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✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Vernon Jordan, III is a Philly-born ‘n raised writer, filmmaker, poet & teaching artist. His feature script, LAVENDER BOY, is a film about a young boy with the ability to see ghosts who has to help a queer spirit to reconnect with a love.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Rubén Mendive is a queer, formerly undocumented, Mexican immigrant raised on the South Side of Chicago. His script, LITTLE VILLAGE, follows a documentary crew filming the misadventures of a queer, Latino on the Chicago City Council.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Riya Saxena is a South Asian American writer, comedian, and improviser based in Chicago. Her episodic script, MATCHMAKERS, follows a chaotic South Asian teen trio who turns matchmaker for their community.

You should check out our #OutfestScreenLab screenwriters @Loran_Dunn! Happy to help you make a connection: outfest.org/swl

Congratulations to @daniabdeir, director of #OutfestLA award-winning and #Oscar shortlisted film WASRHA and 2023 #OutfestScreenLab Fellow Joseph Sackett who both were selected for @sundancefest's 2023 Screenwriting Lab! deadline.com/2023/01/sundan…

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Paloma Riojas is a queer chingona who strives to create stories that explore the complexities of humanity. Her script SHEPHERD follows a scientist wrongfully accused of murder who becomes a fugitive when she discovers her twin is still alive.

Outfest partnered with @netflix to have two of our #OutfestScreenLab alumni be a part of their new Netflix Created by Initiative! Congratulations @iamyentan and @LaurenHadaway for being selected to get script development deals through the Initiative! thewrap.com/netflix-create…

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Katie Heaney is an author, screenwriter & journalist based in LA. Her script MY EX-WIFE’S WEDDING focuses on a recently divorced lesbian who has to find a someone she can present as her girlfriend after finding out her ex-wife is getting married.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Joseph Sackett is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter whose films have screened at festivals from @Festival_Cannes to #OutfestLA. His script CROSS POLLINATION is a queer sci-fi rom-com about an alien who falls in love with a human.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ James Acker is an LA-based screenwriter who grew up in New Jersey, and based his entire personality off that fact. His script SADBOI tells the story of a high schooler who must repair burnt bridges after being kicked out of the house.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Estevan is a queer, first-generation Mexican-American writer, director and actor from Phoenix, Arizona. His script, ELOTE PREPARADO, follows a Chicano who must come clean about his open relationship after his conservative mother finds his PrEP.

✨#OutfestScreenLab fellow spotlight! ✨ Donovan Tolledo is a NYC-based writer and producer born in Saudi Arabia and raised in the Philippines & Chicago. His script, FAT LIP, tells the story of Benjie, a Nerdy Asian-American middle schooler who falls for a rebel sk8er boi.

Outfest had a BLAST at the @Netflix community partners holiday party! We are so grateful for the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity which supported our #OutfestScreenLab this year by waiving submission fees for all Lab applicants and much more. #OutfestForward

✨ 2022 #OutfestScreenLab Fellow spotlight! ✨ Meet Austin-based Latine writer & director @brijhernandez!⁠ Bri's script, BOYS IN BANDS, tells the story of a closeted teenage trans boy must keep his secret life as a male garage band singer away from his traditional Latino family.

This year, we are providing thirteen additional Notable Writers with industry support through our #OutfestScreenLab! Huge shout out to these writers and their incredible scripts. #OutfestForward

✨#OutfestScreenLab fellow spotlight! ✨ Donovan Tolledo is a NYC-based writer and producer born in Saudi Arabia and raised in the Philippines & Chicago. His script, FAT LIP, tells the story of Benjie, a Nerdy Asian-American middle schooler who falls for a rebel sk8er boi.

This year, we are providing thirteen additional Notable Writers with industry support through our #OutfestScreenLab! Huge shout out to these writers and their incredible scripts. #OutfestForward

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Rubén Mendive is a queer, formerly undocumented, Mexican immigrant raised on the South Side of Chicago. His script, LITTLE VILLAGE, follows a documentary crew filming the misadventures of a queer, Latino on the Chicago City Council.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ James Acker is an LA-based screenwriter who grew up in New Jersey, and based his entire personality off that fact. His script SADBOI tells the story of a high schooler who must repair burnt bridges after being kicked out of the house.

Outfest had a BLAST at the @Netflix community partners holiday party! We are so grateful for the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity which supported our #OutfestScreenLab this year by waiving submission fees for all Lab applicants and much more. #OutfestForward

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Riya Saxena is a South Asian American writer, comedian, and improviser based in Chicago. Her episodic script, MATCHMAKERS, follows a chaotic South Asian teen trio who turns matchmaker for their community.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Katie Heaney is an author, screenwriter & journalist based in LA. Her script MY EX-WIFE’S WEDDING focuses on a recently divorced lesbian who has to find a someone she can present as her girlfriend after finding out her ex-wife is getting married.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Vernon Jordan, III is a Philly-born ‘n raised writer, filmmaker, poet & teaching artist. His feature script, LAVENDER BOY, is a film about a young boy with the ability to see ghosts who has to help a queer spirit to reconnect with a love.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Estevan is a queer, first-generation Mexican-American writer, director and actor from Phoenix, Arizona. His script, ELOTE PREPARADO, follows a Chicano who must come clean about his open relationship after his conservative mother finds his PrEP.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Joseph Sackett is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter whose films have screened at festivals from @Festival_Cannes to #OutfestLA. His script CROSS POLLINATION is a queer sci-fi rom-com about an alien who falls in love with a human.

✨ 2022 #OutfestScreenLab Fellow spotlight! ✨ Meet Austin-based Latine writer & director @brijhernandez!⁠ Bri's script, BOYS IN BANDS, tells the story of a closeted teenage trans boy must keep his secret life as a male garage band singer away from his traditional Latino family.

✨ #OutfestScreenLab Spotlight ✨ Paloma Riojas is a queer chingona who strives to create stories that explore the complexities of humanity. Her script SHEPHERD follows a scientist wrongfully accused of murder who becomes a fugitive when she discovers her twin is still alive.