OUTshine Film Festival Fall 2026: Opening Night, 20+ Premieres, and How to Do Oct. 15–25 Right

# OUTshine Film Festival Fall 2026: Opening Night, 20+ Premieres, and How to Do Oct. 15–25 Right Forget scrolling a streaming menu at home. From **Thursday, October 15 through Sunday, October 25, 2026**, OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival brings its Fall Edition back to screens across Broward and Miami-Dade — and this is exactly the kind of event South Florida does best: premieres you cannot see anywhere else yet, packed theaters, afterparties, and a crowd that actually wants to talk about the film when the lights come up. The numbers tell the story. This edition brings **more than 20 international, North American, East Coast and Florida premieres from 20 countries**. OUTshine is internationally recognized as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, and it has been keeping LGBTQ+ stories on South Florida screens for 28 years. This fall's program mixes features, documentaries and shorts — with a few seasonal, Halloween-leaning surprises built in. And a practical note locals will appreciate: with thunderstorms in the South Florida forecast this weekend, an indoor film festival is the smartest plan on the calendar. No rain check needed. ## The essentials - **What:** OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival — Fall Edition 2026 - **When:** **Thursday, October 15 – Sunday, October 25, 2026** - **Opening night:** Thursday, Oct. 15, 7:00 PM — *La Bola Negra* at Regal Dania Pointe, 128 Sunset Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004 - **Where else:** Screenings across Broward and Miami-Dade, including Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale, O Cinema South Beach, and Silverspot Cinema Downtown Miami - **Tickets:** Individual films and subscription packages **from $17**; opening night is **$75 per ticket** (plus service fees) and includes the afterparty - **At home:** Select films stream via OUTshine At-Home **October 26 – November 1** - **Full schedule and tickets:** [outshinefilm.com](https://outshinefilm.com) ## Opening night: La Bola Negra Opening night is the big swing. *La Bola Negra* (Spain, France, 2026) is a historical drama from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi. In brief: it follows gay men across three generations whose lives connect through love, loss, and an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca. The cast includes Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, along with Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, and Julio Torres. Plan for a full evening: the film runs **155 minutes** and is in **Spanish with English subtitles**. After the screening, the party moves to **14 North Daiquiri Bar at Dania Pointe** — included with that $75 opening-night ticket. ## The dates worth circling **Spotlight films — Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:15 PM.** The Men's & Ladies Spotlight screenings are *Flesh & Fuel* (France, Poland, 2026) and *Mouse* (United States, 2026) at Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale, followed by an afterparty at J. Mark's Restaurant. **Cocktails & Cinema — Monday, Oct. 19 and Tuesday, Oct. 20.** Oct. 19 brings the Florida premiere of *Loves Company* (United States, 2026) at Gateway Fort Lauderdale at 7:15 PM, and in Miami, *The Old Man and The Parrot* (USA, 2026) plus the shorts *Hogar*, *Brackish*, and *Duke* at O Cinema South Beach at 7:00 PM. Oct. 20 includes a Fort Lauderdale sneak preview of the hometown feature *The Drive* (USA, 2026) and, in Miami, *Bea Arthur: The Documentary* (USA, 2026). **Centerpiece film — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 PM.** The Florida premiere of *No Rest for the Wicked* (Faroe Islands, 2026), followed by a Halloween afterparty. If you only do one midweek screening, this is the one with both a premiere and a party attached. **Noche CineMundo — Friday, Oct. 23, 7:00 PM.** The international premiere of *Love on a Tightrope (Tal Vez)* (Spain, 2026) and the Florida premiere of *Narciso* (Paraguay, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, Uruguay, 2026), followed by OUTshine After Dark with the Southeast premiere of *Corpus* (USA, 2026) at Silverspot Cinema Downtown Miami. **At-Home — Oct. 26 to Nov. 1.** Missed a title in person? Select films continue for a week of OUTshine At-Home viewing after the in-person festival closes. ## 5 insider tips **1. Do the ticket math before you buy one film.** Individual tickets start at $17, but OUTshine also sells ticket subscription packages starting at that same $17 entry point. If you are eyeing three or more screenings — and most people who go to one premiere end up adding a second — price a package or pass first. Passholders and Producer Circle members also got priority advance purchase opportunities, which matters for premiere nights. **2. Do not double-book across counties on the same night.** This festival hops between Dania Beach, Fort Lauderdale, South Beach, and Downtown Miami. That is a strength — you can build a night around your own neighborhood — but a 7:00 PM Miami screening and a same-evening Broward party is a traffic trap, not an itinerary. Pick one county per night and enjoy it properly. **3. Opening night is a dinner-and-a-movie district — use it.** Regal Dania Pointe sits inside the Dania Pointe shopping and dining district, and the official afterparty is right there at 14 North Daiquiri Bar. Arrive early, park once, eat before the 7:00 PM start, and walk to the party after. With a 155-minute film, a late dinner plan after the screening will not survive — eat first. **4. Book the anchor nights early, leave the rest flexible.** Opening night ($75, includes the afterparty), the Oct. 17 spotlight films, and the Oct. 21 centerpiece with its Halloween afterparty are the highest-demand, most social nights. Lock those in, then fill in daytime and weekday screenings once you see what else catches your eye. Premieres are the ones that disappear first. **5. Use the weather — and the At-Home week — to your advantage.** Thunderstorms are in the forecast for this Saturday and Sunday in South Florida, which makes a theater seat the best seat in town this weekend. And if a screening sells out or your schedule fills up, remember the festival does not really end Oct. 25: select films are available at home Oct. 26 – Nov. 1. ## The bottom line Twenty-plus premieres. Twenty countries. Eleven days across Broward and Miami-Dade, starting with a Spanish historical drama and a Dania Beach afterparty on Thursday night, and closing with a week of at-home screenings. Tickets start at $17 — less than most South Florida nights out — for films you genuinely cannot stream yet. Pick your county, pick your premiere, and go be in a room full of people who care about movies. **[Get OUTshine tickets and the full schedule →](https://outshinefilm.com)** --- *Details verified October 14, 2026. Festival dates, premiere counts, opening-night film, venue, runtime, ticket prices, spotlight / Cocktails & Cinema / centerpiece / Noche CineMundo highlights, and At-Home dates via OUTshine festival announcements and opening-night listings; weather context via the Miami forecast for Oct. 14–17.*