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Outfest Los Angeles

13 July – 23 July 2023

This year's festival in the City of Angels promises a line-up of over 200 films, and has opening and closing galas, which, for the first time ever, are both directed by trans people.

The festival runs from 13 to 23 July.

Other years (4)

Latest reviews

  • Hidden Master: The Legacy Of George Platt Lynes
    Review preview for Hidden Master: The Legacy Of George Platt Lynes

    A thorough, well-told tale intertwined with many of the key social and artistic movements of that century – and dotted with its luminaries – Hidden Master brings Lynes back out into the light.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the fashion photographer whose rare artistic vision became apparent when he focused his attention on male nudes.
  • Chasing Chasing Amy
    Review preview for Chasing Chasing Amy

    A multi-layered journey into the filmmaking process.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
  • Opponent
    Review preview for Opponent

    It’s a tremendously challenging role, in which Maadi excels.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.
  • Bottoms
    Review preview for Bottoms

    There may be other movies this year that'll give you the wisdom of "gay Yoda" or that reflect the slippery "hobbies to terrorism" pipeline. There won't be many with public address announcements that blur the lines between unreliable narration and inner ear disorders

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two unpopular girls in their senior year start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders.
  • Passages
    Review preview for Passages

    One of the most subtle films of the ongoing year.

    Levan Tskhovrebadze · 3.5 out of 5
    A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
  • The Mattachine Family
    Review preview for The Mattachine Family

    This is one of those very Californian tales in which the problems that most people in the world have to deal with simply don’t exist.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Thomas and Oscar have spent a year as foster parents to a wonderful child, a calling that's shown them new dimensions of what 'family' can mean. However, when the young boy is reunited with his birth mother, the couple's differing views on what the experience meant come into focus.
  • Anhell69
    Review preview for Anhell69

    The film immerses us in the life of the city.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
  • Acsexybility
    Review preview for Acsexybility

    There’s a knowing humour to it which will resonate with disabled viewers … but other people should see the funny side too, and will, one hopes, not be too nervous to laugh along.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary which aims to break open the conversation around sexual life in the disabled community.
  • Perpetrator
    Review preview for Perpetrator

    Perpetrator heralds the joyous rising up of a regiment of monstrous women.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
  • Kokomo City
    Review preview for Kokomo City

    It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.

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