The inaugural Pride Live! Hollywood festival has added several events to its lineup.
A number of screenings have joined the schedule, including The Big Johnson, about queer punk legend Dean Johnson, with nightlife impresario Mario Diaz and filmmaker Lola Rocknrolla discussing the film and its subject afterward.
Additionally, organizers have added screenings of Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, focusing on the Sex and the City costume designer; the comedy Things Like This, with writer-director and star Max Talisman in conversation to follow. In addition, the Los Angeles premiere of the U.K. feature Unicorns, starring Ben Hardy and Jason Patel, will be preceded by Remi Gabriel’s short Barbie Boy.
And two free-admission events will take place at Amoeba Music: Power-pop band L.A. Exes will perform and sign their album Get Some at Amoeba Music, and a Pride weekend kickoff event will feature Long Beach-based DJs wonderfulbryan and speakandspel spinning LGBT favorites.
A number of screenings have joined the schedule, including The Big Johnson, about queer punk legend Dean Johnson, with nightlife impresario Mario Diaz and filmmaker Lola Rocknrolla discussing the film and its subject afterward.
Additionally, organizers have added screenings of Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, focusing on the Sex and the City costume designer; the comedy Things Like This, with writer-director and star Max Talisman in conversation to follow. In addition, the Los Angeles premiere of the U.K. feature Unicorns, starring Ben Hardy and Jason Patel, will be preceded by Remi Gabriel’s short Barbie Boy.
And two free-admission events will take place at Amoeba Music: Power-pop band L.A. Exes will perform and sign their album Get Some at Amoeba Music, and a Pride weekend kickoff event will feature Long Beach-based DJs wonderfulbryan and speakandspel spinning LGBT favorites.
- 6/5/2025
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 15th anniversary of the beloved Lower East Side Film Festival (Lesff) has a star-studded lineup. IndieWire can announce that Lesff 2025 will open with the New York premiere of Pete Ohs’ “The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick” May 1. The festival will conclude May 5 with Lola Rocknrolla’s true crime documentary “The Big Johnson” about drag queen Dean Johnson.
“Our Opening and Closing Night films are proof that indie filmmaking packs a punch,” Roxy Hunt, Lesff Co-Director and CEO of Bfd Productions, said. “Pete Ohs and Lola Rocknrolla are true badass filmmakers, telling stories that are daring, original, and unapologetic. At a time when Hollywood is playing it safe and overlooking bold, visionary voices, independent film is where authentic stories have the freedom to break through. Lesff has always been about championing that spirit, and this year is no different.”
“The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick...
“Our Opening and Closing Night films are proof that indie filmmaking packs a punch,” Roxy Hunt, Lesff Co-Director and CEO of Bfd Productions, said. “Pete Ohs and Lola Rocknrolla are true badass filmmakers, telling stories that are daring, original, and unapologetic. At a time when Hollywood is playing it safe and overlooking bold, visionary voices, independent film is where authentic stories have the freedom to break through. Lesff has always been about championing that spirit, and this year is no different.”
“The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick...
- 4/8/2025
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Slamdance Film Festival has announced the line-up for its inaugural edition in Los Angeles running February 20-26, 2025.
The 31st annual festival’s roster comprises 146 films, 21 of which are world premiere features from more than 20 countries including the UK, Australia, Canada, China, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, and Uganda.
The selection was culled from nearly 10,000 submissions including 1,795 features. All films in the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition are directorial debuts without US distribution, budgeted at $1m or less.
The festival takes place at Director’s Guild of America and Quixote - West Hollywood, and opening night is at The Egyptian Theatre.
The 31st annual festival’s roster comprises 146 films, 21 of which are world premiere features from more than 20 countries including the UK, Australia, Canada, China, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, and Uganda.
The selection was culled from nearly 10,000 submissions including 1,795 features. All films in the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition are directorial debuts without US distribution, budgeted at $1m or less.
The festival takes place at Director’s Guild of America and Quixote - West Hollywood, and opening night is at The Egyptian Theatre.
- 12/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
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