The OUTshine Film Festival was founded in 1998 as the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and expanded to Fort Lauderdale in 2008.

Our mission is to inspire, entertain, and educate; encouraging a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video, and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience.

We are South Florida's largest LGBTQ+ Arts & Culture Organization