Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with a screening of Ella Lemhagen’s Swedish comedy Patrik, Age 1.5, in which a gay couple discover that their newly adopted "baby" is actually a 15-year-old anti-gay juvenile delinquent.
Among the other films scheduled at the festival, which runs until May 3, are:
- Yair Hochner’s quirky romantic comedy Antarctica (above, top photo), in which several gay men and a couple of lesbians try to sort out their entangled romantic lives in bustling Tel Aviv — all that while awaiting for aliens to land in the city.
- Valdis Óskarsdóttir’s Icelandic comedy Country Wedding (above, lower photo), about several individuals with various personal secrets who gather for an out-of-town wedding.
- Jacqui Morris‘ British romantic comedy Mr. Right, which follows three London gay couples and their emotional ups and downs.
- Martin Weisz’s Grimm Love (neither romantic nor a comedy), based on the real life case of cannibal Armin Meiwes.
- Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi’s documentary Suddenly, Last Winter, which shows the effects of organized anti-gay bigotry on a gay couple (that’s Hofer and Ragazzi) who believed that their 8-year relationship would finally be recognized at the federal level after a center-left coalition became the majority in the Italian parliament in 2006 — their hopes, however, are dashed by a mix of political ineptitude and virulent anti-gay opposition led by the Catholic Church.
- Stefano Tummolini’s One Day in the Life, in which a deceptively ordinary day at the beach turns out to be a life-changing experience for an Italian gay man.
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Tags: Antarctica, Armin Meiwes, Country Wedding, Ella Lemhagen, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Grimm Love, Gustav Hofer, Jacqui Morris, Luca Ragazzi, Martin Weisz, Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Mr. Right, One Day in a Life, Patrik Age 1.5, Stefano Tummolini, Suddenly Last Winter, Valdis Oskarsdottir, Yair Hochner
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