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Screenings & Events
Festivals, Special Guests, Retrospectives and more "one night only" queer cinema screenings.
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Queering Memory: Past Present and Future Shorts
Queer Rhapsody
Filmmakers in attendance
Hammer Museum
Memory serves as an empathy engine in these films, transporting us through the tapestry of present beauty, past acceptance, and future affirmation. These narratives invite us to reflect on the lessons and gift of our own memories and the evolving nature of identity, reminding us
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Rebel Without a Cause
Academy Museum
"It is of course vita that there be no inference of a questionable or homosexual relationship between Plato and Jim” wrote the MPPC censors, scolding this film from bisexual director Nicholas Ray with bi star James Dean and the "first gay teen on screen" played by out Sal Mineo.
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid’s real troubles begin.
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Sacred Sites: Queer Sanctuaries Shorts
Queer Rhapsody
Filmmakers in attendance
Egyptian Theatre
This program of short films showcases the queer sanctuaries we create and find in spaces, our memories, and in others. Centered around the joy and safety that allow for the most authentic version of ourselves to emerge, the films showcase the world-building, and life-affirming po
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Desire Lines
Queer Rhapsody
Writer Nate Gualtieri
Egyptian Theatre
Past and present collide when an Iranian American trans man time-travels through an LGBTQ+ archive on a dizzying and erotic quest to unravel his own sexual desires.
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Transcendent Movements: Queer Artists in Motion Shorts
Queer Rhapsody
Filmmakers in attendance
Hammer Museum
Embark on a journey through short films celebrating queer resilience, creativity, and diverse identities. Follow Felicia Oh, a Taiwanese-American drag queen in NYC; Saturn Risin9, a Bay Area performance artist; Shoog McDaniel's celebration of marginalized bodies in Florida; Fran'
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Determined Defiance: Voices of Change Shorts
Queer Rhapsody
Filmmakers in attendance
Egyptian Theatre
Throughout history, queer people have conceptualized and practiced various forms of resistance – politically and artistically; individually and collectively. The films in this block examine the world as it is while raising the possibility of what it can be. Whether based on a tru
Theatrical runs
Now In Theaters
Make space at the multiplex! Here are the queer films at LA cinemas right now...
Crossing
Levan Akin
106
min
Opens
Jul 19
Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey.
Sisi & I
Frauke Finsterwalder
132
min
Opens
Jul 19
After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.
National Anthem
Luke Gilford
99
min
Opens
Jul 19
Dylan, a 21-year old construction worker in rural New Mexico, joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
Now Streaming
Watch at Home
For when you want to stay in, here are the latest queer films new to streaming...
Strange Way of Life
Netflix
Out director Pedro Almodóvar was passed over to direct Brokeback Mountain, allegedly over a pitch that was "too gay." Twenty years later, he gets to tell his own gay cowboy story in this short film starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal.
After twenty-five years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend, sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning, Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.
All of Us Strangers
Hulu
One night, screenwriter Adam, in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbor Harry that punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As Adam and Harry get closer, Adam is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents are both living and look the same age as the day they died over 30 years ago.
Edward II
Kanopy
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
Bottoms
Amazon Prime Video
PJ and Josie start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. The fight club gains traction and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But the pair find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed.
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
MAX
Fresh off its premiere at TIFF, this documentary follows gay Black pop superstar Lil Nas X as he navigates fame and fortune, prepares to tour, and reflects on what his stardom means for his fans and our culture.
A remarkably intimate portrait of an artist on tour navigating identity, family, expectations, and acceptance, all while reflecting on his place within the legacy of Black, queer performers.
Nyad
Netflix
Anette Bening and Jodie Foster were both nominated for Oscars for Nyad, about out marathon swimmer Diana Nyad (Bening) in her quest to swim from Florida to Cuba. Jodie Foster plays coach and best friend Bonnie Stoll, in a moving story of queer friendship and athletecism.
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.