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OutSet: The Young Filmmakers Project

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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.

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.

  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Director
    Melissa Perez
  • Producer
    Francisco Sanchez
  • Cinematographer
    Jeff Siljenberg
  • Editor
    Augie Robles
  • Production Design
    Ki McLeod