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It hosted one of L.A.'s oldest film festivals, then it collapsed. What happened?

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Outfest, which hosted one of the industry's most prominent LGBTQ+ film festivals, faced a financial crisis after a series of clashes between board members and the group's former executive director.

For more than 40 years, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Outfest has been a fixture in the indie cinema circuit, elevating LGBTQ+ storytelling across Hollywood. The operator of L.A.'s oldest film festival became a vital distribution network for movies that struggled to be seen elsewhere, and served as a launching pad for many prominent filmmakers. Now, Outfest's future is in doubt.

Outfest had a budget of $4.1 million in 2022. In order to keep costs down, a board committee had instructed Navarro to not host any events at the famed Sundance Film Festival and to limit the number of Outfest attendees, according to board communications reviewed by The Times.

 

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