Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009

Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009 poster (top); Alexandre and Victor Carril in Give Me Your Hand (middle); Hello My Name Is Lesbian by Iben Haahr Andersen, Minna Grooss (bottom)

The 2009 edition of the Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival runs Oct. 16-25.
Among the festival’s "themes" this year are "Documenting Denmark," "Daddy Cool," "Cry for Me Argentina," and "Bollywood Goes Gay."

Rückenwind by Jan Krüger (top); Daddy’s Love by Mette Aakerholm (middle); Nobody Passes Perfectly by Saskia Bisp (bottom)

Screening films include Jan Krüger’s Rückenwind, which follows a young couple (Sebastian Schlecht, Eric Golub) on a bike trip in the woods that turns nightmarish after they meet with a lone mother and her shy teenage son; Iben Haahr [...]

by Andre Soares | September 26, 2009   
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Outfest 2009: PRODIGAL SONS, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, BEFORE STONEWALL

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Before Stonewall (Sat, Jul 11th Noon, REDCAT)
(USA, 1984, 87 mins)
16mm
Directed By: Greta Schiller
From the sexual experimentation of the Roaring Twenties, to the scapegoating of homosexuals during the McCarthy era, to the development of the early homophile rights movement, BEFORE STONEWALL presents a unique portrait of the history of the U.S. homosexual experience. Using filmed recollections and a wealth of archival material from both the mass media’s portrayal of homosexuality and from the gay subculture’s own documentation, the film traces the social, political, and cultural development of the lesbian and gay community. The film features such notables [...]

by Andre Soares | July 9, 2009   
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