Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the line-up for the fourth annual Spring Mini Fest.
From March 17-19, five LGBTQ+ films will come to Landmark Midtown Arts Cinema as part of Out On Film’s Queer All Year initiative. Tickets are available for each film, or attendees can purchase a festival pass to watch all five films for the price of four.
Out On Film 2026 Mini Fest Schedule
A Deeper Love: the Story of Miss Peppermint
March 17, 7 p.m.
A Deeper Love is an award-winning documentary following nearly a decade in the life of Miss Peppermint, a Black trans artist and activist whose decision to come out publicly as trans marked a turning point for trans representation on stage and screen. The film traces her rise to fame from New York City nightlife to making history on RuPaul’s Drag Race and Broadway, as she navigates transition, career, love life, and sisterhood, emerging as a powerful voice in the fight for trans representation and justice. Made over years of rare access and unguarded footage, the documentary reveals Peppermint’s full humanity in all its grit and glamour. It’s a story of survival and resilience, queer joy, chosen family, and the radical power of being truly visible.
In Transit – Georgia Premiere
March 18, 6:30 p.m.
When a complacent young bartender living in small-town Maine agrees to model for an existentially floundering painter on an artist’s retreat, both women must confront their preconceptions of what makes a good life. Alex Sarrigeorgiou, Heated Rivalry’s Francois Arnaud, and the iconic Jennifer Ehle shine in this rich drama.
On the Sea – Southeastern Premiere
March 18, 8:15 p.m.
A profound and moving exploration of masculinity and desire in a remote yet savagely beautiful fishing community. On the Sea tells the story of Jack (Barry Ward), a mussel farmer in North Wales whose life appears stable—he has a family, a business, and a routine. But beneath the surface lies a yearning he cannot ignore. When he meets Daniel (Lorne MacFadyen), a drifter passing through town, Jack begins to confront the tension between tradition and desire. Writer-director Walsh crafts a heartfelt exploration of love, shame, guilt, and the courage it takes to live honestly. On The Sea is a beautiful, sensual and at times, tragic exploration of masculinity, place and desire.
Love Letters – Southeastern Premiere
March 19, 6:30 p.m.
Céline is awaiting the arrival of her first child. But she isn’t pregnant. In three months, it’s her wife, Nadia, who will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and facing the law, she searches for her place and legitimacy.
Bookends – Southeastern Premiere
March 19, 8:30 p.m.
When Nate (Noam Ash) is forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup with his boyfriend, he is determined to escape the confines of retirement community life and his meddlesome grandparents’ relentless attempts to ‘improve’ him. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather, Saul (F. Murray Abraham), shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother, Miriam (Caroline Aaron), refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to flee, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ handsome doctor (Charlie Barnett). This funny and rich comedy drama was filmed in Columbus, Georgia.
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