Gay Films Seized in Canada
Clapham Junction by Adrian Shergold (top); Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth in I Can’t Think Straight (middle); Patrik Age. 1.5 by Ella Lemhagen (bottom)
Canada an egalitarian gay haven? Think again.
Marcus McCann reports in Xtra.com that Canada Border Services Agency customs officers have seized three gay-themed films en route to Ottawa’s three-day Inside Out gay film festival, which ends tomorrow, Nov. 22. No explanation was given for the seizure — which, of course, is exactly what you’d expect to happen in a true democracy. The films are supposed to remain in custody until they’re watched in full by some border censor or other. (Curiously, the Inside Out website makes no mention of the border incident.)
The three films in question are Adrian [...]
by Alessandro Moretti | November 21, 2009
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Tags: Adrian Shergold, Censorship, Clapham Junction, Film Festivals, Gay Interest, I Can't Think Straight, Lesbian Interest, Patrik Age 1.5
Outfest 2009: PATRIK, AGE 1.5; BANDAGED, El niño pez
Outfest 2009 hightlights on Wednesday, July 15. Synopses from the Outfest website.
El niño pez / The Fish Child (Wed, Jul 15th 7:15pm, DGA 1)
(France , Spain , Argentina, 2009, 96 mins)
In Spanish with English subtitles
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Directed By: Lucía Puenzo
SCR: Lucia Puenzo
Writer-director Lucía Puenzo won awards – including two prizes at Cannes – and critical acclaim all over the world for XXY, and now the Argentine filmmaker returns with a lesbian romance that’s also a Chabrol-esque mystery thriller and a scathing examination of class differences in the South American nation.
Lala (Inés Efron, whose performance has inspired comparisons to the early film roles of both Sissy Spacek and Chloë Sevigny), the privileged daughter of a [...]
by Andre Soares | July 13, 2009
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Tags: Bandaged, El niño pez, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Lesbian Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Lucía Puenzo, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Patrik Age 1.5
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with a screening of Ella Lemhagen’s Swedish comedy Patrik, Age 1.5, in which a gay couple discover that their newly adopted "baby" is actually a 15-year-old anti-gay juvenile delinquent.
Among the other films scheduled at the festival, which runs until May 3, are:
Yair Hochner’s quirky romantic comedy Antarctica (above, top photo), in which several gay men and a couple of lesbians try to sort out their entangled romantic lives in bustling Tel Aviv — all that while awaiting for aliens to land in the city.
Valdis Óskarsdóttir’s Icelandic comedy Country Wedding (above, lower photo), about several individuals with various personal secrets who gather for an out-of-town wedding.
Jacqui Morris‘ British [...]
by Andre Soares | April 23, 2009
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Tags: Antarctica, Armin Meiwes, Country Wedding, Ella Lemhagen, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Grimm Love, Gustav Hofer, Jacqui Morris, Luca Ragazzi, Martin Weisz, Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Mr. Right, One Day in a Life, Patrik Age 1.5, Stefano Tummolini, Suddenly Last Winter, Valdis Oskarsdottir, Yair Hochner
