July 20 - July 28, 2024

Queer Rhapsody

Series | Laughing Through Fire: Comedy as a Compass, SISTERS, Generations In Bloom: Growth and Connection Across the Ages, LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION BUT I’M WINNING, Sacred Sites: Queer Sanctuaries, DESIRE LINES, Determined Defiance: Voices of Change, THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

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ABOUT THE SERIES:

Queer Rhapsody, a community-led film series, centers the joy, healing, and narrative reinvention of contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema. Showcasing a kaleidoscope of offerings: from features poised to achieve cult status, short-form experimental storytelling as alchemical guides, vanguard documentaries blazing a path for narrative change, and international films primed to accompany you on your next journey of self-discovery. Created to connect the vibrant Los Angeles queer film community by centering liberatory narratives, 15 shorts and feature screening programs anchored by five iconic venues and driven by a dedicated independent queer programming team, this city-wide collaboration aims to kindle a bright, hot summertime celebration of queer voices at its heart in service to belonging and igniting creative community connection across Los Angeles.

The Queer Rhapsody LGBTQIA+ film series is organized by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, with support from the Andrew J. Kuehn, Jr. Foundation and the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation.

To learn more about the series and city-wide screenings go to the Queer Rhapsody Film Series website

SAT JUL 20, 2024

4:00 PM

Laughing Through Fire: Comedy as a Compass

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker/writer Andrea A. Walter (“im in love with edgar allan poe”), actor Ella Jay Basco (“im in love with edgar allan poe”), filmmaker/producer/screenwriter/actor Neal Suresh Mulani (“RAT!”), producer Lottie Abrahams (“RAT!”), producer Katie White (“ILY, BYE”), and producers Molly Hallam and Mireia Vilanova (“100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu”). Moderated by Daniel Crooke.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SAT JUL 20, 2024

7:00 PM

SISTERS

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker/screenwriter/producer/actor Susie Yankou, screenwriter/producer/actor Sarah Khasrovi, and producer Riley Scott. Moderated by Martine McDonald.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SUN JUL 21, 2024

4:00 PM

Generations In Bloom: Growth and Connection Across the Ages

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker M.G. Evangelista (“They Call Me Suki”), screenwriter W.A.W. Parker (“The Roof”), filmmaker Alexander Bocchieri (“The Roof”), producer Blake Pickens (“The Roof”), and filmmaker Emily May Jampel (“Lucky Fish”). Moderated by Martine McDonald.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SUN JUL 21, 2024

7:00 PM

LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Queer Rhapsody’

SAT JUL 27, 2024

3:00 PM

Sacred Sites: Queer Sanctuaries

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmakers Natalie Jasmine Harris (“Ben in Bloom”), Lina Abascal (“Stud Country”), Alexandra Kern (“Stud Country”), screenwriter/filmmaker April Maxey (“Work”), actor Elaine Whae (“Work”), filmmaker William Means (“Blue Square Heart”), and editor Noam Klement (“Blue Square Heart”). Moderated by Moi Santos.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SAT JUL 27, 2024

7:00 PM

DESIRE LINES

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with screenwriter Nate Gualtieri. Moderated by Moi Santos.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SUN JUL 28, 2024

3:00 PM

Determined Defiance: Voices of Change

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with co-director/producer Meg Shutzer (“MOTHER”) and co-director/director of photography Brandon Yadegari Moreno (“MOTHER”). Moderated by Daniel Crooke.

‘Queer Rhapsody’

SUN JUL 28, 2024

7:00 PM

THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Egyptian Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Fawzia Mirza. Moderated by Chani Nicholas.

‘Queer Rhapsody’