Other highlights include “Cho Dependent,” the Margaret Cho performance filmed here in Atlanta at the Tabernacle; “Wish Me Away,” about first out mainstream country music singer Chely Wright; “Eating Out: The Open Weekend,” the latest installment in the raunchy comedy series; “The Night Watch,” based on the novel by Sarah Waters; and “This is What Love in Action Looks Like,” a documentary about Zach Stark, who made headlines in 2005 at age 16 when he blogged about coming out and being sent to an “ex-gay” therapy program.
The festival also features several films, including “Wish We Were Here,” “Through the Eyes of the AIDS Storm: Jesse Peel” and “There’s My Nun,” that address HIV and were chosen to mark the epidemic’s 30th anniversary.
Out on Film takes place Sept. 29 through Oct. 6 at the Midtown Art Cinema.
Here’s the schedule of films to be shown:
Wednesday, Sept. 28 (Rush Center pre-event)
“Through the Eyes of the AIDS Storm: Jesse Peel (tentative – time TBD)
Thursday, Sept. 29
6 p.m. “The Sleeping Beauty of East Finchley”
7:30 p.m. “Going Down in La-La Land”
Friday, Sept. 30
3:50 p.m. “The Lulu Sessions”
5:40 p.m. “Photos of Angie”
7 p.m. “eCupid”
9:15 p.m. “Cho Dependent”
11 p.m. “Kink Crusaders”
Saturday, Oct. 1
11 a.m. “Our Lips Are Sealed”
12:10 p.m. “August”
2:10 p.m. Women’s Shorts (complete schedule TBD)
3:50 p.m. Men’s Shorts (complete schedule TBD)
5:35 p.m. “Jamie and Jesse are not Together”
7:50 p.m. “Leave it on the Floor”
10:15 p.m. “Eating Out: The Open Weekend”
12:05 a.m. “Cho Dependent” (encore)
Sunday, Oct. 2
11 a.m. “No Look Pass”
12:50 p.m. “This is What Love in Action Looks Like”
2:55 p.m. “Mary Lou”
5:45 p.m. “Man 2 Man: A Gay Man’s Guide to Finding Love” (WORLD PREMIERE)
7:25 p.m. “The Green”
9:10 p.m. “Buffering”
Monday, Oct. 3
3:50 p.m. “Out for the Long Run”
5:20 p.m. “Tomboy”
7 p.m. “The Wise Kids”
9:10 p.m. “Morgan”
Tuesday, Oct. 4
4:15 p.m. “That’s My Nun”
5:35 p.m. “The Night Watch”
7:20 p.m. “We Were Here”
9:10 p.m. “Longhorns”
Ansley Park Playhouse – TBD encore
Wednesday, Oct. 5
4:05 p.m. Shorts for Everyone (complete schedule TBD)
5:35 p.m. “Gone”
7:15 p.m. “Wish Me Away”
9:10 p.m. “Private Romeo”
Ansley Park Playhouse – local programming (TBD)
Thursday, Oct. 6
3:15 p.m. “Leave it on the Floor” (encore)
5:20 p.m. Best of the Fest Shorts (complete schedule TBD)
6:45 p.m. “From Hollywood to Dollywood”
8:45 p.m. “Judas Kiss”
Top photo: Margaret Cho’s “Cho Dependent” will make its debut at Out on Film (publicity photo)