Photos: V. Francesco (Ducastel/Martineau), Luca Gallizio (Pansittivorakul, Keegan, Treut)
Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (with festival programmers Cosimo Santoro and Luca Castelletti) were at the 2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival to present their feature film Nés en 68 /Born in 68, which spans twenty years in the lives of three students.
Thusnka Pansittivorakul (above, with festival programmer Santoro) presented the documentary This Area Is Under Quarantine, about two young Thai men — one Buddhist, one Muslim — who discuss political, personal, and sexual issues.
Tom Keegan introduced his documentary Out in India: A Family's Journey, in which a gay couple from Los Angeles sets out to India to raise AIDS awareness.
German filmmaker Monika Treut was given a special award at the 2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival, which also screened her latest effort, Ghosted, a cross-cultural tale (Germany-Taiwan) mixing romance, murder, and the supernatural.