A new LGBTQIA+ film series, intended as a showcase for recent work and potentially standing in for the absence of Outfest, will launch in July. Taking place at multiple venues across Los Angeles, “Queer Rhapsody” will run from July 19-28 and screen more than 50 films, including eight features.
” Along with HaDuong and McDonald, the programming team behind the series also includes Moi Santos, manager of the Equity, Impact and Belonging Program at the Sundance Institute; curator Daniel Crooke, senior programmer at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival in Canada and former senior programmer at L.A.’s Outfest; and filmmaker Natalie Jasmine Harris, who has a short film playing in the series. McDonald was also formerly director of artist development at Outfest.