Out Film CT & The Garde Arts Center Co-Present: QUEER Out Film CT has partnered with the Garde Arts Center in New London, CT (325 State Street) to bring you one of the most anticipated gay films of the year! CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: Sunday, February 9 @ 3:00PM. Check back here for rescheduling information. Part of the Breezeline 2025 […]
Queer Thursdays Presents: THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS A new film from Out Film CT alum Fawzia Mirza (Signature Move)! It’s 1999. 22-year-old queer Pakistani grad student Azra (Amrit Kaur) lives in Toronto with her girlfriend and has a strained relationship with her conservative mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha). Mariam and her husband Hassan (Hamza Haq) are traveling to Pakistan to […]
CORA BORA Screening Thursday, August 8, 2024, 7:00 PM @ Cinestudio Cora Bora centers on the titular nicknamed musician, who left Portland and her girlfriend behind to pursue her dreams in LA. The couple’s open relationship allows each to explore, or in Cora’s case, endure an awkward one-night-stand with a sexy flat earther (Thomas Mann). With underwhelming gigs and a […]
SCREAMS FROM THE TOWER Screening Thursday, September 12, 2024, 7:00 PM @ Cinestudio Screams From the Tower is a gay, coming-of-age comedy that follows Julien, his best friend Cary, and their outcast friends through high school in the early 90s. Julien and Cary’s dream of having their own show on the high school radio station is finally realized, bringing them […]
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MODERN (Úsvit) (screening with short film SEAHORSE PARENTS – see info below) Screening Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7:00 PM @ Cinestudio Helena, is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city, as the pregnant wife of an important factory manager. However, all her illusions soon perish, as the dead body of […]
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER Screening Thursday, July 11, 2024, 7:00 PM @ Cinestudio In the absurdist autobiographically-inspired dark comedy, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown (Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin) grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Uniting with a ragtag team […]
The 37th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival will be held June 14 – 22, 2024. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for details. As in previous years, the Out Film CT selection committee has received hundreds of submissions from almost every corner of the globe and is finalizing its lineup. The majority of the festival will be screened at the festival’s […]
“STYLING IDENTITIES” Double Feature: MANSCAPING (2022) SWAN SONG (2021) Co-presented by Out Film CT Friday, June 7, 6PM @ Wadsworth Atheneum – Get tickets Saturday, June 8, 6PM @ Wadsworth Atheneum – Get tickets Manscaping captures the artistry and activism of three individuals, modeling ways to transcend toxic masculinity in favor of social inclusion and personal freedom. Devan Shimoyama is […]
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR SHORTS (screening at 7PM, preceded by artist discussion at 6PM): STRANGE WAY OF LIFE THE HUMAN VOICE Part of the FIRST THURSDAYS program @ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Co-presented by Out Film CT Celebrate the beginning of Pride Month and the opening of MATRIX 194 with a night of music, art, and films. Listen to artist Kyle […]
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Four Screenings @ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Thursday, June 6, 2:00 PM Friday, June 7, 2:00 PM Saturday, June 8, 2:00 PM Sunday, June 9, 2:00 PM Co-presented by Out Film CT James Baldwin’s mesmerizing storytelling takes viewers from Birmingham to Selma and Newark, vividly portraying the South’s violent resistance to desegregation and […]
