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Festival coverage

Outfest Los Angeles

14 July – 24 June 2022

Outfest's year-round curation of LGBTQ+ cinema culminates in its flagship Los Angeles event, a chance to see great films from all around the world. This year it opens with Anything's Possible and closes with They/Them.

The festival runs from 14 to 24 July.

Other years (4)

Latest reviews

  • Chrissy Judy
    Review preview for Chrissy Judy

    A torch song of a film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    When a man leaves the city to be with his boyfriend, his unstable best friend, with whom he used to perform drag, struggles to cope alone.
  • Sublime
    Review preview for Sublime

    What really lights up the film is the chemistry between the boys and their wider circle of friends.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A teenager in a rock band falls for his best friend, who is also one of his bandmates, while acting as his confidante and listening to his plans to impress girls.
  • Peter Von Kant
    Review preview for Peter Von Kant

    Martyrdom and bad wishing, casual cruelty and sweet despair reign in this realm.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    The life of famous film director Peter von Kant is turned upside down when he meets the handsome young Amir.
  • Framing Agnes
    Review preview for Framing Agnes

    For such a studiously artificial work...it is profoundly moving.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of transgender actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.
  • Mama Bears
    Review preview for Mama Bears

    Kyi has a sharp eye for the little details of people’s homes and unconscious behaviours which enrich our understanding of who they are.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about two conservative, Christian mothers who have become fierce advocates for LGBTQ+ people—and a young lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance exemplifies why the mama bears are so important.
  • Loving Highsmith
    Review preview for Loving Highsmith

    Vitija rarely gets distracted from her approach, and this is a strength – not easy to achieve with so much material to pull together.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary portrait of the enigmatic novelist.
  • Dos Estaciones
    Review preview for Dos Estaciones

    While the framing of cinematographer Gerardo Guerra has a steady calm, González uses every inch of it from side to side and top to bottom to such a consummate degree that even the subtitles have to make way at one point.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    In the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
  • Uýra - The Rising Forest
    Review preview for Uýra - The Rising Forest

    Brilliantly made.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Indigenous artist Uýra harnesses the interconnecting power of their native, queer, and trans identities to blaze a trail of ecological activism and LGBTQ+ pride through the villages and cities of the Amazon.
  • Please Baby Please
    Review preview for Please Baby Please

    There are layers and layers of humour here, sometimes rooted in queer and theatrical traditions but mostly accessible regardless.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.
  • God Save The Queens
    Review preview for God Save The Queens

    Through the medium of drag – and with plenty of wit and glamour to enjoy along the way – Danger highlights the unreasonable expectations placed on all feminine people.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A quartet of drag queens meet on a group therapy retreat that will change their lives forever.

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