The queer pleasures are endless in this entertaining thriller. Abigail, a beautiful femme-dyke private investigator, teams up with macho gay guy Michael to investigate the vanishing of Michael's twin, an erotic portrait photographer with a bad reputation. When Michael poses as his brother, potential suspects emerge from the woodwork. Amid the suspense, hilarious one-liners and abundance of full-frontal male nudity, 2 MINUTES LATER successfully keeps audiences riveted, laughing and definitely turned on.

Edgy and brutally honest, Cyrus Amini's gritty cinéma-vérité drama is an unflinching yet compassionate portrait of two young hustlers cruising the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Marcus, a smoldering dirty blonde surfer-type, is the protégé, best friend and sometime partner of “DotCom,” a seasoned street hustler and aspiring singer. When Marcus's troubled past resurfaces, their lives are soon changed forever. Bristling with authenticity, 25 CENT PREVIEW crescendos to a moving catharsis.

Outfest looks back over its 25-year history through the thoughts, images and eyes of directors who have told our magnificent stories. How has LGBT filmmaking changed in the past quarter century? How are the challenges that pioneering directors faced different from those of directors today? What do directors hope to see change over the next 25 years? Join us for this prestigious DGA-sponsored event as we hear from directors who have forged queer images on the silver screen and who continue to challenge us with provocattive and forward-looking perspectives on queer life.

Moderator: Paris Barclay (“NYPD Blue”, “Lost”).
Panelists: Robert Cary (SAVE ME, IRA AND ABBY), C. Jay Cox (KISS THE BRIDE, LATTER DAYS), Arthur Hiller (MAKING LOVE, LOVE STORY), Tommy O’Haver (AN AMERICAN CRIME, BILLY’S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS), Kimberly Peirce (BOYS DON’T CRY, “The L Word”)

Somehow two straight guys have to figure out who is the better kisser.

These top-notch award-winning films depict sweet, funny and moving stories on topics including unresolved mother-daughter issues, an exchange student’s crazy year, a young girl’s chance encounter with a stranger, and a night out in queer 1950s Britain. Taking form in spoken word performance, animation and music video, these are some of the best shorts by, for and about girls.

One fatal night, a woman opens the box of eternity, sealing her destiny and the fate of the world.

Two teenage girls take off, struggle to fly, and eventually come in for an emergency landing.

There's no one quite like Alexis Arquette! One of the famed Arquette siblings, the celeb has appeared in films as diverse as PULP FICTION, THE WEDDING SINGER and WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE, and was well-known as a drag performer before publicly revealing that she was transitioning from male to female. With humor and poignancy, the eye-opening SHE'S MY BROTHER inventively documents Alexis opening her life to the cameras on her journey of self actualization.

Liberally based on a true story, this superb drama tells the moving and provocative tale of Lea, a male-to-female transsexual. Lea's story is a mystery to those at her job, including Greg, a colleague who's attracted to her. A business trip to Paris, where the family she left behind lives, results in dramatic consequences for everyone in her life. Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast, ANOTHER WOMAN is a fascinating drama about family, secrets and honesty.

Daily situations pose a fearful problem for a gender-questioning teen.

Alexandra doesn't want to accept that her girlfriend left her, but comes to understand that loss will always be a part of life.

Two young men on the verge of adulthood confront their sexual identities in the shadow of the Confederacy.