Outfest Sets Opening and Closing Night Films From Trans Filmmakers for First Time

The Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival will open with Aitch Alberto's 'Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe' and close with Sav Rodgers' 'Chasing Chasing Amy.'

The Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival — scheduled for July 13-23 and presented by Warner Bros. Discovery and Genesis Motor America — will open with Aitch Alberto’sat the Orpheum Theatre and close with Sav Rodgers’The selections mark the first time in the fest’s history that both the opening and closing night films come from trans filmmakers.

Furthermore, both Alberto and Rodgers hail from Outfest’s artist development programs. Alberto participated in the Outfest screenwriting lab in 2007 and has since served as a mentor to young filmmakers in Outfest programs, while Rodgers participated in Outfest’s OutSet filmmaking lab and mentorship program as well as the screenwriting lab in 2021.

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