OUTshine Fall Edition 2025!

OUTshine Fall Edition 2025!

Get ready for 18 dazzling days of boundary-breaking queer cinema, epic parties, and all the lgbtq+ community love your heart can handle!

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OPENING NIGHT: BLUE MOON

OPENING NIGHT: BLUE MOON

Join us for Opening Night with the stunning feature film Blue Moon, followed by an exclusive afterparty at Masa & More. Enjoy a night of cinema, conversation, food, and drinks as we raise a toast to the start of OUTshine! $75 Tickets

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CENTERPIECE NIGHT: THE CAPTIVE

CENTERPIECE NIGHT: THE CAPTIVE

Centerpiece Night marks the midway point of the festival—a moment to pause, celebrate, and gear up for what’s still to come. Fittingly set at Regal Dania Pointe, right between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, we’ll gather for The Captive followed by an afterparty at Allura MD Aesthetics + Wellness with catered bites and drinks.

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CLOSING NIGHT: JIMPA (WITH MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL)

CLOSING NIGHT: JIMPA (WITH MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL)

We close out the festival with Closing Night film Jimpa at Silverspot in Downtown Miami, presented in proud partnership with the Miami Film Festival. After the screening, the celebration continues with an afterparty featuring food, drinks, and plenty of OUTshine energy.

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Upcoming Films

IT'S DOROTHY

Saturday, October 18th @ 2:45 pm

125 years after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, It’s Dorothy journeys through Dorothy Gale’s transfo

LATIN SPOTLIGHT: BROWN + AFTER PARTY

Friday, October 24th @ 7:00 pm

Streaming: Monday, October 27th - Sunday, November 2nd

The true story of Panama Al Brown: a fallen boxing champion whose affair with poet, Jean Cocteau, fu

GIRLS & BOYS

Friday, October 24th @ 5:15 pm

When rugby player Jace and trans filmmaker Charlie unexpectedly connect in Dublin on Halloween night

COCKTAILS & CINEMA™: PSYCHO BEACH PARTY (25th Anniversary)

Wednesday, October 22nd @ 7:30 pm

A surf-crazed teen with a split personality turns a sun-soaked beach party into a bloodbath in this

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Upcoming Events

OPENING NIGHT FILM: BLUE MOON + AFTER PARTY

Thursday October 16th 7:30 pm

FILM: Savor Cinema Fort Lauderdale
503 SE 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

AFTER PARTY: The Lobby (Masa & More)
510 SE 5 Ave Suit 129, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Join us for Opening Night with the stunning feature film Blue Moon, followed by an exclusive afterparty at The Lobby (Masa & More). Enjoy a night of cinema, conversation, food, and drinks as we raise a toast to the start of OUTshine!

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LADIES' SPOTLIGHT FILM: THE LITTLE SISTER + AFTER PARTY

Saturday October 18th 7:00 pm

FILM: Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale
1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

AFTER PARTY: J.Mark's Restaurant
1245 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

A 17-year-old French-Algerian Muslim student in Paris experiments with her sexuality and dates in secret. As she falls for a Korean nurse, Fatima must reconcile cultural expectations, faith, and her own emerging identity.

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MEN'S SPOTLIGHT FILM: THE CHILDREN OF SILVERSTREET + AFTER PARTY

Saturday October 18th 7:15 pm

FILM: Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale
1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

AFTER PARTY: J.Mark's Restaurant
1245 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

To avoid being sent to foster care, four siblings hire Miss Nelly, a struggling gay actor, to pose as their nanny—only to find in him the unlikely protector, mentor, and family they never knew they needed.

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COCKTAILS & CINEMA™: FOUR STARS

Monday October 20th 7:30 pm

FILM + COCKTAIL HOUR: Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale
1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Join us for OUTshine's signature Cocktail & Cinema™ Nights! Feature paired with a post-film cocktail party in the Gateway Lobby to mingle and connect with fellow filmgoers. DRINKS ARE FREE! (Sponsored by Tito's Vodka!)

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COCKTAILS & CINEMA™: BEAR WEEK DIARIES

Tuesday October 21st 7:30 pm

FILM + COCKTAIL HOUR: Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale
1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Join us for OUTshine's signature Cocktail & Cinema™ Nights! Feature paired with a post-film cocktail party in the Gateway Lobby to mingle and connect with fellow filmgoers. DRINKS ARE FREE! (Sponsored by Tito's Vodka!)

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CENTERPIECE FILM: THE CAPTIVE + AFTER PARTY

Thursday October 23rd 7:15 pm

FILM: Regal Cinemas Dania Pointe
128 Sunset Dr, Dania Beach, FL 33004

AFTER PARTY: Allura MD Aesthetics + Wellness
153 S Compass Wy, Dania Beach, FL 33004

Centerpiece Night marks the midway point of the festival—a moment to pause, celebrate, and gear up for what’s still to come. Fittingly set at Regal Dania Pointe, right between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, we’ll gather for The Captive followed by an afterparty at Allura MD Aesthetics + Wellness with catered bites and drinks.

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COCKTAILS & CINEMA™: PSYCHO BEACH PARTY (25TH ANNIVERSARY) + PATIO BASH

Thursday October 23rd 7:30 pm

FILM + COCKTAIL HOUR: Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale
1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Join us for SPECIAL THEMED EDITION of OUTshine's signature Cocktail & Cinema™ Nights! Psycho Beach Party paired with a post-film cocktail party on the Savor Patio to mingle and connect with fellow filmgoers. Expect themed drinks and lite bites. (Sponsored by Tito's Vodka!)

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LATIN SPOTLIGHT FILM (MEN'S): BROWN + AFTER PARTY

Friday October 24th 7:00 pm

FILM: Silverspot Cinema - Downtown Miami
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131

AFTER PARTY: Silverspot Lounge - Level 5
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131

The true story of Panama Al Brown: a fallen boxing champion whose affair with poet, Jean Cocteau, fuels both his artistic rebirth and his return to the ring amid racism, homophobia, and addiction.

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LATIN SPOTLIGHT FILM (LADIES'): MY HEAVEN, YOUR HELL + AFTER PARTY

Friday October 24th 7:15 pm

FILM: Silverspot Cinema - Downtown Miami
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131

AFTER PARTY: Silverspot Lounge - Level 5
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131

In Franco-era Spain, a music teacher and a seamstress fall into a dangerous, decades-long love affair. Their bond—tender, tormented, and taboo— unfolds in secret, defying the law, the Church, and fate itself in a drama where every glance could betray them.

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM: JIMPA + AFTER PARTY (WITH MFF)

Sunday October 26th 6:00 pm

FILM: Silverspot Cinema - Downtown Miami
300 SE 3rd St #100, Miami, FL 33131

AFTER PARTY: LOCATION TBA
Downtown Miami

We close out the festival with Closing Night film Jimpa at Silverspot in Downtown Miami, presented in proud partnership with the Miami Film Festival. After the screening, the celebration continues with an afterparty featuring food, drinks, and plenty of OUTshine energy.

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October 24 - 26
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OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2
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