Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: John Greyson, Kristian Peters
Canadian filmmaker John Greyson (above with festival supporter Laura Righi) was at the 24 Torino GLBT Film Festival to receive a special award for his latest effort, the part-documentary, part-fiction Fig Trees, about the struggles of AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Cape Town, as they fight governments and the pharmaceutical industry for better access to antiviral drugs. Fig Trees won the Teddy Award for best documentary at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
As per the Torino festival’s release, "Greyson hopes that his presence in Torino will help the festival audience to share the Spanish and European Union opinions (including the possibility to send 1 million condoms to the countries affected by this disease) in [...]
by Andre Soares | April 27, 2009
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Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup
Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup
Documentaries IN COMPETITION
Boriven nee yu pai tai karn kuk kun (This Area is Under Quarantine) by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand, 2009)
friday 24 april, 16.45 – monday 27 april, 11.30
Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007)
friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 11.30
Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies) by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, 2008)
friday 24 april, 15.30 (Sala 3) – saturday 25 april, 11.30 (Sala 3)
Giorgio/Giorgia… storia di una voce (Giorgio/Giorgia…History of a Voice) by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008)
saturday [...]
by Andre Soares | April 23, 2009
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Tags: A Village Romance: Lesbian Love, Bongo Bong, Boy Meets Boy, Brian Harris Krinsky, Claudine Natkin, Connor Clements, David Bonneville, Dish, Documentaries, El Reloj, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Girls of Fire, Heiko, Ho Wi Ding, James, Ken Wardrop, Le Fossoyeur, Lesbian Interest, Marco Berger, Mark Robinson, Meme pas mort, My Easter in Heels, Naked Island, Paradise, Punches and Ponytails, Saliva, Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies, Shorts, Summer Afternoon, Sylvie Benavides, This Area Is Under Quarantine, Tomboy, Torino GLBT Film Festival, Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009, Under the Bright Sunshine, Viva Delorme, Yulene Olaizola
