Years running: 43 (since 1982)
Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
International LGBT Film Festival.
About
Outfest is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "protect our past, showcase our present and nurture our future by fostering gender, sexuality and LGBTQ culture and its transformative social impact on the world."
More than 200 feature and short films, nine venues and attendance of more than 55,000 people make Outfest the largest film festival of any kind in Los Angeles. Since our founding in 1982, Outfest has screened more than 5000 international films and videos for audiences of well over half a million people. Great opportunities await filmmakers at Outfest.
Awards
Outfest has the most extensive awards program of any gay and lesbian film festival, bestowing 17 awards for film and video excellence, including the $5,000 HBO Outstanding First Narrative Feature Award.
Rules
- Must be a Los Angeles premiere; cannot have shown publicly or at a festival in the LA-area prior to Outfest Los Angeles
- Feature films that have had commercial theatrical, television, or internet exhibition or distribution in the US are ineligible
- Submit via Withoutabox or Filmfreeway.
- Subtitles language: English
Premiere Requirements
City premiere required.
Jury and Organizers
Kristin Pepe (Director of Programming);
Christopher Racster (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
Documents
Place
United States
Los Angeles
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
3470 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 935
Los Angeles CA 90010
USA
Phone: 213 - 480- 7088
Fax: 213 - 480- 7099
Email: outfest@outfest.org
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- Opening DateDecember 07, 2022
- Earlybird DeadlineJanuary 06, 2023
- Regular DeadlineFebruary 24, 2023
- Late DeadlineMarch 17, 2023
- NotificationsJune 21, 2023
- Event Dates13 — 23 July 2023
Episodic content created for broadcast television and/or web-streaming; narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental content welcome; Submitted episodes cannot have aired publicly or be available to watch online in their entirety
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $70
Feature-length films (40 minutes or longer); narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental films accepted.
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Late Deadline — $90
Maximum 40 minutes.
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $65
Short films are under 40 minutes in length; narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental films accepted.
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $70
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $65
Minimum 40 minutes.
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Late Deadline — $90
Minimum 40 minutes
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $60
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Late Deadline — $90
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