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Outfest returns to programming with the new OutfestNEXT series this week, bringing four days of great Queer films to LA's LGBT Center and LOOK cinemas in Glendale from November 6-9.

Outfest returns, and so does their longstanding collaboration with the UCLA Film and TV Archive, the Legacy Project Screening Series. Before Anthony Mackie was Captain America, he starred in the 2004 feature debut from Rodney Evans. Don't miss this free screening, and then check out the newest from Outfest next weekend.

It's a busy week as AFI Fest takes over LA, bringing a whole crop of new Queer films (and some non-Queer ones too). Don't forget to use code QueerfilmAFI2025 for a discount on your tickets!

We're thrilled to team up with Sapphic LA, LA's Lesbian & Queer City Guide, for a joint meetup at the LA Premiere of 2025 Teddy-award winner Lesbian Space Princess at Animation is Film Festival. Meet up at 7:30PM in the lobby bar of the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on the 3rd floor of Ovation Hollywood. The movie theater validates parking— $3 for 4 hours.

Don't get distracted by spooky season, festival season, or awards season yet -- the most special Queer film event this week is a collaboration between Black Cat Cinema Series and Sunny Bunny Ukrainian LGBTQ Film Festival to present a very special series of recent short films made by Queer Ukrainian filmmakers. Don't miss this amazing event!

October arrives this week, and LA's cinemas fill up with new and classic horror films as we lead up to the Queer high holiday of Halloween. This is always a fun and stressful time at QFLA, because it's hard to pick what horror films belong on our list, cause if we are honest the whole genre is Queer coded. Bodily transformation, forbidden desires, societal menace... so many horror tropes resonate with Queer audiences. So we'll aim to pick films this year that have out creators, Queer characters, or are otherwise significant. Otherwise we'll be here all month posting about every vampire film ever.

This Friday, September 26, marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and all over LA, audiences will be doing the time warp again! The cult classic cross-dressing human-animating goth musical comedy, complete with live shadow casts and callbacks, makes several appearances across LA--as does new documentary Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror.

It's a lively September for Queer Film in LA, with newcomer festival CinePride brining a weekend full of new Queer flicks, on top of Out at Black Cat, and sold-out screenings of Saving Face and Mysterious Skin with filmmakers in attendance!

Festival season kicks off this week, with QFilms Long Beach's 32nd year bringing Queer film to Long Beach. Additionally, Queer Film LA continues our in-person events with a special day at the Getty on September 14. Join us at: FREE: Queer Film LA Getty Meet Up