2011 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

OUTFEST 2011 see your stories

THE 29TH LOS ANGELES GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL JULY 7-17

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PROGRAM SPONSORS: Amoeba The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Consulate General of Israel The Film Collaborative Fotokem Fox Group Frontiers/In LA inHollywood The Lesbian News Lifetime Networks The Los Angeles Athletic Club Los Angeles Film and TV Office, French Embassy Metro Pup Renaissance Hollywood Hotel Royal Norwegian Consulate General SAGIndie TLA Releasing Wildman Harrold William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

FRIENDS OF OUTFEST: Bidding For Good Deluxe Media Management Edison International Gelson’s Markets The Gerber Group Goethe Institute Hollywood Bowl Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP O’Melveny & Myers Red Light Promotions SJ Linking Systems The Stone Rose Lounge SXSW Without A Box

Outfest 2011 Key Art designed by Alexander Irvine Outfest 2011 Film Guide designed by Propaganda Creative Group

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MEDIA SPONSORS: Adelante Magazine Blade California Bottom Line Magazine Eater The Essential Gay & Lesbian Directory Eurochannel Final Draft Gay Parent Magazine IFP IMRU Radio KSPC 88.7 Latino Weekly Review Los Angeles Women’s Theater Project Make/Shift Magazine Modern Tonic Pulp Magazine Screen Magazine Script Magazine The Six Pack Yelp LA

CONTENTS HOW TO HAVE A GREAT OUTFEST IN 3 STEPS:

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MAKE YOUR PICKS

Our Programmers selected a diverse and stellar line-up with over 200 features, shorts, panels & special events to choose from. The programs are broken down by section (right here on this page in our Table of Contents). Have a tight schedule? You can always request a recommendation from our Box Office Associates when you call to order your tickets at 213-480-7065. If you’re ready to go, order tickets 24/7 as of June 13 at: www.outfest.org

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TICKETS OR PASS

Become an Outfest member and you can receive benefits ranging from our members-only advance ticket sales window, including a $4 discount per ticket, or ticket-less entry with our Outpass – info on page 7. Or purchase tickets à la carte and create your own custom experience – go to page 9. Spontaneous? You can always get day of show tickets at any venue. We even offer student and senior $5 rush tickets an hour before each program, pending availability!

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WATCH AND ENJOY

Get to the theatre easily using venue listings on page 6. Don’t forget to leave enough time for parking! Seating may be limited so make sure to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your program start time. Want more? We have over 30 fabulous parties and receptions where you can meet up with friends before or after the program! And don’t forget, Outfest is always open 24/7 for up to the minute information and online ticket purchases: www.outfest.org

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ESSENTIALS Venues and Parking

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Membership Information

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Director of Programming's 10 Tips

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Community Collaborator Listing

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Ticketing

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

GALAS Opening Night Gala

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U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece

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International Centerpiece

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Documentary Centerpiece

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Broad Stage Gala

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Awards Brunch

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Closing Night

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FESTIVAL PROGRAMS Legacy Project Screenings

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Platinum Section 10th Anniversary

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Under the Stars at the Ford Amphitheatre

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4 in Focus

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Docs @ 5

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Teddy Awards 25th Anniversary

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U.S. Dramatic Features

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International Dramatic Features

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Documentary Features

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Shorts Programs

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Panels and Special Events

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PROTECTING OUR PAST. SHOWCASING OUR PRESENT. NURTURING OUR FUTURE.

ABOUT OUTFEST: Outfest is the leading organization showcasing, nurturing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film images and artistry. For 29 years Outfest has led the charge, spotlighting emerging talent, creating community between filmmakers and audiences and offering a world-class forum for stories that reflect and often transform LGBTQ lives. Outfest is also the only nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that the extensive but threatened LGBT film heritage is preserved.

OUTFEST PROGRAMS: • Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival • Fusion: The Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival • Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation • Access LA mentoring and networking for emerging filmmakers

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

VENUES AND PARKING

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THE ELI AND EDITH BROAD STAGE

ORPHEUM THEATRE

1310 11th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 Major Cross Streets: Arizona Ave. and Santa Monica Blvd.

Recommended Parking: Free parking is available in the parking lot in front of the theatre. Entry is available on Santa Monica Blvd. and 11th Street.

(Opening Night Gala) 842 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles, 90014 Recommended Parking: Detailed information for Opening Night Gala ticket holders will be available when you pick up your ticket package.

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA

REDCAT: ROY AND EDNA DISNEY/CALARTS THEATRE AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

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(Festival Headquarters & Main Box Office) 7920 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 90046 Major Cross Streets: between Crescent Heights and Fairfax Avenue Recommended Parking: Parking is FREE at the DGA Theater Complex (7920 Sunset Blvd.) and the Sunset Lofts (7950 Sunset Blvd.) - both accessible off of Hayworth Ave. Parking is limited at the DGA so we advise you to arrive 30-45 minutes prior to your screening. Once DGA parking is full, you may park at 8000 Sunset Blvd. for $6 with a voucher purchased at Outfest Main Box Office located in the DGA Lobby. Parking voucher purchase is cash only!

JOHN ANSON FORD AMPHITHEATRE

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(Under the Stars & Closing Night) 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, 90068 Recommended Parking: Onsite, $5 per vehicle, stacked parking for ticket holders only. Offsite, free satellite parking is available at the Universal City Metro Station (at Lankershim Blvd & Universal Terrace Parkway, North Hollywood 91608). A free shuttle to the Ford stops at the Universal City Metro Station in the "kiss and ride" area starting two-hours before show time and running in 20-minutes intervals.

LAEMMLE SUNSET 5

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8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 90046 Major Cross Streets: corner of Sunset Blvd. and Crescent Heights Recommended Parking: Underground parking is available at the 8000 Sunset Complex. Three hours of parking is free with a validation from the theatre (ticket purchase required). After the three hours, parking is an additional $1.50 for every 15 minutes.

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631 W. 2nd St., Downtown Los Angeles, 90012 Major Cross Streets: Hope (Entrance on 2nd Street) Recommended Parking: Walt Disney Concert Hall parking garage. Enter from 2nd St. and proceed to level P3 for direct access to REDCAT. The evening rate is $9 after 4:30pm. Parking is also available at Joe’s Auto Parks parking on 2nd Street and Olive Street for $8 after 12:00pm and $8 all day Saturday and Sunday.

LA GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER’S VILLAGE AT ED GOULD PLAZA (Family Fun Day) 6 1125 N. McCadden Pl., Los Angeles, 90038 Major Cross Streets: One block east of Highland, north of Santa Monica Blvd.

Recommended Parking: On Sunday, metered parking is free. The Village staff lots and the EDD lot across McCadden are available.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION BECOME AN OUTFEST MEMBER! Become an Outfest Member and enjoy advance ticket purchase, $4 discount on single tickets, complimentary tickets, Outpasses* and more!

Visit www.outfest.org/membership to view complete Member benefits.

Monthly installment option is available at the Assistant Director level and above.

Call (213) 480-7044 to become a Member today!

Aside from a range of year-round Member benefits, your contribution provides vital support that allows Outfest to showcase films that are not just entertaining, but have the power to educate, inform and create change.

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GENERAL:

MAJOR DONOR:

CREW $50

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $1,350 ($135/10 MONTHS)

• Advance ticket purchase for Outfest 2011 • $4 discount on single tickets BEST BOY/BEST GIRL $100

• 2 Outfest 2011 Outpasses* • 2 VIP tickets to the Opening Night Gala, Awards Brunch and Closing Night STUDIO EXEC $2,500 ($250/10 MONTHS)

• Access to the Priority Seating line • 2 complimentary general program tickets ASSISTANT DIRECTOR $200 ($22/10 MONTHS) • 6 complimentary general program tickets • Outfest 2011 T-shirt DIRECTOR $400 ($42/10 MONTHS) • 10 complimentary general program tickets • 2 balcony tickets to the Outfest 2011 Opening Night Gala PRODUCER $725 (72.50/10 MONTHS) • 1 Outfest 2011 Outpass* • 1 VIP ticket to the Opening Night Gala, Awards Brunch and Closing Night

• 4 Outfest 2011 Outpasses* • 4 VIP tickets to the Opening Night Gala, Awards Brunch and Closing Night MOGUL $5,000 ($500/10 MONTHS) • 4 Outfest 2011 Outpasses* • 4 VIP tickets to the Opening Night Gala, Awards Brunch and Closing Night • VIP parking near the DGA during Outfest 2011 • 2 VIP tickets to The Legacy Awards on October 20, 2011 LEGEND $10,000 AND ABOVE ($1,000/10 MONTHS) • All Mogul benefits plus: • The benefits of a Program level sponsorship *Outpasses are used instead of tickets and admit you to all regular screening programs at Outfest 2011. There is no need to pre-order tickets, but you must be in the Outpass line at least 15 minutes prior to the screening start time to reserve your seat. The theater becomes available to other patrons 15 minutes prior to the screening start time.

Outfest is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our tax ID # is 95-4089601.

Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Call the Outfest Membership Department at (213) 480-7044 for full details.

OUTFEST WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MAJOR DONORS: Benefactor Roland Emmerich Legend John & Michael August Janice Danielle Todd K. Holland & Scotch Ellis Loring * Frank Pond Mogul Randy Barbato & Fenton Bailey Leslie Belzberg * David Burtka & Neil Patrick Harris Nicholas Caprio * James Duff & Phillip Keene Jonathan Howard * & Lee Warren Jones Jason Murakawa Avantika Shahi * & Ray Mathoda Studio Exec Allan Ames & Cary Lowe Jonathon Aubry * Paris Barclay & Christopher Mason John Berger & Neal Williams Tammara Billik * & Jacqueline K. Fowler Denis Cagna & Carlos Medina James Carroll & Stephen Macias John Crosier & Philip Jarboe Tim Curtis * John Paul Davis Rick Davis & Steven Llanusa Brickson Diamond Nevin Dolcefino Darin Frank Moses Freyre & Robert Murphy Ronald Haft Joseph Keenan * & Jayzen Patria Danielle Knight Steven Llanusa & Glenn Miya, M.D Jon Larson * Thomas Lavin * Barry K. McPherson * David J. Meyer Joseph Middleton Joe Ordway

George Y. Pao & George Schulman James V. Petrone & Keith G. Kauhanen Fred Poston & Mitchell Rosen Alan M. Poul Richard Racklin Mark Reinhart & Casey Alva Loren R. Roberts Don P. Roos & Dan Bucatinsky Rich Ross & Adam Sanderson Heather Schuster * Tony Sepulveda Cherie Y. Song * & Orly Ravid Thomas Stilling & Jason Tedrow Roger R. Stoker & Michael Ostrow Scott Strassner & Tim M. Morrison Kirsten Vangsness & Melanie Goldstein Trammell Whitfield Michael Wojtowicz & Scott Loudon Executive Producer Lewis Adams & Anthony Vigliotta JoAnn Alfano & Gretchen Goldsmith Charles S. Ansel & Brian Gordon Mark Arteaga & Bart Verry Jamie Babbit Marina Rice Bader & Nicole Conn John C. & Robert Bailey Shannon Bellanca Stephen Benjamin Cary Berman Thomas Bezucha Adam Bialow & Paul Yang Larry Blum Greg Borax & Thomas Mitchell John Borsum & Mark Ehrenstein Q. Allan Brocka * Matt Brodlie Erika Brunson Steven A. Bryan & Josh Schiowitz Blake Bryant Jory & Alex Griffin Jory Carleen Cappelletti & Trista Delamere Gary A. Carnow & Barry I. Soroka Katherine Chilton Bruce Cohen & Gabriel Catone

Robert Cohen & Tim Robinson Marc Collins Bill Condon & Jack Morrissey Cara Coslow Jane Costello Nicholas A. Crincoli & Michael J. Widman Sean Crumpler David B. Cruz & Steve Greene Dilson De Almeida & Walter Schild Nannette Diacovo & Julie Ware Jennifer J. Duncan & Stacey Book John Dunn Max Eckert Eddie Egan Chiedu Egbuniwe & Michael Phillips Jeffrey Epstein Cameron Faber Steve Ferger David Fertik & Arnold Pomerantz Donald T. Freeman & Patrick Shandrick Scott Freeman & Chris Murdzak Alan Friel & T.J. Prokop Sheri Fults Alan I. Gelman & Atul Gupta Kevin Goetz Barbara Gottlieb Jason Orion Green Larry Grimaldi Gary J. Gross Monica Guevara Jeff Guthrie & Sebastian De Kleer Stephen Gutwillig Herb Hamsher & Jonathan Stoller David Hardy Kip Hargrove Alan Hergott & Curt Shepard Will Hodgins Brett Hofer Mark Holden & Marjorie Gilberg Tim Hughes * Alexander Irvine Mark Itkin Laura Ivey * & Tristana Ward Andrea James * Lorri L. Jean & Gina M. Calvelli

Dan C. Jinks Mark W. Jordan & Terry L. Dutton Kristie Kaler Brad Kane Ari Karpel * Alex Kaufman Matthew J. Kearns Craig Kestel Jonathan King Jack Kirby Tim Kittleson & Michael C. Donaldson Randal Kleiser Steven C. Kowall & Todd Larsen Bill Kramer Shana Naomi Krochmal & Jessica Maxwell Mark Kruger & Mel Lewis Elizabeth Lande & Robin Schreer Joe Landry & Glenn Salloum Rex Lee Matthew Lessall David Levine Seth David Levy Melisa Lewis & Tanya Shay Joel Lichtenwaltr Valerie Madden * Kirk & Rob Marcolina Thomas McGough Andrea Meyerson Tamika Miller * Weston Milliken Steven Modglin & Steve Herbert Anil Mohin & John Scholz Samuel R. Morales & Paul N. Chioariu Charlie Mustachia * & David Courier Jerome J. Nash Richard Norman & Patrick Hill Michael Noronha Joel Pashby David T. Pence & Andrew Georgiou Alex B. Perez Brian W. Peterson Karl Pettijohn Mark Pogachefsky * Susan Posluszny & Lauren Fash

Christopher Ranta & Brandon Burton Michael R. Reese Michael Reisz William J. Resnick, M.D. & Douglas L. Cordell, M.D. Jeffrey Richmond Matt Riklin Loren Rodriguez & Frank Paradise Luis M. Rodriguez-Villa Patrick Rush Peter Sadowski Bryan Safi Kirsten Schaffer & Linda Kennedy Jerome Schmitz * Stan Scoggins & Nelson Sanchez Axel Shalson & Thomas Workman Michael J. Shoel Michael Sluchan Keith Snelgrove Pamela E. Snowden & Isabelle R. Gunning Mark Sprecher & Paul Langlotz Samantha Sprecher & Monica Jean David Steinberg Kelly Sueoka Kevin Thomas Russell Todd Sklar K. Toy Jason Wanderer Aron Warner Steven J. Wolfe Jason Wood Gregory T. Wuliger Barbara Zacky & Ellen Sturtz D. Zeke Zeidler & Jay M. Kohorn *Outfest Board of Directors Listings are current as of May 12, 2011

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TOP 10 TIPS FOR 2011

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DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING, KIM YUTANI'S

TOP 10 TIPS DOCS @ 5

SHORTS

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TEDDY AWARD

THREE BEWILDERED PEOPLE IN THE NIGHT

CODEPENDENT?

MUSIC NON-STOP

Like a great story? The Outfest documentary lineup has plenty of them, and we have a special offer for you this year - five amazing documentaries at 5 p.m. for only $5 each in Sunset 5 (okay, one of them is in the DGA)…truly a bargain!

Revisit - or see for the first time - classic films that won prestigious Teddy Awards, the influential queer film award given for the last quarter-century at the Berlin International Film Festival. We’re thrilled that Wieland Speck, one of the founders of the Teddy Award and director of the Berlin Panorama section will be on hand to introduce the screenings.

Well, so are the ladies in CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME. Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Madeleine Olnek (Outfest 2008 Grand Jury Award winner for Outstanding Short Film COUNTERTRANSFERENCE), this is one of the funniest movies of the year. A film for men, women and E.T.s alike.

PLATINUM

It’s the 10th anniversary of Platinum, where film, art and performance meet. The debauchery of Platinum Oasis at the Coral Sands Motel from 2001 will forever be a part of Outfest lore, and we invite you to bring a little bit of your own style to our events at REDCAT and our special party NIGHT MOVES to celebrate this milestone year.

DOLLY

We love a little (or a lot of) Ms. Parton over here at Outfest, and we know you do too. Watch twin brothers pursue their idol in HOLLYWOOD TO DOLLYWOOD, and sing your heart out to THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

They’re before features, they’re in programs and they’re stronger than ever this year. Treat yourself and discover new talent, exciting voices and people who have mastered the craft of short-film storytelling.

The Outfest Legacy Project and the Toronto International Film Festival joined forces to create an all-new digital remaster of the film that launched Gregg Araki’s career in 1987. Los Angeles looks a lot different than it did when he shot this (R.I.P. Ships), but the film holds its own even now.

Check out HIT SO HARD about former Hole drummer Patty Schemel (followed by a live performance by her awesome new band, Psychic Friend) and gorgeous country star Chely Wright’s story WISH ME AWAY. Rikki Beadle Blair (FIT) has a brand new drama, BASHMENT, set in the British hip-hop scene, and Sheldon Larry brings us a fabulous L.A.-based musical, LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR. And a real coup for us is a live performance at REDCAT by Genesis P-Orridge’s band Thee Majesty.

HARMONY SANTANA

Remember this name because you’ll be seeing her in many more films in the future. She’s heartbreaking, tough, and beautiful in our opening-night gala film, GUN HILL ROAD (her first acting role) and one sassy and flirty mama in EATING OUT: DRAMA CAMP.

NOT TO BE MISSED!

We love all the films in the festival, but we want to give you the inside track on a few films that might slip by you - ones that you won’t want to miss. Here goes: SHE MONKEYS; WE WERE HERE; OLD CATS; THE FAMILY COMPLETE; BOY CHEERLEADERS; HAPPY, HAPPY; THE WISE KIDS….

COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS We would like to thank the following organizations for their participation in Outfest’s Community Collaborator Program and we encourage you to find out more about these amazing organizations that support and nurture our community.

AIDS Project Los Angeles American Cinematheque American Institute of Bisexuality Antioch University Los Angeles (AULA), LGBT Specialization API Equality Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team Asian Pacific Islander - PFLAG Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council (APIPC) Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Women/Transgender Activists Bears LA Being Alive Beth Chayim Chadashim Bienestar - Project Pride Black Lesbian United (BLU) Buddy System California Lesbian Alliance (CLP) California Men’s Gatherin Project Celebration Theatre Center for Health Justice Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Transgender Services Christopher Street West Association, Inc. (CSW) City of West Hollywood Congregation Kol Ami CSULB LGBT Student Resource Center CSUN LGBTA Diverse & Inclusive Visionary Artists (DIVA) Family Equality Council Family Services Program, LAGLC Film Independent Financial Services Industry eXchange (FSIX) Friends of Project 10 Inc. Gay & Lesbian Ivy Network of Southern California (GLIvyN)

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Gay for Good The Gay & Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach (GLCGLB) Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) Gay/Straight Faculty/Staff Network (Loyola Marymount University) Gays & Lesbians Initiating Dialogue for Equality (GLIDE) Gender Justice LA Gender Sexuality Alliance (Loyola Marymount University) GLAAD GLSEN Los Angeles Highways Performance Space & Gallery Hollywood Youth Pride Imperial Court of Los Angeles & Hollywood In the Meantime Men’s Group, Inc. Institute for Judaism & Sexual Orientation International Documentary Association Jordan/Rustin Coalition (JRC) JPMorgan Chase Pride Southern California JQ International June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Young Professionals Council LA Rebellion LA Stage Alliance Lambda Legal Latino Equality Alliance Lesbian Visibility Committee of the City of West Hollywood (LVC) LGBT Aging Alliance LifeWorks Mentoring Los Angeles Black Pride (ATB) Los Angeles Filmforum Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project

Lutherans Concerned Los Angeles Office of LGBT Student Services (Loyola Marymount University) ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives Out & Equal (Workplace Advocates of Southern California) OUT@NBCU OUT@WBS PFLAG-LA Planned Parenthood Los Angeles The Point Foundation POWER UP Project 10 Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) REDCAT Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles Safe Space Program of Chapman University SAG LGBT Actors Committee San Gabriel Valley Pride, Inc. Satrang SCLMA (Southern California Lambda Medical Association) Seniors Services Department, LAGLC Stand with Us TG Film Fest Transgender Economic Empowerment Project, LAGLC Transgender Law Center The Trevor Project UCLA Anderson School of Management - GLBA UCLA Film & Television Archive USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association Visual Communications The Wall - Las Memorias Project West Hollywood Lesbian & Gay Advisory Board Westside Family Health Center - Man Up Program WRAD, Inc.

TICKET INFORMATION

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On Sale Dates

Receiving Tickets Before The Festival

Outfest Members: beginning Thursday, June 9 *Become a member - go to page 7 for details!

General Public: beginning Monday, June 13

All ticket orders and member badges processed online or over the phone will be available for pick up at the DGA Box Office (7920 Sunset Blvd.) starting on June 27 (excluding July 3 & 4) We recommend that you pick up your tickets before July 7 to avoid long lines at Outfest 2011.

Purchase Online: www.outfest.org

Receiving Tickets During The Festival

$3.00 handling fee per order Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Purchase By Phone: 213.480.7065 $4.00 handling fee per order June 9 - July 2, Monday thru Saturday 10:00am to 6:00pm July 5 - July 18, Daily 10:00am to 6:00pm

Purchase In Person: Directors Guild of America (DGA) Box Office *see page 6 for venue map and parking June 27 - July 7, 10:00am to 6:00pm (closed July 3 & 4) July 8 - July 16, 10:00am to 9:00pm July 17, 10:00am to 5:00pm

Tickets not picked up prior to the festival or tickets ordered online or over the phone during the festival will be at the Box Office will-call desk on the day of your first program. Will-call opens one hour prior to the first program of the day at each venue. If tickets are not picked up they will be available at your next scheduled program. Member badges will only be available at the DGA Box Office.

Same Day Sales Same day ticket sales are available exclusively at each Outfest 2011 venue Box Office, depending on availability. Each Box Office will open one hour prior to the scheduled screening time at each venue. Same day tickets will not be sold over the telephone or online. Same day sales (excluding the DGA) are cash or vouchers only.

PURCHASE TICKETS: www.outfest.org or 213.480.7065 General Programs Regular Screening Under the Stars at the Ford Centerpiece Screenings/Broad Stage Gala Awards Brunch Docs at 5 (purchase all 5 for $20)

$4 discount per ticker for Outfest Members

Vouchers $13 $18 $18 $18 $5*

*Programs are excluded from Outfest Members discount

Galas Opening Night VIP Opening Night Side Orchestra/ Front Balcony Opening Night Rear Balcony

Closing Night VIP Closing Night Rear

$150 $75 $50 $65 $40

Don’t know what to see? Want to give someone the gift of Outfest? Purchase vouchers in advance and exchange them for tickets at all festival venues.

Vouchers are good for Regular Screenings (excludes Galas, Centerpieces, Legacy and Ford events).

Single Voucher Book of 10 Vouchers

$11 $100

Vouchers are ONLY available for sale prior to Outfest 2011 online or by phone and during the festival at the DGA Box Office; however vouchers may be redeemed at all Outfest 2011 Regular Screening venues for a hard ticket pending space available. Vouchers can also be redeemed in the Rush Line for Stand By only screenings.

$10 discount per ticket for Outfest Members

General Ticket Information

Outpass Holders (Major Donors)

All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges. You must be seated 15 minutes prior to screening start time. After this time remaining seats may be sold.

Your Outpass gets you into all general programs unticketed. You will need to RSVP to 213.480.7044 to receive hard tickets for the Opening Night Gala and Closing Night.

Back-to-Back Screenings in the Same Theater If you hold tickets to back-to-back screenings in the same theater, you may stay in the theater rather than join the ticket holder line. Similarly, Outpass holders who wish to attend consecutive screenings in the same theater may remain in the theater between screenings.

Stand By Ticket Sales Screenings for which advance tickets are no longer available will be listed as "Stand By". Stand by lines will form approximately one hour prior to the scheduled screening start time at the venue. Admission will begin 5 minutes prior to the scheduled program start time on a space available basis. Payment is allowed in cash or vouchers only.

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OPENING NIGHT GALA

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THURSDAY July 7

GUN HILL ROAD

Dir/Scr: Rashaad Ernesto Green, 2011, USA, 88 min.

We are thrilled to open Outfest 2011 with GUN HILL ROAD, a powerful and moving family drama told with authenticity and honesty.

After three years in prison, macho Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home to the Bronx and finds things changed.

His wife, Angela (Judy Reyes), is distant, and his teenage son, Michael, has come out as Vanessa, a transgender woman. Unable to accept his child for who she is now, Enrique clings to his masculine ideals while Angela attempts to hold the family together by fiercely protecting Vanessa. Still under the watchful eye of his parole officer, Enrique must become the father he needs to be or once again risk losing his family and freedom.

The heart of GUN HILL ROAD lies in two places: the richly drawn character of Michael/Vanessa (newcomer Harmony Santana is unforgettable) and a father’s inability to escape the vicious cycle of his life. Writer/director Rashaad Ernesto Green’s first feature film is told with gentle humor, sensitivity and a deep understanding of the environment that defines its inhabitants.

- Kim Yutani, Director of Programming Rashaad Ernesto Green is a graduate of Dartmouth College and NYU Grad Film, recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Award and Spike Lee Fellowship. The Bronx native was included on the latest edition of Filmmaker Magazine’s elite 25 New Faces of Independent Film list as well as indieWIRE’s 2009 Ten New Voices in Cinema. Rashaad’s first feature and thesis film GUN HILL ROAD premiered in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Competition, where it was picked up for distribution by Motion Film Group, and is slated to release this summer.

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

Orpheum Theatre

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15TH ANNUAL OUTFEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: FENTON BAILEY & RANDY BARBATO

Few acts can balance mainstream popularity with cult status and maintain their independence, singular vision, and relevance – especially in the mood shifting LGBT landscape. For twenty years, Fenton Bailey’s and Randy Barbato’s World of Wonder global entertainment company has been producing ground breaking and landmark film, television, and web programming often reflecting lifestyles and subjects no one else is brave enough to approach. Their ambitious work has had a profound impact on LGBT audiences, and we’re proud to call them part of the Outfest family.

Emerging from the ‘80s punk scene as disco-pop-rock duo The Fabulous Pop Tarts and NYU’s Graduate Film Program, the multi-media partnership between Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato morphed into World of Wonder in 1990. Their immediate success gave birth to an immense and diverse body of work including 1997’s “The Real Ellen Story,” the 1998 Outfest award-winning “shockumentary” PARTY MONSTER; the wildly popular documentary THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE that opened Outfest in 2000; and “101 Rent Boys” also in 2000.

In 2003, Randy and Fenton became the first filmmakers to twice open Outfest – this time with a scripted version of the “party monster” story (PARTY MONSTER). Over the years they have produced work for almost every US Cable Network, including six seasons of “Tori & Dean” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” now shooting its fourth season. They premiered their latest documentary film BECOMING CHAZ at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and in May the film was broadcast on OWN as the first film in the Oprah Winfrey Documentary Club.

Randy and Fenton continue to expand their reach with everything from blogs to an art gallery and a coffee table book. WOW. WOW. PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTFEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: | 2010 - Jane Lynch | 2009 - Don Roos | 2008 - Donna Deitch | 2007 - Bill Condon | 2006 - Kenneth Anger | 2005 - Gregg Araki | 2004 - Todd Haynes | 2003 - Jane Anderson | 2002 - Strand Releasing | 2001 - Christine Vachon | 2000 - Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. 1999 Gus Van Sant | 1998 - Ian McKellen | 1997 - John Schlesinger

Event Schedule 6:00pm VIP PRE-PARTY

O pen b ar an d h or s d ’ o e uvre s *VIP par t y t ic k et s r eq u i re d

8:00pm LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF GUN HILL ROAD

P re ce d e d b y t h e p res en t a t ion of t h e O utfe s t A ch iev em en t Aw ard

10:00PM OPENING NIGHT GALA AFTER-PARTY

P art y t h e n ig h t a w a y a t on e of the h ot t es t p art ies of t h e y ear an d ge t i nto a b id d in g w ar ov er cool it em s a t the S ilen t Au ct ion . *O pe n t o a l l t i ck e t ho l de r s

Ticket Prices VIP Ticket

(Regular $150, Members $135) *limited availability VIP Pre-Party Entrance Loge or Center Orchestra Seating Gala After-Party Entrance

Gala Screening Ticket

(Regular $75, Members $65) Side Orchestra or Front Balcony Seating Gala After-Party Entrance

Gala Screening Ticket

(Regular $50, Members $40) Rear Balcony Seating Gala After-Party Entrance

OUTFEST 2011 OPENING NIGHT GALA AFTER-PARTY

The night is hot, you look gorgeous and you're at the party of the year! There's no better place to be this summer then dancing under the dazzling lights at the hub of Los Angeles' fashion industry - California Market Center. Enjoy libations from Absolut and Stella Artois, meet the festival filmmakers and mingle with friends old and new -- the night is yours and you are the star!

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

GALAS

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U.S. DRAMATIC CENTERPIECE

INTERNATIONAL CENTERPIECE

CIRCUMSTANCE

WEEKEND

In a vibrant contemporary Tehran, two beautiful teenage girls struggle for their personal freedom. Atafeh and her best friend Shireen are full of youthful exuberance and a healthy streak of rebellion as they drink, smoke and go dancing at underground parties. When Atafeh’s brother Mehran returns from drug rehab, he embraces a new way of life and joins the Morality Police - much to the surprise of his affluent and liberal parents - and becomes increasingly obsessed with and involved in Atafeh and Shireen’s intimate relationship.

British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, winner of Outfest 2009’s Artistic Achievement Award for his first feature, GREEK PETE, returns to the festival with his second feature - already an acclaimed award-winner itself. With the same intimacy and rare authenticity of his impressive debut, WEEKEND explores the relationship between two young gay men that evolves from a drunken one-night stand into a dynamic and complex portrait of modern gay romance over the course of a booze, drug and sex fueled weekend, building to a delicate emotional climax.

Nikohl Boosheri (Atafeh), Sarah Kazemy (Shireen) and Reza Sixo Safai (Mehran) smolder on screen in their fearless and complex performances. A feast for the senses, CIRCUMSTANCE is the original vision of writer/director Maryam Keshavarz, whose first feature effort creates a stylish and sensual coming-of-age film, presenting a timely and important story of a new generation of women in Iran who dream of a place where they can be free.

The chemistry between coleads Tom Cullen and Chris New lights fire to a precise yet free-flowing script that allows them to playfully explore the dimensions and shifting moods of their characters. The film's natural rhythm utilizes the confines of its construct to explicitly and unapologetically express themes that transcend sexuality without ever denying it. WEEKEND advances the gay narrative - both filmic and socially - in ways that few films have.

Winner of the Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Winner of the 2011 SXSW Emerging Visions Audience Award.

- Kim Yutani, Director of Programming

- Bryan Stamp, Programmer

Dir/Scr: Maryam Keshavarz, 2011, USA, Iran, Lebanon, 105 min.

Dir/Scr: Andrew Haigh, 2011, UK, 96 min.

Maryam Keshavarz’s first feature documentary, THE COLOR OF LOVE, an intimate portrait of the changing landscape of love and politics in Iran, won numerous awards at film festivals and was broadcast internationally. Her short THE DAY I DIED garnered accolades at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and New York Film Festival, and it was the only short to win two awards - a Teddy Award and an honorable mention for the Jury Prize - at the Berlin International Film Festival. CIRCUMSTANCE is Keshavarz’s first narrative feature.

CENTERPIECE POST-RECEPTION: HGTV Designers' Lounge

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July 12

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Andrew Haigh worked for many years in editing with credits on films as diverse as Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR to Harmony Korine’s MISTER LONELY before moving into writing and directing. He has made a number of short films that have played at festivals worldwide including the Berlin Film Festival. His first feature, the micro-budget GREEK PETE, was released in both the UK and the US in 2010.

CENTERPIECE POST-RECEPTION: HGTV Designers' Lounge

WEDNESDAY July 13

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DOCUMENTARY CENTERPIECE

BROAD STAGE GALA

HIT SO HARD

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Dir: P. David Ebersole, Scr: P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes, 2011, USA, 101 min.

Patty Schemel, the hard hitting drummer of Courtney Love's seminal rock band Hole, is not only a master of the sticks, but a true survivor. After growing up as an outsider near Seattle she shot to stardom in the early 90’s and was engulfed by the music scene. Patty casually documented her life as a rock star – at band practice, on the road, backstage and in front of millions of people. She captured rare, precious moments behind the scenes with Hole and Kurt Cobain and the intense highs and lows of these dynamic relationships often shaped by an addiction that consumed her and almost killed her.

Director P. David Ebersole has masterfully woven Patty’s Hi8 videos with contemporary interviews of Patty, her band mates (including Love, Melissa Auf der Maur and Eric Erlandson), other musicians, and important figures in Patty’s life to craft a story that is as beautiful and inspirational as it is a significant cultural record.

- Kirsten Schaffer, Executive Director

Dir/Scr: Tom Tykwer, 2010, Germany, subtitled, 119 min.

In one of his most singular and stylish films, German filmmaker Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN) returns to Berlin for the setting of this seductive drama centered on an upscale middle-aged couple whose routine coexistence is upset when they separately encounter the same man and explore their sexual fluidity.

Complementing an inventive narrative with a slick visual polish and dynamic soundtrack, Tykwer crafts a sophisticated film full of ideas and themes that range from erotic to darkly comic to cruel and fatalistic. Sophie Rois (Hanna) and Sebastian Schipper (Simon) deliver pitch-perfect performances as the married couple, and Devid Striesow brings a unique dimension to his role as their unwitting lover, Adam. When a complication threatens to expose their carefully guarded secrets, the resolution is both surprising and inevitable.

3 premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and earlier this year at the 2011 Berlinale.

- Bryan Stamp, Programmer

Patty and friends will be performing on stage at the J.A. Ford after the screening One of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Indie Faces," David’s writing/directing includes DESIRE (Fox TV), WICKED WICKED GAMES starring Tatum O'Neal, STRAIGHT RIGHT (Sundance Channel), the award-winning short DEATH IN VENICE, CA, last year's Outfest short SWIMMING starring Gretchen Phillips and Phranc; and he co-produced STRANGER INSIDE (HBO), directed by Cheryl Dunye, produced by Jim McKay, Michael Stipe and Effie Brown.

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Tom Tykwer was born on May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. Early on, he discovered his own interest in film and worked for years in various cinemas, as a projectionist and programmer before making his first feature DEADLY MARIA in 1993.

His other features include WINTER SLEEPERS (1997), RUN LOLA RUN (1998), THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (2000), and PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006). Tykwer’s THE INTERNATIONAL opened the 2009 Berlinale Film Festival.

BROAD GALA PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: Broad Lobby CENTERPIECE AFTER-PARTY: Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood on Hollywood Blvd

THURSDAY

July 14

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MONDAY July 11

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AWARDS BRUNCH

CLOSING NIGHT

AWARDS BRUNCH

THE PERFECT FAMILY

Join us for the 3rd Annual Awards Brunch and be the first to know who has snagged our jury and audience prizes for features and shorts. Come witness the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat (served with mimosas and Bloody Marys, of course)! Mmmmm, tastes so good.

Outfest hands out 16 awards in the categories of Special Programming, Audience, and Grand Jury.

Dir: Anne Renton, Scr: Claire V. Riley, Paula Goldberg, 2011, USA, 84 min.

How far will one suburban housewife go to win the Outstanding Catholic of the Year Award? Dedicated churchgoer Eileen Cleary (Kathleen Turner, in a heartbreaking performance) will bend over backwards to portray her dysfunctional brood as the Catholic ideal, even though her son (Jason Ritter) has just left his wife for the woman he really loves, and Eileen’s daughter Shannon (Emily Deschanel) is about to marry her lesbian lover.

In her feature film debut, filmmaker Anne Renton skillfully balances the dramatic tension with a humorous undertone centered on Eileen’s struggle to reconcile her faith and her goal of perfection with the reality of her life. A talented cast that also includes Angelique Cabral and Richard Chamberlain bolsters this unforgettable comedy-drama.

Audience Awards • Documentary Short Film • Dramatic Short Film • Documentary Feature Film • Dramatic Feature Film • First U.S. Dramatic Feature Film, Sponsored by HBO

-Alonso Duralde, Feature Film Programmer

Grand Jury Awards • Documentary Short Film • Dramatic Short Film • Documentary Feature Film • International Dramatic Feature Film • Actress in a Feature Film • Actor in a Feature Film • Screenwriting • U.S. Dramatic Feature Film

Anne Renton has studied extensively as an actor and voice-over artist, and has worked in both independent film and television. In 2007, Anne directed and produced the award- winning short film LOVE IS LOVE (Outfest 2007) featuring Emmy winner Jane Lynch. A graduate of Sydney University with a B.S. in Physiotherapy, Anne also served as a faculty member at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing for over 10 years before focusing on directing and producing. THE PERFECT FAMILY, which had its World Premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, is Anne's first feature film.

Special Programming Awards • Special Programming Award for Freedom • Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement • Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent

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CLOSING NIGHT AFTER-PARTY: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

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SUNDAY

July 17

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THE OUTFEST LEGACY PROJECT FOR LGBT FILM PRESERVATION The Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation, a collaboration between Outfest and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, is the only program in the world dedicated to saving and protecting LGBT moving images from deterioration and neglect.

Access: Thanks to the contributions of our filmmakers, as well as the generous support of our Outfest members, the Legacy Project Collection has grown steadily to become the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT moving images in the world, with over 15,000 films.

Conservation and Preservation: Beyond actively collecting LGBT film and video media for permanent conservation and preservation, the Legacy Project funds the restoration of damaged films and videos to their original release quality.

Education: The Project conducts LGBT public education and extensive outreach to filmmakers, archivists and educators including a bi-monthly screening series at the Billy Wilder Theater in conjunction with UCLA.

UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE The UCLA Film & Television Archive is internationally renowned for its pioneering efforts to rescue, preserve and showcase moving image media.

MORE LEGACY EVENTS! THE MAN WHO DROVE WITH MANDELA

(Dir. Greta Schiller, 1998) – please see page 23

WE WHO ARE SEXY: THE WHIRLWIND HISTORY OF TRANSGENDER IMAGES IN CINEMA

QUEER THROUGH THE YEARS FROM THE LEGACY PROJECT COLLECTION From tea rooms to drag queens to lipstick lesbians, this series of short films presents a fun and eyeopening look at how our community and culture has changed since the 1970s. The clips and movies in QUEER THROUGH THE YEARS have been selected from the world’s largest queer history collection at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. In 2007, ONE deposited its collection of rare film and videotape with the Legacy Project at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Co-curated by Thomas De Simone TEA ROOM SCENE Dir: Richard J. Silverthorn, 8 min. DICHOTOMY Dir: University of Rochester Gay Liberation Front, 7 min. CHARLES PIERCE COMMERCIALS Dir: Unknown, 3 min. ONE IN TEN PEOPLE: LIPSTICK LESBIANS Dir: Unknown, 4 min. MAN TO MAN SHOW WITH HOWARD AND DAVE: FIRST EPISODE GREETING Dir: Unknown, 5 min. DYKE TV: DYKE DISH & I WAS A TEENAGE LESBIAN Dir: Unknown, 5 min. SOME OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS Dir: Ken Robinson, 38 min.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 2:30pm | REDCAT

THREE BEWILDERED PEOPLE IN THE NIGHT Dir/Scr: Gregg Araki, 1987, USA, 92 min.

U.S. PREMIERE OF HIGH-DEFINITION TRANSFER FROM THE LEGACY PROJECT COLLECTION In this rare screening of Gregg Araki’s funny and gritty first feature, a bisexual love triangle forms amongst twentysomething, angst-ridden Bohemians. David, a gay performance artist, is best friends with Alicia, a film student who has a cute boyfriend named Craig. Affections grow between Craig and David, causing even more despair for the three friends. Stylish, entertaining and shot guerrillastyle in Los Angeles streets and coffee shops on a tiny budget, Araki’s debut is a must-see gem.

The Legacy Project and Toronto International Film Festival created this brand new high-definition transfer from the original 16mm film elements, including remastered audio.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 7:00pm | DGA 2

(Jenni Olson and Susan Stryker) – please see page 37

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PLATINUM10 ANNIVERSARY

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Outfest, Lez at the Mezz and Mustache Mondays present

NIGHT MOVES: THE PLATINUM 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY For this 10th anniversary, we have bent you over the chair and done you right with the biggest, baddest, most expansive Platinum in years. The celebration will climax with NIGHT MOVES: THE PLATINUM 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY at the haunted Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles where hostess Nao Bustamante will guarantee you dance, sweat and squeal to the music spun by DJ AUTOMATON and DJ KIM AHN. Artists including: Ladyboys of Sweaty Sundays choreographed by Ryan Heffington, Heather Cassils, Christopher Kreiling, Vagina Wolf and the PERMS, Pigs in the Parlour and Drew Droege among others will pepper the party, hide in the shadows and perform work inspired by the space; TRIPLE X will fill the room with sexxxy, succulent sexploitation images … and you know we have more tricks up our sleeve.

SATURDAY | July 16 | 9:30pm - 2:00am | ALEXANDRIA HOTEL - 2nd Floor, 5001 S.Sprong Street, LA

$10 cover at the door, $5 with Platinum ticket stub or Outpass

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

If Ron Athey, Miss Vaginal Davis, John Cooper and Shari Frilot had consummated their relationship – and got knocked up – the beautiful bastard child could’ve been called Platinum.

Back in 1998, Vaginal Davis screened a series of her short videos for then Outfest Programmer Shari Frilot. The reception was so delicious that it fueled Frilot’s desire to create a westcoast showcase for experimental film, video and live performance that attacked the boundaries of cinema.

Three years later her vision was realized when she, Cooper, Athey and Davis curated the legendary, epic, infamous Platinum Oasis, an 18 hour durational overnight arts fest with 40 rooms of media, interactive and salon-style installations at the notorious Coral Sands Motel. It dropped the jaws of even the jaded.

The event was repeated the following year and in 2003, the signature event featured Platinum SnapMeat (a collaboration between Frilot and digital media artist, Shu Lea Cheang) a futuristic sex trade scenario amidst a band of Mad Max lot lizards that rocked the historic Ambassador Hotel.

In tandem with these immersive performative events, experimental programming has found its home in the Outfest program, and now Platinum has shacked up with the gorgeous REDCAT. Outlaws, renegades, art stars, trend-setters and underground smut have participated in Platinum through the years. Bruce LaBruce, Barbara Hammer, Hans Scheirl, Tom Chomont, Arthur Russell, Peter Berlin, Jenn Reeves, Penny Arcade, Catherine Opie, Juliana Snapper, among others… the list is longer than Carolee Schneemann’s scroll.

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THEE MAJESTY PERFORMANCE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE Dir: Marie Losier, 2011, France/USA, 75 min.

BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE is a tender portrait of rebel performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV) and her soul mate and collaborator, Lady Jaye.

P-Orridge’s contributions to the industrial and underground music scene in the 1970s take backseat to the couple’s great love affair and daring gender and identity transformations they underwent for their Pandrogyne project, where the pair received surgical procedures to merge into a third pandrogynous being. Winner of the Teddy for Best Documentary at 2011 Berlinale.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 7:00pm | REDCAT

Thee Majesty will play a full set of their ambient soundscapes with spoken word performed by radical pioneering musician and artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV). Genesis is the subject of the documentary THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE and will be joined by collaborators avant-garde guitarist Bryin Dall (Hirsute Pursuit, 4th Sign of the Apocalypse and A Murder of Angels) and percussionist Edley ODowd (Psychic TV and Toilet Boys). This rare performance promises to combine poetry of a transgender creation story, music improvisation and hypnotic loops with blistering noise into a disorienting lullaby that is not to be missed.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 10:00pm | REDCAT

THEE MAGESTY & BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE RECEPTION: REDCAT Lobby, 8:30PM - 10:00PM

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER

Dir: A.L. Steiner & A.K. Burns, 2010, USA, 69 min.

COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER playfully meshes the erotics of a community of lovers, friends and collaborators where the personal is not only political, but sexual. This queer, trans and women-centered project is heavily inspired by seminal 1970s porn - yet the film demands that this representation not only be included but attacks the canon of pornography itself.

CAC is set to a soundtrack of Chicks on Speed, Electrelane, K8 Hardy, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Light Asylum, Thee Majesty and MEN and includes original compositions by Justin Bond, Ashland Mines & Wu Tsang among others.

PLUS SHORT: Drumstick Dir: Darin Klein & Deanna Erdmann, 5 min.

FRIDAY | July 8 | 9:30pm | REDCAT

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HUMAN RESOURCES

This electrifying showcase of live performance, live music and video represents the spirited arts collective Human Resources and its desire to broaden engagement with contemporary and conceptual art, with an emphasis on performative and underexposed modes of expression. The videos have a decidedly musical bent like the moving Light Asylum music video and artist Christophe Chemin’s Pink Floyd-inspired piece - but look out(!) for the fiery unicorn orgy and spicy alien sex tape! Live performances include new work by Mark Golamco, Kate Gilbert and Rafa Esparza. Co-curated by Dawn Kasper.

SYNCPOINT Dir: Isabell Spengler & Larry Peacock, 4 min.

BOOTHDANCE Dir: Jacinto Astiazarán, 6 min. SONIC BOOM Dir: Mak, 4 min. WHEN I WAS A CHILD I HAD A FEVER Dir: Christophe Chemin, 5 min. ALIEN SEX VIDEO Dir: Kate Gilbert & Jenn Kolmel, 4 min. A CERTAIN PERSON - LIGHT ASYLUM Dir: Eden Batki, 5 min.

OSMOSIS OF THE UNICORN Dir: Isabell Spengler, 12 min. TWO TYRANTS Dir: Mark Golamco, 3 min.

The renegades of queer film run wild in this showcase of experimental film. Chloe Sevigny is a red-eyed shapeshifter, Lexi Tronic resurfaces in Guy Maddin’s breathtaking tribute to FLAMING CREATURES, a catfight breaks out amidst Stepford-wives-mannequinish tranquility, a pair plays out a BDSM scene that promises to make you squirm, squeal or sick and really, who doesn’t love butch tits?

ALL FLOWERS IN TIME Dir: Jonathan Caouette, 14 min. THE GOLD ROOM Dir: Christophe Chemin, 5 min. BUTCH TITS Dir: Jen Crothers, 4 min. JAN VILLA Dir: Natasha Mendonca, 20 min.

LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED Dir: Guy Maddin, 13 min.

THE GARBAGE, THE CITY, AND DEATH Dir: Mariah Garnett, 8 min. LES NANAS Dir: Danielle Morgan, 3 min. SMOOTH Dir: Catherine Corringer, 24 min.

FRIDAY | July 8 | 7:15pm | REDCAT

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Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

Dir/Scr: Bruce LaBruce, 2010, Canada, 63 min.

L.A. ZOMBIE is a queer hardcore zombie splatter/gore porn movie made by renowned subversive director, Bruce LaBruce. An alien zombie beauty (international porn star and model Francois Sagat) trudges through Los Angeles stumbling upon dead men - a white collar criminal, a gangbanger, a homeless junkie, drugaddicted porn stars - and sublimely fucks them back to life. The film plunges deep, in more ways than one, past the superficial erotic thriller as LaBruce shows the zombie’s desire for intimacy as sincere and human.

FRIDAY | July 15 | 9:30pm | REDCAT

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SATURDAY | July 16 | 5:00pm | REDCAT

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L.A. ZOMBIE

SEXUAL CONTENT AND STROBING

SILVER & GOLD

Dir/Scr: Nao Bustamante, 2010, USA, 45 min.

SILVER & GOLD is Nao Bustamante's (Bravo's "Work of Art") new creation, a living, breathing “filmformance” combining film, live performance, audience interaction and original campy costumes.

She channels both queer godfather filmmaker Jack Smith and his muse, 1940s Dominican movie star Maria Montez, in a bizarre and radical exploration of race, glamour, sexuality and the silver screen.

PLUS SHORT: I Was a Male Yvonne de Carlo Dir: Jack Smith, 20 min.

SATURDAY | July 16 | 7:30pm | REDCAT

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TWO BY RYAN TRECARTIN Ryan Trecartin emerged from the 2000s as an innovator of ecstatic new frontiers in art and cinema.

SIBLING TOPICS and P.OPULAR S.KY are two selections from his recent seven-part work, Any Ever, produced in Miami with collaborator Lizzie Fitch. In SIBLING TOPICS, a set of quadruplet sisters played by Trecartin engage in a series of episodic adventures and “premises”-situations sold by identity-tourism agencies with predetermined tones, terms, and trajectories. P.OPULAR S.KY, functioning as a kind of B-side, submerges characters from SIBLING TOPICS into a shadow state of mental projection, weaving threads from the rest of Any Ever into versions of their finalities.

SIBLING TOPICS (SECTION A), 47 min.; P.OPULAR S.KY (SECTION ISH), 43 min.

FRIDAY | July 15 | 7:00pm | REDCAT

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THIS WILDLY POPULAR OUTFEST SERIES SHOWCASES SOME OF OUR BIGGEST FILMS IN LA'S MOST EPIC YET INTIMATE SCREENING VENUE Sponsored by

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

Dir: Colin Higgins, Scr: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson & Colin Higgins, 1982, USA, 114 min.

Get ready for “one small thrill” after another as Outfest travels to the Lone Star state for one unforgettable night with Miss Mona and the girls! Dolly Parton stars as the proprietor of the most tuneful house of ill repute in musical comedy history, but not even her especially close relationship with local sheriff (Burt Reynolds) can save her business when a nosy TV reporter (Dom DeLuise) starts kicking up a fuss. Featuring great songs like “I Will Always Love You” and “Hard Candy Christmas,” this beloved musical promises a wild night of hootin’ and a-hollerin’.We can't say too much, but we wouldn't dare ask our audience to stay quiet when they see those lyrics onscreen!

AFTER-PARTY: OIL CAN HARRY’S

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 8:30pm | J.A. Ford

HIT SO HARD

Dir: P. David Ebersole, Scr: P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes, 2011, USA, 101 min.

After growing up as an outsider near Seattle, Patty Schemel shot to stardom in the early 90s as the drummer of the seminal rock band Hole. Schemel captures the grunge music scene, Hole's skyrocketing popularity, and rampant drug abuse in neverbefore-seen home videos. This compelling tale of survival and triumph features intimate footage and exclusive interviews with Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, and other important figures in Patty's life.

Patty and friends will be performing on stage at the J.A. Ford after the screening Sponsored by CENTERPIECE AFTER-PARTY: HARD ROCK CAFE HOLLYWOOD ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD

THURSDAY | July 14 | 8:30pm | J.A. Ford

PRIVATE ROMEO

Dir/Scr: Alan Brown, 2011, USA, 98 min.

Romeo and Juliet has never been more provocative than in this contemporary all-boy staging. Writer/director Alan Brown transfers the setting from fair Verona to a high school military campus where a small group of boys from rival schools act out the tragedy in real life. This bold adaptation eschews convention and challenges common perceptions of masculinity, gay youth and the military. Anchored by solid performances, the film balances the tough dialogue, tender romance and unique setting with an erotic rhythm and a few surprising twists.

Sponsored by AFTER-PARTY: HOSTED BY FRONTIERS @ THE FACTORY FRIDAY | July 15 | 8:30pm | J.A. Ford

CHO DEPENDENT

Dir: Lorene Machado, 2011, USA, 86 min.

Miss Margaret Cho is back, and she has a few things she’d like to share with you. From her hilarious recounting of her backstage feud with the Palins during “Dancing with the Stars” to musical interludes featuring Cho’s witty original songs, this new concert film from our favorite all-American girl will have you howling from beginning to end. (You’ll also never look at the “American Idol” contestants the same way again, but you’ll just have to hear Margaret explain that one.)

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SATURDAY | July 16 | 8:30pm | J.A. Ford

THE PERFECT FAMILY

Dir: Anne Renton, Scr: Claire V. Riley & Paula Goldberg, 2011, USA, 84 min.

How far will one suburban housewife go to win the Outstanding Catholic of the Year Award? Dedicated churchgoer Eileen Cleary (Kathleen Turner, in a heartbreaking performance) will bend over backwards to portray her dysfunctional brood as the Catholic ideal. In her feature film debut, filmmaker Anne Renton skillfully balances the dramatic tension with a humorous undertone bolstered by a talented cast including Jason Ritter, Emily Deschanel and Richard Chamberlain.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY: HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL

SUNDAY | July 17 | 8:00pm | J.A. Ford

UNDER THE STARS AT THE JOHN ANSON FORD AMPHITHEATRE BOX DINNER Come early to picnic on the grounds of the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre. To order from a tempting selection of box dinner menus from Crumble Catering, call the John Anson Ford box office at (323) 461-3673 (at least 3 days prior to screening). Outfest Under the Stars is part of the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre 2011 Season, a multi-disciplinary arts series produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in cooperation with Los Angeles County-based arts organizations. For a complete season schedule, directions to the theatre, parking information, sound bites of selected artists and box dinner menus, log on to www.fordamphitheatre.org

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

GALAS LEGACY PROJECT

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 7/8/2011

ORPHEUM

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SATURDAY 7/9/2011

REDCAT

SUNSET

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BOYS’ SHORTS

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1:45PM

THE WISE KIDS

SUNSET

12:00PM

BOY CHEERLEADERS

TEDDY SERIES

2:00PM

CONVERSATION WITH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

2:30PM

QUEER THROUGH THE YEARS

2:00PM

NO LOOK PASS P. 31

P. 19

1:00PM

FAMILY FUN AT THE VILLAGE KUNG FU PANDA 2 P. 36

P. 36 4:15PM

WE WERE HERE

PANELS & SHORTS FEATURE SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS

REDCAT

P. 36

P. 26

For a complete list of all parties and receptions please go to outfest.org/fest2011

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P. 32

4:15PM

COMING OUT P. 23

4:30PM

ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM

4:30PM

MANGUS! P. 26

P. 30

7:15PM

7:00PM

SHE MONKEYS

PLATINUM SHOWCASE

P. 29

7:15PM

LONGHORNS P. 25

7:00PM

THE GREEN P. 25

P. 18

7:15PM

ALL OVER THE GUY P. 35

7:00PM

BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE

7:00PM

VACATION! P. 26

P. 17 8:00PM

GUN HILL ROAD P. 10

9:30PM

SHOTS IN THE DARK

8:00PM

POISON P. 23

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9:30PM

COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER P. 18

9:30PM

JAMIE AND JESSIE ARE NOT TOGETHER

9:45PM

GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND

9:30PM

HAPPY HAPPY P. 28

P. 25

10:00PM

THEE MAJESTY PERFORMANCE

9:30PM

ANYBODY’S GIRL P. 33

P. 17

P. 25

WEDNESDAY 7/13/2011

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THURSDAY 7/14/2011

J.A. FORD

SUNSET

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FRIDAY 7/15/2011

J.A. FORD

SUNSET

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ALL GIRL FRIDAY AT THE DGA!

5:00PM

ANGEL P. 30

7:30PM

WEEKEND P. 12

7:45PM

7:00PM

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P. 24

SHUT UP LITTLE MAN!

BUMBLEFUCK, USA

5:00PM

5:00PM

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P. 31

HABANA MUDA

7:00PM

OLD CATS P. 29

7:15PM

7:00PM

OUTFEST SCREENWRITING LAB READING

WITH YOU P. 32

I AM

7:00PM

WISH ME AWAY P. 32

7:15PM

GO FISH P. 23

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ABSENT P. 27

9:45PM

HAPPY HAPPY P. 28

8:30PM

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS P. 35

9:30PM

WE HAVE TO STOP NOW - SEASON 2 P. 37

9:45PM

BASHMENT P. 27

9:30PM

ROMEOS P. 29

8:30PM

HIT SO HARD P. 13

9:30PM

KAWA P. 28

9:45PM

GIRLS’ SHORTS P. 34

10:00PM

GIRLS’ SHORTS P. 34

SUNDAY 7/10/2011

DGA 1

DGA 2

MONDAY 7/11/2011

REDCAT

11:00AM

SUNSET

DGA 1

DGA 2

TUESDAY 7/12/2011

BROAD

SUNSET

DGA 1

DGA 2

SUNSET

2:30PM

CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE

WITHOUT P. 26

P. 31

1:30PM

MARY LOU P. 29

5:00PM

2:30PM

WHERE’S THE MONEY?

LONGHORNS

NIGHT WATCH P. 29

4:30PM

SHUT UP LITTLE MAN!

P. 25

P. 32

2:30PM

MAN WHO DROVE WITH MANDELA

7:15PM

7:00PM

P. 28

P. 34

JOE + BELLE

5:00PM

P. 32

P. 31

PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE

P. 37

4:45PM

5:00PM

CHICK HABIT

ORCHIDS: MY INTERSEX ADVENTURE

7:15PM

7:00PM

WOMAN’S PICTURE

7:15PM

FEW DAYS OF RESPITE

P. 26

LAW OF DESIRE P. 23

P. 28

7:15PM

BOY CHEERLEADERS P. 30

P. 23 7:00PM

BIG LOVE P. 33

7:00PM

THREE BEWILDERED PEOPLE IN THE NIGHT

5:00PM

9:15PM

9:30PM

P. 34

P. 27

P. 25

FUSION SHORTS

BREAK MY FALL

9:30PM

ECUPID

AUGUST P. 24

9:15PM

3

SHOTS IN THE DARK

P. 13

9:30PM

CIRCUMSTANCE

THE FAMILY COMPLETE

P. 12

P. 34

9:30PM

ROMEOS P. 29

P. 28

P. 34

P. 19 9:45PM

8:00PM

9:30PM

8:30PM

QUEERER THAN FICTION: DOC SHORTS

8:00PM

TBA

TALES OF THE WARIA P. 32

FRIDAY 7/15/2011

J.A. FORD

SATURDAY 7/16/2011

REDCAT

DGA 1

11:30AM

HOLLYWOOD TO DOLLYWOOD

DGA 2

J.A. FORD

7:00PM

TWO BY RYAN TRECARTIN

P. 34

P. 26

7:00PM

7:15PM

P. 18

J.A. FORD

REDCAT

11:00AM

AWARDS BRUNCH P. 14

5:00PM

4:30PM

P. 24

P. 28

9:30PM PLATINUM 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY ALEXANDRIA HOTEL

WOMAN’S PICTURE

WE WHO ARE SEXY: THE WHIRLWIND HISTORY OF TRANSGENDER IMAGES IN CINEMA

HARVEST

DGA 2

P. 33

2:00PM

CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME

DGA 1

ANYBODY’S GIRL

2:00PM

4:30PM

REDCAT

12:00PM

P. 31

FIRST BLUSH

SUNDAY 7/17/2011

HUMAN RESOURCES P. 18

1:00PM

12:30PM

P. 36

P. 34

DROP DEAD DIVA

12:00PM

GIRLS’ SHORTS

TBA

2:30PM

2:30PM

P. 37

7:30PM

QUEERER THAN FICTION: DOC SHORTS

SILVER & GOLD P. 18

3:15PM

EATING OUT: DRAMA CAMP

TBA

PUNKS P. 37

P. 36

P. 34 8:30PM

PRIVATE ROMEO P. 26

9:30PM

LA ZOMBIE P. 18

9:30PM

LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR P. 25

9:30PM TBA

8:30PM

CHO DEPENDENT P. 36

9:45PM

THE 13TH ANNUAL HOME VIDEO GONG SHOW P. 35

5:30PM

TBA

5:15PM

BOYS’ SHORTS P. 33

8:00PM

THE PERFECT FAMILY P. 14

5:00PM

TBA

FESTIVAL SERIES

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Lisa Aschan SHE MONKEYS p.29

Maryam Keshavarz CIRCUMSTANCE p.12 THE DAY I DIED p.23

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Celebrate a talented new wave of filmmakers and be among the first to see their feature film debuts. These exciting directors have boldly established their careers with independently produced films that illuminate a broad spectrum of queer life.

Madeleine Olnek CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME p.24

DOCS

@ 5

ANGEL p.30

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

Eldar Rapaport AUGUST p.24

Outfest takes you to New York City, Havana, Australia, Paris, Ecuador, Mexico and India in this must-see selection of documentaries highlighting unique subjects from around the world. These beautifully crafted films offer rare insights into complex issues and unforgettable LGBT characters that will fill your heart, broaden your perspective and spark debates about the world we live in.

SCREENINGS TAKE PLACE AT 5PM FOR THE SPECIAL PRICE OF $5.

Co-presented by the International Documentary Association (IDA).

PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE p.32

ORCHIDS: MY INTERSEX ADVENTURE p.31

HABANA MUDA p.31

I AM p.31

TEDDY AWARDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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In 1987, Manfred Salzgeber and Wieland Speck gave souvenir teddy bears to Gus Van Sant and Pedro Almodovar at a gay bookstore in Berlin in recognition of their achievements in LGBT cinema. What began organically has grown into an institution: The Teddy Awards are the foremost international recognition that can be bestowed to an LGBT narrative, documentary and short film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The awards have boosted films in the marketplace, and the ceremony is a highlight of the Berlinale. Having served as president of this year's 25th anniversary jury, I found it both an honor and a serious responsibility to uphold. Whether presided over by Tilda Swinton or Javier Bardem, the Teddy is a glittering sui generis award that celebrates what we stand for.

Sponsored by - Marcus Hu, Co-President, Strand Releasing

COMING OUT

Dir: Heiner Carow, Scr: Wolfram Witt, 1989, Germany, subtitled, 109 min.

Shot in 1989, COMING OUT was the first narrative film from East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a woman, but when he finds himself in a gay bar, he meets and falls in love with a young man. Through this relationship he finds the courage to accept who he is entirely. Significantly, the film premiered in 1990 at the Berlin Film Festival, the same night that the Berlin Wall came down.

Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1990.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 4:15pm | DGA 2

GO FISH

Dir: Rose Troche, Scr: Rose Troche & Guinevere Turner, 1994, USA, 83 min.

Director Rose Troche and co-writer Guinevere Turner created a new standard for lesbian-themed films. Capturing everyday life in Chicago set within a Sapphic world, this scrappy black-and-white romantic comedy tells the story of Max (the captivating Turner) looking for love in all the wrong places until she meets her unlikely match for her in gawky Ely (V.S. Brodie). Sexy, funny and full of inside jokes, GO FISH remains a classic.

Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1994.

PLUS SHORT: The Day I Died (El Dia Que Mori) Dir: Maryam Keshavarz, 11 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: All-Girl Friday

FRIDAY | July 15 | 7:15pm | DGA 2

LAW OF DESIRE

Dir/Scr: Pedro Almodóvar, 1987, Spain, subtitled, 102 min.

One of the most creative, provocative and prolific filmmakers alive today, Pedro Almodóvar’s canon of films represents one of the greatest bodies of work in film history. This film portrays a love triangle between a gay film director; his transgender sister and actress (Carmen Maura), and a murderously obsessive stalker (Antonio Banderas). Coming a year before his international sensation WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, Almodóvar has said that LAW OF DESIRE “is the key film in my life and career.”

Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1987.

TUESDAY | July 12 | 7:15pm | DGA 2

FREE

THE MAN WHO DROVE WITH MANDELA

Dir: Greta Schiller, Scr: Mark Gevisser, 1999, UK/South Africa/Netherlands, 82 min.

FROM THE LEGACY PROJECT COLLECTION The man who drove with Mandela was Cecil Williams, an acclaimed gay white theatre director living in South Africa who assisted with the inception of the black anti-apartheid movement. From Greta Schiller, director of the acclaimed documentaries PARIS WAS A WOMAN and BEFORE STONEWALL, this remarkable documentary relates Williams’ story while skillfully drawing parallels between the plight of South African blacks and the dilemma of a gay man of conscience living in a society that prohibits expression of his identity and core beliefs.

Winner of the Teddy Award for best documentary in 1999.

Sponsored by Special Thanks: UCLA Film & Television Archive PLUS SHORT: Trevor Dir: Peggy Rajski, 18 min.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 2:30pm | REDCAT

POISON

Dir/Scr: Todd Haynes, 1991, USA, 85 min.

Todd Haynes’ career continues to hit new heights with films like FAR FROM HEAVEN and most recently, the awe-inspiring HBO mini-series “Mildred Pierce”, but it was his debut feature POISON that established him as the great hope of the New Queer Cinema of the early ‘90s. Twenty years later, POISON remains bold and fresh, exploring sexual obsession, deviance and passion in a fashion that continues to defy age.

Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1991.

PLUS SHORT: The Intervention Dir: Jay Duplass, 15 min.

FRIDAY | July 8 | 8:00pm | DGA 2

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES

AUGUST

Dir/Scr: Eldar Rapaport, 2010, USA, 100 min.

What if the ex-boyfriend you never quite got out of your system moved back to town in the middle of a heat wave? That’s what happens to Jonathan, when his sexy ex Troy returns to L.A. during a particularly sweaty summer. Jonathan falls quickly back into bed with Troy, but will this steamy summer fling pull Jonathan away from his smoldering Spanish lover Raul? Find out in this sensual melodrama that will have you sweating along with its stunning protagonists.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SUNDAY | July 10 | 9:45pm | DGA 1

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

BUMBLEFUCK, USA

Dir: Aaron Douglas Johnston, Scr: Aaron Douglas Johnston & Cat Smits, 2011, USA, 91 min.

Distraught by the recent death of a close gay friend, Alexa travels from Amsterdam to her friend’s hometown in Iowa to make a documentary about homosexuality in small-town America. Once there, she meets local artist Jennifer, for whom she develops unprecedented romantic feelings. Bolstered by beautiful cinematography illustrative of the American experience, BUMBLEFUCK, USA is an evocative chronicle of Alexa’s journey to understand both her grief and her sexuality.

AFTER-PARTY: PYT @ HAUTE

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 7:00pm | Sunset

CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME Dir/Scr: Madeleine Olnek, 2011, USA, 75 min.

Serving on a special mission, three lesbian aliens are sent to Earth. As the fetching extraterrestrials search for romance on the New York dating scene, one finds love with Jane, an eager stationery store clerk who is oblivious to the fact that she’s dating an alien. Tightly scripted with lo-fi styling and campy B-movie effects, this wholly original comedy embraces the intrinsic hilarity of lesbian life to tell a story about love that transcends galaxies.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 16 | 4:30pm | DGA 1

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ECUPID

GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND

Nowadays it’s not uncommon to be on an online dating site: Match.com, OkCupid, and Grindr. But what if your dating site began to manipulate your every move and spin you into a frenzy? And what if that app was voiced

by Morgan Fairchild?! Marshall is feeling stuck in his 7-year relationship with Gabe and turns to an online site for help. Little does he know that the site will take control of his life - all in the name of finding true love, of course.

Trying to make it as an actor in L.A.? Trying to keep your integrity while doing it? This is the story of Adam - a fresh, young, gay transplant from New York - and his trials as a struggling actor. After a few months of working a spirit-crushing job, Adam finds himself tempted by less glamorous opportunities that may not be beneficial to his resume. This slice of Hollywood life, written and directed by co-star Casper Andreas, will have you laughing, crying and maybe even reconsidering your own aspirations for stardom.

Dir/Scr: JC Calciano, 2011, USA, 95 min.

PLUS SHORT: 52 Dir: Josh Levy, 4 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE AFTER-PARTY: O-BAR

Dir/Scr: Casper Andreas, 2010, USA, 104 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE AFTER-PARTY: MICKY’S

THE GREEN

Dir: Steven Williford, Scr: Paul Marcarelli, 2010, USA, 90 min.

Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael’s high school students accuses him of “inappropriate conduct,” and the town rushes to judgment.

Featuring stand-out performances by Cheyenne Jackson, Julia Ormond and Illeana Douglas, THE GREEN is a gripping emotional journey that will keep you guessing until the very end.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

Sponsored by

MONDAY | July 11 | 9:30pm | DGA 1

SATURDAY | July 9 | 9:45pm | DGA 1

SATURDAY | July 9 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

JAMIE AND JESSIE ARE NOT TOGETHER

LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR

LONGHORNS

From writer/director Wendy Jo Carlton (HANNAH FREE) comes a lesbian romantic comedy-with musical numbers!

For anyone who has ever fallen for a friend. Jamie is moving from Chicago to New York with the hope of becoming a Broadway actress. Her best friend Jessie is bummed because she is not-so-secretly in love with Jamie. As moving day approaches, Jessie tries to make Jamie jealous by dating other women... but the plan backfires in a way Jessie never could have imagined.

Twenty years after PARIS IS BURNING brought Harlem’s drag balls to the world’s attention comes this energetic, dance-filled musical set in L.A.’s ball scene. Kicked out of his house for being gay, Darnell falls in with the city’s most trophy-challenged house, but these runway walkers will overcome tragedy and heartbreak to become the fiercest crew of all. And child, you know they’re gonna leave it all on the floor.

Beers and queers run rampant in this scandalous comedy from the makers of BEARCITY and FRUIT FLY. It’s the ‘80s and “straight” Texas frat boy Kevin has a habit of lending his buddies a helping hand during male bonding sessions, but he really gets his lasso in a twist upon meeting his dorm’s new guy, the openly gay Cesar Kevin attempts to forget his attraction by escaping to a cabin in the Hill Country, but LONGHORNS still manages to give “ride ‘em cowboy” a whole new meaning.

Dir/Scr: Wendy Jo Carlton, 2011, USA, 95 min.

PLUS SHORT: Flyers Dir: Laura Terruso, 3 min.

AFTER-PARTY: PYT @ VILLA LOUNGE

FRIDAY | July 8 | 9:30pm | Sunset

Dir: Sheldon Larry, Scr: Glenn Gaylord, 2011, USA, 105 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE AFTER-PARTY: JEWEL’S CATCH ONE

SATURDAY | July 16 | 9:30pm | DGA 1 Sponsored by

Dir/Scr: David Lewis, 2011, USA, 75 min.

PLUS SHORT: The Damiana Files: Tanya Roberts Dir: Michael Lucid, 4 min.

AFTER-PARTY: FRESH FRIDAYS @ ELEVEN, 7/8

FRIDAY | July 8 | 7:15pm | Sunset SUNDAY | July 10 | 5:00pm | Sunset

Sponsored by

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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MANGUS!

PRIVATE ROMEO

VACATION!

Mangus Spedgwick was destined to be Jesus - just like his daddy, and his daddy before him - in River City, Texas’ production of Jesus Christ Spectacular!

When a freak accident leaves him paralyzed, Mangus wanders through the desert of small-town life, until he is shown the way by a vision of Jesus in a titty bar.

Ash Christian (FAT GIRLS) directs an epic cast, including Leslie Jordan, John Waters, Jennifer Coolidge and Heather Matarazzo.

Four girlfriends reunite for a week of partying on the beach, and it’s all sand, sun and margaritas until one of them turns up dead. Glass Candy’s electropop soundtrack and a deliciously colored backdrop set the tone for a film in which a dead body may be the least surprising twist. VACATION! is a dazzling guessing game that includes a mysterious surfer dude, a UFO and an acid trip featuring blonde wigs and Miracle Bowel Cleanser.

PLUS SHORT: Heart of the Matter Dir: Tom Lenk & Patty Wortham, 7 min.

Romeo and Juliet has never been more provocative than in this contemporary all-boy staging. Writer/ director Alan Brown transfers the setting from fair Verona to a high school military campus where a small group of boys from rival schools act out the tragedy in real life. This bold adaptation eschews convention and challenges common perceptions of masculinity, gay youth and the military. Anchored by solid performances, the film balances the tough dialogue, tender romance and unique setting with an erotic rhythm and a few surprising twists.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 4:30pm | Sunset

AFTER-PARTY: HOSTED BY FRONTIERS @ THE FACTORY

Dir/Scr: Ash Christian , 2011, USA, 88 min.

Dir/Scr: Alan Brown, 2011, USA, 98 min.

FRIDAY | July 15 | 8:30pm | Ford

Dir/Scr: Zach Clark, 2010, USA, 90 min.

AFTER-PARTY: EAST WEST LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 9 | 7:00pm | Sunset

Sponsored by

THE WISE KIDS

WITHOUT

WOMAN'S PICTURE

In a Baptist church community in Charleston, South Carolina, three teenage friends contemplate the next stage of life. There’s the devout Laura; openly gay Tim, who is anxious to start film school in New York; and gorgeous Brea, who is undergoing a deep crisis of faith. Writer/director Stephen Cone infuses comedy into a dramatic narrative. A character-driven film with an extraordinarily talented young cast, THE WISE KIDS is respectful and earnest, and never claims to have all the answers.

On a remote wooded island, nineteen-year old Joslyn (Joslyn Jensen, in a finely tuned and unshakable performance) arrives to take care of an elderly man left alone by his vacationing family. In this isolated setting, the memories of her girlfriend and circumstance of her death consume Josyln’s fragile emotions. Writer/ director Mark Jackson carefully balances the film’s simple dramatic narrative with undertones of a psychological thriller that slowly reveal Josyln’s internalized grief and sense of loss in subtle and sometimes bizarre ways.

Powerful women take the lead in this homage to the female protagonist-driven films of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Writer/director Brian Pera (THE WAY I SEE THINGS) has drawn fascinating and complex characters in a series of vignettes, featuring Calpernia Addams as a transwoman returning to her family and childhood home; and the enchanting Ann Magnuson as a popular home shopping hostess with a complicated home life.

PLUS SHORT: Lunchtime Dir: Keo Woolford, 7 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SUNDAY | July 10 | 2:30pm | Sunset

Dir/Scr: Stephen Cone, 2011, USA, 91 min.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 1:45pm | DGA 1

Sponsored by

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

Dir/Scr: Mark Jackson, 2010, USA, 87 min.

Dir/Scr: Brian Pera, 2010, USA, 105 min.

MONDAY | July 11 | 7:00pm | DGA 2 SATURDAY | July 16 | 2:00pm | DGA 2

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INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC FEATURES

ABSENT (AUSENTE)

BASHMENT

BREAK MY FALL

Argentinean writer/director Marco Berger (PLAN B) returns to Outfest with a dramatic film about obsession and repression. Adorable 16-year-old Martin not so subtly pursues his ostensibly straight swim coach/gym teacher, Sebastian, who in turn harbors complicated feelings toward Martin. A beautifully shot and unusually moody thriller about forbidden desire, ABSENT is driven by a palpable sexual tension and the interplay of fantasy and reality.

Winner of the 2011 Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Feature Film.

Riki Beadle Blair (FIT) returns to Outfest with this hard-hitting urban drama adapted from his 2005 stage play exploring the intersection of race, sexuality and music. After a brutal gay bash attack at a reggae dancehall competition, a group of thuggish performers defend their actions as being provoked by the victim. They serve a shockingly light sentence, and as their release date nears, their original public defender rallies with the victims to examine the homophobic song lyrics and ask the question “Did the music make you do it?� Featuring finely tuned performances by a multiracial cast.

In this gritty and realistic drama, four queer hipster friends in East London find their lives changed one fateful drug and alcohol-fueled night. Liza and girlfriend Sally play in an indie rock band and have an intense and dysfunctional relationship. Their guy pals are also floundering: Vin works as a hustler, while Jamie looks to find stability in a boyfriend. Writer/director Kanchi Wichmann takes an unflinching and artistic look at the complex and often not so pretty terrain of human relationships.

Dir/Scr: Marco Berger, 2011, Argentina, subtitled, 87 min.

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 10:15pm | DGA 1

Dir/Scr: Rikki Beadle-Blair, 2010, UK, 110 min.

Dir/Scr: Kanchi Wichmann, 2010, UK, 105 min.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 9:15pm | Sunset

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

THURSDAY | July 14 | 9:45pm | DGA 1

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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THE FAMILY COMPLETE

Dir/Scr: Imaizumi Koichi, 2010, Japan, subtitled, 106 min.

Imaizumi Koichi’s twisted look at family dynamics and sexual obsession ranks among the most wonderfully weird films we’re screening this year. A grandfather carries a mysterious disease that makes other people want to have sex with no one but him - and soon everyone in the household is afflicted! (And then there’s the guy in the bear costume who meows like a kitten, but we’ll leave that for you to figure out.)

TUESDAY | July 12 | 9:30pm | DGA 2

Q

EXPLICIT SEX

HARVEST (STADT LAND FLUSS)

Dir/Scr: Benjamin Cantu, 2011, Germany, subtitled, 85 min.

Marko, a brooding young man, is a student in an agricultural school on a farm 40 miles outside of Berlin. Driving tractors, cleaning stables and herding cows is livened up with the arrival of Jacob, an affable pretty boy, with whom Marko begins a friendship. HARVEST reveals itself with subtle storytelling and a quiet tension, while the inner workings of the farm and the natural beauty of its surroundings create an intimacy of two young men finding their way in life.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 16 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

A FEW DAYS OF RESPITE (QUELQUES JOURS DE RÉPIT)

HAPPY, HAPPY (SYKT LYKKELIG)

Having escaped Iran, where their relationship means a death sentence, Hassan and Mohsen manage to make it to France. In a small town awaiting their train to Paris, Mohsen befriends lonely Yolande, and finds himself torn between a security he has never known before and his passionate connection to his younger lover. Without forced sentimentality or manufactured drama, A FEW DAYS OF RESPITE questions the nature of love and happiness, and the sacrifices we might make to achieve either.

Housewife Kaja manages to stay cheerful, despite the fact that her husband would prefer to watch wrestling on TV than have sex with her. When a seemingly perfect couple moves in next door, both Kaja and her husband’s sexual liberation comes within reach, forcing the inevitable truths and secrets out. Dark humor, flat-out hilarity and tight storytelling make HAPPY, HAPPY a delightful look at the folly and resilience of adult relationships. Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

MONDAY | July 11 | 7:15pm | Sunset

PLUS SHORT: Fuckbuddies Dir: Juanma Carrillo, 6 min.

Dir/Scr: Amor Hakkar, 2010, Algeria/France, subtitled, 80 min.

Sponsored by

Dir: Anne Sewitsky, Scr: Ragnhild Tronvoll, 2011, Norway, subtitled, 85 min.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 9:30pm | DGA 2 WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 9:45pm | DGA 2

Sponsored by

JOE + BELLE

KAWA

Things get very complicated very quickly when Joe, an angsty drug dealer, meets Belle, a buoyant suicidal psychopath, in this dark comedy. After an outlandish accident in Tel Aviv leaves the pair with a body to dispose of, they embark on a madcap journey to lose the cops - and end up finding love in Sderot (the target of ongoing rocket attacks). Gritty but tender, JOE + BELLE offers an absurd portrait of life in contemporary Israel.

PLUS SHORT: Slow Burn Dir: Christine Chew, 14 min.

Kawariki must become the leader of the family after his father retires in this intimate drama. A husband and father, he realizes that in order to lead with integrity, he must come out and be honest about his own life, even though it will test the boundaries of acceptance and unconditional love. Offering valuable insights into Maori traditions, family ideals and cultural values, this feature debut is rich and textured with emotional layers and stunning New Zealand landscapes.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 7:15pm | Sunset

THURSDAY | July 14 | 9:30pm | Sunset

Dir/Scr: Veronica Kedar, 2010, Israel, subtitled, 80 min.

Sponsored by

Dir: Katie Wolfe, Scr: Kate McDermott & Witi Ihimaera, 2010, New Zealand, 76 min.

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MARY LOU

THE NIGHT WATCH

OLD CATS (GATOS VIEJOS)

What MAMMA MIA! did for ABBA, MARY LOU does for Israeli pop sensation Svika Pick. Meir grows up obsessed with his mother, who left them on his tenth birthday.

As a teen, he and his best female friend fall for the hot new boy in school, and as the three friends reach adulthood, Meir’s yearning for his mother - and his elaborate drag performances - both bring the trio together and tear them apart. This latest film from Eytan Fox (THE BUBBLE, YOSSI & JAGGER) is funny, moving and packed with catchy tunes.

The highly anticipated BBC film adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel, THE NIGHT WATCH doesn’t disappoint, with all the mystery, betrayal and hunger you would expect from the author of Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet. It’s an intimate character study of five Londoners in the 1940s, as their intertwining secrets and desires reflect the precious humanity and havoc of the war that serves as their backdrop. A hauntingly beautiful story, this poignant film burns with a sensual flame.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 1:30pm | DGA 1

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

Isadora’s septuagenarian mind is fast deteriorating, which is surprisingly good news for her daughter and her daughter’s butch girlfriend, who want to take control of Isadora’s gorgeous apartment. The relativesmeets-reality drama comes to a head over a fateful family dinner in this hilarious and oddly moving dark comedy featuring perfectly tuned performances from an ensemble cast. This is the most recent collaboration from acclaimed co-directors Sebastián Silva and Pedro Peirano, whose previous film THE MAID wowed audiences worldwide and won numerous awards, including the 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Prize.

Dir: Eytan Fox, Scr: Shiri Artzi, 2010, Israel, subtitled, 150 min.

Sponsored by

Dir: Richard Laxton, Scr: Paula Milne & Sarah Waters, 2011, UK, 90 min.

SUNDAY | July 10 | 4:45pm | DGA 1

Dir/Scr: Sebastián Silva & Pedro Peirano, 2010, Chile, subtitled, 89 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE AFTER-PARTY: STREET

THURSDAY | July 14 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

ROMEOS

Dir/Scr: Sabine Bernardi, 2011, Germany, subtitled, 94 min.

When Lukas is assigned to the women’s dormitory for his compulsory civil service in Germany, this transman learns that there’s much more to transition than physical changes. His femme best friend Ine is assigned to the same dorm, and they dive right into the anything-goes world of queer Cologne. Lukas is instantly popular, and when he meets the darkly attractive Fabio on the dance floor, his carefully controlled life changes forever, and he finds himself wanting more.

PLUS SHORT: Cold Star Dir: Kai Stanicke, 7 min.

AFTER-PARTY: THE ABBEY, 7/12

TUESDAY | July 12 | 9:30pm | Sunset THURSDAY | July 14 | 9:30pm | DGA 2

Sponsored by

SHE MONKEYS (APFLICKORNA)

Dir: Lisa Aschan, Scr: Lisa Aschan & Josefine Adolfsson, 2011, Sweden, subtitled, 84 min.

Winner of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Grand Jury prize, SHE MONKEYS takes the cliché mean girl movie and deepens the exploration of girlhood desire. Set in the world of female equestrian acrobatics, the competition gets hot when 15-yearold Emma is assigned to train with the older, selfconfident Cassandra. The frienemies immediately ignite a psychological battle, cruelly pushing each other's boundaries of strength, sexuality, and overall control in this coming of age story that's both innovative and provocative.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

FRIDAY | July 8 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES DOCS @ 5

THE ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM Dir: Angélique Bosio, 2011, France, 91 min.

Bruce La Bruce has been called bold, revolutionary, controversial, irritating, and pornographic. Whatever your take on his films, no one can deny that he’s one of the only filmmakers consistently bucking the system and pushing boundaries. In this intimate and revealing documentary, rare interviews - including candid insight from John Waters, Gus Van Sant, other contemporaries and La Bruce himself describing his artistic process combine with archival footage to piece together an authentic portrait of this elusive artist.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 4:30pm | REDCAT

Dir: Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva, 2010, France, subtitled, 62 min.

Angel, a former boxer from Ecuador, now works as a prostitute in Paris to support himself and his extended family. After five years away, Angel returns home, only to find ambiguous relationships and the same grinding poverty he left behind. Openly queer and living between genders, Angel faces frequent harassment, which he gracefully defuses and transforms into acceptance. Angel’s riveting story explores the intersections between migration, poverty, perseverance, sexuality and gender.

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 5:00pm | Sunset

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BOY CHEERLEADERS

Dir: James Newton, 2010, UK, 60 min.

Armed with pink pompoms and pursed lips, the South Leeds DAZL Diamonds are determined to become the first all-boy cheerleading squad to win the national championship in London. Under the fierce guidance of their flamboyant coach Ian Rodley, these rough and tumble boys find a drive and purpose they’ve never known before. With a flare for the dramatic, Ian inspires fearless creativity in the youngsters, whose fervent spirit and infectious charm is unforgettably life affirming.

TUESDAY | July 12 | 7:15pm | Sunset

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CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE

HABANA MUDA

HOLLYWOOD TO DOLLYWOOD

Dir: Dori Berinstein, 2011, USA, 83 min.

Dir: Eric Brach, 2011, France, USA, subtitled, 61 min.

There are very few legends left in show business, but there’s no denying that the inexhaustible star of Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! deserves that title. This delightful and delicious documentary traces Channing’s extraordinary history, from her early success as a classroom mimic to her late-in-life reunion with her childhood love. Everyone from Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, and Bruce Vilanch to Channing’s devoted chorus of “Dolly Boy” dancers pops up to pay tribute to this amazing performer.

This beautifully crafted and carefully observed film follows Chino, a deaf-mute leading a working class life with his mute wife and two young children in Havana while maintaining an open relationship with a financially supportive gay lover living abroad in Mexico. This tangled love triangle slowly unravels in surprising and sometimes bizarre ways revealing questionable motives and rich complexities that will confound you and move you profoundly.

Gay twins Gary and Larry have always loved Dolly Parton. They left their small town home ten years ago to make it in Hollywood and are finally ready to get their script to Dolly. In a RV named Jolene, the boys embark on the adventure of a lifetime. This road trip is also a journey of self-discovery and an attempt to resolve mommy issues that have divided them since childhood. Featuring 15 of Dolly’s classic songs and Chad Allen, Dustin Lance Black, Beth Grant, and Leslie Jordan.

THURSDAY | July 14 | 5:00pm | Sunset

SATURDAY | July 16 | 11:30am | DGA 1

SUNDAY | July 10 | 11:00am | DGA 1

Dir: John Lavin, 2010, USA, 81 min.

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DOCS @ 5

DOCS @ 5

I AM

NO LOOK PASS

In this first-person account, thirty-three year old filmmaker Sonali Gulati returns to her childhood home in India to resolve personal demons and explore broader issues facing the gay community in India, where homosexuality was still illegal when she started the film. Hoping to reconcile feelings of loss and regret, and find closure to unresolved feelings about her dead mother, Sonali's personal journey introduces her to many colorful characters (including openly gay prince and activist Manvendra Singh Gohil) facing unique issues in a country that finally overturned its ban on homosexuality in 2009.

Basketball player Emily Tay has always been an overachiever. From star point guard at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles to a successful college career at Harvard, the engaging Tay is now a professional basketball player in Germany and in a relationship with a U.S. servicewoman. In this insightful and poignant documentary, Tay, the first generation daughter of Burmese parents, finds herself facing one of the biggest challenges of her life - telling her traditional parents who she is really is.

Dir: Sonali Gulati, 2010, USA, India, 71 min.

Dir: Melissa Johnson, 2011, USA, 98 min.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 2:00pm | Sunset

ORCHIDS: MY INTERSEX ADVENTURE Dir: Phoebe Hart, 2010, Australia, 60 min.

A closely guarded family secret has left filmmaker Phoebe Hart and her two sisters filled with shame and anger. When she breaks the silence about the hereditary intersex condition that runs in her family, she is confronted with fear and hostility from her mother, and rage from her younger sister. This unique family is transformed by Phoebe’s insistence that they accept each other (and themselves) unconditionally.

TUESDAY | July 12 | 5:00pm | Sunset

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: All-Girl Friday AFTER PARTY: TBD

FRIDAY | July 15 | 5:00pm | DGA 2

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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DOCS @ 5

PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE

SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE

Lesser known today than his more celebrated counter culture contemporaries, Paul Goodman is mostly remembered for his book Growing Up Absurd (1960), which gave voice to a generation of young people and helped define a New Left. He was an openly bisexual philosopher, poet, essayist, and pacifist whose work was essential to the emerging gay movement of the early 1970s. Privately, he lived his life with equal devotion to a wife and family he cherished. Using a wealth of archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and scholars this film is a moving tribute to Goodman’s writings and legacy, and a thoughtful exam of his unapologetic lifestyle.

In 1987, Eddie and Mitch, two young punks from the Midwest, moved into a terrible San Francisco apartment. Through paper-thin walls, they were introduced to their middle-aged alcoholic neighbors, Raymond, a raging homophobe, and Peter, a flamboyant gay man. Compelled by Ray’s and Peter’s barrage of vitriolic diatribes, Eddie and Mitch made audio recordings to document their neighbors’ bizarre relationship. SHUT UP LITTLE MAN tells their story as a darkly comedic exploration into the blurred boundaries among privacy, art and exploitation.

MONDAY | July 11 | 5:00pm | Sunset

SUNDAY | July 10 | 4:30pm | DGA 2 WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 7:45pm | DGA 2

WE WERE HERE

WISH ME AWAY

Director David Weissman (THE COCKETTES) returns to Outfest with this moving chronicle of the earliest years of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. The film breaks new ground by shedding light on the people behind the statistics, telling the moving, personal stories of five individuals who experienced the impact AIDS had on the city and witnessed the LGBT community coming together in response. Elegiac but inspirational, WE WERE HERE, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, bears witness to the experiences of those who died - and, equally importantly, those who lived.

As a high-profile artist in one of the most visible and conservative industries, country music star Chely Wright risked her entire career by publicly revealing her homosexuality last summer. No one - not even Chely - knew if the fans that helped build her career would stick by her or turn against her. WISH ME AWAY is a candid, insightful, all-access look at how she came to this decision after decades of denial, and the at-times surprising and heartbreaking reactions she received. Her story of strength and determination will inspire and encourage anyone who has ever experienced fear and doubt in their quest to become their authentic self. Sponsored by

Dir: Jonathan Lee, 2011, USA, 89 min.

Dir: David Weissman & Bill Weber, 2010, USA, 90 min.

PLUS SHORT: Thank You for Your Call Dir: Shawn Nee, 4 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 9 | 4:15pm | DGA 1

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Dir: Matthew Bate, 2011, Australia, 90 min.

Dir: Kathy Huang, 2010, USA, subtitled, 57 min.

Halfway around the world in Makassar, Indonesia, a community of transwomen called the “Waria” - Wanita (Woman) + Pria (Man) - has long been an accepted part of the cultural fabric. However, because physical transition is frowned upon in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, they are forced to walk between worlds. In this inspiring documentary, we see how four of these women manage to do that with their heads held high.

API PRIDE PRE-RECEPTION: REDCAT LOBBY

SUNDAY | July 10 | 8:00pm | REDCAT

PLUS SHORT: Arts + Crafts Spectacular #1 Dir: Sébastien Wolf & Ian Ritterskamp, 2 min.

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Dir: Bobbie Birleffi & Beverly Kopf, 2010, USA, 120 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: ALL-GIRL FRIDAY AFTER-PARTY: TBD

FRIDAY | July 15 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

TALES OF THE WARIA

WITH YOU

Dir: Scott Gracheff, 2011, USA, 90 min.

As the10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, Scott Gracheff’s documentary is a timely tribute to one of the gay heroes of that day - Mark Bingham. We know the story of Mark’s heroism on flight United 93, and we know about the international Bingham Cup rugby tournament that honors him, but this film introduces us to the man behind the legend. Featuring extensive interviews with Bingham's mother, friends, family and classmates, the film gives us a richer view of Bingham, from his teen metal-head period to his rambunctious college years through coming out and embracing the world with enthusiasm before his tragic demise.

PLUS SHORT: Emerald Warrior Dir: Kyle Kroszner, 7 min.

AFTER-PARTY: THE EAGLE

THURSDAY | July 14 | 7:00pm | Sunset

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SHORTS PROGRAMS

ANYBODY’S GIRL

BIG LOVE

BOYS’ SHORTS

What’s your line? The ladies in these beguiling shorts might have different approaches, but don’t be fooled: they’ve all got moves. Whether she’s a teacher in a tennis skirt, that cute girl at work, or the mother of your children - you better bring your ‘A’ game if you wanna have a chance.

Men will be men, whether in bedrooms or showers.

The good ones bring joy while the bad ones bring flowers.Telling tales, breaking hearts, who knows if he’ll stay?Not all endings are happy - wait, is that Chloe Sevigny?

Have we got the boys for you! A perfect pack of shorts for the discerning gent that’s sure to please, no matter what your type is. Giddy first-timers, fresh-faced idealists, witty raconteurs - the gang’s all here. Sure things can get complicated, but there’s always someone new around the corner. (And this time he’s a real fox!)

UNIFORM (LES MURS) Dir: Marion Desseigne-Ravel, 13 min.

DOUBLE FAULT Dir: Elina Fessa, 18 min. STITCHES Dir: Adiya Imri Orr, 18 min. CROSS YOUR FINGERS Dir: Yun Joo Chang, 17 min.

RECESSIVE Dir: Logan Kibens, 31 min.

AFTER-PARTY: EAST WEST LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 9 | 9:30pm | Sunset

BLOKES Dir: Marialy Rivas, 15 min. THE FAIRY TALES Dir: Joey Schow, 12 min. CHLOE “OSCARS” Dir: Jim Hansen, 2 min. EVERYONE WHO HEARS THIS STORY GETS LAID Dir: Russell Brown, 14 min. GOOD EVENING, AMERICA - CHLOE SEVIGNY Dir: Casey Spooner, Adam Dugas, 4 min. A WORD Dir: Yoav Inbar, 10 min. XY ANATOMY OF A BOY Dir: Mette Carla Albrechtsen, 29 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE AFTER-PARTY: SIZE @ HERE LOUNGE

SUNDAY | July 10 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

COUPLES THERAPY Dir: Mike Rose, 10 min. I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK ALONE Dir: Daniel Ribeiro, 17 min. REVOLUTION Dir: Abdi Nazemian, 15 min. TORD AND TORD Dir: Niki Lindroth von Bahr, 11 min. THE IN-BETWEEN Dir: Alain Hain, 10 min. CHANGE Dir: Melissa Osborne & Jeff McCutcheon, 24 min. BALDGUY (SKALLAMANN) Dir: Maria Bock, 12 min.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 11:00am | DGA 1 SUNDAY | July 17 | 5:15pm | DGA 2

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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CHICK HABIT Not all forbidden fruit is of the low-hanging variety, so these films explore the complex joys and simple sorrows of bending the rules. Couples break up to make up, respectable types take on the system, and runaways do what they do best: run away. There’s nothing like a walk on the wild side - just don’t get caught.

FIRST BLUSH

FUSION SHORTS

Ah, young love! Sometimes it’s a haze of perfect smiles, stolen kisses, and unforgettable nights. Or it can be bigger, crazier, and weirder than you ever thought was possible. Looking back, it might be hard to choose one way over the other. So, duh: don’t. We sure didn’t!

A thrilling mix of new work and standouts from this year’s Fusion: The Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival. The operative word here is action. Teens make big discoveries, generations clash, and a group of friends are faced with the most important fashion choice of their lives. So do something - even if it’s just throwing on some heels and getting down!

BEHOLDER Dir: Nisha Ganatra, 19 min. WATER WELLS Dir: Iyar Dyoman, Sivan Levy, 14 min. LUST LIFE Dir: Lynda Tarryk, 9 min.

SLIP AWAY Dir: TM Scorzafava, 19 min. SUNSTROKE (NAPSZÚRÁS) Dir: Lili Horváth, 30 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

CAPPUCCINO Dir: Tamer Ruggli, 16 min. PLAY NAME Dir: Dave Snyder, 12 min. SPRING Dir: Hong Khaou, 13 min. NOW HERE Dir: Joey Kuhn, 11 min. STOP IT - BRIE Dir: Mike Rose, 5 min. SLOW Dir: Darius Monroe, 13 min. DROWNING Dir: Craig Boreham, 20 min.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

MONDAY | July 11 | 7:00pm | DGA 1

SATURDAY | July 16 | 2:00pm | DGA 1

STOP IT - ALMA Dir: Mike Rose, 5 min. PUBLIC Dir: Jeannie Donohoe, 14 min. REMEMBER ME IN RED Dir: Hector Ceballos, 16 min. REVOLUTION Dir: Abdi Nazemian, 15 min. ANDY Dir: Andrew Ahn, 7 min. FAMILY IN FRAME Dir: Neelu Bhuman, 8 min.

GAYSIAN DREAM Dir: Bernie Espinosa, Rod Andrada & Tom Hunt Brooks, 8 min. CHANGE Dir: Melissa Osborne & Jeff McCutcheon, 24 min.

API PRIDE POST-RECEPTION: REDCAT LOBBY

SUNDAY | July 10 | 5:00pm | REDCAT

GIRLS’ SHORTS Lonely hearts, knights on white horses, and unrequited lovers unite! Forget the bills, the kids, and the rules for a night - here’s a program for the romantic in all of us. Because whether you’re head over heels, down on one knee, or making a stand - this is a group worth fighting for.

AWOL Dir: Deb Shoval, 14 min. THE MAIDEN AND THE PRINCESS Dir: Ali Scher, 18 min. PUBLIC Dir: Jeannie Donohoe, 14 min. TSUYAKO Dir: Mitsuyo Miyazaki, 24 min. TROPHY WIFE Dir: Voula Wolf Duval, 16 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: ALL-GIRL FRIDAY AFTER-PARTY: TBD, 7/15

FRIDAY | July 15 | 9:45pm | DGA 1 FRIDAY | July 15 | 10:00pm | DGA 2 SUNDAY | July 17 | 12:30pm | DGA 2

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QUEERER THAN FICTION: DOC SHORTS Our beloved program of true-life gems makes a decisive return with a look at decisions. Lovers, kids, gender: Big or small, the choices we make are what makes us. Is he the one for me? Is it time to take the leap? What sort of mistress am I looking for? Hey, don’t look at us - this one is up to you.

MR. RIGHT Dir: Jim Knoop, 9 min. DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER Dir: Leon Mostovoy, 9 min. THE CONTRACT Dir: Lina Mannheimer, 13 min. FACE FOR SALE: BITCH, BITCH, BITCH Dir: Debra Simone, 8 min. THE HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE Dir: Trevor Anderson, 5 min. TWINSET Dir: Amy Rose, 13 min. SAME DIFFERENCE Dir: Lisa Udelson, 29 min.

MONDAY | July 11 | 9:30pm | DGA 2 SATURDAY | July 16 | 7:15pm | DGA 2

SHOTS IN THE DARK You know what’s really sexy? Surprise. So forget boring, old date night; here’s a program stuffed with unexpected visitors, secret plans, and things that go bump in the night. We can’t guarantee you won’t be offended and/or disturbed, so prepare for a couple chills, a few more thrills, and the wildest trip to the bathroom ever. You might think you know, but you have no idea...

YEARBOOK Dir: Carter Smith, 10 min. A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (EN DAG PÅ LANDET) Dir: Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja, 15 min. THE VIOLATION Dir: Christopher Bradley, 10 min. THE STRANGE ONES Dir: Lauren Wolkstein & Christopher Radcliff, 15 min. VIDEO NIGHT Dir: Jim Hansen & Jack Plotnick, 7 min. WATCH OVER ME Dir: Mysh Rozanov, 15 min. FOURPLAY: TAMPA Dir: Kyle Henry, 16 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE, 7/8

FRIDAY | July 8 | 9:30pm | DGA 1 MONDAY | July 11 | 9:30pm | Sunset

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PANELS & SPECIAL EVENTS

THE 13TH ANNUAL HOME VIDEO GONG SHOW

And we’re back! The show that brought you such unforgettable clips as “Dixie Carter’s Unworkout,” “Jill” and the cringe-inducing, instant-classic “Meat-Ass” returns for another night of outrageous video moments from you, our audience. Bring a cued DVD or the URL of your funniest, most shocking or straight-up weirdest clip (under three minutes, please!) to compete in one of two categories, Personal Genius (you made it yourself!) or Party Video Archivist (it’s in your collection and it must be shared!). Whatever makes the audience giggle, gasp or gag the most is showered with praise and prizes. Everything else gets gonged without mercy.

Standing in boozy judgment will be our host Dennis Hensley and our celebrity judges. Viewer discretion is not only advised but pushed to the limit.

MARTINI HOUR: REDCAT Lobby

SATURDAY | July 16 | 9:45pm | REDCAT

ALL OVER THE GUY

Anniversary Screening Dir: Julie Davis, Scr: Dan Bucatinsky, 2001, USA, 94 min.

Written by Dan Bucatinsky and directed by Julie Davis, ALL OVER THE GUY (Outfest 2001 Opening Night) celebrates its 10 year anniversary. Eli (Bucatinsky) and Tom (Richard Ruccolo) couldn’t be more different. However, when the guys’ straight best friends pair them off, opposites seem ready to attract...at least with the lights off. With dialogue worthy of Tracy and Hepburn and appearances by Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow, and Andrea Martin, the film reminds us that every romance and friendship is filled with big challenges and big rewards.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 7:15pm | DGA 2

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

Dir: Colin Higgins, Scr: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson & Colin Higgins, 1982, USA, 114 min.

Get ready for “one small thrill” after another as Outfest travels to the Lone Star state for one unforgettable night with Miss Mona and the girls! Dolly Parton stars as the proprietor of the most tuneful house of ill repute in musical comedy history, but not even her especially close relationship with local sheriff (Burt Reynolds) can save her business when a nosy TV reporter (Dom DeLuise) starts kicking up a fuss. Featuring great songs like “I Will Always Love You” and “Hard Candy Christmas,” this beloved musical promises a wild night of hootin’ and a-hollerin’. We can't say too much, but we wouldn't dare ask our audience to stay quiet when they see those lyrics onscreen!

AFTER-PARTY: Oil Can Harry’s

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 8:30pm | Ford

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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FREE STUDENT & YOUTH SCREENING

BOY CHEERLEADERS

CHO DEPENDENT

Outfest is pleased to present a special free screening of a new documentary and short film for high school and college students. BOY CHEERLEADERS is the story the South Leeds DAZL Diamonds who are determined to become the first all-boy cheerleading squad to win the national championship in London, while THE MAIDEN AND THE PRINCESS is a fairytale (with a saucy narrator) about Emmy, a little girl who kisses another girl on the playground. Screening is limited to youth with a valid I.D. - please consult the box office for more details.

Miss Margaret Cho is back, and she has a few things she’d like to share with you. From her hilarious recounting of her backstage feud with the Palins during “Dancing with the Stars” to musical interludes featuring Cho’s witty original songs, this new concert film from our favorite all-American girl will have you howling from beginning to end. (You’ll also never look at the “American Idol” contestants the same way again, but you’ll just have to hear Margaret explain that one.)

PLUS SHORT: The Maiden and The Princess Dir: Ali Scher, 18 min.

PRE-SCREENING RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 16 | 8:30pm | Ford

Dir: James Newton, 2010, UK, 60 min.

Dir: Lorene Machado, 2011, USA, 86 min.

AFTER-PARTY: TBD

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CONVERSATION WITH FENTON BAILEY AND RANDY BARBATO Few acts can balance mainstream popularity with cult status and maintain their independence, singular vision, and relevance – especially in the mood shifting LGBT landscape. For twenty years, Fenton Bailey’s and Randy Barbato’s World of Wonder global entertainment company has been producing ground breaking and landmark film, television, and web programming often reflecting lifestyles and subjects no one else is brave enough to approach. Join the creators of PARTY MONSTER, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” for this candid conversation.

SATURDAY | July 9 | 2:00pm | DGA 2

SATURDAY | July 9 | 12:00am | DGA 2

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DROP DEAD DIVA

EATING OUT: DRAMA CAMP

This summer, Lifetime’s popular dramedy/fantasy series is back for its third season and we have a sneak peek at a special episode. Inspired by the headlinemaking true story of Mississippi teen Constance McMillan who was denied access to her high school prom because she wanted to attend with her girlfriend the episode guest stars Wanda Sykes, Amanda Bearse, Clay Aiken, Lance Bass and Constance herself (in a cameo).The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with series creator/exec-producer Josh Berman, director/co-exec-producer Jamie Babbit, star Margaret Cho, guest stars Lance Bass and Clay Aiken, and Adam Waters (GSA advisor of the year) Moderated by Ari Karpel

There’s no shortage of drama or camp in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka’s hilarious EATING OUT series. Zack and Casey’s relationship is in a slump, but things are about to change at Dick Dickey’s Drama Camp. Zack meets gorgeous Benji, and when they get cast as lovers in a sexed-up version of The Taming of the Shrew, their selfrestraint is put to the test. Will Zack and Casey’s relationship last with Benji in the picture? With Rebekah Kochan, Mink Stole and Harmony Santana.

SUNDAY | July 17 | 3:15pm | DGA 1

FAMILY FUN AT THE VILLAGE Here’s a chance for the entire family to have a great Outfest experience! Returning for its 13th year, our program tailored for parents and their kids has all the ingredients for a great afternoon: juice and cookies, face paint, interactive games, a moon bounce and a special screening. This year we’re proud to present a few short films made by LGBT familes followed by KUNG FU PANDA 2, the next chapter in that big, cuddly kung fu master Po’s adventures!

KUNG FU PANDA 2

Dir: Jennifer Yuh, Scr: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, 2011, USA, 91 min.

Co-Presented by Family Services, LAGLC

POST-RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SUNDAY | July 17 | 1:00pm | DGA 1

Dir: Q. Allan Brocka, Scr: Q. Allan Brocka & Phillip J. Bartell, 2011, USA, 90 min.

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Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

SUNDAY | July 10 | 1:00pm | Village

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OUTFEST SCREENWRITING LAB READING

PUNKS

WE HAVE TO STOP NOW SEASON 2

Join us for a live reading of the 2011 Outfest Screenwriting Lab scripts! Selections from each of the five scripts will be performed by some of our favorite queer-friendly actors. The Outfest Screenwriting Lab, now in its ninth year, has generated a host of projects in various stages of production.

Come check out our new crop of fresh talent.The 2011 Screenwriting Lab fellows and scripts are: Julian Breece, BALL George Northy, G.B.F. Jules Nurrish, HEADLINERS Darwin Sernik, PAPER CRANES Louise Wadley, THE TROUBLE WITH E PRE-RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE Sponsored by

Anniversary Screening Dir/Scr: Patrik-Ian Polk, 2000, USA, 104 min.

Before his hit series “Noah’s Arc,” Patrik-Ian Polk made a splash at Outfest 2000 with his debut feature PUNKS. Infusing its hip-hop and R&B rhythms into a completely black gay world in West Hollywood, PUNKS is a romantic comedy featuring Marcus, a successful 20-something photographer who becomes infatuated with his completely gorgeous and supposedly straight neighbor Darby.

Full of fresh characters, snappy dialogue and great performances, it’s a pleasure to revisit the notoften-seen PUNKS a decade later.

Our favorite hot lesbian therapist couple is back! In this follow-up feature film to “We Have to Stop Now,” the successful webisode series, Dyna (Cathy DeBuono) and Kit (Jill Bennett) are as charmingly neurotic as ever as they attempt to maintain their relationship amid endless hilarity and drama. Their network of quirky friends and associates include Suzanne Westenhoefer, returning as their quick-witted couples therapist, and special guest stars Meredith Baxter, Erin Foley and Kate McKinnon.

POST-SCREENING RECEPTION: REDCAT LOBBY

SUNDAY | July 17 | 2:30pm | REDCAT

Dir: Cathy De Buono, Jill Bennett & Robyn Dettman, Scr: Ann Noble, 2011, USA, 105 min.

WEDNESDAY | July 13 | 9:30pm | Sunset

THURSDAY | July 14 | 7:15pm | DGA 2

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WE WHO ARE SEXY: THE WHIRLWIND HISTORY OF TRANSGENDER IMAGES IN CINEMA Join film historians Jenni Olson and Susan Stryker for a whirlwind ride through the history of transgender images in film. This program showcases rarely seen tidbits ranging from the bad old days of guys in dresses and pathological trannies through the empowered self-representations of the early ‘90s and into the hot transgender best of the 21st century.

Featuring clips from WE WHO ARE SEXY (KAMING MGA TALYADA), QUEENS AT HEART, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK and AGAINST A TRANS NARRATIVE. POST-RECEPTION: HGTV DESIGNERS' LOUNGE

SATURDAY | July 16 | 4:30pm | DGA 2

WHERE’S THE MONEY? Great question. Your script is gravy baby, now you just need the potatoes. Come listen to a panel of Outfest directors and producers who have found the money to make their independent feature films and documentaries - not once, but even twice. They will share the paths they've taken to find financing and get you pointed in the right direction. Come ask questions of the people who have found the money.

Make this the year you make your film!

PANELISTS: Casper Andreas (VIOLET TENDENCIES, GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND), Jennifer Arnold (A SMALL ACT, AMERICAN MULLET), Samantha Housman (THE FOUR-FACED LIAR), Reuben Lim (HALF-LIFE), Christopher Racster (SPORK, SAVE ME) Moderated by Kevin Iwashina SUNDAY | July 10 | 2:30pm | DGA 2

Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org

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