From the documentary feature I Am Divine, to screen September 7.
Following the recent announcement of their full listing of features, The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach has released its complete film lineup for the 20th anniversary of its QFilm Festival.
In addition to the full lineup (listed below), the festival announced that three new programs geared towards Drag, Queerness, and People of Color will offer varying perspectives that are often ignored or marginalized within the LGBT community.
Celebrations at The Center will take place every day of the festival, including the Opening Night Party at 8PM and the After Party at 11:30PM on September 7; Saturday Night Party at 8PM and the After Party at 11PM on September 7; and the Brunch at 11:30AM and the Closing Night Party at 8PM on September 8.
Full lineup (click on the titles for trailers or further information):
[*] denotes documentaries; [☨] denotes short films; [▲] denotes no one under 18 permitted
Friday, September 6:
- Reaching For the Moon, 7PM at the Art Theatre
- G.B.F. (pictured), 9:30PM at the Art Theatre; Q&A with director Darren Stein and cast will follow
Saturday, September 7:
- Birthday Cake, 12:30PM at the Art Theatre; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- Dragtastic! Program, 1:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and casts to follow:
- Get Down Glenda☨
- Alaska is a Drag☨
- Jollie B. Fierce☨
- Heklina☨
- Silver Stiletto☨
- Women in Shorts Program, 2:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow:
- Darkness☨
- Bunny Girl☨
- Bombshell☨
- Lez Be Honest☨
- La Santa☨
- Dos Almas☨
- Vecinas☨
- Remember to Breathe☨
- ADVANCED PREVIEW: Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (pictured), 3:30PM at The Center; audience discussion to follow.
- Men in Briefs Program, 4:45PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow:
- First Period, 5:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- The Punk Singer* (pictured), 7PM at the Art Theatre
- I Am Divine*, 9PM at the Art Theatre
Sunday, September 8:
- Homeboy and Kiss Me☨, 1PM at the Art Theatre; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- Heterosexual Jill (pictured), 1:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- Valentine Road*, 3PM at the Art Theatre
- People of Color program, 3:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow:
- Darkness☨
- A World for Raúl (Un mundo para Raúl)☨
- O Pacote☨
- Kiss Me☨
- La Santa☨
- Dos Almas☨
- Jollie B. Fierce☨
- Interior. Leather Bar.▲ (pictured) and Adults Only▲☨, 5PM at the Art Theatre; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- Queerness program, 5:30PM at The Center; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow:
- Happy☨
- What I Love About Being Queer☨
- Claudio, Maura y Yo☨
- Rough Trade☨
- A Night in the Woods☨
- Who Am I Happy☨
- Deflated☨
- Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?, 7PM at the Art Theatre; Q&A with filmmakers and cast to follow
- Getting Go: the go doc project*, 9PM at the Art Theatre (pictured)
The festival, put forth by The Center Long Beach, is set to take place over the course of three days, September 6, 7, and 8. All films will show at either the Art Theatre or The Center. Passes and tickets will be available for purchase beginning in August through the QFilm Festival page at www.qfilmslongbeach.com.