The OUTer Film Festival

WE CAME IN PEACE and found that WE ARE NOT ALONE! 11-5

Welcome to The OUTer Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy Film Festival. Since it's creation in 2004, the mission of the OUTer Film Festival has been to seek out, expose and promote films of science fiction and fantasy made by and for the GLBT community. For the past four years, The OUTer Film Festival has been successful in this mission We brought you many great independant films like ALIENS CUT MY HAIR and PANDEMONIUM as well as exposing other film-makers to a new and more appreciative audience. As we neared the end of our 4th year, the festival participated in a gay and lesbian sci-fi convention known as Gaylaxicon and exposed an audience to the films they thought were only found in fairy tales. OUTer also joined forces with a newly launched website, DoorQ.com, a site that shares a common objective in providing sci-fi and fantasy entertainment to the gay and lesbian community. The OUTer Film Festival is no longer alone.

OUR CONTINUING MISSION.... 11-5

As The OUTer Film Festival enters its 5th year, it has seen a tremendous amount of growth in both exposure and in content, causing some necessary changes to be made. Changes that will allow this most unique film festival to continue to reach out to a greater audience, grow in both support and exposure of films and evolve so that it may become a predominant film festival event. The 2K8 OUTer Film Festival's first big change will be seen in its move to a new date. Co-inciding with Austin's Gay Pride weekend, the film festival will now take place in the first part of June. This will allow for greater opportunity to showcase great science fiction and fantasy films made for and about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgenderd and questioning humans and non-humans. Though not officially announced at this time, our second big change will be in our Programing. Thirdly, look for us on-line as we partner up with DoorQ.com and bring The OUTer Film Festival to the world wide web. This is all in addition to our participation in Gaylaxicon 2008 and other sci-fi cons.

DOORQ.com UNITES WITH OUTer! 11-5

In October of 2007, The OUTer Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction / Fantasy Film Festival in Austin, Texas, in its continuing mission to seek out and expose new films of science and of fantasy made by and for the GLBT community, joined with the newly launched website DoorQ.com. Sharing a similar mission, DoorQcom will be bringing genre entertainment (SciFi/Fantasy/Horror) to a multitude of people and groups across the World Wide Web. This joint venture will not only offer unprecedented access to a unique film festival, but will more importantly offer those fans of sci-fi and fantasy with the entertainment they have so long desired.

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OUTer's MISSION

The OUTer Film Festival mission is to enlighten, educate, enrich and entertain diverse communities about gays and lesbians in the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror through the visual media and to promote and encourage all filmmakers and organizations seeking to foster similar goals by providing a yearly festival, promotion to other festivals and award cash prizes and grants to filmmakers.

GAYLAXICON 2008 10-8

With the warm welcome The OUTer Festival Festival recieved at Gaylaxicon* 2007, we are very pleased that this one of a kind film festival has been asked to showcase sci-fi / fantasy films at Gaylaxicon* 2008 in Washington D.C. To be held on October 10 thru the 13, Lambda Sci-Fi would like to invite you along with The OUTer Film Festival and join friends and other fans of sci-fi / fantasy for this annual annual event.

*Gaylaxicon is an international Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror convention for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people and their friends.

CONTRIBUTORS

JODY WHEELER

FOUNDER DOORQ.com

A writer and director

of film from LA, Jody

has also developed

curriculums for video

game instruction, pitched

variousshows and, once

upon a time, taught sex-ed.

More notabily, he founded

DoorQ.com, uniting with

OUTer to bring the Universe

to theinternet.

Not only does he like love

SciFi, Fantasy and Horror,

he really loves SciFi, Fantasy

and Horror where the guys

kiss the guys. Strangely, he

thinks he isn't the only one.

OUTer's CALL FOR ENTRIES! 4-1

The OUTer Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction / Fantasy Film Festival, a unique festival by, for and about gay, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender in the genre of science fiction, fantasy and/or horror puts fourth a CALL FOR ENTRIES and is now accepting submissions into the 2008 festival. Though the date for the festival has been pushed back to its original November time, submissions are being accepted and the deadline for submission is now September 15, 2008. This is your opportunity to take all of us queer space cadets where few have gone before.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

OUTer NEEDS YOU! 1-15

Not unlike the "Big Bang", The OUTer Film Festival is has slowly continued to grow and evolve ever since its conception over four years ago. As the Founder and Program Director of the festival, I am now in need a few queer space commanders to participate in the future growth of this most unique festival. OUTer needs individuals who are self motivated, fellow film enthusiests and film-makers who enjoy science fiction and fantasy films and who want to become part in helping to keep Austin Weird. OUTer Needs You! Positions needing to be filled are: Executive Director and Marketing Director. (more info in the next few weeks or you may contact us at outerinfo@outerfilmfest.com for specific job descriptions)

TREKKIN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.... 1-15

As part of OUTer's mission, the festival is continuously promoting the films and film-makers that make up the content of this festival. If you are a Program Director of another film festival and seeking to provide a program of gay and lesbian science fiction films or you wish for a special screening/program for another event exhibiting any of the films OUTer has screened, please contact us and lets get YOU telecommunicating across the Universe.

OUTer RETURNS TO NOVEMBER! 4-1

The OUTer Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction / Fantasy Film Festival once again returns to its original date in the Fall of 2008. With the festival slated for November 7th and the 8th, the festival will fullfil its longterm mission of an expanded program added workshops. For more information about the udated call for films, the expanded programing and workshops, please visit us in the near future as we near the end of Summer.