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<strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
STAFF &<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
DAMIEN NAVARRO<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
TRE’VELL ANDERSON<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> IN FOCUS WRITER<br />
DANIEL ALVAREZ<br />
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT<br />
OLYMPIA AMMON<br />
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT<br />
KAPENA BAPTISTA<br />
SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR<br />
SAM CHASE<br />
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR<br />
KEVIN CHIN<br />
PROGRAMMING INTERN<br />
DANIEL CROOKE<br />
PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR<br />
MARISSA FORTUGNO<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> IN FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
ADAM GOLDBERG<br />
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR<br />
LEXXI LEDEZMA<br />
PRODUCTION MANAGER<br />
BRENDAN LUCAS<br />
LEGACY PROJECT MANAGER<br />
MOIRA MCFADDEN<br />
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER<br />
SARI NAVARRO<br />
BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATE<br />
KERRI STOUGHTON-JACKSON<br />
DEPUTY DIRECTOR<br />
ANDRAE VIGIL-ROMERO<br />
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER<br />
SHERYL SANTACRUZ<br />
PROGRAMMING MANAGER<br />
JACKELYN SANTIAGO<br />
MARKETING INTERN<br />
KYOKO TAKENAKA<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> KEY ART MODEL<br />
PATRICIO MANUEL<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> KEY ART MODEL<br />
WILLIAM TELLEZ<br />
BOX OFFICE MANAGER<br />
NADEEN TORIO<br />
FILM <strong>GUIDE</strong> GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
ZOE URNESS<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> IN FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
MAGALI VIRULA<br />
INTERNAL OPERATIONS MANAGER<br />
JESS X SNOW<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong> KEY ART DESIGNER<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
¡Bienvenidos a todos!<br />
Anyone who has met me recently and<br />
heard me talk impassionedly about<br />
Outfest knows that I was most excited to<br />
dig into Outfest Fusion. This festival — founded<br />
with the dedicated mission of celebrating<br />
queer and trans people of color at the center of<br />
the narrative — felt uniquely built to embrace<br />
all parts of me and remind me of my own<br />
experiences as a queer Latinx Angeleno.<br />
Early on in my tenure as Executive Director,<br />
I set out on an informal inquiry from a select<br />
sample of my board members, filmmaker<br />
alumni, students, studios heads, agents and<br />
development executives to uncover the value<br />
of what a program like Fusion might evolve<br />
into for the <strong>2020</strong> decade — a decade that<br />
will celebrate our 40th Anniversary as an<br />
organization and our 20th Fusion.<br />
What quickly became apparent is that unlike<br />
our flagship festival, it was Outfest Fusion that<br />
many still considered undiscovered. From its<br />
proud beginnings, Fusion had all the elements of<br />
an early SXSW — industry and public workshops,<br />
a day-long on-site studio symposium for its<br />
filmmakers, a One-Minute Movie Contest, today’s<br />
most promising POC storytellers and shorts,<br />
feature-length and international premieres.<br />
However, I see this as just the beginning. I<br />
want to dig deeper into our community and push<br />
our storytellers even further into the industry<br />
here in our backyard. I know there still needs<br />
to be a stronger effort to support POC artists<br />
across a broader cross-section of entertainment,<br />
and within our own community, as well.<br />
When it comes to driving representation in the<br />
business of filmmaking for diversity and inclusive<br />
storytelling at scale, I believe Fusion just barely<br />
scratches the surface. Our workshops and career<br />
mentorship of persons of color need to embrace<br />
those from broader backgrounds. We must<br />
continue to expand exhibition of multicultural and<br />
multinational stories from artists of every swatch<br />
and corner of the world.<br />
That begins now…<br />
I hope you enjoy Outfest Fusion’s new<br />
look, program, flavor, expanded industry<br />
representation, and venues. The team has been<br />
working non-stop to get us here — and it’s just<br />
the beginning.<br />
Muchas gracias por venir a mi gente y<br />
bienvenidos a Outfest Fusion.<br />
Warmest regards always,<br />
Damien S. Navarro<br />
Executive Director<br />
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Letter from Outfest<br />
Fusion Programmers<br />
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Opportunity. Amidst all the exciting features, short films,<br />
panels, workshops, and performances you’ll get to witness<br />
at Outfest Fusion <strong>2020</strong>, the one word we find most<br />
represents the audience experience of this festival is “opportunity.”<br />
When a program focused on LGBTQIA+ people of color<br />
comes together, the opportunities that it creates for our<br />
audience are almost exponential. You get the chance to<br />
experience budding talent creating their first works that buzz<br />
with the electricity of invention and inspiration; you’re able,<br />
perhaps for the first time, to view queer life through the lens<br />
of a country that you may never have fully considered — India,<br />
Kazakhstan, Brazil; and you have the rare opportunity to interact<br />
with those creators in an environment that is safe, inclusive,<br />
and encourages lively conversation.<br />
Outfest Fusion’s potential has grown and evolved in its nearly<br />
two decades. We feel honored to be the conduit through which<br />
so many gifted artists will get to share their visions, and through<br />
which successful craftspeople can pass their knowledge along<br />
through workshops and talkbacks. And we hope that in doing<br />
so, you feel empowered to recognize the value and importance of<br />
your sharing your own story. Fusion is not only about celebrating<br />
the full rainbow of talent in our community but also about breaking<br />
down boundaries so others can find it in themselves.<br />
But the experience shouldn’t end on closing night at the<br />
Finale. Another opportunity for you, the audience, is to spread<br />
the word. Some of the artists in our Fusion program have already<br />
won awards, had major festival play, and are beginning exciting<br />
careers in their chosen field — others are just finding their<br />
footing. You play a crucial role in their development, simply by<br />
telling others about what you’ve seen and loved. If the work you<br />
see at Fusion moves you like it moved us, go tell somebody. You<br />
might help an artist get their work seen by a wider audience, or<br />
you might help light a fire in another aspiring artist.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Mike Dougherty, Director of Festival Programming<br />
Sheryl Santacruz, Programming Manager<br />
Outfest Fusion is the people of color-focused and<br />
international film, music and storytelling festival that<br />
spotlights breakthrough works from today’s most<br />
exciting underground artists, musicians, and creators.<br />
Fusion is where the next generation of storytellers<br />
and cultural ambassadors are discovered.<br />
3 Sponsors<br />
5 Letter from<br />
Executive Director<br />
7 Letter from<br />
Programming Team<br />
9 In Focus: Andrew Huang<br />
11 Fusion Gala & Fusion Finale<br />
12 Fusion Films<br />
14 In Focus: Mary Evangelista<br />
16 Panel & Screening:<br />
Making a Lasting Mark in<br />
the Entertainment Industry<br />
17 Schedule at a Glance<br />
19 In Focus: Elegance Bratton<br />
& Chester Algernal Gordon<br />
26 Fusion Workshops<br />
29 In Focus: Isabel Sandoval<br />
30 Film Index<br />
TICKETS: 213.480.7065 | outfest.org 7
<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
(LILY CHAN AND THE DOOM GIRLS)<br />
PHOTO CREDIT ZOE URNESS<br />
Andrew Huang’s way of thinking<br />
is otherworldly. One look at his<br />
short Lily Chan and the Doom<br />
Girls, a spinoff of a feature film he’s<br />
working on, and that becomes clear. A<br />
coming-of-age fantasy about a Chinese<br />
American girl in the 60s, the short<br />
serves two purposes: as an amusebouche<br />
of sorts to introduce us to a<br />
new visual language where beehives,<br />
hair, and cigarettes come together; and<br />
to assert the enduring visibility of Asian<br />
folks onscreen.<br />
“I grew up seeing photos of my<br />
parents during the 60s and 70s and<br />
I have yet to see a film that puts<br />
Asian faces in the center of that era,”<br />
he says. “It’s important to show<br />
audiences that we were there and<br />
existed at that time and place.”<br />
With a background in fine art, visual<br />
effects, puppetry, and animation, the<br />
Los Angeles-based filmmaker is known<br />
for his works that meld Sinofuturist<br />
folklore, mysticism, and spiritual<br />
realism. He was Grammy-nominated<br />
earlier this year for the music video<br />
to FKA twigs’ “Cellophane” and has<br />
collaborated in the past with Björk.<br />
And the fact that his work has been<br />
exhibited worldwide, from New York<br />
City’s Museum of Modern Art and Los<br />
Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art<br />
to The Sydney Opera House, should<br />
come as no surprise considering his<br />
filmmaking inspirations: Thai director<br />
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, British<br />
screenwriter Terry Gilliam, and Italian-<br />
Canadian director Floria Sigismondi, a<br />
perfect mix of his interests in “dreamy<br />
spiritual realism, Hollywood-level fantasy<br />
production without being in Hollywood,<br />
and post-goth,” he says, laughing.<br />
“I hope queer creators of color are<br />
inspired to put their own stories on<br />
screen that live outside the confines of<br />
social realism,” he continued, sharing<br />
his wishes for Fusion audiences<br />
viewing his work. “There’s so much to<br />
imagine beyond this reality, time, and<br />
place. Let’s take ourselves there.”<br />
Lily Chan and the Doom Girls<br />
plays in SHORTS: HOW DO I<br />
SAY THIS? on Saturday, March 7<br />
at 8pm at Regal L.A. Live.<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Friday | March 6 | 7:30pm | JACCC<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> GALA<br />
Outfest Fusion <strong>2020</strong> opens with a<br />
night of celebration. We are back at<br />
the Japanese American Culture &<br />
Community Center where Outfest<br />
Fusion started over 16 years ago. The<br />
night kicks off with a special award<br />
presentation honoring Blackhouse<br />
founder Brickson Diamond with the<br />
Fusion Achievement Award and writerdirector<br />
Nancy Mejia with the inaugural<br />
Spotlight Award. The Fusion Gala<br />
Shorts program showcases a collection<br />
of exemplary QTPOC short films by<br />
emerging artists that brim with a mastery<br />
of craft, adventurous and incisive<br />
storytelling, humor and heartbreak, and<br />
truly embrace the intersectionality of<br />
our LGBTQIA+ family. The night is only<br />
beginning as we move outside onto<br />
the Plaza for a fun-filled night OF music,<br />
dancing, bites sponsored by Hyundai and<br />
AN Effen Vodka and Angel City Brewery<br />
hosted bar. The Fusion Gala connects our<br />
community with one another in a joyous<br />
atmosphere of inclusivity.<br />
BUBBLE (dir. Alyssa Lerner, USA); BUCK<br />
(dirs. Elegance Bratton & Jovan James, USA);<br />
DARLING (dir. Saim Sadiq, Pakistan/USA);<br />
KILLER WORKOUT (dir. Sara Werner, USA);<br />
SEXTPERT ADVICE (dir. Tobit Raphael, USA);<br />
SPILT MILK (dir. Cierra Glaude, USA).<br />
Tuesday | March 10 | 6:00pm Pre-Reception |<br />
7:30pm Screening | 9:00pm Post-Reception | Los Angeles Theater Center<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong> FINALE<br />
plus ONE MINUTE MOVIE CONTEST<br />
Come join us as we wrap Outfest Fusion <strong>2020</strong> with style and talent like no<br />
other. Celebrate the closing night of the festival with libations, food, music,<br />
and see the premiere showcase of films submitted for the One-Minute<br />
Movie Contest. Previous winners have included a host of leather daddies,<br />
everyday citizens, and even a mad-mom-in-a-minivan who have joined the<br />
ranks of the most cherished and celebrated filmmakers up on the stage to<br />
collect the coveted award.<br />
We all know that submitting your first film for exhibition is a big step, so come<br />
and join your own premiere party or if spectating is more your style, join us for a<br />
first look at tomorrow’s brightest voices, and get in on the ground floor!<br />
Did we mention there will be music and performances you will love,<br />
along with cocktails, wine and food? Oh, what will you wear? So whether<br />
you’re a filmmaker, artist, student, parent, barista, industry local, executive,<br />
or just someone who loves movies — don’t miss this final party.<br />
TICKETS: 213.480.7065 | outfest.org 11
<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Saturday | March 7 |<br />
12:00pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
LINGUA<br />
FRANCA<br />
DIR. ISABEL SANDOVAL/USA<br />
Olivia works as a caregiver<br />
to an elderly Russian-<br />
Jewish woman, while<br />
planning a marriage of<br />
convenience to obtain a<br />
green card and worrying<br />
about whether I.C.E. will<br />
discover her before that<br />
can happen. But when<br />
she becomes involved<br />
with her employer’s<br />
troubled grandson, the<br />
line she walks as an<br />
undocumented Filipina<br />
trans woman begins to<br />
unravel. Writer-directorstar<br />
Isabel Sandoval<br />
sensitively tackles these<br />
heavily politicized issues<br />
from a personal and wholly<br />
authentic viewpoint, giving<br />
us a heroine imbued with<br />
grace, determination, and<br />
nuance.<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 2:45pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
WE ARE THE RADICAL<br />
MONARCHS<br />
DIR: LINDA GOLDSTEIN KNOWLTON/USA<br />
WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS synopsis cuts off before it’s<br />
finished. Should read as: Meet the Radical Monarchs, a scouting<br />
troop in Oakland where Thin Mints are put aside in favor of<br />
earning badges like “Black Lives Matter” and “Radical Beauty.”<br />
Queer activists Anayvette Martinez and Marilyn Hollinquest cofounded<br />
the Monarchs to create a safe space in their community<br />
for young women of color to learn about social justice, selfacceptance,<br />
body positivity, inclusion, intersectionality, allyship,<br />
and more. From their upstart beginnings through the divisive<br />
2016 election, the urgency of their mission is ever-salient as they<br />
inspire a new generation of fierce, feminist warriors!<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 1:30pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
SHORTS: OUR FRIENDS<br />
& LOVERS<br />
Whether you’re a long-term couple, an extended chosen family,<br />
or a pair of boyfriends getting physical for the first time, there’s<br />
no doubt that queer relationships of all stripes come with<br />
guaranteed drama. The characters in these shorts handle the<br />
rough roads of love, sex, and friendship with the warmth and<br />
biting humor that it’s sometimes necessary for a queer person<br />
to wear like armor in today’s world.<br />
BDAY (dir: Andrew Lush, USA); DIRTY (dir: Matthew Puccini, USA);<br />
DRIP LIKE COFFEE (dir: Anaiis Cisco, USA); FLOURISH (dir: Heather<br />
María Ács, USA); GAMERS (Searit Huluf, USA); WHO CAN PREDICT<br />
WHAT WILL MOVE YOU (dir Livia Huang, USA).<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Saturday | March 7 | 4:15pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
TWENTIES<br />
Creator Lena Waithe’s energetic and<br />
hilarious new BET series chronicles the<br />
lives of Hattie, a queer black woman in<br />
Los Angeles, and her two best friends as<br />
they pursue their dreams, manage parttime<br />
lovers and demanding bosses, and<br />
pause for necessary Waiting to Exhale<br />
soundtrack sing-alongs. Cast members<br />
JoJo Gibbs, Christina Elmore, and Gabrielle<br />
Graham will join us for a sneak peek of the<br />
series’ first two episodes, followed by a<br />
post-screening discussion!<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 6:15pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
SHORTS: TO BE YOUNG,<br />
QUEER, AND BLACK<br />
Defying barriers and binaries in community, culture, and family,<br />
these films dive deeply into the world of self-made spirits<br />
cultivating belonging through the truth of artistic expression.<br />
Reaching beyond their neighborhood, societal and family<br />
expectations, we are invited to witness the gifted journey of<br />
young, queer, and Black voices as innovative, bold, and bravely<br />
calling in a future of dynamic equity, expression, and wonder<br />
rising from grief to personal and collective triumph.<br />
HOMEGOING (Dir: Carlton Daniel, USA): LIME (Dir: Donta Storey,<br />
USA); WHERE MY GIRLS (Dir: Mads Engel, USA); SHÉÁR AVORY:<br />
TO BE CONTINUED (Dir: Abram Cerda, USA); -SHIP: A VISUAL<br />
POEM (Dir: Terrance Daye, USA); SUPER ZEE (Dir: Nathalie<br />
Younglai, Canada).<br />
TICKETS: 213.480.7065 | outfest.org 13
<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
(LA GLORIA)<br />
PHOTO CREDIT MARISSA FORTUGNO<br />
La Gloria plays in SHORTS: LATINXCELLENCE on<br />
Monday, March 9 at 9:30pm at Plaza de la Raza.<br />
Mary Evangelista’s filmic inspirations can be boiled down<br />
into three people. The first is Xavier Dolan “because of<br />
the way he’s brought Preston Sturges-level melodrama<br />
to contemporary queer cinema.” The second, she says, is “Jane<br />
Campion because every feeling and tone in The Piano springs forth<br />
from the screenplay.” The third is Lucrecia Martel “for her ability to<br />
craft realistic multigenerational and nuanced narratives with such<br />
innovative and beautiful cinematography and sound design.”<br />
Knowing this, it’s no surprise that Evangelista aims “to make<br />
something that instigates people to feel deeply, to possibly have<br />
them consider something in a way they haven’t before.” After all,<br />
she says, “it is the filmmaker’s job to surprise the audience.”<br />
Perhaps then that’s precisely what viewers of her short La<br />
Gloria, written by Stephanie Adams-Santos, should expect.<br />
About the yearning to be seen and recognized by someone you<br />
love, the film conveys “absolutely how powerful and redemptive<br />
a connection between two generations of women can be,<br />
especially for queer folks going through a hard time,” she says.<br />
“I hope the Fusion audience feels the warmth and hopefulness<br />
we’ve tried to imbue in this story of this young queer hero of<br />
ours,” she adds, “and to relive or experience the feeling of being<br />
seen by another, especially by a family member. It can be such an<br />
uplifting feeling of release to have that.”<br />
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FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH<br />
THEATER 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00<br />
JACCC ARATANI<br />
THEATRE (880)<br />
7:30pm <strong>FUSION</strong> GALA<br />
JACCC<br />
COURTYARD<br />
9:30pm-12 midnight<br />
GALA AFTER-PARTY<br />
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH<br />
THEATER 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00<br />
REGAL L.A.<br />
LIVE 11 (286)<br />
11:30am MAKING A<br />
LASTING MARK IN<br />
THE ENTERTAINMENT<br />
INDUSTRY PANEL<br />
4:15pm SPECIAL<br />
EVENT: TWENTIES<br />
6:15pm SHORTS: TO BE YOUNG,<br />
QUEER, AND BLACK<br />
9pm EL PRINCIPE<br />
REGAL L.A.<br />
LIVE 13 (175)<br />
12pm LINGUA FRANCA<br />
2:45pm WE ARE THE<br />
RADICAL MONARCHS<br />
5:30pm I AM THE<br />
OTHER ONE<br />
8pm SHORTS:<br />
HOW DO I SAY THIS?<br />
SECOND<br />
HOME<br />
11:30am - 1:30pm<br />
WORKSHOP: THE LGBTQIAS<br />
OF ACTING<br />
2 - 4pm WORKSHOP:<br />
MAKING A MOVIE WITH<br />
YOUR SMARTPHONE<br />
4:30 - 6pm WORKSHOP:<br />
BUILDING AN AUTHENTIC<br />
ONLINE BRAND<br />
SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH<br />
THEATER 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00<br />
REGAL L.A.<br />
LIVE 11 (286)<br />
2:30pm WALKING<br />
WITH SHADOWS<br />
5pm <strong>FUSION</strong>’S RISING<br />
STARS PANEL<br />
7pm: DRIVEWAYS 9:15pm: BREAKING FAST<br />
REGAL L.A.<br />
LIVE 13 (175)<br />
12:30pm SHORTS:<br />
BEYOND BORDERS<br />
3:15pm WELCOME<br />
TO THE USA.<br />
8:30pm SHORTS: THE ART<br />
OF SELF-EXPRESSION<br />
SECOND<br />
HOME<br />
12 - 1:30pm<br />
WORKSHOP:<br />
CRAFTING A PITCH<br />
THAT SELLS<br />
2 - 3:30pm WORKSHOP:<br />
FILM JOURNALISM<br />
& CRITICISM—A<br />
CRASH COURSE<br />
4 - 5:30pm<br />
ROUNDTABLE:<br />
WRITERS ON<br />
WRITING<br />
MONDAY, MARCH 9TH<br />
THEATER 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00<br />
PLAZA DE LA<br />
RAZA (200)<br />
7pm MOSQUITA Y MARI 9:30pm LATINXCELENCE<br />
TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
(BUCK, -SHIP: A VISUAL POEM, HOMEGOING)<br />
The world loves a power couple,<br />
and Elegance Bratton and Chester<br />
Algernal Gordon are well-deserving<br />
of the moniker. They’ve been quietly<br />
creating works that center the Black<br />
queer and trans experience for some time<br />
now, as writers, directors, producers, and<br />
costume designers. A quick sampling<br />
of their filmography includes Viceland’s<br />
award-winning docuseries My House,<br />
the Martin Scorsese-backed and Cannespremiering<br />
Port Authority, and the feature<br />
documentary Pier Kids, which earned<br />
Bratton Outfest’s Emerging Talent award<br />
last year, among others. The pair is back<br />
in these industry streets this year with<br />
three projects. They both produced<br />
Terrance Daye’s Sundance-winning short<br />
-Ship: A Visual Poem and Carlton Daniel’s<br />
Homegoing and Bratton co-wrote and<br />
co-directed and Gordon produced the<br />
Sundance-selected short film Buck with<br />
Jovan James.<br />
Of Buck, which is inspired by the tragic<br />
deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy<br />
Dean at the hands of major political donor<br />
and West Hollywood resident Ed Buck,<br />
Bratton says he and James “crafted a<br />
tale that explores the power dynamics<br />
between white gay men and young Black<br />
men in the world of chemsex.”<br />
“I have many friends who’ve picked up<br />
meth habits as result of survival sex work<br />
and clients who demanded Party ‘n Play<br />
scenarios,” he continues. “At the same<br />
time though, we wanted to keep track of<br />
the humanity of the men who desire this<br />
type of companionship. It’s important for<br />
audiences to experience Buck because<br />
the film is a guide and celebration of<br />
the remarkable power of our shared<br />
vulnerability and a reminder that both<br />
predator and prey are uniquely human.”<br />
Both Bratton and Gordon strive to<br />
broaden the representation of Black<br />
queer and trans folks onscreen through<br />
their work.<br />
“My intentions are to champion voices<br />
who inspire true change in humanity and<br />
make life on the planet better for every<br />
species,” Gordon says. “Creating art and<br />
helping facilitate getting art made and seen<br />
by unique voices that have not been able<br />
to have a spotlight on them in Hollywood<br />
and the art world is very important to me.<br />
It inspires new thought and conversation<br />
that nudges society’s hearts to be a little<br />
softer and minds to be more open.”<br />
And even if the world isn’t ready for<br />
their cinematic visions of yesteryear and<br />
tomorrow — inspired by the likes of Pedro<br />
Almodóvar, Claire Denis, and Mike Leigh<br />
for Bratton and Sheila Nevins, Christine<br />
Vachon, and Radha Blank for Gordon —<br />
they’re coming anyway with a goal of<br />
engendering self-love in audiences.<br />
“I want them to love themselves<br />
and know that whatever they are going<br />
through — emphasis on through — they<br />
will get past it and grow,” Gordon says.<br />
Next on their shared horizon is<br />
Bratton’s fiction feature debut, The<br />
Inspection, about a homeless man who<br />
joins the Marine Corps to change his life<br />
but must conceal his attraction to his drill<br />
instructor to survive boot camp. They’re<br />
also developing a Buck television series,<br />
meaning there’s more Black queer<br />
storytelling to come. We love to see it!<br />
Buck plays in the <strong>FUSION</strong><br />
GALA SHORTS on Friday,<br />
March 6 at 7:30pm at the<br />
Japanese American Cultural<br />
& Community Center.<br />
-Ship: A Visual Poem and<br />
Homegoing play in SHORTS:<br />
TO BE YOUNG, QUEER, AND<br />
BLACK on Saturday, March 7<br />
at 6:15pm at Regal L.A. Live.<br />
PHOTO CREDIT ZOE URNESS<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Saturday | March 7 | 5:30pm |<br />
Regal Cinemas<br />
EU, UM OUTRO<br />
/ I AM THE<br />
OTHER ONE<br />
DIR: SILVIA GODINHO/BRAZIL<br />
(INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE)<br />
Luca Scarpelli, Raul Capistrano,<br />
and Thalles Rocha — three<br />
Brazilian men of trans<br />
experience — invite director<br />
Silvia Godinho into their lives for<br />
a bold filmmaking experiment.<br />
With an enthralling blend of<br />
documentary and performance,<br />
Godinho’s vibrant, politicallyactive<br />
subjects navigate romantic<br />
entanglements, fights with local<br />
government bureaucracy, and<br />
plans for the future. Godinho<br />
allows these men to exist in<br />
heightened versions of their<br />
realities, and in doing so, crafts a<br />
rare and sensitive portrait of their<br />
struggle to live authentically.<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 9:00pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
EL PRINCIPE / THE PRINCE<br />
DIR. SEBASTIÁN MUÑOZ/CHILE, ARGENTINA, BELGIUM (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE)<br />
In a Chilean prison in 1970, handsome 20-year-old convict<br />
Jaime is thrust into the cutthroat world of cruelty, reprisals,<br />
and clandestine arrangements, becoming the protégé of<br />
El Potro, a fearsome older inmate whose domination gives<br />
way to reciprocity. Adapted from a little-known pulp novel,<br />
this gritty, titillating story of sex, longing, and survival in the<br />
tradition of Querelle and Kiss of the Spider Woman explores<br />
the curious affections that form between men amid the most<br />
abysmal of circumstances. Winner of the 2019 Venice Film<br />
Festival’s Queer Lion.<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 8:00pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
SHORTS: HOW DO I SAY THIS?<br />
Amongst tender moments, heartbreaking rejection, and cool SoCal<br />
nights, the films in this program ask: How do you tell someone<br />
what’s really going on — the complete and unadulterated truth?<br />
Whether revealing you want to be more than friends, accepting<br />
a diagnosis that will change your life, or admitting that you need<br />
help, these films focus on one of the hardest things for a person to<br />
do: open up and let themselves be vulnerable.<br />
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE (Dir: Leandro Goddinho, Germany); DOWN DOG<br />
(Dir: Shae Xu, USA); KAMA’INA (Dir: Kimi Howl Lee, USA); LILY CHAN<br />
AND THE DOOM GIRLS (Dir: Andrew Thomas Huang, USA); PLUS (Dir:<br />
Andrew J. Rodriguez, USA); TENDER (Dir: Felicia Pride, USA); TOUCH<br />
(Dir: Song Huang, China); SAME, OLD (Dir. Haya Alghanim, USA).<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Sunday | March 8 | 12:30pm |<br />
Regal Cinemas<br />
SHORTS:<br />
BEYOND<br />
BORDERS<br />
Stories centered around first- and<br />
second-generation immigrants<br />
across multiple continents<br />
investigate the tension between<br />
fulfilling familial obligations,<br />
meeting cultural expectations,<br />
and adjusting to a new country,<br />
all refracted through the prism<br />
of a queer lens. From the threat<br />
of deportations to romantic<br />
awakenings, through discovering<br />
histories to revealing traumas,<br />
this program celebrates the<br />
beauty and texture of our<br />
intersectionality and varied<br />
experiences.<br />
AYANEH (Dir: Nicolas Greinacher,<br />
Switzerland); THE HOUSE OF<br />
MARIANA Y GABRIEL (dir: Hena<br />
Ashraf, USA); MARCO (Dir: Saleem<br />
Haddad, UK); SAFE AMONG<br />
STARS (Dir: Jess X. Snow, USA);<br />
TOMGIRL (Dir: Vonne Patiag,<br />
Australia); UNSPOKEN (Dir. Patrick<br />
G. Lee, USA).<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 2:30pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
WALKING WITH SHADOWS<br />
DIR: AOIFE O’KELLY/NIGERIA, UK (WEST COAST PREMIERE)<br />
In Lagos, Nigeria, Ebele Njoko has been running all his life. A<br />
search for acceptance and love from his family has led him to<br />
recreate himself as Adrian Njoko, respected father, husband,<br />
and brother. Suddenly, Adrian’s past and secrets have caught up<br />
with him, and his world soon begins to crumble as he frantically<br />
tries to control the growing ripple effect of a revelation. Adapted<br />
from Jude Dibia’s award-winning novel.<br />
Preceded by SECRET (dir. Sheryl Lee Ralph)<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 3:15pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
WELCOME TO THE USA<br />
DIR: ASSEL AUSHAKIMOVA/KAZAKHSTAN<br />
Aliya has just won the lottery: the Green Card Lottery that will<br />
enable her to emigrate to the United States. In this wonderfully<br />
observed slice-of-life portrait of post-Soviet Kazakhstan,<br />
Aliya navigates keeping her aging mother company, an affair<br />
with a taken woman, her sister’s unhappiness in a strict<br />
Muslim marriage, and the futility of living in a place with little<br />
opportunity to build the life you desire — all while trying to find<br />
a way to tell them she’s leaving it behind.<br />
Preceded by UMBILICAL (dir. Danski Tang)<br />
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Sunday | March 8 | 5:00pm |<br />
Regal Cinemas<br />
<strong>FUSION</strong>’S<br />
RISING STARS<br />
Their magnetic talent has lead<br />
their careers to the verge of a<br />
major breakout, and now these<br />
six young, up-and-coming<br />
queer-identified actors of color<br />
will come together at Fusion<br />
to discuss their pathway to<br />
success in the industry, the<br />
relatively new space being<br />
carved out for QTPOC in film<br />
and television, and their advice<br />
to young hopefuls seeking<br />
to follow in their footsteps.<br />
Discussion will be moderated<br />
by Co-Editor in Chief of The<br />
Advocate, David Artavia.<br />
Panelists include: Zuri Adele<br />
( Good Trouble); Adam Faison<br />
(Everything’s Gonna Be Okay);<br />
Alexandra Grey (Empire); Poppy<br />
Liu (Sunnyside); Leo Sheng<br />
(Adam, The L Word: Generation<br />
Q); Tonatiuh ( Vida).<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 7:00pm |<br />
Regal Cinemas<br />
DRIVEWAYS<br />
DIR: ANDREW AHN/USA (LOS<br />
ANGELES PUBLIC PREMIERE)<br />
In Andrew Ahn’s Spirit<br />
Award-nominated sophomore<br />
feature, Kathy (Hong Chau)<br />
and her sensitive, young son<br />
Cody arrive in a small New<br />
York town to clean out the<br />
house of Kathy’s recently<br />
deceased sister. While mother<br />
and son adjust to their new<br />
surroundings and take stock<br />
of a life that’s starved for<br />
direction, they begin to form<br />
surprising new relationships<br />
— including with a kindly old<br />
neighbor (Brian Dennehy)<br />
whose friendship with Cody<br />
awakens deep regrets from<br />
his past.<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Sunday | March 8 | 6:00pm |<br />
Regal Cinemas<br />
YEH FREEDOM<br />
LIFE / THIS<br />
FREEDOM LIFE<br />
DIR: PRIYA SEN/INDIA (WEST COAST PREMIERE)<br />
Amongst the cacophony and chaos<br />
of Ambedkar Nagar, a dense, diverse,<br />
and largely working-class district, two<br />
queer Indians maneuver love and the<br />
complications of their relationships.<br />
We are wholly immersed in Sachi’s<br />
and Parveen’s world over the course<br />
of a year; as the city hosts festivals<br />
celebrating outmoded notions of love<br />
and a woman’s worth, they persevere<br />
to be with the women they love despite<br />
cultural and familial pressure to marry<br />
men, unrelentingly searching for the<br />
freedom to live their lives authentically.<br />
Preceded by SAVING CHINTU (dir. Tushar<br />
Tyagi) and I KNOW HER (dir. Fawzia Mirza)<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 8:30pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
SHORTS: THE ART OF<br />
SELF-EXPRESSION<br />
Lyrical, innovative, and exhilarating, these short films examine<br />
queer people from all walks of life discovering their voice, tapping<br />
into their creative powers, and embracing bold new styles of selfexpression.<br />
Deploying a myriad of mediums and visual elements,<br />
this dynamic and eclectic program offers unique cinematic takes<br />
on dance, poetry, sculpture, erotica, and music — all filtered<br />
through the eyes of queer and trans POC individuals feeling their<br />
way through the world. This is an exuberant and vital collection of<br />
vanguard voices staking their claim in life and art.<br />
ACROSS, BEYOND, AND OVER (Brit Fryer and Noah Schamus, USA);<br />
BLOCKED (Dir: Kevin Yee, USA); FLOSS (Dir: Popo Fan, China/Norway/<br />
Hong Kong); GO GO, BOY! (Dir: Oriana Oppice, USA); INFERNO<br />
(Dir: Andrew R. Blackman, New Zealand); JESSE JAMS (Dir: Trevor<br />
Anderson, Canada); SELF WORSHIP (Dir: Asia Brown, USA); SOLARITY<br />
(Dir: Marianne Verrone, USA); 2 BLACK BOYS (Dir: Rachel Myers).<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 9:15pm | Regal Cinemas<br />
BREAKING FAST<br />
DIR: MIKE MOSALLAM/USA (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE)<br />
Breaking out of your shell in West Hollywood can be<br />
overwhelming, especially when you’re a practicing gay Muslim<br />
like Mo (Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor ). But on the first night of<br />
Islam’s holiest holiday, Mo’s longtime boyfriend Hassan abruptly<br />
breaks off their relationship, leaving him heartbroken and<br />
without a sous chef for iftar. Romance with the All-American<br />
Kal may be just around the corner if only he can keep his<br />
thoughts pure and the past behind him in Mike Mosallam’s<br />
charming Ramadan rom-com.<br />
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Monday | March 9 | 7:00pm | Plaza de la Raza<br />
Legacy Project Screening:<br />
MOSQUITA Y MARI<br />
DIR: AURORA GUERRERO/USA<br />
Winner of the Best First Feature Award at Outfest Los Angeles<br />
2012, Aurora Guerrero’s refreshingly earnest portrait follows<br />
the budding friendship between two Chicana high schoolers in<br />
Huntington Park. The shining hope of her Mexican immigrant<br />
parents, Yolanda strives for a better life through academics,<br />
while her rebellious and charismatic neighbor Mari navigates the<br />
precarity of undocumented life with her family. When Yolanda<br />
begins to tutor Mari in geometry, inner uncertainties clash with<br />
outer realities, as they chart their own form of independence<br />
while bound by obligations of family and the obstacles of their<br />
working class upbringings.<br />
Preceded by VIERNES GIRL and PURA LENGUA (Aurora<br />
Guerrero, 2005)<br />
Monday | March 9 | 9:30pm |<br />
Plaza de la Raza<br />
SHORTS:<br />
LATINXCELLENCE<br />
Witness the vibrant cascade of the queer<br />
Latinx spirit in this exciting and rich<br />
collection of new short films. Here are tales<br />
of resilience in a world of hate, of dignity<br />
in the face of oppression, and of love<br />
found in unexpected places. These films<br />
zero in on specific worlds and characters<br />
whose triumphs and struggles resonate<br />
and inspire beyond race or gender. Taken<br />
together, these Latinx short films speak to<br />
the profound transformative powers of a<br />
living life authentically.<br />
ACUITZERAMO (dir: Miguel Angel Caballero,<br />
Mexico/USA); LA GLORIA (dir: Mary Evangelista,<br />
USA); THE NIGHT, UNSHELTERED (Iñaki<br />
Velásquez, Chile); TO BE WITH YOU (Dir: Elliott<br />
Feliciano, USA); TRUE TO YOU (Dir: Jacob<br />
Charton, USA); WONDER (Dir: Javier Molina,<br />
USA); YUNIOR (Dir: Francisco Cabrera-Feo, USA).<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Saturday | March 7 | 11:30am | Second Home<br />
THE LGBTQIAS OF ACTING<br />
TAUGHT BY RAIN VALDEZ<br />
Calling all LGBTQIA, non-binary, and POC actors! Actress<br />
and filmmaker Rain Valdez will show you acting techniques<br />
to help you navigate Hollywood as a queer actor. Talent of<br />
all levels are encouraged to attend and prepare a one to<br />
two minute monologue for class.<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 2:00pm | Second Home<br />
HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE<br />
WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE<br />
TAUGHT BY CHESTER ALGERNAL (WITH JOVAN JAMES)<br />
Have a story to tell but don’t know where to start? Come<br />
learn the tools and techniques in this crash course on how<br />
to make high-quality short films using what you already<br />
have. Producer Chester Algernal Gordon will use their<br />
expertise to put your ideas in front of the camera. You will<br />
leave inspired and ready to create your own film!<br />
Saturday | March 7 | 4:30pm | Second Home<br />
BUILDING AN AUTHENTIC<br />
ONLINE BRAND WITH<br />
KALEN ALLEN<br />
TAUGHT BY KALEN ALLEN<br />
With over 600 million cross-platform views of his<br />
original content in just two years time, Kalen Allen<br />
has become one of the internet’s most well-known<br />
personalities for his “Kalen Reacts” videos, landing<br />
him over 1 million Instagram followers and a spot on<br />
The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Now, in an age when<br />
younger folks increasingly look to YouTube and social<br />
media to make their voices heard, Kalen will share his<br />
own insights and advice on how to captivate a huge<br />
audience of followers and maximize opportunities.<br />
Participants in this workshop are encouraged to bring<br />
ideas for their own online presence, for potential<br />
feedback from Kalen himself!<br />
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<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Sunday | March 8 | 12:00pm | Second Home<br />
CRAFTING A PITCH<br />
THAT SELLS<br />
DAVID SIGURANI (NETFLIX’S BONDING,<br />
AMC’S THIS CLOSE, NETFLIX’S VERMIN)<br />
Discover the best way to present your project<br />
in order to hook a producer, actor, or executive.<br />
Having developed and sat through way too many<br />
pitches, queer Latinx producer and creative<br />
executive David Sigurani will work you through<br />
the elements of an undeniable story pitch. From<br />
your story’s world, theme, and tone to your<br />
beats and characters, stir up all the necessary<br />
ingredients to establish why you should be<br />
the one to make the next hit film or TV series!<br />
Participants in this workshop are encouraged<br />
to prepare a three minute pitch of their current<br />
project for potential feedback.<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 4:00pm | Second Home<br />
FILM JOURNALISM &<br />
CRITICISM: A CRASH COURSE<br />
TAUGHT BY TRE’VELL ANDERSON<br />
Who gets to write about the films, stories, and artists that<br />
matter to you? QTPOC writers are largely underrepresented<br />
at major outlets, and access to opportunity can be tough.<br />
Journalist and critic Tre’vell Anderson will guide you through<br />
the business of pitching to outlets, surviving the freelance<br />
game, while also advising you on the basics of writing style<br />
that’ll get your work noticed by the right outlets. Participants<br />
encouraged to bring in maximum 200-word capsule reviews<br />
or write-ups for possible feedback!<br />
Sunday | March 8 | 4:00pm | Second Home<br />
TV WRITERS’ ROUNDTABLE<br />
MODERATED BY NNEKA ONUORAH<br />
Join this diverse group of writers as they discuss their<br />
professional experiences in the television industry. Geetika<br />
Lizardi, Henry Alberto, and Mfoniso Udofia will get real<br />
about what really happens in the writers’ room and what it<br />
takes to survive and thrive.<br />
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MARCH <strong>2020</strong>
<strong>OUTFEST</strong> <strong>FUSION</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
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PHOTO CREDIT MARISSA FORTUGNO<br />
Lingua Franca plays on Saturday,<br />
March 7 at 12pm at Regal L.A. Live.<br />
Isabel Sandoval is clear that as a trans Filipina, the act of filmmaking is inherently<br />
political. In fact, “it’s a brazen act of defiance and resistance,” she says, noting<br />
her hope to “inspire and embolden other filmmakers and creators of color [to]<br />
tell our stories.”<br />
Lingua Franca is Sandoval’s third dramatic feature, and her first film shot and<br />
produced in the United States. About an undocumented trans Filipina caregiver<br />
trying to obtain a green card, she’s unapologetically leaning into the poltics of<br />
it all. But she cautions that the picture is more than just the “social-issue film<br />
[it appears to be] on paper” as it showcases her distinctive sensibilities as a<br />
filmmaker.<br />
“I gravitate to stories of marginalized women who find themselves making<br />
personal choices in fraught sociopolitical milieus,” she says. “Having undergone<br />
my gender transition as an immigrant of color in the U.S. in the last few years, I<br />
felt drawn to the fictional predicament of Olivia, the main character.”<br />
Seemingly, others in the broader filmmaking community are also drawn to<br />
Lingua Franca’s subject — and its “sensuous, beguiling, and lyrical” nature —<br />
as it world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival last year, making<br />
Sandoval the first trans director to ever compete at the festival.<br />
“Creativity is what fuels me, so I’m very grateful that my work has been<br />
supported by prestigious international films festivals and critics, reassuring me<br />
that I’m not totally [absurd] to pursue this path,” she says, adding “I can’t imagine<br />
a life without cinema.”<br />
“I’ve always taken artistic risks with every new film I make and trusting my<br />
instincts all the way have paid off more often than not so I’m not going to stop now.”<br />
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-Ship: A Visual Poem 13<br />
2 Black Boys 23<br />
Across, Beyond, and Over 23<br />
Acuitzeramo 24<br />
Ayaneh 21<br />
BDay 12<br />
Before It’s Too Late 20<br />
Blocked 23<br />
Breaking Fast 23<br />
Bubble 9<br />
Buck 9<br />
Darling 9<br />
Dirty 12<br />
Down Dog 20<br />
Drip Like Coffee 12<br />
Driveways 22<br />
El Principe (The Prince) 20<br />
Floss 23<br />
Flourish 12<br />
Gamers 12<br />
Go Go, Boy 23<br />
Homegoing 13<br />
I Am The Other One 20<br />
I Know Her 23<br />
Inferno 23<br />
Jesse Jams 23<br />
Kama’āina 20<br />
Killer Workout 9<br />
La Gloria 24<br />
Lily Chan & The Doom Girls 20<br />
Lime 13<br />
Lingua Franca 12<br />
Marco 21<br />
Mosquita y Mari 24<br />
Plus 20<br />
Protected 16<br />
Pura Lengua 24<br />
Safe Among Stars 21<br />
Same, Old 20<br />
Saving Chintu 23<br />
Secrets 21<br />
Self Worship 23<br />
Sextpert Advice 9<br />
Shéár Avory: To Be Continued 13<br />
Solarity 23<br />
Spilt Milk 9<br />
Super Zee 13<br />
Tender 20<br />
The House of Mariana y Gabriel 21<br />
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