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Screenings & Events

Festivals, Special Guests, Retrospectives and more "one night only" queer cinema screenings.

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Bride of Frankenstein

Family Matinees

  
Oct 12, 2024 11:00 AM
  
Academy Museum
  
James Whale
   
1935
   
75
 min
A camp sequel to gay director James Whale's monster flick Frankenstein, with one of the most enduring and iconic female monsters ever seen on screen.
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
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Drag On Tape: Collecting Archival for "The Other Drag" Documentary

Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024

Circa: Queer Histories Festival

  
Oct 12, 2024 5:00 PM
  
Los Angeles LGBT Center
  
Director Larin Sollivan and editor Alex Bohs
   
   
 min
Join filmmaker Larin Sullivan, director of The Young King and the new drag king documentary The Other Drag, alongside Alex Bohs, editor of P.S. Burn This Letter Please, for a screening and discussion on the process of finding, using and working with newly vintage drag tape.
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Not Queer but Queer

Dracula's Daughter

  
Oct 12, 2024 7:30 PM
  
Vista Theater Hollywood
  
Lambert Hillyer
   
1936
   
71
 min
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
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Queer Retro

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge

  
Oct 12, 2024 9:55 PM
  
Vidiots Eagle Theater
  
Jack Sholder
   
1985
   
87
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The Village Voice called it "the gayest horror film ever," with closeted gay actor Mark Patton playing the traditional "scream queen" main character--and shower scenes, fetish clubs, and and all the gay subtext you can want (but that the filmmakers deny to this day).
Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses.
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Reel Resilience: The Circa 2024 Short Film Festival

Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024

Circa: Queer Histories Festival

  
Oct 13, 2024 3:00 PM
  
Los Angeles LGBT Center
  
Filmmakers in attendance
   
   
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In a first for the festival, One Institute presents “Reel Resilience: The Circa 2024 Short Film Festival.” This curated selection of films delves into the transformative power of love and the revolutionary spirit that has driven the LGBTQ+ community’s journey through history.
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Bones and Names

German Currents Film Festival

  
Oct 13, 2024 5:30 PM
  
Goethe-Institut LA
  
Fabian Stumm
   
2023
   
104
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Boris and Jonathan have been a couple for many years. But their relationship has reached a point where they might as well spend their evenings together separately: One lies in bed reading, the other works at a desk in the next room.
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Let the Right One In

  
Oct 13, 2024 7:00 PM
  
Vidiots Eagle Theater
  
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Tomas Alfredson
   
2008
   
115
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Featuring an introduction and short film Last to Leave from writer, director, actor, and Founding Member Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Oskar is a bullied 12 year-old boy, longing to extract revenge on his tormentors but unable to build the courage to do it himself. But then he meets a girl called Eli, who gives him the strength he’s been looking for. But Eli is not all she seems to be…
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Fresh Kill

30th Anniversary

  
Oct 13, 2024 8:00 PM
  
Brain Dead Studios
  
Director Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang
   
1994
   
80
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Mezzanine + Dirty Looks presents the Los Angeles premiere of a brand-new 35mm print for the 30th anniversary of Shu Lea Cheang’s one-of-a-kind queer cyberpunk eco-thriller, featuring an in-person Q&A with the director herself.
Shareen and Claire, a lesbian couple living on Staten Island, find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ominous television commercials, and deadly cat food.
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“From Past to Present”: Lecture and Short Film Screening

Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024

Circa: Queer Histories Festival

  
Oct 15, 2024 6:00 PM
  
One Gallery
  
Director Morgan Lieberman
   
   
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Join photographer Morgan Lieberman for a short lecture and screening of the short film from Hidden Once, Hidden Twice, a long-term documentary project chronicling the lives of senior lesbian partnerships across the United States.
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Theatrical runs

Now In Theaters

Make space at the multiplex! Here are the queer films at LA cinemas right now...

Will and Harper
Josh Greenbaum
114
 min
Opens 
Sep 13

When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.

When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.

All Shall Be Well
Ray Yeung
93
 min
Opens 
Sep 27

When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.

Emilia Pérez
Jacques Audiard
132
 min
Opens 
Nov 1

Karla Sofía Gascón became the first Trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes, thanks to this extravagant musical about a Mexican drug lord who hires a lawyer to help stage her death and flee the country, in order to transition and live her true life abroad.

Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.