Outshine Film Festival - Fort Lauderdale

Thursday, 17 October 2024 until Sunday, 27 October 2024

WE ARE A LGBTQI+ FESTIVAL, THEREFORE ALL OF THE FILMS SUBMITTED MUST HAVE CONTENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THEME.

OUTshine is South Florida's premiere showcase for LGBTQ+ films producing a large scale festival in Fort Lauderdale (October) and in Miami (April) .

OUTshine - Fort Lauderdale, is a critically acclaimed event, based in the world-renowned South Florida city of Fort Lauderdale.

The 16th Fort Lauderdale festival will take place from October 17 - 27, 2024. We will be HYBRID with both IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL screenings.

OUTshine is committed to its mission: To inspire, entertain and educate the public, encourage a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.

The festival has grown from a 3-day event in which 25 films were presented to the current format of 10 days with 65+ films. OUTshine is an internationally acclaimed event serving as a platform for numerous World Premiers, North American Premiers and East Coast Premieres.

CASH PRIZE OF $1,000 FOR WINNERS OF AUDIENCE AWARDS - BEST FEATURE, BEST DOCUMENTARY AND BEST SHORT WILL BE AWARDED THE CASH PRIZE.

A COMPLETE LIST OF AWARDS ARE BELOW:
Best Full Length Feature: Audience Favorite Selection ($1,000 CASH PRIZE)
Runner-Up Best Full Length Feature: Audience Favorite Selection
Best Documentary: Audience Favorite Selection ($1,000 CASH PRIZE)
Runner-Up Best Documentary: Audience Favorite Selection
Best Short: Audience Favorite Selection ($1,000 CASH PRIZE)
Runner-Up Best Short: Audience Favorite Selection
Best Full Length Feature: Jury Selection
Runner-Up Best Full Length Feature: Jury Selection
Best Documentary: Jury Selection
Runner-Up Best Documentary: Jury Selection
Best Short: Jury Selection
Runner-Up Best Short: Jury Selection
Programmers Award For Excellence

2024 films...

All Shall Be Well

Friday, October 18th @ 7:30 pm

In his Teddy Award-winning film, Ray Yeung explores the lives of Pat and Angie, two sixty something women who have weathered life and...

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Sunday, October 27th @ 1:30 pm

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story is a captivating documentary that delves into the life of Jackie Shane, a pioneering Black transgender...

B.O.Y. - Bruises Of Yesterday Cocktails & Cinema™

Monday, October 21st @ 7:30 pm

Sixteen-year-old Tobias is sent by his absent mother to spend the summer with his grandparents. There, he falls in love with Aron, who is...

Birthrite

Saturday, October 26th @ 9:45 pm

OUTSHINE AFTER DARK In Ross Patridge’s Birthrite, a jubilant occasion (becoming a parent) is inverted to instead become a springboard into...

Block Pass (La Pampa)

Friday, October 18th @ 9:30 pm

Willy is a mechanic for Motocross racer JoJo. The two youths are inseparable friends who share not only the love of their sport, but the...

Born For You (Nata Per Te)

Friday, October 18th @ 5:00 pm

Born For You tells the beautiful and touching true story of Luca a gay, single, Catholic man, who in 2017 adopted Alba, a Down's syndrome...

CENTERPIECE FILM & PARTY: Hammarskjöld - Fight For Peace

Thursday, October 24th @ 7:30 pm

In New York City, 1961, amid the Cold War, Dag Hammarskjöld, the charismatic UN Secretary-General, is at the height of his influence....

CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY: Layla

Sunday, October 27th @ 6:00 pm

Layla is a struggling British-Palestinian drag performer whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. When their...

Demons At Dawn (Los Demonios Delamanescer)

Saturday, October 26th @ 9:30 pm

Demons at Dawn is Julián Hernández's latest exploration of queer love, sex, and connection in modern Mexico City. The film follows...

Do I Know You From Somewhere?

Sunday, October 27th @ 3:30 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Arianna Martinez directs a captivating exploration of reality and identity. Olive and Benny are spending an ordinary day at their lake house...

Drive Back Home Cocktails & Cinema™

Tuesday, October 22nd @ 7:30 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

In the winter of 1970, a cantankerous, conservative plumber from a small east coast Canadian village travels to Toronto to get his brother...

Eat The Night

Sunday, October 20th @ 9:15 pm

Pablo, a small-time dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online...

George Dureau: New Orleans Artist

Sunday, October 20th @ 12:45 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

George Dureau: New Orleans Artist is a compelling documentary that explores the life and work of gay George Dureau, an iconic painter and...

Haze (OUTshine After Dark)

Saturday, October 19th @ 9:30 pm

Joseph returns to his hometown to investigate the hush-hush case of eight gay men who allegedly died by suicide at a now-abandoned...

High Tide

Friday, October 18th @ 7:45 pm

For his feature directorial debut, playwright Marco Calvani places Brazilian star Marco Pigossi at the heart of High Tide, a moving tale of...

It's Ladies' Night! Ladies' Shorts Program

Sunday, October 20th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

175 Kasra Karimi, 22 minutes, UK Inspired by true events. Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament...

175
Kasra Karimi, 22 minutes, UK
Inspired by true events. Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage so can get married. But Juliet suffers from a terminal illness and doesn't have long to live. They are racing against time.

Diving In
Nitzan Mager, 6 minutes, USA
Rachel and Yael share their first night together. But a shocking discovery could make it their last.

Collage
Marius Conrotto, 10 minutes, Spain, In Spanish with English subtitles
A girl who works in a museum tries to convince another co-worker that two visitors are flirting. And how does she know? Scientific studies say that there are six signs that show one person's attraction to another.

Ripe!
Tusk, 18 minutes, Spain, In English, Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles
Nothing says "it's complicated" like breaking your crush's arm.

From Milk To Ashes
Amelia Eloisa, 21 minutes, Mexico, In Spanish with English subtitles
Set in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1890, two women from the Mexican aristocracy develop a secret romance that goes against the societal impositions surrounding them, risking their lives and reputation. The importance of making a film about the lesbian women who lived in Jalisco, Mexico, during the Porfiriato (1890) has been clear to Amelia from the origins of this project. These are women who have been invisible, for we have no historical memory of their existence. The short film explores the past with a modern perspective, consolidating a period that invites us to question where we are today.

The Paradise Road
Lisa Marie Tedesco, 25 minutes, USA
Two women tie the knot and embark on a romantic excursion to a west coast sea-side town for a moment of happiness and seclusion before inevitably coming to terms with a life-altering decision.

Josefa’s Return (Ungeschminkt)

Friday, October 25th @ 5:00 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

After more than 40 years, Josefa returns to her parents’ farm in the village she’d once stormed out of. Back then, she was still known...

LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY: Last ExMas

Saturday, October 19th @ 7:00 pm

Last ExMas follows Maggie and Julianne, ex-girlfriends whose bitter breakup led them down different paths. Unexpectedly, they rekindle their...

LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY: Split

Saturday, October 26th @ 7:30 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

When stuntwoman Anna meets the magnetic and famous actress Eve, she unlocks a part of herself she’d always kept hidden. What starts as an...

Lady Like

Saturday, October 19th @ 2:30 pm

LADY LIKE is a hero origin story about Lady Camden, exploring the tragedy and trauma that drives Rex Wheeler to create fantasy and joy...

LATIN SPOTLIGHT FILM: The Astronaut Lovers (Los Amantes Astronautas)

Friday, October 25th @ 7:00 pm

Set against a languid summer by the sea in Argentina, The Astronaut Lovers is a breezy comedy about Pedro and Maxi, childhood friends...

LATIN SPOTLIGHT FILM: The Muleteer (La Arriera)

Friday, October 25th @ 7:15 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

1930, in the highlands of Jalisco. Teenager Emilia silently lives her sexual awakening with her adopted siblings, brother Martín and sister...

Linda Perry: Let It Die Here

Saturday, October 26th @ 3:00 pm

Linda Perry, one of the most recognizable artists of the last 30 years, became an icon with her signature hat, tattoos, attitude, and the...

Lost Boys & Fairies BRUNCH AT AXEL MIAMI

Saturday, October 26th @ 11:30 am

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Lost Boys & Fairies is a captivating UK TV series that delves into the lives of Gabriel and Andy, a gay couple navigating the complexities...

Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero

Sunday, October 27th @ 3:00 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Shy young barista, Simon, works at the Pink Unicorn Cafe with his childhood best friend, Jae. On his 21st birthday, Simon finds a magic wig...

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY: Baby

Saturday, October 26th @ 7:15 pm

After being released from a juvenile detention center, 18-year-old Wellington (Baby) finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São...

MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM & PARTY: Duino

Saturday, October 19th @ 7:15 pm

Matias, an Argentine filmmaker in his forties, is struggling to finish a movie inspired by his elusive first love, Alexander, a Swedish...

Misericordia

Saturday, October 26th @ 4:45 pm

Jérémie returns to his hometown of Saint-Martial to attend his former boss's funeral and stays a few days with the widow Martine. His...

My Place Is Here (Il Mio Posto e Qui)

Saturday, October 19th @ 4:45 pm

In the impoverished confines of her parents' home, 17-year-old Marta awaits the return of her fiancé from war. As a single mother, she...

My Sunshine (Boku No Ohisama)

Friday, October 25th @ 4:45 pm

Living on a remote, wintry island, a young boy with a stutter, Takuya, develops a crush on a graceful figure-skater in training, Sakura....

Norbert(a)

Saturday, October 26th @ 5:15 pm

Norbert(a) follows Norberto and María, a married couple living an ordinary life in their working-class neighborhood. To supplement their...

OPENING NIGHT FILM & PARTY: Young Hearts

Thursday, October 17th @ 7:00 pm

Fourteen-year-old Elias (Lou Goossens, in a breakthrough performance) lives a carefree life in his charming Belgian town until the arrival...

OUT

Sunday, October 20th @ 2:30 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Tom and Ajani are outsiders in a conservative village in The Netherlands. Their relationship is a secret and they dream of a new life as...

Pet Shop Days

Sunday, October 20th @ 9:30 pm

In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico, escaping his unforgiving father. He ends up in New York...

Pierce

Saturday, October 19th @ 9:15 pm

After Han is released from juvenile prison, where he served seven years for killing an opponent in a fencing match, he meets his younger...

Pride Vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story

Saturday, October 26th @ 2:45 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story delves into the riveting narrative of the Vriend v. Alberta case, where Delwin Vriend, an...

Salt Water (Agua Sala)

Friday, October 18th @ 9:45 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Salt Water follows thirty-three-year-old Jacobo as he reconnects with José Luis, a fifty-year-old Catholic priest facing allegations that...

Sapir

Sunday, October 20th @ 4:45 pm

Sapir Berman has worked hard to become a well-respected referee in the Israeli professional football league. But she also wants to be a...

South Florida Filmmakers Showcase: Shorts Program

Wednesday, October 23rd @ 7:30 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

South Florida has a small but mighty filmmaking community with plenty of interesting and compelling films. Some are students, or beginners...

Voice of the South
Danielle Cox, 17 minutes, USA
A documentary showcasing The McKenzie Project, a Black, Trans-led organization dedicated to serving and uplifting the Black LGBTQ+ community in South Florida through communal engagement, medical and financial services, and advocacy with a primary focus on Transgender and Non-binary individuals.

Melina Turns 100 (Melina cumple cien años)
Mariana Rena, 15 minutes, USA
In Spanish with English subtitles
Left behind amid a mass exodus, Melina, a girl in her twenties, has one wish for her birthday: a new best friend. But the apocalyptic crisis plaguing her city once again threatens to ruin her last attempt to reclaim her stolen youth before she emigrates.

The Pill
Mayedurimi A. Larotonda, 8 minutes, USA
In Spanish with English subtitles
In a dystopian world, a magnate's quest for genetic perfection leads to the creation of a pill that transforms marginalized individuals into superhumans. As the truth unravels, a battle ensues to stop the pill's distribution and preserve humanity's diversity against a tyrant's vision

Shade in the Sunshine State
Olivia Bendis, Ben Nakhuda, Julio Rocha, 14 minutes, USA
A glimpse into the ways the LGBTQ+ ballroom community in Miami, Florida use performance as a form of political activism in a state that is currently passing legislation to deny the rights of queer and transgender people. This film was made as part of the Community Voices documentary program at Chapman University

Jammerz
A.J. Cheaytelli, 30 minutes, USA
After unwittingly selling fentanyl-laced cocaine, five Gen Z women in a Miami roller derby team find their lives entangled with the violent world of cartels, DEA, and dark forces beyond their comprehension.

Sing
Jose Oldenburg, 8 minutes, USA
Sometimes our imagination is our most courageous companion.

The Little Pageant That Could

Friday, October 18th @ 5:15 pm

The Little Pageant That Could chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing....

The Paradise of Thorns

Friday, October 25th @ 9:45 pm

Thongkam and Sek, a gay couple, work tirelessly to build a life together, including a house and durian orchard. Tragedy strikes when Sek...

The World According to Allee Willis

Saturday, October 19th @ 2:15 pm

Award-winning songwriter and artist Allee Willis was unafraid to be herself. Known for her cacophony of prints and colors, signature...

Three Kilometers To The End Of The World (Trei kilometri pâna la capatul lumii)

Friday, October 25th @ 9:30 pm

Adi (17) is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night, he is brutally attacked on the street, turning his world...

Where The Men Are! Men's Shorts Program

Sunday, October 20th @ 5:00 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 28th - Sunday, November 3rd

Buffer Zone Savvas Stavrou, 16 minutes, Cyprus/UK, In English and Greek with English subtitles Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in...

Buffer Zone
Savvas Stavrou, 16 minutes, Cyprus/UK, In English and Greek with English subtitles
Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments through music.

If I Die in America
Ward Kamel, 15 minutes, USA/Puerto Rico, In English and Arabic with English subtitles
A young man fights for a chance to grieve his husband after his traditional Muslim in-laws demand the body be sent back to the Middle East mere hours after the untimely death.

The Eighth Day
Jonah Weinstein, 12 minutes, USA
Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah's parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.

Far From Water
Josh Cox, 5 minutes, USA
Two male friends experience a moment of intimacy that leaves them questioning the future of their relationship.

The Dinner
Jesus Martinez Nota, 12 minutes, Spain, In Spanish with English subtitles
During a family dinner, a son is finally going to tell his parents something especially important which can no longer be left for later!

Park Life
Marco De Luca, 13 minutes, UK
Noah and Medhi were not expecting to make any real connections when they encounter one another cruising in a park. But what starts as a meaningless hook up, blossoms into something unexpectedly romantic and meaningful as they wander the quiet streets of London.

Die Bully Die
Nathan Lacey and Nick Lacey, 16 minutes, Australia
When Max agrees to catch up with his high-school bully Adam, who bullied Max for being gay, Max's grudge against Adam begins to manifest in horrific ways in a fancy restaurant because, well, revenge is a dish best served cold.

Captains
Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld, 15 minutes, Spain, In Spanish with English subtitles
During a hard-fought, tense cup semi-final, the two captains of a football team have an argument that ends up revealing a secret buried in the dressing rooms of the first division: the silence of homosexual footballers.