A Girls' Guide to Outfest 2012

Outfest, Los Angeles’ gay and lesbian film festival, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, showing LGBT films in Hollywood and Los Angeles from July 12 to July 22. Since 1982 Outfest has shown more than 5,600 films to one million people, and films have been picked up and distributed around the world. Here’s our guide to the most girl-friendly films Outfest has to offer this year. And we know that Outfest is LA centric but you can also look for these films at fests closer to you! 

Theaters:

Outfest, Los Angeles’ gay and lesbian film festival, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, showing LGBT films in Hollywood and Los Angeles from July 12 to July 22. Since 1982 Outfest has shown more than 5,600 films to one million people, and films have been picked up and distributed around the world. Here’s our guide to the most girl-friendly films Outfest has to offer this year. And we know that Outfest is LA centric but you can also look for these films at fests closer to you! 

Theaters:

DGA: Directors Guild of America
7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90046

Ford: John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, 90068

Harmony Gold Theatre
7655 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90046

REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall
631 W. 2nd St., Downtown Los Angeles, 90012

Orpheum Theatre
842 S. Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles, 90014

Village: LA Gay and Lesbian Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Pl., Los Angeles, 90038

Friday, July 13

My Best Day

Screening: 9:15 pm at Harmony Gold (also 11:30 am on Sunday, July 15 in DGA 2)

Story: Karen juggles a visit from her long-lost father while living in a small town, and her co-worker Megan struggles to choose between her longtime girlfriend and a new love.

Saturday, July 14

Margarita

Screening: 12:00 pm at Harmony Gold

Story: A young Mexican woman named Margarita works as a nanny for a Canadian family, but only when she's not hanging at ladies-only hot tub parties with her girlfriend. But when she loses her job, Margarita must get married or face deportation.

A Map For a Talk (Mapa Para Conversar)

Screening: 7:15 pm in DGA 2 (also 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 21 in DGA 2)

Story: A young single mother in Chile takes a day trip on a sailboat with her artist girlfriend and her disapproving mother, teaching all three about the struggle to accept those we love.

Sunday, July 15

Born Naked (MLB)

Screening: 4:00 pm at REDCAT (also 7:15 pm on Monday, July 16 in DGA 2)

Story: This documentary takes its title from the famous RuPaul quote, "We're all born naked, and the rest is drag." 23-year-old Spanish filmmaker Andrea Esteban and her girlfriend travel to Madrid, Berlin and London to meet young lesbian and trans activists, artists and journalists.

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