Out on Film 2025 ATL's LGBTQ Film Fest (Day 5)

From the venue:

ICON AWARD: ANGELICA ROSS, 12-1 p.m. (RSVP here)

Angelica Ross is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated actress, producer, writer, human rights advocate, singer-songwriter, and star of POSE and American Horror Story on FX, as well as Broadway’s Chicago. Miss Ross also works behind the camera, having executive produced and appeared in the Daytime Emmy-nominated web series King Ester (2019) and the short film Missed Connections (2017), which was an official selection at Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival, La Femme International Film Festival, and the Baltimore International Black Film Festival.

ICON HEADSHOTS, 1-3 p.m. RSVP here)
Following our Icon Award Presentation to Angelica Ross, stick around for a celebratory networking mixer that brings together filmmakers, artists, and community voices. This is your chance to connect with fellow festivalgoers, chat about the queer icons who continue to inspire us, and expand your creative circle in a lively, welcoming space.

ROOTS AND REVELATIONS:

Tumtum, 3 pm
Their traditional upbringing already in question, non-binary Alex’s values are shaken when they intersect with a fiery Jewish girl on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year.

Kansas, 1989, 3 pm
The story of a Midwestern teen in the 80s on the verge of coming out, and the night of danger that changes the course of his life.

Greenhorn, 3 pm
A young masculine-presenting woman must return home to help her estranged father, an ex-rancher, recover from a car accident — only to discover that reconciliation isn’t so easy when identity is at stake.

Donor, 3 pm
How far will a desperate sister go to get her wife pregnant when she needs her brother's sperm to get the job done?

Meet Me., 3 pm
Meet Me is a soft, romantic drama that follows a queer couple preparing for one of them to reconnect with an absentee parent.

There's Something I Have to Tell You, 3 pm
A daughter, haunted by her past, helps her mom build a house in a small town in the Bahamas while struggling to reveal a devastating secret that’s kept them divided for as long as she can remember.

My Age Now, 3 pm
On a Sunday that is a brief respite from everyday life, a young man is haunted by a final voice message, a break up, and a 'goodbye' he can't take back.

ANIMATION EXPLOSION:

A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian, 5 pm
After a mysterious girl shows up at Gray's doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.

How A River Is Born, 5 pm
Ayla wakes up in a mountainous landscape, surrounded only by vegetation and a river. Driven by curiosity and a desire to get to know the place, she goes on a journey of discovery and diving. As she discovers where she is, she also discovers herself.

Mike and the Magazine, 5 pm
In the heart of New York City, Mike, a curious young teenager, sets off on a seemingly simple mission: to buy a magazine. One quick errand - What could go wrong? And yet, as the journey unfolds, Mike’s quest spirals into chaos and becomes a coming-of-age moment. Who knew buying a magazine could become the most complicated adventure of his life? An ode to courage, independence and self discovery.

If/When, 5 pm
If/When is a surreal, time-bending exploration of love, fate, and what it means to hold on when everything is slipping away.

Ollie Quatch doesn’t experience time like everyone else. Untethered from a linear reality, they drift through moments out of order, glimpsing futures that may or may not come to pass. But when they see a future without Az—the one person who makes them feel grounded—Ollie refuses to accept fate as final.

From a hospital where their very existence is deemed an anomaly, to a fridge shop where their love first sparked, Ollie scrambles through fractured moments, trying to rewrite what feels inevitable.

Ollie’s journey is a kaleidoscope of heartbreak, longing, and resilience. Each shift in time is a gamble, each choice a ripple that could bring them closer to—or further from—the person they love most. And with each shift, Ollie watches Az slip further away—not just from them, but from themself.

With stunning visuals and a deeply emotional core, If/When is a story about defying the universe for love—if and when you can.

The Eating of an Orange, 5 pm
In a large manor house identical figures eat the same, move the same, look the same. But everything will change for one woman when she gets given an orange by an unknown figure. She has never seen an orange. In the exploration of this new and exciting discovery, she gets transported into another realm of lichens, slugs and sensuous fluidity. But how can she balance this with the world she knows? She must make a choice: abandon her discovery, or step forwards into a new way of being.

Butterfly Kiss, 5 pm
Carol panics and argues with her girlfriend Ray after an unexpected proposal. The situation gets worse when she wakes up in an apocalyptic reality and terribly discovers that Ray has transformed into a butterfly. Ray's transformation, the invasion of the outside world into their home, and the growing tension between the two threaten their relationship. Carol is afraid of losing Ray……but devoting yourself to your girlfriend could come at a price.

Two Black Boys in Paradise, 5 pm
Eden (19) and Dula (18) are two Black boys on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for each other, and their refusal to hide it, lands them in a paradise free from shame and judgement. Based on the poem by Dean Atta.

THE LAST FIRST TIME (El fin de las primeras veces) 6:30 pm
Eighteen-year-old Eduardo travels from a small Mexican town to the city of Guadalajara to take a university admission exam. In this strange, big city, far away from his mother’s surveillance, he experiences his first missteps in love and sex.

JIMPA, 8 pm
Hannah (OIivia Colman) takes her non-binary teenager Frances (Aug Mason-Hyde) ) to visit their gay grandfather Jim - affectionately known as Jimpa (John Lithgow) - in Amsterdam. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past in Sophie Hyde's beautifully acted and heartfelt drama.