CinePride
Ongoing Series
Based in Los Angeles, the heart of the entertainment industry, CinePride Film Festival celebrates the power of LGBTQIA+ cinema while fostering the next generation of storytellers.
The CinePride vision is a world where LGBTQIA+ stories are recognized as vital contributions to global culture — championing diversity, creativity, and empowerment. Through the transformative power of film, we aim to build bridges, ignite conversations, and inspire a future rooted in excellence, equality, and pride.
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UPCOMING SCREENINGS
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PAST SCREENINGS

Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero
Landmark Sunset
A shy barista stumbles upon a magical pink wig that transforms him into a fearless drag super-shero. But when a villainous queen starts kidnapping drag performers to steal their magical tears, he must step into the spotlight, embrace his power, and lip-sync for their lives in a high-flying, show-stopping battle for the ages!
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As Fado Bicha
Landmark Sunset
This is Justine Lemahieu’s encounter over several years with Lila and João, the two artists and activists from Fado Bicha band, whose songs embody and give voice to LGBTQIA+ stories and struggles. Backstage, words and glances intersect, questioning our relationship with appearances, gender norms, language, and sexuality.

The Big Johnson
Landmark Sunset
Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.


El fin de las primeras veces
Landmark Sunset
Eduardo, an 18-year-old kid from a small village in Jalisco, travels to Guadalajara. In this big and strange city, away from the eyes of his parents, he experiences his first encounters in love and sex.

A Life Inside Me
Landmark Sunset
In the final months of his life, Sitaram decides to embrace his gender identity, stepping into his true self after years of repression. At the same time, his daughter confronts her own turning point—facing an abusive marriage and an unexpected pregnancy, she seeks a way out and a new beginning. Their parallel journeys unfold with emotional depth, revealing resilience, transformation, and the pursuit of freedom.

TransTale: The Maria Roman Story...
Landmark Sunset
TransTALE: The Maria Roman Story is a documentary love story that follows Puerto Rican transgender activist Maria Roman and her fiancé, Jason Taylorson, as they begin their journey to become the first trans/cis couple to wed at the historic St. John’s Cathedral in its one hundred-plus-year history in Los Angeles.

¡Quba!
Landmark Sunset
Against the backdrop of Havana’s sun-drenched streets and shimmering coastline, “¡Quba!” blazes a trail through Cuba’s LGBTQ revolution. At its heart stands Adela Hernandez, a trailblazing trans politician who rose from the dark days of UMAP imprisonment to become the first transgender person in Cuba’s government. Alongside her, the charismatic Ramon Silverio transforms his cultural haven El Mejunje into ground zero for change, taking his rainbow-colored caravan of artists and performers deep into the countryside to challenge prejudice through the universal language of art.

Bleed Like Me
Landmark Sunset
After a fatally botched robbery, would-be indie filmmakers - and long-standing gay frenemies - Jesse and Butch hole up at a house in the SoCal desert to figure out their next move.

Shadows of Willow Cabin
Landmark Sunset
Albert and Devon retreat to a remote cabin to explore a connection sparked by a string of sexually charged messages on a dating app. Albert is a closeted husband struggling with the collapse of his heterosexual identity; Devon is a wounded soul who uses fleeting affairs with married men to shield himself from his past. As their bond deepens, reality begins to fracture. The forest won’t let them leave.


Flamingo Camp
Landmark Sunset
In a near-lawless squatter town known as Slab City, a group of young queer and trans people create a thriving safe space called Flamingo Camp. Under the leadership of their founder, Nova, the camp flourishes through the winter months. When Nova departs, summer’s brutal heat sets in with an unthinkable tragedy that fractures their once close-knit chosen family.