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2020's festival was virtual, hosted on OutFest Now, but it still included an extensive selection of films. 70% of those were directed by women, trans people or people of colour, reflecting the festival directors' commitment to showcasing a wide diversity of stories.
The festival runs from 20 to 30 August.
View Films by Strand:
- Centrepieces
- Documentary Features
- Drive-In Exclusives
- International Narratives
- Platinum
- Shorts
- US Narratives
View previous years coverage of the Outfest Los Angeles festival:
OutfestLA Latest Reviews
![Minyan](/images/stills/m/minyan_2020.jpg)
New York in the 1980s. Seventeen-year-old David, who is tentatively beginning to express his homosexuality in the East Village gay scene, gradually starts to question the strict rules of his Jewish community.
![Shiva Baby](/images/stills/s/shiva_baby_2020.jpg)
A college student's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva she's attending with his accomplished wife and crying baby.
![Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)](/images/stills/e/ellie_abbie_ellies_dead_aunt_2019.jpg)
In this romcom, Ellie’s dead aunt has the perfect dating advice for her. But will she listen to it?
![Two Of Us](/images/stills/t/two_of_us_2019.jpg)
Two retired women, who have been in a secret relationship for decades, find their relationship turned upside down when the truth begins to come out.
![Tahara](/images/stills/t/tahara_2020.jpg)
A queer, coming of age drama set in Rochester, NY about an anxious teen girl who is manipulated into a romantic encounter with her best friend during the funeral service of their former Hebrew school classmate.
![Cicada](/images/stills/c/cicada_2020.jpg)
A young man is forced to face past traumas when he embarks on a new relationship.
![Breaking Fast](/images/stills/b/breaking_fast_2020.jpg)
Mo, a practising Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
![T11 Incomplete](/images/stills/t/t11_incomplete_2019.jpg)
Past mistakes haunt the present and threaten a new love affair between an older woman and her patient.
![Bloodsisters: Leather, Dykes And Sadomasochism](/images/stills/b/bloodsisters_leather_dykes_and_sadomasochism_1995.jpg)
Eight self-described leather dykes discuss queer politics, power and self-determination.
![S.A.M.](/images/stills/s/sam_2020.jpg)
Two teenage boys from opposite side of the tracks meet at the swings each week to escape their dysfunctional homes.
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