Outfest 2009: PRODIGAL SONS
"I started out making a film about my adopted brother’s journey to discover his new lineage. It was undeniably a great story, a real-life fairy tale. I also felt guilty that life had been easy for me but not for Marc. I imagined that by celebrating his amazing tale I could ease his pain, and maybe heal our relationship. I thought I’d be making a film about the second chapter in our lives. Little did I know we weren’t done with the first.
"Anyone who has met Marc will tell you that you can’t tell his story without telling mine. Our rivalry growing up was the most important dynamic in his life, and remains so to this day. So I knew [...]
by Andre Soares | July 6, 2009
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Tags: Documentaries, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Kimberly Reed, Los Angeles Screenings, Orson Welles, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Prodigal Sons, Rita Hayworth, Transgender
Sally Potter’s RAGE Multi-Platform Release
Judi Dench, Jude Law (as a female top model), Riz Ahmed
In conjunction with its traditional media release worldwide, Sally Potter’s Rage will be released — as a series of episodes — by web TV service Babelgum online and via mobile through the fall/winter of 2009.
Starring Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed, Bob Balaban, Adriana Barraza, Steve Buscemi, Jakob Cedergren, Lily Cole, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jude Law, John Leguizamo, David Oyelowo, and Dianne Wiest, Rage premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
The film’s setting is a New York fashion house, where a young blogger shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone with an eclectic group of people, including a celebrity supermodel, a seamstress, a [...]
by Andre Soares | May 12, 2009
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Tags: Adriana Barraza, Babelgum, Bob Balaban, Clint Eastwood, David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Eddie Izzard, Gay Interest, Jakob Cedergren, Joan Allen, John Leguizamo, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Lily Cole, Orlando, Patrick J. Adams, Queen Elizabeth I, Quentin Crisp, Riz Ahmed, Sally Potter, Simon Abkarian, Steve Buscemi, Transgender, Yes
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: DREAM BOY, SOCIETY
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Monday, April 6, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
"Home"
An international selection of films exploring the idea of home.
Lot’s Wife
Turkey 2008. Dir Harjant Gill, Koray Durak. 9min.
A reworking of the biblical story of Lot’s wife, set in the outskirts of Istanbul, where three uncles intend to break up a happy home.
Boxed In
USA 2007. Dir Joy E. Reed. 10min.
A comedy demonstrating the importance of clearing out your closet when you move home.
The Turkey
France 2008. Dir Anna Margarita Albelo. 10min.
A wife and mother runs off with her battery operated birthday present.
Two Spirits
USA 2007. Dir Ruth Fertig. 22min.
Queer Native Americans fight to reclaim the place of honour [...]
by Andre Soares | April 2, 2009
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Tags: Anna Margarita Albelo, Carolina Valencia, Diana Scarwid, Dream Boy, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Harjant Gill, James Bolton, Jim Grimsley, Koray Durak, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London Screenings, Lot's Wife, Maximillian Roeg, Shorts, Society, Stephan Bender, Transgender, Vincent Moloi, Voodoo Woman
