Outfest premiere of Egghead & Twinkie

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Outfest premiere of Egghead & Twinkie, writer/director Sarah Kambe Holland’s deeply personal coming-of-age comedy about the joys and pains of coming out of the closet. Egghead & Twinkie will screen July 21st at 5pm at the DGA Theater Complex in West Hollywood as part of the 2023 edition of Outfest Los Angeles. The film will also be available to stream via Outfest from July 17th to July 23rd.

Egghead & Twinkie made its world premiere at Cinequest and has gone on to earn critical acclaim at festivals around the globe, including, London’s BFI Flare Festival, the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, and Frameline.
Made by and for Gen Z, Egghead & Twinkie stars Sabrina Jie-A-Fa as the titular Twinkie (The Corrupt Half) and Louis Tomeo as Egghead (Every Witch Way, 9-1-1), with a strong supporting cast including Asahi Hirano (Saintly, Save Me a Dance), Ayden Lee (social media personality @actually.ayden), J. Scott Browning (The Right Stuff, I Am Frankie), Kelley Mauro (A Christmas Karen), Steven Lane (Burn Notice, Queen of the South), and Roger Greco (David Makes Man, Murder by Numbers).
Synopsis: After coming out to her parents, seventeen-year-old Twinkie takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend, Egghead. As they make their way across the country, Egghead wrestles with his unrequited feelings for Twinkie, while Twinkie learns to embrace her identity as a gay mixed-Asian woman.