Outfest 2009: MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, LUCKY BASTARD, FIONA’S SCRIPT
Outfest 2009 hightlights on Tuesday, July 14. Synopses from the Outfest website.
Ghosted (Tue, Jul 14th 7:00pm, LAEMMLE MONICA)
(Germany , Taiwan, 2009, 89 mins)
In English, Gernan, Mandarin with English subtitles
35mm
Directed By: Monika Treut
SCR: Astrid Stroner & Monika Treut
Legendary filmmaker Monika Treut (SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR) returns to Outfest with a deftly crafted, mysterious love story. Sophie, a Hamburg-based visual artist, is haunted by the unexplained death of her beautiful Taiwanese girlfriend, Ai-ling. As Sophie attempts to come to terms with her grief, she encounters new intrigue when she meets Mei-Li, a relentless journalist who seems just as obsessed with uncovering the truth about Ai-ling as she is with seducing Sophie.
Make [...]
by Andre Soares | July 13, 2009
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Tags: Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Ghosted, Lesbian Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Lucky Bastard, Make the Yuletide Gay, Mississippi Damned, Monika Treut, Outfest, Outfest 2009
Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Monika Treut, Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
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 [...]
by Andre Soares | April 26, 2009
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Tags: Born in 68, Documentaries, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Ghosted, Jacques Martineau, Monika Treut, Olivier Ducastel, Out in India, Photos, Thusnka Pansittivorakul, Tom Keegan, Torino GLBT Film Festival, Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: GHOSTED, THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Wednesday, April 1, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
Before Stonewall
Directed by:
Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
Distributor:
Peccadillo Pictures
Country:
USA
Year:
1984
Running time:
87min
25 years ago this film felt like a revelation of a hidden gay history. Conventional wisdom had defined the modern movement for gay liberation from the riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York, however, this film shows just how much activism and creativity haad been going on before 1969. A dazzling line-up of interviewees includes poets, writers, political organizers, dancers, actors who bear witness to a life before Stonewall, including Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde, Barbara Gittings, Harry Hay, Ann Bannon and many more.
The courage and bravery of those [...]
by Andre Soares | March 29, 2009
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Tags: Before Stonewall, Delphine Seyrig, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Ghosted, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London Screenings, Monika Treut, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The American Soldier, The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press, Ulrike Ottinger, Veruschka
