Outfest Los Angeles 2023

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Anhell69 Anhell69
Anhell69 and Perpetrator
Anhell69 (Country: Colombia, Romania, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Theo Montoya; Writer: Theo Montoya; Stars: Camilo Najar, Sergio Pérez, Juan Pérez, Alejandro Hincapié, Julian David Moncada, Camilo Machado, Víctor Gaviria, Alejandro Mendigana)
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe (Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Harvey Rabbit; Writer: Harvey Rabbit; Stars: Tchivett, Bishop Black, Rodrigo Garcia Alves)
A low budget, campy fantasy feature film about internalised homophobia, the tyranny of the closet and fear of a gay planet.
My Animal (Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Jacqueline Castel; Writer: Jae Matthews; Stars: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen McHattie, Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Joe Apollonio)
Heather, an outcast teenage goalie in a small northern town, falls for newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. As their relationship deepens, Heather’s growing desires clash with her darkest secret, forcing her to control the animal within.
Perpetrator (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jennifer Reeder; Writer: Jennifer Reeder; Stars: iah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach)
On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
Playland (Country: US, UK; Year: 2023; Director: Georden West; Writer: Georden West; Stars: Danielle Cooper, Lady Bunny, Mason Caminiti, Aidan Dick, Constance Cooper, José Lapaz-Rodríguez, Miranda Quinn, Gatekeeper Adrian, Maine Anders, Kelly Mittendorf, Sprat)
The story of one last transgressive night in the legendary and infamous Playland Café, Boston’s oldest gay bar.
T Blockers T Blockers
T Blockers and My Animal
T Blockers (T-Blockers) (Country: Australia; Year: 2023; Director: Alice Maio Mackay; Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson; Stars: Joni Ayton-Kent, Lisa Fanto, Chris Asimos, Joe Romeo, Cassie Workman, Patty Glavieux, Stanley Browning, Etcetera Etcetera)
Ancient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.
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