2022 Outfest LA Film Festival Watch Guide
Discover the movies and short films that will screen this year at the 40th Outfest LA Film Festival.
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- DirectorMariano BiasinStarsMartín MillerTeo Inama ChiabrandoAzul MazzeoManuel lives in a small coastal town. He plays bass in a band with his best friends. One of them is Felipe, with whom he shares a strong friendship. Unbreakable bond. Until the time comes to put it to test.
- DirectorCraig BorehamStarsJosh LaveryJulian OliverMathew WatersCasey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in big city Sydney. When he meets city lad Tib both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.
- DirectorClara SternStarsAlina SchallerJudith AltenbergerWolfgang BöckAn Austrian woman escapes from the pressure of running her family's vineyard by playing ice hockey. Then a new player arrives to challenge her rigid worldview, leading to a life-changing night on the streets of Vienna.
- DirectorGabriel MartinsStarsCícero LucasCarlos FranciscoCamilla DamiãoA lower middle class family undergoes a series of challenging and profound changes, reinventing themselves and their family ties along the way.
- DirectorRodrigo de OliveiraStarsJohnny MassaroRenata CarvalhoVictor CamiloThe beginning of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s when the first wave of the epidemic hit Brazil.
- DirectorGustavo VinagreStarsIsabella PereiraPedro RibeiroJonata VieiraThree young queer people drift through a city bled dry by the pandemic and rampant capitalism.
- DirectorJuliana CuriStarsZahy GuajajaraUýra SodomaUýra, a trans-indigenous artist travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery using performance art and ancestral messages to teach indigenous youth and confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil.
- DirectorMorris ChapdelaineBob ChristieStarsPat RoccoCharlie DavidPhyllis DillerIn this colorful trip back in time, filmmaker and activist Pat Rocco shares his incredible life story as one of Hollywood's original boundary pushing gay pioneers.
- DirectorMark SlutskySarah WattsStarsAnwen O'DriscollJune LaporteLiane BalabanWhen lesbian teen Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah's Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.
- DirectorGabriel Bier GislasonStarsDavid DencikEllie KendrickSofie GråbølMaja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London. There, she meets Leah's mother, Chana, a woman who could hold dark secrets.
- DirectorVictoria Linares VillegasStarsVictoria Linares VillegasMilvio LinaresStephany LirianoThrough a series of re-enactments starring her family and the filmmaker, she traces the forgotten life of her cousin, queer filmmaker and political activist Oscar Torres, blurring the lines between her reality and his.
- DirectorMohammad Shawky HassanStarsDonia MassoudAhmed El GendyNadim BahsounPop clichés are twisted with the love between two men who encounter a polyamorous chorus of lovers.
- DirectorAlli HaapasaloStarsAamu MilonoffEleonoora KauhanenLinnea LeinoThree young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess.
- DirectorC.B. YiStarsKai KoChloe MaayanYufan BaiFei works illegally to support family, but they reject his lifestyle. Through Long, Fei finds hope, until encountering Xiaolai, his past love, who makes him confront his guilt.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsDenis MénochetIsabelle AdjaniKhalil Ben GharbiaPeter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means.
- DirectorJuan Pablo GonzálezStarsTeresa SánchezRafaela FuentesTatín VeraIn the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
- DirectorAdrián SilvestreStarsRaphaëlle PérezAlberto DíazMarc RiberaA young trans woman in Barcelona deals with her transition, dating and daily life.
- DirectorMagnus GerttenStarsTrien de Haan-ZwagermanLola SylmanNadine HwangNelly and Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. For many years their relationship was kept a secret.
- DirectorEva BelingStarsLevan AkinHarriet AnderssonNils AstherPrejudice and Pride is a rainbow colored roller coaster ride through a stunning collection of films. From Mauritz Stiller's filming of the world's first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden's exciting new wave of Scandinavian transgender films.
- DirectorEva VitijaStarsAnnina ButterworthPatricia HighsmithMarijane MeakerBased on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
- DirectorRocky PalladinoStarsEmun ElliottAmelia EveIola EvansPhea, a struggling musician and street performer, finds she would do whatever it takes to save her lover in this modern version of Orpheus.
- DirectorRay WhitehouseStarsFrankie Gonzales-WolfeJeff WolfeFrankie Gonzales-Wolfe goes on a personal journey and questions her relationship to her community as she runs for city council in San Antonio, Texas, and attempts to become the first openly elected transgender official in Texas.
- DirectorDavid LewisStarsMatthew MontgomeryCody DukeSteve CallahanSet in 2015 against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's upholding of Marriage Equality, a long time gay couple divorce just as everyone else is getting married. After a commitment-phobic husband divorces him, Max, a stuck-in-his-ways gay man tries to start over. When he becomes accidental roommates with a younger hip nerd who is as romantically challenged as he is, sparks fly. "All Kinds of Love" is a feel-good comedy about people trying to follow their hearts, whether it involves an inter-generational romance, a middle-aged interracial throuple or an artistic trans man looking for love in all the wrong places.
- DirectorBryan DarlingJesse Finley ReedStarsMatt BomerBrian BuzziniParvesh CheenaA nostalgic and colorful peek behind the pages and personalities of International Male, one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after mail-order catalogs of the '80s and '90s.
- DirectorBilly PorterStarsEva ReignAbubakr AliCourtnee CarterA delightfully modern Gen Z coming-of-age story that follows Kelsa, a confident high school girl who is trans, as she navigates through senior year.
- DirectorMercedes KaneStarsGreg HarrisArthur JohnstonCleve JonesArt Johnston and Pepe Peña are civil rights leaders whose life and love is a force behind LGBTQ+ equality in the heart of the country. Their iconic gay bar, Sidetrack, has helped fuel movements and create community for decades in Chicago's queer enclave. But, behind the business and their historic activism exists a love unlike any other. The documentary film ART AND PEP tells the inspiring story of the long struggle for equality and their fight to love freely.
- DirectorHarry DodgeSilas HowardStarsSilas HowardHarry DodgeStanya KahnBy Hook or by Crook chronicles the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world. Silas Howard plays Shy (a transgender man), who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime. Suffering money troubles, emotional problems, and physical confrontations, the duo face their issues head on and learn to trust each other and support each other in pursuit of their goals.
- DirectorNicholas EliopoulosStarsJean-Claude CarrièreDabney ColemanBud CortDocumentary overview celebrating laughter through the work of the late comedy writer/director Colin Higgins known for "Harold and Maude", "Foul Play", "Silver Streak", "Nine to Five" and other feature films.
- DirectorTodd FlahertyStarsTodd FlahertyWyatt FennerJoey TarantoWhen his best friend and creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York drag queen determined for the limelight must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off.
- DirectorChase JoyntStarsCarmen CarreraKatie CouricLaverne CoxFRAMING AGNES turns the talk show format inside out in response to media's ongoing fascination with trans people. The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s.
- DirectorJordan DangerStarsJordan DangerJoaquim de AlmeidaPeter FacinelliFeaturing a glittering constellation of Los Angeles drag stars, this audacious and candy-colored dramedy follows a quartet of down-on-their-luck queens who end up stuck at the same therapy retreat. Together they face their respective plights with rapid-fire wit, unexpected poignancy, and a dash of the divine.
- DirectorEric GriffinAdam LenhartJake McclellanStarsAndrew BowserZenobia DecoteauJosh DorsheimerGoofy horror hijinks and high camp queer shenanigans ensue, when some siblings get transmitted into an unsuspecting household via a retro-horror TV cable box.
- DirectorAddison HeimannStarsZach VillaDevon GrayeMadeline ZimaA young potter's life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma.
- DirectorMaris CurranStarsYvens CarrenardJennette FelicianoQueer single mother and bodybuilder Jeannette Feliciano believes that strength is to show love.
- DirectorBrian VincentStarsDavid McDermottMarguerite Van CookJames RombergerA madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful career of painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it. Filmed in NYC, Detroit, San Francisco, Ireland, Berlin and the Cote d'Azur.
- DirectorDaresha KyiStarsTenita Lewis ArtryMarlee CastilloTabatha CastilloConnected via Facebook over 50,000 American mothers-many from conservative, Christian backgrounds- fully accept their LGBTQ+ children and call themselves "mama bears" because they fight ferociously for LGBTQ+ rights. This is their story.
- DirectorBroderick FoxStarsJessie AndersonRichard SavvyDevan ShimoyamaManscaping is an intimate documentary portrait of three queer men who are reimagining the traditional barbershop. Devan Shimoyama is a Black American artist, fast on the rise, whose barbershop painting series draws upon Afrofuturism and drag to envision the Black barbershop as a more inclusive space. Jessie Anderson is a young transgender Canadian barber and proprietor of Big Bro's Barbershop, where trans, gender nonconforming, and queer customers know they won't have to 'go back into the closet' to get a haircut. Richard Savvy, Australia's 'naked barber', is a fetish barber/porn actor, and former 'Sydney Mr. Leather' who invites you to leave your shame and clothes at the door and to add the transformative power of kink to your cut. Their stories, artistry, and activism model ways we can cut through the toxicity of male fragility in favor of social inclusion and personal freedom.
- DirectorMichelle EhlenStarsMichelle EhlenCharlie SteersShaela CookIn the midst of separating from her wife, Jay attempts to move across the country to start her life over again as she grapples with the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and everything in between.
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- DirectorAmanda KramerStarsAndrea RiseboroughHarry MellingDemi MooreNewlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual and gender identities.
- DirectorPatrik-Ian PolkStarsSeth GilliamDwight EwellAndre JohnsonThe tale of 4 gay African-American friends in L.A: shy, virginal photographer Marcus, outgoing Lothario Hill, hot-to-trot rich kid newbie Dante, and fabulous drag diva Crystal.
- DirectorNicola MarshGiovanni RedaStarsLeo BakerMelissa Bueno-WoernerAlexis SabloneFollows celebrated competitive skating icon Leo Baker as they try to make space for themselves in the gendered world of pro sports and build a more inclusive skate culture, which leads them to doing the punkest thing imaginable.
- DirectorBill WeberDavid WeissmanStarsLarry BrinkinPeggy CassThe CockettesDocumentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
- DirectorJohn LoganStarsKevin BaconTheo GermaineAnna ChlumskyA group of teenagers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endures unsettling psychological techniques while being stalked by a mysterious masked killer.
- DirectorFernando AndrésTyler RughStarsPaul AddisonHunter AllenSarah J. BartholomewIn this poetic exploration of love and suppressed communication, the foundation of a bisexual couple's healthy open relationship starts to show its cracks.
- DirectorJuan Felipe ZuletaStarsSarah HayMatthew JeffersRoy AbramsohnAn uptight dwarf and his free-spirited, alien-obsessed neighbor hit the road on a border-defying search for their place in the universe.
- DirectorScout DurwoodNate LippJason ZeniStarsSammi CohenScout DurwoodEddie FurthIt follows Scout Durwood as she inadvertently becomes the leader of a cult that engages with the multiverse and aliens.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsJulianne MooreDennis QuaidDennis HaysbertIn 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
- DirectorRita BaghdadiStarsAlaa AlnawaShery BecharaTatyana BoughabaLilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
- DirectorLior ShamrizStarsLior ShamrizChelsea RectorEmily LucidAfter his partner's death, Eli turns to the recently-deceased artist's friends for a hand with his immigration, but some of them have ulterior motives.
- DirectorRose TrocheStarsKeiynan LonsdaleDylan SprouseSamer SalemIn the film, a young man in a tricky situation (Keiynan Lonsdale) follows the advice of his unconventional best friend (Dylan Sprouse) and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
- DirectorJacquelynn AugerAfter two years, 17-year-old Rosie returns home to attend her grandmother's funeral and she reconnects with her middle school sweetheart.
- DirectorLennert MadouStarsFelix BraeckmanKlaas MertensHelder OnkelinxOtto lives in a remote village while his boyfriend, a professional dancer, lives far away. From a distance, Otto finds comfort in his lover's choreography.
- DirectorAbram CerdaStarsEmmanuel AmarRubén CabreraAndres CifuentesIn Brussels, a Chilean man looks for connection, but fear of intimacy may lead him astray.
- DirectorÉrica SarmetStarsZélia DuncanBruna LinzmeyerCamila RochaTired of loneliness, Vange goes to a lesbian party for the first time.
- DirectorR.B. LimaStarsDanny BarbosaWilliam CabralLay GonçalvesAfter 15 years, a trans woman finally has the opportunity to get closer to her son.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsDavid RochePerformance artist/apartment cleaner David Roche looks at life and love as it impacts all the sexes.
- DirectorSining XiangStarsHaozhe WangPatrick BoydLi LiSining brings his American boyfriend, Patrick, back to China to visit his family. After Sining accidentally comes out to them, everyone's attitude towards Patrick goes south - except for Sining's 7-year-old nephew, Naonao.
- DirectorCaviar JiangStarsCaviar JiangAfter one commits suicide in bed, a doppelganger turns the body into an art installation for display and begins a journey during which the true cause of death is revealed.
- DirectorRubing ZhangStarsBeien JinJingyi MaDongjia ShaoNine-year-old tomboy Xiaoyu always wants to hang out with a group of boys in her neighborhood, but when her chance to join the "boys squad" would be at the cost of a girl that she just made friends with, Xiaoyu has a hard decision to make.
- DirectorMonica Taboada TapiaFor Georgina, an indigenous transgender woman, life in the desert is lonely and cruel. In her small village, no one understands who she is.
- DirectorJean-Sébastien ChauvinStarsAlain Garcia VergaraFollows a man as he sleeps, enveloped in the darkness. He is beautiful, naked, and it is hot. A city at dawn. Traffic is flowing like red and white blood cells. The sun rises and the façades of the skyscrapers begin to sparkle.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsRomy AlizéeFrance BaiseJulie BrémondA rainy city, a foggy night. Lust lurks in a dark alleyway lit by flickering neon as bodies fuse to the sounds of a haunting sax.
- DirectorAdèle Vincenti-CrassonStarsJulie FurtonJay Des AdelphesMaude ChaillouMaximilienne discovers a new side of herself while playing with her appearance alone in her bedroom. One night, she finds herself in a nightclub at a drag king show. A new world opens itself before her. She has found a new family.
- DirectorFrancisco BianchiTwelve people map out what it means to be a man today, in ballpoint drawings.
- DirectorBenjamin BelloirStarsBaptiste Carrion-WeissDaphné HuynhShane WoodwardRomain, in his thirties, has just been dumped by his boyfriend. Lonely and romantic, he tries a dating app and will make two surprising encounters in a two-star hotel.
- DirectorDania BdeirStarsHassan AqqoulKhansaKamal SalehAway from everyone's eyes, a Beirut crane operator is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.
- DirectorSamuel VargasStarsChase WalkerBrandon BaezValeria GuzmánAn LGBTQ movie about two young men that struggle to tell each other the truth about how they feel about each other. A story about discovery, acceptance, and love.
- DirectorAnthony de BonoStarsBraulio BandeiraDemetris DarrasViktor Francis DuoCreating a visual experience of intimacy and collaboration within Queer culture. With the stark reminder that existence is political.
- DirectorYi TangStarsXuanyu ChenBaohe Xue18-year-old school girl Shengnan enters a night of adventure in the adults' world.
- DirectorRioghnach Ni GhrioghairStarsJuliette CrosbieStephanie DufresneMarie RuaneA haunted composer uses music to connect with the ghost of her dead lover but her mind starts to spiral into chaos.
- DirectorBecky CheatleStarsMartin AngoloJohnny CandonRobert Anthony FlynnOn the night of a transphobic attack a transgender comedian processes her feelings the only way she knows how, via stand up comedy.
- DirectorTavo RuizStarsLeonardo CastellPaulino RazoThese are the whispers of the last time two best friends were together one afternoon on the rooftop.
- DirectorJesse UngStarsDavid ShiKelvin TaEsther WeeOn the eve Chinese New Year, Steven, a closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand oppressed by the expectations of his parents, plans to lose his virginity to a stranger that he meets online.
- DirectorOlive NwosuStarsTeniola AladeseSheila ChukwulozieLoveth OnyemaobiA woman returns to her hometown of Lagos in search of healing. What she discovers instead is a path that takes her into her past and toward a new understanding of the people and experiences that shaped her.
- DirectorJake Muñoz ConsingStarsJames AberiaEllena MelchorA teenage boy discovers he can use his face massager for...not his face.
- DirectorCarlota CallénStarsCarlota CallénVioleta OrgazBlanca thinks that opening up about the sexual problems she has with the father of her son could help to soothe her friend who is about to undergo a medical test. However, Julia, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, allows herself to be bluntly honest and speak her mind freely about what she really thinks about her friend's current partner. The fact that both completely bare their souls to each other makes them reconsider their personal relationships and their very own friendship. Julia will end up crumbling down and recognizing her fears regarding her upcoming mastectomy. Both will realize that what really matters is to make each other happy one way or the other. Perhaps, their happiness dwells in being together and open themselves to new experiences.
- DirectorJorge MurielStarsMiguel RamiroJosé CameánJosé Luis de MadariagaA haunting film about a connection, a love, a past, and the present.
- DirectorJerry CarlssonStarsRichard SseruwagiDoreen NdagireLisette T. PaglerMilo Moro finds out that his ex-partner Adrian, who has been cryopreserved for the past 43 years, can be thawed and brought back to life. When the staff from ScandiCryonics arrives to pick up the cryocontainer with Adrian's body, Milo realizes he might not be ready for Adrian to return.
- DirectorNatasha Kang-Hsin SungStarsWen-lin FangTammy LaiDressed in a dashing suit, singing in a bar, and picking up younger women, Uncle Martha suddenly reconnects with her long-lost first love Mandy.
- DirectorErich RettstadtStarsMarian MesulaRyan LinDanielle YenOnce upon a time, the magical Tank Fairy delivered tanks of gas (with plenty of sass) to the home of young Jojo, a lonely dreamer in need of a glittery godmother.
- DirectorJordi WijnaldaStarsRick Paul van MulligenThomas RyckewaertSouhail AttahiriAn all-male foster family tries to enjoy one last morning together, before their unity will be broken by what was inevitable all along.
- DirectorKeeran Anwar BlessieStarsKorey RyanKeeran Anwar BlessieHarry BradleyA South London story in which opposites attract, appearances deceive and bravery reaps rewards.
- DirectorPratibha ParmarStarsMark BeerLynn ClarkeIona FletcherA rare and lively examination of disability and homosexuality as it affects both women and men, Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun advocates for acceptance rather than pity for participants in this video. Interviews with a wide range of disabled lesbian and gay people are inter-cut with dramatic recreations and performances. Made for Channel Four Television by Pratibha Parmar (A Place of Rage, Warrior Marks), this enlightening video dispels the myth that all disabled people are unhappy or have no sexual identity. It also looks at the difficulties of enduring prejudice as both a disabled and gay person.
- DirectorJoy Gharoro-AkpojotorStarsAnn AkinjirinDolapo OniDamola AdelajaA couple battle for a future where they can find a home and freedom that is not determined by where they're from.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsOliver SimFehinti BalogunJimmy SomervillePopstar Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame and blood. A three-part musical short.
- DirectorJoseph WilsonStarsJulia CostaMicah HolmesSharon Le GrandLip-synch queer community experiences using archive sound.
- DirectorOlivia DowdAlix EveStarsElla DacresEll PotterFrom nervous first dates to late night arguments, a relationship in microcosm and a chance for something new?
- DirectorMaz MurrayStarsHava CarvajalSaskia ElzetaHannah HendersonPoppets is a surreal soap opera about an Essex girl investigating malpractice in a local housing development and two women who meet and fall in love on a night out at a suburban entertainment multiplex: Bas Vegas.
- DirectorShiva RaichandaniStarsTaru DevaniShiva RaichandaniRaimu ItfumWhen a mysterious gatecrasher appears at their wedding, Madhav and Sufi are forced to face past secrets and reflect on what makes a family.
- DirectorMarco AlessiStarsSharon D. ClarkePaul HiltonJade AnoukaSeb takes his friend Terri to witness a triumphant celebration of queerness, Derek Jarman's camp and playful canonisation in his garden at Prospect Cottage.
- DirectorEliana PipesStarsJennie GreenberryNatalie RomanA cheeky exploration of the irony in queer AfroLatina culture, where long nails and lesbianism are often in contention.
- DirectorJoshua AmarStarsSam MarraKelton WhiteAfter being cat-fished into an online sexual encounter, a college student flees a horrific vision of a stranger who might be blackmailing him with a non consensual recording.
- DirectorMireya MartinezStarsJonathan De La TorreDenise DoradoCecily GlouchevitchFollowing the death of a close uncle, siblings Guillermo, Lucia, and Nora are forced to interact with each other and their extended family during the customary nine days of a Novenario.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsDenis LavantMichel SuborGrégoire ColinAn ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.xxx wrong title
- DirectorConstance TsangStarsBart AckermanChase Sui WondersAmelia WorkmanBeau, an emerging artist is about to unveil her latest installation. Her lover Paloma, is a devoted supporter. Her final breakthrough hinges on the success of this piece and soon this pressure causes a rife in the two women's relationship.
- DirectorMarianne AmelinckxJulieta MessmerStarsEmma RamosChris MossLorena RussiTwo queer Latinas who dream of making it in Hollywood but end up working on a marijuana farm in Northern California.
- DirectorM.G. EvangelistaStarsEmily BessaEmily May JampelLily, a teenage girl attending a Catholic school, questions the teachings of the Catholic Church when she befriends a new student who brings out the blood flowers in her.
- DirectorSitong CaoYuanxin QiuA girl who wasn't lucky enough in love finally meets her Melody.
- DirectorSam McConnellStarsDrew DroegeRachael HarrisCheyenne JacksonJack Roth (Cheyenne Jackson), once the hottest star of cable news, stumbles upon a "newsworthy sex scandal" and ends up facing off against all sides, including the corporation he works for.