Outfest - Submit Films/Videos

An established part of contemporary cultural discourse, with as much intellectual oomph as that thing in Utah. Outfest provides an unusual level of access to the minds and ears of some of the most influential filmmakers and writers working.
- Los Angeles Times

The whole basis of my career comes from this festival.
- Gus Van Sant

For 29 years, Outfest has screened more than 4,500 international films and videos for audiences of well over half a million people. Each year we showcase over 200 features and shorts films in ten venues to audiences of more than 45,000 people. Great opportunities await filmmakers at Outfest:

• Outfest is the only gay and lesbian film festival in the heart of the entertainment industry, and more industry executives attend Outfest than any other gay and lesbian film festival. Our Access LA program offers comprehensive services for emerging filmmakers to forge connections in Hollywood.

These services include:
- One-on-one industry meetings with an agent, manager, production company executive, entertainment lawyer or distribution company executive for directors in the festival.
- A five-part HBO Breakfast Series hosted by members of the Outfest Board of Directors, with topics like How to Find Distribution, How to Get Work in Television, How to Get Representation, etc.
- A DVD library at the Directors Guild of America accessible to distributors and programmers.
- Three dozen panels, parties and receptions where filmmakers meet other filmmakers as well as representatives from the industry, other festivals and international LGBT media outlets.

• Outfest has the most extensive awards program of any gay and lesbian film festival, bestowing 17 awards for film and video excellence, including the $5,000 HBO Outstanding First Narrative Feature Award.

• Our superb filmmaker hospitality program (accreditation, screening tickets, party invitations, etc.) ensures that your time in Los Angeles is both pleasant and productive.

• Our state-of-the-art venues include the festival headquarters at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and screenings at the vast outdoor John Anson Ford Amphitheater, the historic Orpheum movie palace, the LA Gay and Lesbian Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza and REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater.

• Outfest receives media coverage from national outlets such as Vanity Fair, Us Weekly, People, CNN, USA Today, E! Entertainment Television, Access Hollywood, Variety, Entertainment Tonight, The Advocate, OUT, MTV, Hollywood Reporter, Genre and the Independent Film Channel — as well as key local outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, LA Daily News,Lesbian News, Frontiers, Edge, XY Magazine, Nightlife, local network news and many others.

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