Hedwig And The Angry Inch, the New Line Cinema-backed rock opera musical which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will open this year's Los Angeles Gay And Lesbian Film Festival aka Outfest on July 12.

The film, which also screened at the Berlin Film Festival, will be released in the US by New Line's specialised division Fine Line Features on July 20. The film is directed and written by John Cameron Mitchell, who also stars as Hedwig.

Celebrating its 19th anniversary in 2001, Outfest will close on July 23 with All Over The Guy, the latest film from Julie Davis (I Love You, Don't Touch Me), which stars Dan Bucatinsky and Richard Ruccolo as two twentysomethings who are thrown together by their respective best friends. Lisa Kudrow and Christina Ricci make cameo appearances in the film which will be released in the US by Lions Gate Films on Aug 3.