Elle Fanning Honors Director John Cameron Mitchell at Outfest 2015

Elle Fanning shares a laugh with John Cameron Mitchell at the 2015 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival Opening Night Gala held at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday (July 9).

The 17-year-old Three Generations actress wore a Prada dress for the event where she presented the Outfest Achievement Award to John.

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Elle is starring in John’s next film, How to Talk to Girls at Parties.

The flick centers on an alien touring the galaxy, who breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.

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