31st Connecticut LGBT Film Festival

OUT FILM CT

Out Film CT is a volunteer, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to presenting outstanding LGBT cinema and other theatrical events throughout the year, culminating in the nine-day Connecticut LGBT Film Festival. This early June event, Connecticut’s longest-running film festival, holds a special place in our state’s cultural landscape, bringing the community together to introduce, celebrate and rediscover the ideas and values that make the LGBT community unique. Out Film CT also presents the EROS Film Festival each fall, and the First Thursdays Cinema series—screenings at Cinestudio on the first Thursday of each month.

 

Winner!   The Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival was awarded the 2007 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism – Outstanding Project Award.
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Recipient: The New Haven Pride Center’s 2012 Dorothy Award
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The Connecticut LGBT Film Festival is organized by Out Film CT, a non-profit cultural organization.

 

Website: https://outfilmct.org/

Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd star as Erasmus and Paul, a prominent, affluent, bickering gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year old boy shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus’ grandson. They take in the boy, with hilarious consequences. Neither Paul nor Erasmus seem ready to give up their extravagant lifestyles to be parents – or are they? This feel-good, light-hearted dramedy is a primer about the real meaning of family values.

Lorenzo is a quiet teenager who lives with his parents and his younger brother in small city in Argentina. One day, Caíto, the troubled son of a family friend, arrives to live with them. Caíto’s family is going through difficult times and ignores him. Lorenzo’s family is just the opposite – loving, caring but disciplined. Now it’s up to Lorenzo to welcome Caíto and help him settle in and feel at home. Can these two young men with very different life experiences become friends – or more?

When Sarah accidentally proposes to Kristen in Provincetown, she finds herself at odds with her partner’s expectations of their future. The mix-up sends both women on different journeys of marital exploration. Sarah is a documentary filmmaker. To help overcome her fear of divorce, she begins to interview same-sex couples. Kristen is ready to tie the knot but sees a future version of their life where career and passion threaten to pull them apart. Opposites attract, but what can keep them together?

Kat and Eva ask their free-spirited best friend Roger to be the surrogate father of their child, which sets them all on a complicated journey to create a family. This vibrant, funny and moving film examines the boundaries of modern love and friendship, and the sacrifices one is willing to make to live a full, authentic life. Is it possible to love life and family in such different ways and yet remain united?

Sam (Tony Award-winning Alan Cumming) is an artist and ACT UP activist who lived through the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis and now struggles with survivor’s guilt. He’s bewildered by the younger generation of gay men who have no memory of those dark times, until he meets the sexy and seductive Braeden at a bar late one night. Their pants quickly come down and, eventually, so does Sam’s guard. But what happens when generations and worlds collide?

Fifty years at a lake home, one camera. Images and memories of love lost, love found, love betrayed. When a grandmother’s covered-up past collides with her granddaughter’s secret future and her daughter’s angry present, they wonder if the love of three generations is enough to overcome decades of deceit. It all begins and unwinds with a simple roll of film. Hollywood veteran and Emmy Award-winner Piper Laurie stars as Rose, the grandmother with a hidden past.

Join us for our first ever transgender all-shorts program! The strength, courage and aspirations of transgender people of all ages are depicted in these stories about challenge, determination and affirmation.

Good things come in small packages, right? That’s why we’ve assembled the best and the sexiest men’s short films we could find. The men are hot, the stories sizzle. You’ll laugh, you’ll be surprised, maybe even a little shocked! There’s no better way to spend a Monday night!

There’s something here for everyone, whether it’s first-date night or you’re here with a BFF or your special someone. Stories of dating, love, laughter, heartache, breaking up and making up – everything that makes the world go round.

Eleven-year-old Tomo has been abandoned once again by her neglectful mother and seeks refuge at the home of the uncle she adores. But Uncle has a new and very tall girlfriend – the kindhearted, transgender woman Rinko. Rinko comes to love Tomo as her own daughter and the three form a close-knit family – in more ways than one. What does it mean to be a supportive, loving family? What does it take to accept others as well as one’s own self? This humorous, tender and poignant story – Japan’s first transgender-themed feature film – has the answers.

World-renowned, four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s pioneering five decades in the theater and the parallel decades-long struggle for LGBT rights are examined in this compelling documentary. If you love Broadway theater and are a little bit star struck, you’ll love the fascinating reminiscences from Broadway luminaries like Angela Lansbury, F. Murray Abraham, Larry Kramer, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci and many more. The film is loaded with clips from performances of boundary-breaking hit after hit, such as Love! Valor! Compassion!, Master Class and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

There’s a ripple of disquiet in the locker-room when a new player, Leon, joins a minor-league soccer team. When Leon shares an apartment with arch-rival Mario, it sets in motion an unexpected – and very hot – love affair. But the path of gay love in this macho world is not an easy one. Fake girlfriends, gossip and blackmail complicate matters. With professional soccer careers hanging in the balance, will love win out, or will Mario and Leon stay in the closet and sacrifice their love for their sport?

A fascinating, dishy documentary about the life and times of Scotty Bowers, who, after serving in the Marines in World War II, stumbled into a career as a procurer to Hollywood stars, satisfying the sexual desires of some of the most famous people in Hollywood, both male and female. For just $20, Scotty could discreetly hook up just about anyone with anybody to do just about anything. Featuring Connecticut LGBT Film Festival co-founder and Hollywood historian William Mann.