Feature films available via online screening and not to be missed at FilmOut San Diego

By Oliver Carnay

FilmOut San Diego, San Diego’s prime LGBTQ+ film festival is back and this year, you can watch most of the films in-person. Four films are slated to be screened online and looking over the trailers, they are not-to-be-missed!
 
Breaking away from its old venue at The Observatory North Park, this time after a year and half due to the pandemic, the festival returns with a new location.  The Opening Night Gala film “Firebird” will be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum (The NAT) at Balboa Park (1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101) with a rooftop deck access for foods and cocktails following the screening.  The rest of the festival continues at a different location — at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA, 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101).
 
Here are the no-to-missed feature films available online starting September 9th.  Go to http://filmoutsandiego.com/lgbt-film-festival-2021.htm for the complete line-up of films and to pre-order your tickets.
 
 
“BEYTO” (2021) directed by Gita Gsell, is a coming of age film about a talented swimmer, whose family are Turkish immigrants living in Switzerland.  His family’s stringent views about homosexuality means he has to keep a whole portion of his life and his identitiy secret.  But when he falls in love with his coach, he is torn between a bright future and an ideal world that may fall to pieces. 

“ISAAC” is a new film from Spain, written, directed and produced by Angeles Herrnandez and David Matamoros.  A quirky Dogma95-style story of love and gender fluidity.  It focuses on two old friends, Denis and Nacho, who meet again years after having had an intense relationship as teenagers.  Sixteen years later, they are in relationships with their respective partners.  The two couples grow close and end up fulfilling each other’s needs.

“On The Fringe of Wild” (2021) from Canada, directed by Emma Catalfamo, The film is a coming of age story set in 2000’s in Ontario, Canada, when “Peter,” a sensitive and shy teen forces to run away from his homophobic father amidst a cold winter break, meets “Jack” who is also desperate to escape his toxic family situation.  The two quickly develop a romance as they hide away in a secluded cabin, but circumstances may eventually pull them back as they need to face realities.
 
Lastly, the film “That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes” (2021, “Tex Yeux Mourants”) offers not much information.  From what I gather, it is a black & white horror feature written and directed by Onur Tukel.
Go to http://filmoutsandiego.com/lgbt-film-festival-2021.htm for the complete line-up of films and to pre-order your tickets.