2022 Outfest Fusion Program
Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to creating visibility for diverse LGBTQIA+ stories and empowering tomorrow’s artists and storytellers, today announced its lineup for the 2022 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Film Festival, presented by IMDbPro and Hyundai. This year’s festival will feature 7 feature films, 52 short films, 3 episodics, a One-Minute Movie Contest sponsored by Hyundai, as well as workshops and panels. The 10-day festival will be held in-person from April 8th to April 13th and online from April 13th to April 17th.
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- DirectorHoracio AlcalaStarsNoé HernándezCuauhtli JiménezErick Israel ConsueloBelonging to a community of muxes - untethered by the gender binary - Delirio, Amaranta, Mariano traverse their past, present, and future.
- DirectorWilliam T. HornerStacey WoelfelStarsJudd WinickPam LingCory MurphyThe story of Pedro Zamora, the charming young activist who transformed the face of AIDS in America by allowing MTV's REAL WORLD to chronicle his joy, his influence, and his journey with a disease that would ultimately kill him.
- DirectorMarianne AmelinckxStarsBarbie-QVee BeltranRush DavisSee how a roving LGBTQ night club event in Los Angeles became a creative incubator for today's leading edge contemporary artists.
- DirectorEmerson MaranhãoStarsSamilla Marques AiresÉrikah AlcântaraEdivane BarrosÉmerson Maranhão's documentary brings together the stories of five transgender people living in the state of Ceará in Brazil, recounting stories of being fearless alongside their absolute commitment to thrive.
- DirectorQuentin LeeStarsBooboo StewartHarry Shum Jr.Joan ChenCelebrate the 10th anniversary of Quentin Lee's gripping mystery of loss and redemption at the intersections of queerness, neurodiversity, and Asian-American identity.
- DirectorBretten HannamStarsPhillip Forest LewitskiJoshua OdjickAvery Winters-AnthonyTwo brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.
- DirectorAntony Rangel CollStarsStefan ErasmusJonah DolleryKelly MeyerAfter returning home from conversion therapy, Nick seeks to move on from his previous partner. While catching up with his friends, he locks eyes with a strange yet familiar figure he eagerly hopes to meet.
- DirectorGabriel PeñaBell SotoStarsRayly AquinoAlexis De la RosaRaul RiveraTwo queer Dominican men living in Bronx, New York, navigate modern-day relationship's trails and tribulations while trying to keep their love afloat.
- DirectorChheangkeaStarsKennard HensonPatrick ZhaoOverwhelmed with grief, Kai grows obsessed with the footsteps of his upstairs neighbor, a dancer whom he believes was sent as a sign by his late mother.
- DirectorÉrica SarmetStarsZélia DuncanBruna LinzmeyerCamila RochaTired of loneliness, Vange goes to a lesbian party for the first time.
- DirectorKym AllenLove yourself? Easy. Why wouldn't I? Feel the unbridled joy and energy of celebrating your body in this sumptuous short.
- DirectorOmar DabbousAliyah - a trans Muslim hijabi - is rejected from her own home, gathering the courage to speak out about her path toward building a new family, coming into her own identity on her own terms, and remaining devout to her faith despite the transphobia it may espouse.
- DirectorErin LauStarsMaria ZhangElyse DinhLong NguyenRom-com obsessed teen Christine has always longed for the picture-perfect romance - but she's soon confronted with the fact that her ideal prince charming might actually be a princess charming instead.
- DirectorJoshua AmarStarsSam MarraKelton WhiteAfter being cat-fished into an online sexual encounter, a college student flees a horrific vision of a stranger who might be blackmailing him with a non consensual recording.
- DirectorLucretia KnappLynne YamamotoA meditation on love and the inevitability of loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- DirectorJessie PosthumusThis docuseries represents stories about young people who are not the best at their hobbies but love them anyway.
- DirectorM.G. EvangelistaStarsEmily BessaEmily May JampelLily, a teenage girl attending a Catholic school, questions the teachings of the Catholic Church when she befriends a new student who brings out the blood flowers in her.
- DirectorRashaad NewsomeAmidst fiery urban wreckage, a blazing and bedazzled figure explores how Black trans femme performance offers space for creation and detonation.
- DirectorRachel RambaldiStarsSar ArtoonianTwo best friends face ultimate destruction within their fabricated world of grandeur.
- DirectorSerge GarciaStarsRufus Backman OssandonA drifter wanders the streets as a current of queries invites the viewer to consider daily existence.
- DirectorMaryna HarrisonStarsLalo FélixA counter-cultural short doc celebrating the subversion of gender and historic colonialist narratives, centering the Indigenous community around a day of expression at Hot Donna.
- DirectorKenya-Jade PintoA young non-binary blacktivist's flight for the decriminalization of drugs for harm reduction.
- DirectorKarina DandashiStarsZayn AlexandreKarina DandashiNadia DandashiKarina's home to attend her younger sister's marriage festivities. She brought along her "college roommate" Denise. They're queer and not out; how will Karina handle all the pent-up tension she feels?
- DirectorOlive NwosuStarsTeniola AladeseSheila ChukwulozieLoveth OnyemaobiA woman returns to her hometown of Lagos in search of healing. What she discovers instead is a path that takes her into her past and toward a new understanding of the people and experiences that shaped her.
- DirectorTina TakemotoAn envisioned look into the life of Margaret Chung and her world of sapphic surgeries, queer flights of fancy, and drugs.