Outfest presents a collection of shorts from OutSet: The Young Filmmakers Program. OutSet, in partnership with the Los Angeles LGBT Center, was created to empower and educate LGBTQIA young people to tell their stories through film. Fellows between the ages of 16 and 24 participate in a six-month filmmaking lab led by industry professionals and mentored by Outfest alumni filmmakers. Don’t miss this inspiring program of short films written, produced, and directed by the next generation of storytellers.

An awkward teenage girl is peer-pressured by her friends to ask out her high-school crush.

Hey Stacy!

Thanh, a non-binary gaming and anime nerd, has just discovered their roommate has made them a dating profile, showing a total misunderstanding of their affinity to romantic relationships and sexual intimacy. In the wake of this harrowing conflict, the two friends face a push and pull dilemma as Thanh realizes the only way to stop this is to stand up for themself.

Luv, Me

Prudence, an elderly lady and recent widow, has shut out the world, convinced there is nothing left worth living for. One day she receives an invitation to the homeâ€™s Veteranâ€™s Day Dance from her deceased wife. With a wandering mind and aching soul, she sets out to see her wife, and by doing so, lives again.

Prudence

Two clueless, narcissistic (but also beautiful and valid) bottoms are forced to pack up their home during a brushfire. Shall they bring their pride flag or their great grandma's urn? An examination of priorities.

Flamers: Bottoms in a Brushfire

Identities are confronted and generation gaps closed when an experienced drag queen catches a teenage boy stealing a pair of her heels.

Ladies Room

In a dystopian world, two teenagers discover the true beauty of their forbidden superpowers as society tries to crush who they truly are.

Empowered

In the heat and haze of a Van Nuys summer, two teenage boys discover an unexpected connection.

Victory Boulevard

Promise Me A Lie is an American Drama Film written by Danny Hernandez and directed by Alexandra Grey. The plot centers on a Mexican high school student who defies his culture by falling for a Salvadorian student, who is experiencing love for the first time.

Promise Me A Lie

An eager young man goes to meet a dreamy Grindr hookup on Halloween night, when he crosses paths with a drunken witch who curses him, compelling him to tell the truth.

The Curse

Serayah drugs and kidnaps her girlfriend Jody in an attempt to save their relationship. Things get complicated when Serayah meets Leisha, the cashier Jody has been flirting with, and they bond over their love for Sigourney Weaver in Alien

Sigourney Weaver

A young skater and older gentleman discuss life, community, and activism while getting tested at a HIV clinic.

Protected

Maria, a 60 year-old devout Catholic mother is growing blind. As her sight declines, her lesbian daughter Lucha, a clumsy and shy 27-year- old photographer, pleads for her mother to move in so she can take care of her. When Maria refuses to move in until Lucha recognizes that she is NOT gay, Lucha must decide between rejecting her identity and her partner whom she lives with or rejecting her mother. While making her decision, Lucha prepares a photography project in order to show her mother she can't change.

My Mother's Orphan

A coming-of-age story about two adolescent girls in love and a little too much parental involvement.

Spare Parts

OutSet: The Young Filmmakers Project

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