Summer Of '85 (ÉTÉ 85)

Saturday, June 26th @ 5:00 pm

IN-PERSON SCREENING ONLY June 26 @ 5pm at Gateway Cinema Over one hot summer in 1985, naive teenager Alexis falls deeply and dangerously in...

Give or Take

Sunday, June 27th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, July 4th @ 11:59 pm

VIRTUAL ONLY June 27 - July 4: Stream with OUTshine At Home When a disillusioned New Yorker's father dies, he goes home to Cape Cod and...

Swan Song

Saturday, July 24th @ 5:00 pm - Sunday, August 1st @ 11:59 pm

July 24 @ 5pm at Gateway Cinema July 25 - Aug 1: Stream with OUTshine At Home An aging hairdresser (Udo Kier) escapes his nursing home and...

My First Summer

Saturday, August 21st @ 5:00 pm - Sunday, August 29th @ 11:59 pm

August 21 @ 5pm at Gateway Cinema August 22 - 29: Stream with OUTshine At Home 16-year-old Claudia has grown up in isolation from the...

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Saturday, September 11th @ 5:00 pm

Stage play turned movie-musical follows 16-year-old Jamie New who doesn't quite fit in. Instead of pursuing a traditional career, he dreams...

SHIT & CHAMPAGNE

Sunday, September 12th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, September 19th @ 11:59 pm

San Francisco’s own drag queen extraordinaire D’Arcy Drollinger trades the stage for the big screen in his first feature Shit &...

Opening Night Film Firebird

Thursday, October 14th @ 7:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

OPENING NIGHT FILM & PARTY Screening at the IMAX Theatre at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale! Stick around after the...

SHORTS OF ALL SORTS - At Home Only

Friday, October 15th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, October 24th @ 11:59 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 24th

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 15 - 24 TOGETHER AGAIN Director: Stuart Ruston, 14 minutes, USA, 2021 Roger Banks is a 26-year...

Pulse: Seasons 1 & 2 - At Home Only

Friday, October 15th @ 12:00 am - Sunday, October 24th @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 15 - 24 Sixteen-year-old Bastian is the center of a friendship between 4 boys and 3 girls. The...

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM MASCARPONE (MASCHILE SINGOLARE) - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 15th @ 7:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY Join us after the film for lite bites & an open bar with your festival friends! Party Location: Angelo Elia The...

THE NOVICE - On the Big Screen Only

Friday, October 15th @ 7:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON ONLY Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman - Masters of Sex, The Hunger Games) is a queer college Freshman who joins the rowing team. Intent...

Down In Paris - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 15th @ 9:15 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Richard, a filmmaker in his forties, is suddenly overwhelmed by anxiety during filming. He walks off set and wanders...

NOT KNOWING (BILMEMEK) - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 15th @ 9:15 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Three lives in disarray: Selma and Sinan are frustrated with each other and their marriage while their son, Umut, is...

SHORTS - Where The Men Are - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL HUGO: 6:30 Directors: Simon Helloco and James Maclver, 13 minutes, In French with English subtitles, France, 2021 During...

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 2:45 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Hard rock was on the rise in the late 60s, and Fanny, a California group that included Filipina-American sisters,...

SOCKS ON FIRE - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 5:00 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL When the matriarch of a large Southern family passed without a written will, the family is torn apart in a battle over...

The Perfect David - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 5:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL At sixteen, David is a typical teenager, but his boyish good looks rest upon a hulking, muscular body. His weightlifting...

SPOTLIGHT FILM MAYOR PETE - On the Big Screen Only

Saturday, October 16th @ 7:15 pm

SPOTLIGHT FILM Join us after the film for special spotlight film event! Open Bar + Food and your favorite festival friends at The Westin...

BLISS (GLUCK) - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 7:15 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Sascha has been working in the Berlin brothel “Queens” for many years. Maria is the new Italian girl; she is...

AMBAR - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 9:30 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL For the past ten years, Helmut has been working as a private investigator. One night, he received a call from his...

BEYTO - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 16th @ 9:30 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Talented, hunky swimmer, motivated apprentice, and cool buddy Beyto appears to have a bright future ahead of him. But...

SHORTS - It's Ladies Night - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 17th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 15th - Sunday, October 17th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL SEASICK Director: Lindsey Ryan, 12 minutes, USA, 2021 Ferry deckhand Sadie is in disarray as she tries to delete a...

BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 17th @ 2:45 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, envisioned a musical stage adaptation of her most famous film and...

A Royal Secret - Episodes 1 & 2 - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 17th @ 5:00 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his restaurant, ex-con man Kurt Haijby appeals for a private audience...

No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics w/ Pretty Boy Josh - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 17th @ 5:00 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL No Straight Lines tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering cartoonists who depicted everything from the AIDS...

SNEAK PREVIEW The Swimmer - On the Big Screen Only

Sunday, October 17th @ 7:15 pm

IN PERSON ONLY Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school, where...

Kiss Me Kosher - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 17th @ 7:15 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Berta, a sprightly Jewish grandmother, and her equally vivacious granddaughter Shira argue passionately about love and...

A Royal Secret - Limited Series: 4 Episodes - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his restaurant, ex-con man Kurt Haijby...

Along Came Wanda - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 A memory jogged by a teapot from an old lover quickly turns into an adventure of...

Being BeBe - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Being BeBe intimately charts 15 years in the life of drag performer Marshall Ngwa (aka...

Building A Bridge - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Horrified by Catholic leaders’ silence in the wake of the Pulse nightclub massacre,...

EXQUISITE CORPSE (CADAVER EXQUISITO) - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 UNITED STATES PREMIERE Clara finds her girlfriend, Blanca, floating in her bathtub...

Instructions for Survival w/ Everyman & Joychild - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 am

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Alexander is a transgender person who has lived with his girlfriend Marie for more than...

ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS - At Home Only

Monday, October 18th @ 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 pm

STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME OCTOBER 18 - 21 Teenage siblings Lohan and Samar have fled the war in Syria to settle in Germany, where...

Centerpiece Film Finlandia

Thursday, October 21st @ 7:00 pm

CENTERPIECE FILM & PARTY Join us for a colorful mid-festival celebration! Stay after the film for a party on the Savor Cinema Patio. Music,...

BOY CULTURE: THE SERIES - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 22nd @ 7:00 pm

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL In the continuation of Q. Allan Brocka’s 2006 fan favorite Boy Culture, Derek Magyar returns as X, who is still...

THE ATTACHMENT DIARIES (EL APEGO) - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 22nd @ 7:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Argentina, 1970s. A desperate young woman goes to a clinic to have a clandestine abortion. As her pregnancy is already...

David's Friend w/ Smoke, Lillies & Jade - On the Big Screen & At Home

Friday, October 22nd @ 9:15 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Written and performed by Nora Burns (comedian and founder of comedy troupe The Nellie Olesons), this fast-paced...

GLOB LESSONS - On the Big Screen Only

Friday, October 22nd @ 9:15 pm

IN PERSON ONLY Alan is an insecure, perfectionist, mostly closeted man from Minnesota. Jesse is an unpredictable, mysterious woman from West...

GEMMEL & TIM - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL In 2017 and 2019 respectively, Gemmel “Juelz” Moore and Timothy “Tim” Dean, two gay black men, both died of a...

INVISIBLE: Gay Women in Southern Music - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Contemporary country music is finally coming out of the closet. Some of the greatest hits sung by the likes of Willie...

SHORTS - REEL STORIES - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 5:00 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL CODED Director: Ryan White, 28 minutes USA, 2021 Coded tells the story of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy...

Ladies' Spotlight Film Sweetheart - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 7:15 pm

LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY Ladies night is back! Join us after the film to party with your girlfriends. DJ, Open Bar & Lite Bites! Party...

JUMP, DARLING - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 7:15 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Russell, a big city actor turned struggling drag queen, escapes to his grandmother’s house in the country. There he...

Potato Dreams Of America - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 9:30 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Following the success of his Oscar-qualified, award-winning short documentary Little Potato, Wes “Potato” Hurley has...

To the Sea (Al Mar) w/ The Night Train - On the Big Screen & At Home

Saturday, October 23rd @ 9:30 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL A young couple decides to start a new beginning by the sea. Lorena must finish her art project and finds the small...

Moon Manor - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 24th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Today is Jimmy's last day alive. He has advancing Alzheimer’s, so he's decided to die like he has lived - with...

TWO (SHTAIM) w/ Bracha - On the Big Screen & At Home

Sunday, October 24th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 24th

IN PERSON & VIRTUAL Initially optimistic, Bar and Omer embrace the process of becoming mothers, eagerly combing through a catalogue of...

Closing Night Film THE BEST FAMILIES (LAS MEJORES FAMILIAS)

Sunday, October 24th @ 6:00 pm

CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY + FILM AWARDS Join us as we close-out the 2021 Fort Lauderdale Festival at Sunshine Cathedral. You voted all...