Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDamien Navarro’s first day on the job as the executive director of Outfest LA was the day after the festival’s closing night last year.
Of course, no one could have imagined that this year’s edition of the LGBTQ festival would be taking place during a pandemic.Navarro and his team quickly pivoted to putting together a virtual event.
As a leading digital media entrepreneur, Navarro knew the virtual space well and it was his mission even before the pandemic to expand Outfest’s digital footprint.“They specifically sought out somebody that had the skillset to be able to do that,” Navarro tells Variety. “It was just supposed to be over three to five years….But with covid, now it’s not a.