunshine, Hillman Grad, Netflix, MGM’s Orion Pictures, Ryan Murphy Productions and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.
“The industry has finally realized after a very long time that they’re not telling the stories of various communities,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has selected the five Indigenous filmmakers that will participate in the 2020 Sundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab which will be reimagined digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. The fellows chosen include Rob Fatal, Keanu Jones, Amanda Strong, Cole Forrest and Petyr Xyst.
The Native Filmmakers Lab, which has supported Indigenous storytellers since its inception, kicked off on June 29 and will continue through July 10. The fellows will workshop scripts of their short films with mentorship from Indigenous Program alumni and other established filmmaking professionals serving as Advisors along with the Sundance Indigenous Program staff, led by Indigenous Program Director N. Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache). Following the Lab, Fellows will receive a year-long continuum of support.
“We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our annual Native Filmmakers Lab in an exciting digital format on our Co//ab platform that allows for virtual participation by our...
The Native Filmmakers Lab, which has supported Indigenous storytellers since its inception, kicked off on June 29 and will continue through July 10. The fellows will workshop scripts of their short films with mentorship from Indigenous Program alumni and other established filmmaking professionals serving as Advisors along with the Sundance Indigenous Program staff, led by Indigenous Program Director N. Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache). Following the Lab, Fellows will receive a year-long continuum of support.
“We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our annual Native Filmmakers Lab in an exciting digital format on our Co//ab platform that allows for virtual participation by our...
- 6/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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