Celebrate Pride Month with an exciting showcase of local LGBTQ short films and a discussion on the future of queer cinema! Join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and creativity as we celebrate our community's diversity and resilience.
We’ll kick off the evening with a beautiful panel of local filmmakers discussing the future of queer cinema, followed by a screening of their work and networking after.
Made by and for the LGBTQ community from our local filmmakers. Out on Film has curated a mixed program showcasing some of the most talented filmmakers in Georgia. This event is completely free and open to everyone. We're proud to partner with Red’s Beer Garden, a long-time sponsor of the Out On Film Festival and supporter of the LGBTQ community.
This event is “pay-what-you-can.” Proceeds raised from ticket sales will go directly to the Out On Film Fundraiser, which supports our filmmaker fund. The fund empowers LGBTQ storytellers to continue their work through cash awards, filmmaker travel, and filmmaking grants. Even if you’re unable to donate, we still encourage you to come out and celebrate the talented artists fostering queer representation in media.
So grab your friends, family, or yourself, and join us for an unforgettable evening of cinema, community, and joy. We promise you won't regret it!
Showcased films include:
HE THEY
Director: Ronnie Braithwaite
Ronnie, a documentary filmmaker, confronts his upbringing to reinterpret the influences that shaped their perception of boyhood. He They is a film that explores the relationships between masculinity, self-perception and self-actualization.
Making "She Kills Monsters"
Director: Abigail Donkor
A behind the scenes look at how students from Paul Duke Stem High School (Norcross, GA) interpreted the controversial play "She Kills Monsters". Several LGBTQ students played various lesbian/gay characters and they discuss in detail the importance of the play (especially in today's political climate) and specific controversial scenes that were not edited out of the play.
Nana Dara is Gay
Director: Andrea Maxwell
Based on characters in the award winning novel SUGAR LAND, "Nana Dara is Gay", zeroes in on the moment Nana Dara has avoided for 40 years. It's 1970 and Nana Dara invites her step-daughters, Edna (who goes by "Eddie" and wears men's suits) and gin-soaked, bible thumper Miss Debbie, to her trailer for the great reveal: she is a lesbian. It goes the way most things go in the Deep South - hilarious, histrionic, and ultimately hopeful. Family is family, after all ("Praise Be!").
Sweet Star Grief
Director: Bowie Nichols
A transgender love story between two childhood best friends reunited by circumstance. Nick is a recently widowed father of a young daughter, and Jodi is a transgender woman who has returned home to care for her elderly mother who has severe dementia.
My Abortion Saved My Life
Directors: Ruby Fludzinski, Tiler Wilson
Cazembe Murphy Jackson (he/him), a Black trans activist living in Atlanta, Georgia, shares why his access to abortion was vital to his life.
Come Correct
Director: Molly Coffee
Recently divorced from her husband, a woman with an unhealthy relationship with perfection explores her newfound queerness by hiring a female sex worker to teach her how to eat fruit.