A New Name for the Oldest LGBT Film Festival in South Florida

The MiFo LGBT Film Festival gets a fresh new look with a re-branding to help expand its audience
and further its mission of educating and entertaining through culturally diverse LGBT film.

Miami, FL, April 05, 2017 --(PR.com)-- 19 years ago, a scrappy film festival came together to help put a
spotlight on LGBT films and the local LGBT community. The 3-day event showcased 25 films and
helped build Miami into a thriving epicenter of LGBT culture. Almost two decades later, that film festival
has grown into a twice annual 10-day event that's solidified its place as a staple in the South Florida
LGBT community. Now, it's getting a well-deserved rebranding to better reflect its long-standing history
and mission.

The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicked off its inaugural event in Miami in 1998. In 2009, they
expanded to include the local Fort Lauderdale community, changing their name a few years later to MiFo
(incorporating elements of both locations to represent their expanded geographic reach). This year, the
MiFo LGBT Film Festival is undergoing a full rebrand, and as part of that, a new name: The OUTshine
Film Festival.

19 years ago, we needed to say, The Miami and Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, stated
Mark Gilbert, Board Chair for the OUTshine Film Festival). "These days, our community has so much
more recognition that we wanted the film festival to be more representative of what we've grown into as
an organization in our 19 years of existence. Our new name gives us a better and more memorable image,
showcases the amazing place that we live, and speaks volumes about us as a community."

As an organization, the MiFo LGBT Film Festival's goal has always been to showcase educational and
entertaining film that helped encourage LGBT dialog - both locally and nationally - and their new name
will help them do just that.

About OUTshine Film Festival

The OUTshine Film Festival is a bi-annual LGBTQ film festival with a mission to inspire, entertain, and
educate the public and encourage 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. Find out more at http://www.outshinefilm.com

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