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Deets: Outfest celebrated their most spectacular night of the year where the organization honored Hollywood’s finest making their mark in LGBTQ film and television. Proceeds from the event benefited the Outfest Forward young filmmaker and professional education courses, screenwriting lab, leadership training, trans-acting workshop, and Outfest UCLA Legacy Project film restoration and preservation program.
ABOUT OUTFEST
Founded by UCLA students in 1982, Outfest is the world’s leading organization that promotes equality by creating, sharing and protecting LGBTQIA+ stories on the screen. Outfest builds community by connecting diverse populations to discover, discuss and celebrate stories of LGBTQIA+ lives. For forty years, Outfest has showcased thousands of films from around the world, educated and mentored hundreds of emerging filmmakers, and protected more than 40,000 LGBTQIA+ films and videos. The Outfest Screenwriting Lab, established in 1997, has mentored nearly 150 screenwriters, propelling both films into produced feature films and establishing writers into writers’ rooms. The Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, a partnership with the UCLA FIlm & Television Archive, is the only film archive in the world exclusively dedicated to preserving LGBTQIA+ images and has restored over 25 films.
Spotted: Janelle Monáe (Trailblazer Award), Star Trek (Visionary Award), Glamazon (Guardian Award), and Kerri Stoughton-Jackson (Jonathan Howard Legacy Award).
Fran Drescher (The Nanny), Rian Johnson (Director, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), Leonardo Nam (Westworld),Peter Marc Jacobson (Writer/Director), Javicia Leslie (Batwoman), Hailie Sahar (Pose), Ronen Rubinstein (9-1-1: Lone Star), Rafael Silva (9-1-1: Lone Star), Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star), Tolliver (Musician), DJ Cquestt (DJ), Blu del Barrio (Star Trek), Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek), Michelle Paradise (Star Trek), Wilson Cruz (Star Trek), Juan Pablo Espinosa (Keep Breathing), Rain Valdez (Razor Tongue), Quei Tann (American Horror Story), Brandon Black (Dear White People), Shoniqua Shandai (Harlem), and Jerrie Johnson (Harlem)
Hint for the Average Socialite: Tickets are available for purchase below. For more information about sponsorship, contact Corporate Relations Manager, Meghan Adamovic at meghan@outfest.org.
Tickets, tables, and tribute ads are on sale now at www.outfest.org For information about tables, contact outfest@outfest.org. For sponsorship and tribute journal ads please contactmeghan@outfest.org.
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