Kristen Wiig, Katherine Heigl, Clint Eastwood, Aubrey Plaza and Zach Galifianakis are among the stars appearing in films included in the 2015 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival line-up, organizers announced Thursday.
Wiig stars in Sebastián Silva’s drama “Nasty Baby,” Heigl takes the lead as a gay woman coming out to her family in “Jenny’s Wedding,” and Eastwood is among the talking heads in “Tab Hunter Confidential,” a documentary about matinee idol Tab Hunter’s rise from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.
The nation’s leading LGBT festival, presented by HBO, will feature six world premieres and three U.S. premieres, as well as films from 28-first-time filmmakers, and new work from returning filmmakers.
Returning filmmakers and the films they are screening include Jeffrey Schwarz (“Tab Hunter Confidential”), Jamie Babbit (“Fresno”), Sebastián Silva (“Nasty Baby”), Malcolm Ingram (“Out To Win”), Jenni Olson (“The Royal Road”) and Parvez Sharma (“A Sinner in Mecca”).
“Tig,” a documentary about gay comedian Tig Notaro, is set to screen during the opening night gala on July 9, while the festival will close on July 19 with François Ozon’s “The New Girlfriend.” The gala screenings include “Nasty Baby” (U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece), “The Summer of Sangaile” (International Centerpiece), “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” (International Centerpiece), “Best of Enemies” (Documentary Centerpiece) and “Out to Win” (Documentary Centerpiece).
The festival will also offer a sneak peek at Bill Hader and Fred Armisen’s “Sandy Passage,” a “Grey Gardens” parody episode of IFC’s upcoming comedy series “Documentary Now,” as well as TLC’s “I Am Jazz,” a reality show spotlighting the day-to-day life of transgendered teen Jazz Jennings, a Clean and Clear model.
Nick Jonas will join DirecTV’s “Kingdom” creator Byron Balasco for an in-depth discussion on Jonas’ massive queer following, as well as a sneak peek of his role as a gay MMA fighter on Season 2 of the DirecTV series.
With the Ford Amphitheatre under renovation, Outfest Los Angeles will be held in three venues: The Montalbán Theatre, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and The Theatre at the Ace Hotel.
“Audiences will be impressed with the breadth, complexity, and beauty of the storytelling,” Outfest director of programming, Lucy Mukerjee-Brown, said in a statement. “I am furthermore thrilled that over 40 percent of the features are directed by women, which I hope is a harbinger of changes we will see industry-wide in coming years.”
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Here’s the full lineup.
GALA FILMS
TIG – Opening Night Gala
Dir: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York, Scr: Jennifer Arnold, 2015, USA, 95 min.
BEST OF ENEMIES – Documentary Centerpiece
Dir: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon, 2015, USA, 88 min.
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO – International Centerpiece
Dir/Scr: Peter Greenaway, 2015, Netherlands/Mexico/Belgium/
Dir/Scr: Sebastián Silva, 2015, USA, 100 min.
Dir/Scr: Malcolm Ingram, 2015, USA/Canada, 100 min.
THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE – International Centerpiece
Dir/Scr: Alanté Kavaïté, 2015, France/Lithuania/The Netherlands, Lithuanian with English subtitles, 88 min.
THE NEW GIRLFRIEND – Closing Night Gala
Dir/Scr: François Ozon, 2014, France, French with English subtitles, 108 min.
U.S. DRAMATIC FEATURES
BABY STEPS
Dir/Scr: Barney Cheng, 2015, USA/Taiwan, English, Mandarin with English subtitles, 102 min.
BARE
Dir/Scr: Natalia Leite, 2015, USA, 88 min.
BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING
Dir/Scr: Joseph Graham, 2015, USA, 93 min.
DRIVING NOT KNOWING – World Premiere
Dir/Scr: Benjamin R. Davis, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner, Dane Mainella, Jay Jadick, 2015, USA, 85 min.
FOURTH MAN OUT
Dir: Andrew Nackman, Scr: Aaron Dancik, 2015, USA, 95 min.
FRESNO
Dir: Jamie Babbit, Scr: Karey Dornetto, 2015, USA, 85 min.
JENNY’S WEDDING – World Premiere
Dir/Scr: Mary Agnes Donoghue, 2015, USA, 94 min.
LIKE YOU MEAN IT – World Premiere
Dir/Scr: Philipp Karner, 2014, USA, English, 90 min.
NAOMI & ELY’S NO KISS LIST – World Premiere
Dir: Kristin Hanggi, Scr: Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer, 2014, USA, 89 min.
NAZ & MAALIK
Dir/Scr: Jay Dockendorf, 2014, USA, 86 min.
S&M SALLY
Dir/Scr: Michelle Ehlen, 2015, USA, 80 min.
SEBASTIAN – U.S. Premiere
Dir/Scr: Carlos Ciurlizza, 2014, Peru/USA, Spanish, English with English subtitles, 108 min.
SISTERS OF THE PLAGUE – World Premiere
Dir: Jorge Torres-Torres, Scr: Jorge Torres-Torres, Jason Banker, 2015, USA, 74 min.
STUFF
Dir/Scr: Suzanne Guacci, 2015, USA, 98 min.
THAT’S NOT US
Dir: William Sullivan, Scr: William Sullivan, Derek Dodge, 2015, USA, 97 min.
THOSE PEOPLE
Dir/Scr: Joey Kuhn, 2015, USA, 89 min.
YOU’RE KILLING ME
Dir: Jim Hansen, Scr: Jim Hansen, Jeffery Self, 2015, USA, 88 min.
INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC FEATURES
ALL ABOUT E
Dir/Scr: Louise Wadley, 2015, Australia, 97 min.
THE BLUE HOUR
Dir: Anucha Boonyawatana, Scr: Anucha Boonyawatana, Waasuthep Ketpetch, 2015, Thailand, Thai with English subtitles, 97 min.
CARMIN TROPICAL
Dir: Rigoberto Perezcano, Scr: Rigoberto Perezcano, Edgar San Juan, 2014, Mexico, Spanish with English subtitles, 80 min.
DROWN
Dir: Dean Francis, Scr: Stephen Francis, 2015, Australia, 96 min.
EVERLASTING LOVE
Dir: Marçal Forés, Scr: Marçal Forés, Vicente de la Torre, 2014, Spain, Spanish with English subtitles, 69 min.
THE GUEST
Dir/Scr: Mauricio López Fernández, 2014, Chile/Argentina, Spanish, 82 min.
GUIDANCE
Dir/Scr: Pat Mills, 2015, Canada, 80 min.
THE HEROES OF EVIL – U.S. Premiere
Dir/Scr: Zoe Berriatúa, 2015, Spain, Spanish with English subtitles, 98 min.
IN THE GRAYSCALE
Dir: Claudio Marcone, Scr: Rodrigo Antonio Norero, 2015, Chile, Spain with English subtitles, 101 min.
LIZ IN SEPTEMBER
Dir/Scr: Fina Torres, 2015, Venezuela, Spanish with English subtitles, 100 min.
PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL MONOGAMIST
Dir/Scr: Christina Zeidler, John Mitchell, 2014, Canada, 83 min.
SEASHORE
Dir/Scr: Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher, 2015, Brazil, Portuguese with English subtitles, 83 min.
STORIES OF OUR LIVES
Dir: Jim Chuchu, Scr: Jim Chuchu, Njoki Ngumi, 2014, Kenya, Swahili and English with English subtitles, 60 min.
TWO 4 ONE
Dir/Scr: Maureen Bradley, 2014, Canada, 77 min.
WHILE YOU WEREN’T LOOKING
Dir: Catherine Stewart, Scr: Vanessa Herman, Amy Jephta, Matthew Krouse, Nodi Murphy, 2015, South Africa, 75 min.
YOU & I
Dir/Scr: Nils Bökamp, 2014, Germany, German and Polish with English subtitles, 85 min.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
ADD THE WORDS
Dir/Scr: Michael Gough, Cammie Pavesic, 2014, USA, 79 min.
THE CULT OF JT LEROY
Dir/Scr: Marjorie Sturm, 2014, USA, 90 min.
DEEP RUN
Dir: Hillevi Loven, 2015, USA, 75 min.
DESERT MIGRATION
Dir/Scr: Daniel F. Cardone, 2015, USA, 80 min.
DO I SOUND GAY?
Dir: David Thorpe, 2014, USA, 77 min.
DRAG BECOMES HIM
Dir/Scr: Alex Berry, 2015, USA, 83 min.
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
Dir: Sharon Shattuck, Scr: Frederick Shanahan, Martha Shane, Sharon Shattuck, 2015, USA, 75 min.
A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE
Dir/Scr: Sophie Deraspe, 2015, Canada, 84 min.
THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR
Dir: Marq Evans, Scr: Marq Evans, Jeff Gilbert, 2015, USA, English, 80 min.
HOCKNEY – U.S. Premiere
Dir: Randall Wright, 2015, UK, 112 min.
PROBATION TIME
Dir/Scr: Avigail Sperber, 2014, Israel, Hebrew with English subtitles, 90 min.
THE ROYAL ROAD
Dir/Scr: Jenni Olson, 2015, USA, 65 min.
SEED MONEY
Dir: Michael Stabile, 2015, USA, 72 min.
SHE’S THE BEST THING IN IT
Dir/Scr: Ron Nyswaner, 2015, USA, 80 min.
A SINNER IN MECCA
Dir/Scr: Parvez Sharma, 2014, Saudi Arabia/India/USA, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, English with English subtitles, 79 min.
TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL
Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz, 2015, USA, 90 min.
TCHINDAS – World Premiere
Dir/Scr: Pablo García Pérez de Lara, Marc Serena, 2015, Spain, Cape Verdean Creole with English subtitles, 95 min.