Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009 Articles

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 [...]

2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival: Filmmaker Ferzan Ozpetek (above, with festival director Giovanni Minerba) presents "the films of his life." Ozpetek’s quotes below are from the festival’s press release. "I couldn’t have been happier when Giovanni Minerba made this proposition to me. I wanted to start out with a series of ‘Madames,’ ranging from the splendid Madame X, by David Lowell Rich, with Lana Turner, [...]

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: Documentary / Short Film Lineup Documentaries IN COMPETITION Boriven nee yu pai tai karn kuk kun (This Area is Under Quarantine) by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand, 2009) friday 24 april, 16.45 – monday 27 april, 11.30 Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007) friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 11.30 Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor [...]