A jam-packed crowd turned
out last night to kick off the 2013 Outfest
Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival in downtown LA. The first-rate Opening Night
Gala was, as in previous years, held at the historic Orpheum Theater.
The
bash started with a VIP Cocktail reception in the back lot of the theater while in front of the beaux-arts site some of our LGBT community’s finest talent simultaneously proudly strutted down the
glamorously chic red carpet.
The
event then moved inside the theater where prior to the screening of the opening
feature, writer/director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss,
Carrie)
received an achievement award, presented in recognition of a body of work
that has made a significant contribution to LGBT film and media.
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| Kimberly Peirce |
Outfest
officially kicked off its 31st Anniversary with the screening C.O.G (which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival), the first film based
on the works of humorist David Sedaris.
Based on a short story by
Sedaris, COG, directed by writer/filmmaker Kyle Patrick Alvarez, stars Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell and Casey Wilson.
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| Kyle Patrick Alvarez (in the middle) with the COG cast |
Stars galore were on hand to
help kick off the festival, including an appearance by new LA mayor, Eric
Garcetti.
As an
official sponsor of Outfest 2013, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend was beyond thrilled to be part of
the celebration, and fete the career accomplishments of the many talented
filmmakers, writers, actors, and producers part of our colorful, creative &
diverse LGBT community.
For those of you who missed
or didn’t get enough Opening Night excitement, here are highlights of the evening in photos:
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| Dalilah Ali Raja |
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| Doria Biddle, Sirius XM Radio On Air Personality |
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| Amy Walmann (Outfest Corporate Relations Assistant), Mona Elyafi (Club Skirts' publicist), and JD Disalvatore (Award-winning filmmaker) |
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| Andrea Krauss |
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| Connie Kurtew (One of our Dinah 2013 Photographers) |
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| Anna Margarita Albelo, Drew Droege, Guinevere Turner & Valerie Stadler |
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| Kirsten Schaffer, Outfest Executive Director |
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| Kyle Patrick Alvarez & the C.O.G cast |
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| Kali Londono (Film/TV writer & producer, and first time Outfest volunteer) |
Oh and don’t forget this
Saturday, July 13 to join Club Skirts, OML and Thrive Entertainment for the ultimate
Outfest After-Party at Ultra Suede in West Hollywood as we celebrate the
screening of Drew Denny’s feature film debut “The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With
My Pants On”.
Club Skirts Dinah Shore
Weekend will be raffling Two VIP Passes to the Dinah 2014!
The nation’s leading LGBT
film festival, and the oldest film festival in the city of Los Angeles, Outfest
takes place from July 11-21. www.outfest.org
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