Outfest has released the lineup for this year’s Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Film Festival. Set to run April 16-20 in Los Angeles, the hybrid fest will be comprised of 10 features, 41 shorts, the One-Minute Movie Contest, two drive-ins, workshops, and panels. The fest is dedicated to highlighting “the work of queer and trans filmmakers of color, providing the audiences and storytellers with the critical visibility that is needed to build careers, opportunities, and empathy for LGBTQIA+ stories,” per Deadline.
Among the features selected for Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC 2021 is “Ma Belle, My Beauty,” Marion Hill’s Sundance pic about two women who were previously in a polyamorous relationship reuniting in the south of France. Other titles include Ashley O’Shay’s Athena Breakthrough Award-winning doc following two young abolitionist leaders, “Unapologetic,” and Nicola Mai’s “Caught,” a documentary-fiction hybrid centering two trans Latina sex workers’ fight against transphobia, xenophobia, and police persecution.
“Outfest Fusion facilitates an environment where QTBIPOC people are able to learn, teach, showcase their talent, and feel validated, bridging the gap between the industry’s gatekeepers and so many marginalized people who are typically left out of the conversation,” said Outfest Executive Director Damien S. Navarro. “This is why we must continue to grow Outfest Fusion!”
Head over to Deadline to check out the festival’s full lineup.
