Out Film CT announced the winners of the 35th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival with the Jury Awards – for Feature Film going to Finlandia, and for Documentary going to Prognosis – Notes on Living. The Audience Awards for Best Feature went to Mascarpone, and for Best Documentary went to Invisible.
Directed by Leland Montgomery, the indie gay romance drama Hotter Up Close starring Christopher Matias Aguila (The Non Essentials) makes its LA Premiere at Dances with Films film festival on June 13, 2022.
Donna, a documentary film by award-winning Welsh filmmaker, Jay Bedwani will premiere at Frameline46 San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival at the Castro Theater on June 25 at the height of San Francisco’s Pride Week. The film paints an intimate and candid portrait of Bay Area trans activist, artist, performer and personality, Donna Personna, who was 60 when she made her drag debut at the iconic Aunt Charlie’s.
Kino Lorber will release Chase Joynt’s innovative hybrid film Framing Agnes, which explores the lived experiences of trans people past and present through reenactments of transcripts from a UCLA gender study conducted in the 1960s. The film will make its New York premiere at NewFest on June 5, followed by a theatrical release from Kino Lorber in December.
The official trailer is here for Anything’s Possible, Billy Porter’s feature directorial debut starring Eva Reign and Abubakr Ali, and Reneé Elise Goldsberry. The coming-of-age romance drama launches globally on July 22, 2022, exclusively on Prime Video.
Emily Branham’s first feature documentary Being Bebe roars into Pride Month on June 7th on Video on Demand and will make its Broadcast Premiere on Fuse in the U.S. and OUTtv in Canada on June 21st.
Andrew Ahn’s new film Fire Island, starring Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster, will open the 2nd edition of NewFest Pride, the summer series of NewFest, the New York LGBTQ+ film and media organization.
Here is the official trailer for Workhorse Queen – an intimate exploration, through a tender mix of touching moments and wise-cracking humor, of the complexities of reality television’s impact on queer performance culture.
Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment will release LGBTQ romantic comedy Mascarpone starring Sarah T. Cohen, Alistair Stoneman, Jamila Martin-Wingett, Ray Whelan, Ricardo Freitas, Nicola Wright, and Tony Goodall.
OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami will open its 24th edition with the first Florida live screening of B-Boy Blues at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on April 22 at 7 p.m.
Heymann Brothers Films will release Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, a new documentary film about Israeli porn star Jonathan Agassi by filmmaker Tomer Heymann (“Mr. Gaga”). Winner of the Ophir Prize (Israeli Oscar) for Best Documentary, Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life screened at numerous international and LGBTQ film festivals including IDFA, Newfest and Outfest. The reedited version of the film will open theatrically at the Village East by Angelika in New York on May 13, and at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on May 20th. Other cities will follow.
Here is the official trailer for Maybe Someday, an LGBTQ drama film set to world premiere at Cinequest’s virtual film festival “Cinejoy” April 1-17. An LGBTQ feature film highlighting different aspects of love and heartbreak, Maybe Someday is a nostalgic and moving journey written and directed by Michelle Ehlen. The film is Ehlen’s fifth feature and first dramedy, her prior films most notably being the first lesbian comedy trilogy – Butch Jamie, Heterosexual Jill, and S&M Sally. Maybe Someday stars Ehlen along with Shaela Cook from Heterosexual Jill and S&M Sally, and Charlie Steers.