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P.J. Palmer’s NORTH STAR starring Colman Domingo and Malcolm Gets is playing at Outfest and has been selected by four Oscar-qualifying film festivals
By Oliver Carnay Writer/Director P.J. Palmer’s touching short film NORTH STAR has been selected for high-profile film festivals, having only just begun the festival circuit
Acclaimed queer filmmaker Maris Curran debuts feature docfilm “JEANNETTE at Outfest2022
By Oliver Carnay From acclaimed queer filmmaker Maris Curran (Five Nights in Maine), JEANNETTE is an intimate vérité documentary about a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting
Actor Matthew August Jeffers offers new take in the LGBTQ+ and LP community via his first feature “UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS,” as star and debuting producer
By Oliver Carnay Outfest US Centerpiece feature UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS, a twisted queer take on the buddy road-trip genre, and one of the few feature narrative
Scout Durwood’s YOUTOPIA premieres at Outfest LA, July 15 at REDCAT Theater and also available via online streaming
By Oliver Carnay https://player.vimeo.com/video/714627294?h=5c9c2a30f5 Following the success of her Streamy-nominated musical series TAKE ONE THING OFF, Scout Durwood’s feature length narrative visual album, YOUTOPIA
OUTFEST 2022 runs July 14 – 24; Billy Porter’s directorial debut “Anything Possible” to open the festival at Orpheum Theatre while John Logan’s directorial debut “They/Them” to serve as Closing Night film
By Oliver Carnay The 40th anniversary of Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival will be held from July 14 through 24th this year with
Depression during pandemic urges Fil-Am doctor and U.S. Navy veteran, Mark Labella, to produce his first award-winning screenplay “MisDiagnosed,” streaming on Amazon starting June 1st 2022
By Oliver Carnay As the end of the pandemic appears on the horizon, Mark Labella, a Filipino-American actor-writer-producer and Army veteran, recounts the essence
“ROMANTIC SAYA” SOLD-OUT concert nina Jaya, Rufa Mae, at Jacque “Jinky” Oda, super-saya ang lahat sa outcome ng show!
By Oliver Carnay Congratulations sa mga prodyusers ng katatapos lamang na show na “Romantic Saya,” kagabi na ginanap sa Noypitz Cerritos with headliners Jaya
“Filipino” films at the upcoming 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (May 5 – 13, 2022)
By Oliver Carnay Several films are going to be included at the upcoming Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which will run from May
23rd year of Scandinavian Film Festival Los Angeles (SFFLA) goes virtual again due to Covid-19 surge; the festival has great line-up of Oscar submissions and short-listed films
By Oliver Carnay Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. runs three-weekends: January 6 – 9 January 13 – 16 January 20 – 23 Get tickets at www.sffla.net
Eartha Kitt dies of colon cancer at 81
By Oliver Carnay Today, I learned the news that legendary singer, actress, dancer and icon Eartha Kitt died on Christmas day. I have seen
7th annual Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) will run from November 1 – 11, 2021
By Oliver Carnay Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals” opens the filmfest and South Korea’s official submission to Oscars “Escape from Mogadishu” will serve as the Closing
Visual Communication’s 37th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) announces complete line-up of films slated from September 23 through October 2, 2021
By Oliver Carnay Visual Communications (VC) has announced the complete line-up for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), now on its 37th