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: Feature Lineup
Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup
Feature Films IN COMPETITION
Rückenwind (Light Gradient) by Jan Krüger (Germany, 2009)
friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 14.30
El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) by Belén Macías (Spain, 2008)
friday 24 april, 22.45 – saturday 25 april, 11.30
Gu huo (Fire in Silence) by Shen Weiwei (China, 2008)
saturday 25 april, 18 – sunday 26 april, 14.15
Leonera (Lion’s Den) by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil, 2008)
saturday 25 april, 20 – monday 27 april, 11
Selda (The Inmate) by Ellen Ramos, Paolo Villaluna (Philippines, 2008)
saturday 25 [...]
by Andre Soares | April 23, 2009
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Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: FIRE IN SILENCE
Fire in Silence, the directorial debut of 21-year-old undergraduate student Shen Weiwei, will have its world premiere at the Torino GLBT Film Festival, which kicks off this evening.
In Gu huo / Fire in Silence, a young couple face a crisis in their relationship after they meet a man who, after having had numerous liaisons with women, has decided he wants to seduce one of them.
According to Weiwei, “Fire in Silence is neither a mere film about homosexuality nor a simple gay story, but rather, a portrait of one of the innermost desire[s] of human beings — the possessive instinct — [as seen] through gay characters. Human beings, born with desires, will [...]
by Andre Soares | April 23, 2009
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Tags: Chinese Cinema, Film Festivals, Fire in Silence, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Shen Weiwei, Torino GLBT Film Festival, Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009
