Javier Cámara Articles

The tale of a poor backwater family struggling against poverty, addiction, and assorted personal and social maladies, Tina Mabry's Mississippi Damned was the jury's pick for best U.S. narrative film at this year's edition of Outfest, Los Angeles' gay and lesbian film festival. Among the other Outfest 2009 jury winners were Stian Kristiansen's The Man Who Loved Yngve, the late 1980s tale (written by Tore [...]

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 18. Synopses from the Outfest website. Chef's Special / Fuera de Carta (Sat, Jul 18th 11:00am, DGA 1) (Spain, 2008, 111 mins) In Spanish with English subtitles video Directed By: Nacho G. Velilla SCR: Nacho G. Velilla, Oriol Capel, Antonio Sanchez & David Sanchez Gay type-A-plus chef Maxi (Javier Cámara, TALK TO HER) is too busy trying to run [...]

Nacho G. Velilla's Spanish comedy Fuera de Carta / Chef's Special opened the 24th edition of the Torino GLBT FIlm Festival last night. In Chef's Special, a highly regarded chef (Javier Cámara, above, with festival programmer Cosimo Santoro and Velilla) working at a trendy restaurant in Chueca, Madrid's gay neighborhood, believes that life is just perfect. It doesn't take long, however, for imperfection to knock [...]

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 – [...]