Santa Barbara OUTrageous Film Festival

In honor of Pride Month, check out these popular and classic films at The Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria. PRIDE, WHIP IT, PARIS IS BURNING, and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - this Thursday June 7 through Sunday June 12! Tickets at theAlcazar.org.

Though the OUTrageous Festival is on hiatus, we love supporting other LGBTQ+ film screenings in the community. Show the Alcazar some love and pride this month!

Sacrilegious and Sexy: Andrew Ahn Hooks Up with Film Independent Labs for ‘Spa Night’ - Film Independent Andrew Ahn’s erotic debut feature Spa Night isn’t your ordinary coming-of-age tale. The film follows David, a young Korean-American man (Joe Seo), as he st

Hey everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update as to the status of OUTrageous! After an amazing 25 years the festival will be taking a hiatus for the time being. While this means there won't be a festival this year it doesn't mean we're gone for good. We're actively exploring ways to continue as an organization and bring the best in LGBT film to the Santa Barbara area. Thank you for all the support, keep an eye on this page for any updates, and let us know if you'd like to be involved. Thanks!

Congrats to MOONLIGHT and all its well deserved wins tonight!!!

Thanks everyone for coming out and making our 25th festival so special! Who knows what the future holds for OUTrageous, but we look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Our closing night comedy A HOLY MESS starts in just a half hour! Get down here for our last film and then head over to GLOBE Santa Barbara for our big party!

Everyone get down the Metro 4 to vogue with us for STRIKE A POSE at 3:30! It's an amazing and inspiring documentary about the lives of Madonna's backup dancer on the infamous Blonde Ambition tour.

The festival continues! Come on down at 11 for GIRLS LOST. This is a beautiful surreal feature that's one of the (many) highlights of the festival!!!

OUTrageous continues tonight! Join us at the Metro 4 starting at 6:15 for WOMEN WHO WILL, 8pm for the amazing documentary POLITICAL ANIMALS, and 10pm for the steamy feature SPA NIGHT.

The 25th OUTrageous Film Festival starts tonight! Don't miss FORBIDDEN: UNDOCUMENTED & Q***R IN RURAL AMERICA at 8pm at the UCSB MultiCultural Center

The festival starts tomorrow! And it closes out with the uproarious and outrageous Swedish comedy A HOLY MESS. Get your passes now and join us this weekend!!!

A HOLY MESS - OFFICIAL TRAILER 27 year old Simon and Oscar have been a couple for five years. Together with their close friend Cissi they have bought a house which in the words of the esta...

Just 2 days until the festival starts! Here's the trailer for SUMMERTIME, the touching and beautiful feature set in 1970s France we'll be showing Saturday night at 5:30pm. Like all our films, you definitely won't want to miss this!

SUMMERTIME Trailer | Festival 2015 http://tiff.net

Give a listen! And get ready for a wonderful weekend of film...

OUTrageous Film Festival 2016 DJ Della Vina interviews Justine Sutton, aka Queen Justine, about this year's Santa Barbara OUTrageous Film Festival. The event provides a diverse selection of films and videos that entertain, challenge, and educate the le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. OUTrageous also provides fi...

Happy Halloween! And on that note, don't miss out on the lush, dreamy, and sometimes spooky Swedish film GIRLS LOST playing at the festival Saturday at 11am. You really don't want to miss it!

GIRLS LOST Trailer | Festival 2015 Three outcast teenage girls get a new perspective on high-school life when they are mysteriously transformed into boys, in this skillfully crafted tale of se...

We're just a week away from the festival! Next Friday at 8pm is the award winning and stunning film Political Animals Documentary!

Please, everyone share and spread the word about the festival so we have a great turnout for our 25th!!!

Political Animals - VTIFF 2016 Directed by Jonah Markowitz & Tracy Wares USA | Documentary | 2016 | 86 min

Political Animals Documentary just won best Doc at the NYC LGBT Film Fest! And it's coming to OUTrageous on 11/4 at 8pm! Don't miss it!

Congrats to Political Animals Documentary on their Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at !

We've got something special for everyone. We'll be raffling off two pairs of tickets to see HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH on 11/15 at 8pm at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood! Also, we can extend this special discounted ticket offer as well!

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25th Annual OUTrageous Film Festival--FULL SCHEDULE AND ALL INFO:

Thursday, November 3 - UCSB Multicultural Center
FREE!

8:00 pm Forbidden: Undocumented & Q***r in Rural America
Growing up gay and undocumented in North Carolina, a young man journeys from desperation to passion as he becomes an activist for social justice. Q&A to follow. Dir. Tiffany Rhynard / 2016, USA, 88 min.

Friday, November 4
Metro 4 Theatre, 618 State Street

6:15 pm Women Who Kill

A pair of true-crime podcasters (who are also besties and exes) pursue the secrets of the street, the secrets of the heart, and the secrets of their local food co-op in this darkly droll Brooklyn-set comedy. Dir. Ingrid Jungermann / 2016, USA, 93 min.

8:00 pm Political Animals

The riveting story of how California’s first openly gay legislators – four women – championed anti-discrimination measures that moved the needle for the nation. Q&A to follow. Dirs. Jonah Markowitz & Tracey Wares / 2016, USA, 87 min.

10:00 pm Spa Night

A Korean-American teen discovers an underground gay culture in the spas and karaoke bars of L.A., as he also tries to be the perfect son for his financially struggling parents. Dir. Andrew Ahn / 2016, USA, 93 min.

Saturday, November 5
Metro 4 Theatre, 618 State Street

11:00 am Girls Lost

By drinking from a magical flower, three bullied girls find themselves turned into boys in a gorgeous and provocative film from the director of 2011’s Kiss Me. Dir. Alexandra-Therese Keining / 2015, Sweden, 106 min.

1:00 pm OUTrageous Shorts!

There’s something for everyone in this collection of funny, moving, and surprising shorts. Films: Cake, Ryans, My Big Fat Le***an Bat Mitzvah, Handsome Girl, Wedlocked, Bittersweet, Choke Hold. Q&A to follow.

3:30 pm Strike a Pose

The dancers from Madonna’s 1990 Blond Ambition tour – most of whom who were gay and two of whom were leaders in New York’s house-ball scene – reveal how they presented fiercely sex-positive images at the height of the AIDS crisis. Dirs. Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan / 2016, Netherlands/Belgium, 83 min.

5:30 pm Summertime

In the early 1970s, a French farm girl and a cosmopolitan Parisian meet as part of the feminist movement, falling in love as they try to remake society in turbulent and thrilling times. Dir. Catherine Corsini / 2015, France/Belgium, 105 min.

7:30 pm A Holy Mess

The most hilarious LGBTQ film of the year follows the chaos as a gay couple and their pregnant best friend announce that their mutual baby is due any minute, in the midst of the Christmas holidays with their slightly homophobic families. A can’t-miss closer for the festival! Dir. Helena Bergström / 2015, Sweden, 108 min.

9:00 pm – midnight
Official Festival Wrap Party
It’s our 25th anniversary and time to celebrate! Mix and mingle with filmmakers and fellow film aficionados, Globe, 18 E. Cota St.

All-Access Passes for the festival are only $50 and assure you a seat for every show!

Purchase at http://pacificpridefoundation.org/cart/product.php?productid=21.

Individual film tickets are $10, available at the Box Office before each screening.

Check out the trailer for SPA NIGHT. Coming soon to 25th Annual OUTrageous! Film Festival on Friday, 11/4 at 10pm

Spa Night Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Andrew Ahn Movie Starring: Joe Seo, Haerry Kim, and Tae Song Spa Night Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Andrew Ahn Movie A closeted Korean-American teenager takes a job at a Korea...

In honor of National Coming Out Day check out this trailer for STRIKE A POSE, a powerful documentary about identity and visibility. We'll be showing it on 11/5 at 3:30pm!

Strike a Pose - Official trailer In 1990, seven young male dancers - 6 gay, 1 straight - joined Madonna on her most controversial tour. On stage and in the iconic film Truth or Dare they sho...

Message us your address if you'd like to receive the mailer we'll be sending out soon... we know, how quaint! =)

The schedule for our 2016 festival will be up on our page today at 5pm! Make sure to check it out!

Passes are available now: http://www.goo.gl/7MFYqR

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All-Access Passes are on sale now! Complete schedule coming soon...
http://www.goo.gl/7MFYqR

The first film in our lineup has been announced! FORBIDDEN: UNDOCUMENTED & Q***R IN RURAL AMERICA will be our free screening at the UCSB MultiCultural Center on 11/3! Followed by a special Q&A with filmmaker Heather Mathews.

Make sure to join us, and keep an eye out for the rest of the lineup to be revealed very soon!

Forbidden Trailer Trailer for the powerful new documentary about Moises Serrano, undocumented q***r activist fighting for equality. www.forbiddendoc.com

Wonderful to see so many friendly faces out tonight at this year's last PPF Sunset at the Canary mixer. Distributed Save the Date cards and flyers and schmoozed our little hearts out

Tomorrow is the FINAL DAY to submit your film for consideration in this year's festival. Don't miss out!

OUTrageous! Santa Barbara LGBT Film Festival OUTrageous provides a diverse selection of films that entertain, challenge, and educate the le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities. OUTrageous...

Happy Pride Weekend, Santa Barbara! Spent the day out at the Pride Festival distributing Save the Date cards and raffling off a pair of passes to this year's OUTrageous Film Festival... congrats to the lucky winners =) Remember, Nov. 3-5... our 25th anniversary

OUTrageous is now accepting submissions for our 2016 festival!! Use the code OUT2016 to get 15% off submission fees through the end of the month.

Know a filmmaker? Let them know we want to see their film!

OUTrageous! Santa Barbara LGBT Film Festival OUTrageous provides a diverse selection of films that entertain, challenge, and educate the le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities. OUTrageous...

Okay, folks... mark your calendars for the 25th Annual OUTrageous Film Festival, coming to you November 3-5, 2016!

Check out this article in The New Yorker about OUTrageous 2015 selection REEL IN THE CLOSET and it's fascinating found footage of LGBT home movies.

The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies - The New Yorker By immersing viewers in the private worlds of strangers, the films captured the intimacies of gay life long before it was allowed to flourish openly.