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HIGHLIGHTS: March 2024 LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Short Film: BALLAD
Best Feature Film: IGUANA LIKE THE SUN

IGUANA LIKE THE SUN, 100min., USA (March Festival)
Directed by Julian Robles
In a humble coastal compound of southern Mexico, amidst a total eclipse of the sun, an unexpected guest arouses the broken dreams of a family that has lost its guardian figure, overshadowed by the cosmic loneliness where they were left to their faith.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21741112/
https://www.twitter.com/todoloiguana
https://www.facebook.com/Estoytodoloiguanaquesepuede/
https://www.instagram.com/estoytodoloiguanaquesepuede/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

BALLAD, 10min, Australia
Directed by Roe Bonnici

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WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

CHANCE MEETINGS, by John Woodard script reading

Two gay men seek to find each other again after a lost encounter on a busy street. While one turns the city upside down, the other places a “Chance Meetings” add in the LA Weekly newspaper.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Chance: Geoff Mays
Duey: Sean Ballantyne

HIGHLIGHTS: February 2024 LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Feature Film: TO DIE ALONE
Best Short Film: IN MY OWN IMAGE
Best Direction: THE NIGHT I LEARNED HOW TO DANCE
Best Story: A DIFFERENTLY – CURATED WORLD
Best Student Film: INVISIBLE WALL

TO DIE ALONE, 88min., USA
Directed by Austin Smagalski
After suffering a terrible injury while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Irving must find a way to escape the woods alive and confront her inner demons with the help of a stranger.

https://www.todiealonefilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/todiealonefilm
https://www.instagram.com/todiealonefilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THE NIGHT I LEARNED HOW TO DANCE, 6min,. USA
Directed by William Degardin
In order to fit in his own community, a young gay man attempts the nightclub experience only to be sexually assaulted.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

A DIFFERENTLY – CURATED WORLD, 2min., USA
Directed by Kiersten White
In this age of Black nostalgia, as we see the remake of classic Black sitcoms and the reimagining of Black excellence using the tools, fashion, entertainment, and mediums of yesteryear– we find that one particular community of Blacks is missing from the mainstream conversation, the LGBTQ+ community. Reimagine, with us, a Black and Queer utopia– through the eyes of Black America’s most famous coming-of-age sitcom.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

INVISIBLE WALL, 6min., Japan
Directed by Aoi Matsumoto
Some people can easily pass through the door while others cannot pass through it. And someone wait for the door to open or force it open.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

IN MY OWN IMAGE, 12min,. Italy
Directed by Giuseppe Bucci
A son fails to feel sorry for the death of his father, a homophobic and bigoted man mainly due to his religious upbringing. The son has never confessed his homosexuality to his father and, desperate, he makes a very strong gesture to shout his homosexuality to God, the Vatican and his father. But resentment is not the solution. The solution is for the church to welcome homosexuals as people equal to all, and not sinners.

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https://www.instagram.com/GiuseppeBucci5

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!