Out on film 2023

Out On Film, Atlanta's LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Film Festival, is one of the leading LGBTQ film festivals in the United States, as well as an Oscar-qualifying one. Short films that win the festival’s Best Drama Short award will now be eligible to enter the Academy’s Live Action Short film competition for the concurrent season, provided their films otherwise comply with the Academy rules. In 2023, we will hold our 36th annual film festival. Each year, we showcase approximately 150 narratives, documentaries, and short films. We show everything from international fare to local programming to retrospectives. We also place a big premium on working with filmmakers. Our visiting filmmaker series is one of the most respected in the industry. We will also continue to offer our first Best Short Film Screenplay Contest and our Best Feature Film Screenplay Contest in 2023.