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Opening Night

SUBLET DIRECTOR: EYTAN FOX • 2020 ISRAEL, USA • 90 MINUTES SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Friday, October 9th @ 7:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Friday, October 9th - Monday, October 12th

Michael (John Benjamin Hickey), a New York Times travel writer, visits Tel Aviv to research his latest article, get some space from his relationship, and recharge his batteries amid the thriving gay scene. Intending to sublet an apartment in Israel’s most populous city, he spontaneously agrees to share the modest one-bedroom space when it becomes clear that handsome tenant Tomer (Niv Nissim) has nowhere else to go. The age gap between the reserved Michael and the free-spirited Tomer lends the film a subtle humor and charm that grows as the pair get to know one another. As Michael shares his wisdom and soaks up the youthful energy that surrounds them, his guard begins to drop and he finds the inspiration to embrace his life again.

Structured around the passing days of his trip, the film has a walk-and-talk quality reminiscent of BEFORE SUNRISE, giving the viewer snapshots of the hedonistic vibe of the city. Eytan Fox has entertained us for three decades with gems like YOSSI & JAGGER and THE BUBBLE, and now gifts us this significantly more personal film, a heartfelt and heartwarming ode to gay men and to aging. — Lucy Mukerjee SPONSORED BY: Different

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Shiva Baby Director: Emma Seligman • 2020 USA • 77 minUTES SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Tuesday, October 13 @ 9:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Tuesday, October 13th - Friday, October 16th

Family obligations can be stressful even under the best of circumstances. But for Danielle, a sexually-liberated, bisexual post-grad reluctantly dragged to a Jewish funeral service by her parents, the persistent questions about her weight, love life, and career goals can make the dead seem like they’re getting off easy. Also, who was it that died again?

Confronted with the third degree from a cavalcade of characters—all while avoiding her overachieving, law student ex-girlfriend who happens to be lingering around the buffet table—Danielle finds that she is unable to escape her past, present, or future. When her current beau shows up, what was once merely awkward turns into a hilarious exploit in truth avoidance, one-uppance, and neuroses of the highest order. Writer-director Emma Seligman expands her 2018 short into a sharp, perfectly-paced, universal take on conflicting versions of self and how hard it is to live up to anyone’s expectations… even your own. This hysterical feature debut also stars Dianna Agron (GLEE), Jackie Hoffman (FEUD), and Fred Melamed (LADY DYNAMITE). — Angelique Smith

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International Centerpiece

ema Director: Pablo Larraín • 2020 CHILE • 107 minUTES • SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Wednesday, October 14 @ 7:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Wednesday, October 14th - Saturday, October 17th

Few films in recent memory have blazed a trail as passionately as Pablo Larraín’sEMA , which signals the director’s return to the present and his native Chile via the incandescent city of Valparaíso.

Mariana Di Girólamo, in a star turn you won’t be able to take your eyes off, plays the titular dancer, mother and pyro-lover impervious to social norms. On a quest to reclaim her adopted son Polo, whose absence explains her deteriorating marriage to choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal), Ema sets out on a path of deliberate resistance, embracing the orgasmic street movement of reggaeton and embarking on a fluid succession of relationships with people of all genders in her orbit. For reasons that don’t need explaining, she also owns a flamethrower and rejoices in burning shit down – a none-too-subtle metaphor for her relentless pursuit of catharsis and the film’s white-hot energy through which creative and sexual expression bursts forth.

Every bit the firecracker that had critics in Venice, where it premiered, clamoring for superlatives, Larraín’s film is visually stunning, fueled with combustible symbolism and physicality, and a genuine war cry for dancers, lovers and the matriarchy everywhere. — Tim Wong SPONSORED BY: AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: Venice International Film Festival 2019

Closing Night

BREAKING FAST Director: Mike Mosallam • 2020 USA • 92 minUTES SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Sunday, October 18 @ 7:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Sunday, October 18th - Wednesday, October 21st

Cultures clash and passion blooms in this lively and insightful romantic comedy. Mo (Haaz Sleiman, THOSE PEOPLE) is a gay Muslim living in West Hollywood — he’s a dedicated doctor who prioritizes his faith. When his long-term relationship takes an unexpected turn, leaving him suddenly single, he discovers that finding someone who enjoys quiet evenings of cooking and conversation is challenging in a sea of guys who are focused on partying and hook-ups. But when Mo meets Kal (Michael Cassidy, THE DARE PROJECT), sparks fly, and the cute couple moves carefully into a romance that is sweet and complicated at once.

True-to-life dialogue and richly complex and relatable characters breathe naturalistic energy into writer-director Mike Mosallam’s gorgeously shot feature debut, which he expanded from his 2015 short of the same name. Funny and thoughtful, Breaking Fast — which also stars Veronica Cartwright (ALIEN) and Patrick Sabongui (Homeland) — tackles deep issues of faith, friendship and sexuality with upbeat energy and a big heart. — Brendan Peterson

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“Fascinating” “Striking” “Suspenseful” “Riveting” Cured —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER —USA TODAY —BAY AREA REPORTER —THE QUEER REVIEW Patrick Sammon & Bennett Singer • 2020 USA • 82 minUTES SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Saturday, October 10th @ 4:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Saturday, October 10th - Tuesday, October 13th Meet the LGBTQ activists who refused to accept psychiatry’s mental-illness label — and changed history For most of the 20th century, being homosexual in America meant you could be clinically diagnosed as mentally ill and subject to drastic medical interventions posing as “cures.” But in 1973, in one of the most significant turning points in LGBTQ+ history, the American Psychiatric Association removed the stigma of mental illness from its medical manuals.

This riveting documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal the inspiring, courageous

efforts of the scrappy band of gay and lesbian activists in the 1960s-70s, from both WORLD PREMIERE OFFICIAL SELECTION outside and within the psychiatric field, who took on the medical establishment’s 2020 A film by Patrick Sammon & Bennett Singer views about homosexuality. It was a David-vs.-Goliath battle, as activists like Frank CuredDocumentary.com Kameny and Barbara Gittings insisted that gay people themselves, not doctors, were the best experts on their own lives. Bennett Singer (BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN) and Patrick Sammon (executive producer of CODEBREAKER) marshal fascinating archival material and eyewitness testimony to recount the hard- won struggle for basic rights that continues today, as “conversion therapy” remains legal in many states. – Peter L. Stein

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Ahead of the Curve Director: Jen Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow • 2020 USA • 95 minutes SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Sunday, October 11th @ 6:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Sunday, October 11th - Wednesday, October 14th

What made CURVE MAGAZINE (first published in 1990 asDENEUVE ) ahead of its time wasn’t just the radical choice to boldly print “lesbian” on the cover next to out and proud figureheads such as Melissa Etheridge, Wanda Sykes and k.d. lang. CURVE was filled with unapologetic images and stories that radiated community and dignity from cover to cover, quickly becoming a cornerstone of lesbian culture. So in 2019 when founder Franco Stevens heard that the magazine might go out of print, she was left with two questions: Was a lesbian magazine still important for lesbian visibility? And, how had visibility changed over three decades?

In AHEAD OF THE CURVE, director Jen Rainin and producer Rivkah Beth Medow craft a personal journey that follows Stevens’ process grappling with questions of community and legacy. Linking lesbian histories with contemporary viewpoints, the film moves between interviews with LGBTQ+ tastemakers, “celesbians” (including Jewelle Gomez, Kate Kendell, and Lea DeLaria) and rich archival footage. Rainin lovingly uplifts the personal and political struggles, adventure, and community that birthed an institution, honoring its visionary legacy while exploring whether a SPONSORED BY: groundbreaking print publication remains relevant in a digital age. — Sophia Lanza-Weil

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: Frameline44 San Francisco • Official Selection: Outfest - Los Angeles 2020 Showcase Film

Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) Director: Monica Zanetti • 2020 Australia • 84 minUTES

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Sunday, October 11th @ 8:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Sunday, October 11th - Wednesday, October 14th

It’s hard enough being a high school student, but Ellie (Sophie Hankshaw) also has to stress about how to ask her crush Abbie (Zoe Terakes) to the formal without the certainty Abbie is into girls. If that’s not complicated enough, how about blurting out your plan and inadvertently coming out to your high-strung mum (Martha Dusseldorp), who did not seem to take the news very well? On top of that, Ellie gets a surprise visit from her dead aunt Tara (Julia Billington), in the form of a fairy godmother ghost, to help her coming out process! Along the way, Ellie discovers some family secrets that she might not be ready for.

ELLIE & ABBIE may have all the hallmarks of a classic high school rom-com, but first- time director Monica Zanetti also manages to subvert the genre and bring some genuine surprises to the table, including salient reminders of historical LGBTQI+ struggles that came before. The charming young leads are supported by a great cast, including New Zealand’s own Rachel House, who gives a deeply moving performance as Ellie’s SPONSORED BY: surrogate aunt. Winner of the Audience Award at the Mardi Gras Film Festival, ELLIE & ABBIE combines romance, comedy and a nod to pride history in an impressive debut. — Vicci Ho

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Winner: Audience Award – Mardi Gras Film Festival Showcase Film

cicada Director: Matt Fifer & Kieran Mulcare • 2020 USA • 96 minUTES

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Monday, October 12th @ 9:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Monday, October 12th - Thursday, October 15th

Sexy, smart, and nakedly emotional, CICADA is the bold feature film debut of actor, co-writer, and co-director Matt Fifer. He stars as Ben, a promiscuous bi-sexual housepainter haunted by a childhood trauma. His life changes dramatically when a hookup with Ben, an IT professional, blossoms into a relationship. But Ben still deals with his own physical and psychic scars. And as an interracial couple, they also have to navigate the minefield of casual racism from Ben’s white friends.

Anchored by excellent lead performances from Fifer and handsome newcomer Sheldon D. Brown, the film tackles intimacy, family, healing, and forgiveness, all against the backdrop of the 2012 child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky. The striking cinematography delivers some memorably romantic images, accompanied by songs from acclaimed indie artists Tune-Yards, Grizzly Bear, and others.

Reminiscent of such modern gay classics as WEEKEND and KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, CICADA delivers an artfully constructed story with vivid characters that’s unflinching about the realities of contemporary queer life. It’s a thought-provoking, relevant film that never loses touch with the wonder and sexual fire of a passionate new SPONSORED BY: relationship. Called “lush, erotic, and touching” by Indiewire, this is sure to be one of the breakout LGBTQ films of the year.— Frank Danay

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: Cleveland International Film Festival • Official Selection: Frameline44 San Francisco Showcase Film

Two of Us / Deux Director: Filippo Meneghetti • 2019 France, Belgium, Luxembourg • 95 minUTES • French, German with English Subtitles

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Tuesday, October 13 @ 7:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Tuesday, October 13th - Friday, October 16th

Pensioners Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades. From the point of view of those surrounding them, including Madeleine’s meddling daughter (Léa Drucker), they are simply two neighbours sharing a hallway during their sunset years. In reality, this landing is a bridge between two worlds: one belonging to a widowed, doting grandmother, the other to a free-spirited, fiercely independent woman who longs to spend her life with the person she loves. Clandestinely, Nina and Madeleine share a tender life, moving freely between their apartments until, one day, an unexpected event closes the portal. In this new reality, their secret cannot remain hidden if they are to stay together — and their unconditional love is put to the test.

France-based Italian director Filippo Meneghetti, along with writer Malysone Bovorasmy, uses the utmost care and benevolence in crafting his bold, lustrous directorial debut. This is a film of longing and revelatory beauty. The performances of Sukowa, Chevallier, and Drucker are endlessly compelling — depicting characters both sincere and flawed, with each subtle movement adding to the seamless ballet of SPONSORED BY: raw human emotion. TWO OF US is a reminder of life’s key lessons: you can’t choose who you love — and you only live once. — Dorota Lech

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival 2019 • Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival All films listed below are in the order of their release date. Please check the individual film listings in the program guide as each have Festival at a Glance a unique streaming window of availability during the film festival.

FRI OCT 9

Sublet Give or Take Thirst Opening Night Feature Midnight Special

SAT OCT 10

De Colores Cured Strange Twilight’s Shorts Program Documentary Encounters Kiss Showcase - Free Shorts Program Feature Screening

SUN OCT 11

The Whistle Fun in Girls Ahead of the Ellie & Abbie Made in Shorts Curve (& Ellie’s Dead New Mexico Shorts Program Showcase Aunt) Showcase

MON OCT 12

Foreign Keyboard Where the Cicada Bodies Fantasies... Boys Are Showcase Shorts Program Documentary Shorts Program TUE OCT 13

Black + Queer Pier Kids Two of Us Shiva Baby On Screen Documentary Showcase Centerpiece Shorts Program

WED OCT 14

Worldy The Teacher Ema International The Goddess of Shorts Program Feature Centerpiece Fortune Feature

THU OCT 15

Dramarama Gender Fabulous T11 Incomplete Monsoon LGBTQ+ Youth Shorts Program Feature Showcase

FRI OCT 16

Beautiful Dreamer lUZ dRY wIND Feature Feature Showcase

SAT OCT 17

Queer Youth United Through The Glass No Hard Feelings Shorts Program Darkly Feature Showcase

SUN OCT 18

Silver Linings Out Loud Breaking Fast Shorts Program Documentary Closing Night Showcase Film

Monsoon Director: Hong Khaou • 2019 U.K. • 86 minUTES • English and Vietnamese

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Thursday, October 15 @ 7:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Thursday, October 15th - Sunday, October 18th

The heartthrob star of CRAZY RICH ASIANS, LAST CHRISTMAS, and A SIMPLE FAVOR, Henry Golding breaks out in this extraordinary dramatic role. From Hong Khaou, director of the tear-jerking gay film,LILTING , MONSOON explores memory, loss, and new beginnings with a tale that’s as haunting as it is romantic.

Golding stars as Kit, a Vietnamese man raised in London since childhood, when his parents escaped their war-torn homeland. Now, he’s returning for the first time to a country he doesn’t recognize, a language he’s forgotten, and the childhood friend who lived to tell. In his travels, he meets Lewis (Parker Sawyers, who played Barak Obama in the feature film SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU). An American entrepreneur, Lewis comes from a family impacted by the war in a very different way, and their mutual scars fuel their connection as much as their palpably mutual attraction.

A travelogue of a country where the ancient meets the modern, MONSOON boasts stunning images of vibrant street life, lush landscapes, and of course, the gay nightlife. (The fresh lotus tea sequence is a visual knockout!) Filled with provocative ideas, relatable characters, and that wonderful feeling of a budding romance, SPONSORED BY: MONSOON will stay in your mind long after its final swoony moments. - Frank Danay

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival 2019 • Official Selection: Outfest Los Angeles 2020 Showcase Film

Dry Wind / Vento Seco Director: Daniel Nolasco • 2020 brazil • 110 minutes • Portuguese with English Subtitles

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Friday, October 16 @ 9:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Friday, October 16th - Monday, October 19th

A lush, sexually explicit exploration of desire and fear, DRY WIND delivers bold colors, grand melodrama, a gorgeous soundtrack, and an unflinching look at gay intimacy. In a drought- stricken Brazilian town, Sandro keeps a low profile. He has unbridled sex with his friend, Ricardo, but only when hidden in the woods. His refusal to commit or leave the closet leads Ricardo’s eye to stray, and it lands on the ridiculously hot Maicon, a mysterious motorcyclist played by Tom of Finland drawing come to life, Rafael Teóphilo. But Sandro’s jealousy leads to betrayal, violence, and ultimately a reconsideration of living life in the shadows.

In a vivacious supporting performance, trans actress Renata Carvalho plays a union organizer and Sandro’s friend, Paula. She tries to make Sandro see that the personal is political and that there’s no glory in a life lived on the sidelines.

As he did in his playful, experimental documentary MR. LEATHER, director Daniel Nolasco stages lurid BDSM fantasies with a fresh eye and a sex-positive attitude. His first feature film, DRY WIND recalls the classics of Pedro Almodóvar and establishes Nolasco as a brash and promising queer filmmaker. It will leave you exhilarated, inspired, and at least a little turned on. - Frank Danay SPONSORED BY:

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AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: Guadalajara International Film Festival 2020 • Official Selection: Berlin International Film Festival 2020 Showcase Film

No Hard Feelings Director: Faraz Shariat • 2020 germany • 92 minUTES • German, Persian, Arabic with English Subtitles

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Saturday, October 17 @ 9:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Saturday, October 17th - Tuesday, October 20th

A young German-Iranian raver forms an inseparable bond with two Iranian immigrant siblings over the course of a summer, as threat of deportation looms and a secret romance becomes too explosive to contain, in the winner of the prestigious Teddy Award at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Parvis (a radiant Benjamin Radjaipour) whiles away his youth in voracious party mode, alternating between dancing in clubs and going out on sexually acrobatic Grindr dates. But even at the raves he’s made his safe havens, Parvis struggles to belong.

When Parvis meets Amon (Eidin Jalali), a newly-arrived Iranian immigrant living in a German shelter with his sister Banafshe (Banafshe Hourmazdi), the trio become immediately inseparable, barreling through night till morning, finding in each other the home they’ve been lacking. Filmmaker Faraz Shariat draws from his own experiences and elegantly weaves them into his exuberant, heartfelt, and slyly funny debut that is above all a love letter and tribute to a generation of displaced youth finding their place in the SPONSORED BY: world. — Jesse Knight Diego Lopez

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Winner: Teddy Award for Best Queer Feature Film – Berlin IFF Film Program

Beautiful Dreamer Dramarama Director: Amy Glazer • 2020 USA • 94 minUTES Director: Jonathan Wysocki • 2020 USA • 91 minUTES

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Friday, October 16 @ 5:00PM Thursday, October 15th @ 12:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Friday, October 16th - Monday, October 19th Thursday, October 15th - Monday, October 18th

Starring Erin Daniels of The L WORD and adapted from Patricia In Jonathan Wysocki’s feature directorial debut, a group Cotter’s play THE SURROGATE, BEAUTIFUL DREAMER is a of high school drama fanatics explore the ties of their charming, light-hearted dramedy about family, friendship, and friendship and their fears for the future. The year is love within a tight-knit group of fortysomethings, shot in and 1994, and the setting is the conservative community of around the Bay Area. Plagued with a case of writer’s block, Escondido, California. Gene loves the theatre and the tight- Margaret (Daniels) is desperately trying to finish her second knit community around it, but is terrified to come out to novel, but her long-time partner Jen (Kathryn Smith-McGlynn) his friends. This all changes as Gene and his friends throw just wants to start planning their wedding. a final murder mystery slumber party on the last day of summer, giving him one last chance to be honest with the Meanwhile, her best friend Billy (Louis Ozawa Changchien) people he loves before they leave for college. However, the wants the couple to be godparents to his young daughter group receives an unexpected visitor, calling into question Tallulah and soon-to-born (through a surrogate) son. Billy’s Gene and his friends’ readiness for the future ahead of wife Sarah (Jennifer Mudge), however, is frantically trying them. to keep her meddling mother Rita (a scene-stealing Wendie Malick) from finding out that she used the kitchen remodel Wysocki’s film is a love letter to late-bloomers, drama money she gave them to pay for the surrogacy. Toss into fanatics, and the intense friendships that only youth can the mix the angelic surrogate Crystal (newcomer Tate bring. Moore), who just wants to have the baby so she can get back to her true love in life: surfing. — Victoria Jaschob

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Official Selection: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2020 • Official Selection: FilmOut San Diego LGBTQ Film Festival 2020 SpOnsored by:

THIS SHORT FILM PRECEDES Eric Klamerus & Ricky Adams BEAUTIFUL DREAMER SAM & EMMA Director: Vanessa Leigh, Year: 2020, Country: USA, Running Time: 15 Minutes Two women try to piece together their relationship. Film Program

Give or Take The Goddess of Fortune Director: Paul Riccio • 2020 USA • 120 minUTES Director: Ferzan Ozpetek • 2019 italy • 115 minUTES • Italian with English Subtitles

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Friday, October 9th @ 9:00PM Wednesday, October 14th @ 9:30PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Friday, October 9th - Monday, October 12th Wednesday, October 14th - Saturday, October 17th

When his father Ken passes away, Martin (Jamie Effros) With a stellar cast and a gentle touch, Turkish-Italian returns to Cape Cod to settle his affairs, which includes auteur Ferzan Ozpetek (FACING WINDOWS; STEAM: selling a valuable home with the help of realtor Patty THE TURKISH BATH) explores the ways love shifts and King (SNL’s Cheri Oteri). Complicating matters is Ted redefines itself in long-term relationships when a handsome (BLOODLINE’S Norbet Leo Butz), Ken’s former lawn guy gay couple unexpectedly find themselves taking care and late-in-life boyfriend, who lives in the house he shared of their friend’s two adolescent children. After 15 years with Ken for years. Ted was not in the will, and faces together, Arturo (Ozpetek regular Stefano Accorsi, HIS eviction in the midst of grieving his significant loss. In SECRET LIFE) and Alessandro (Edoardo Leo) have hit a lull the meantime, Martin reconnects with former friends and in their relationship, with their troubles boiling to the surface questions whether he has really been living his best life. at their friends’ gay wedding. Martin and Ted struggle to find common ground as they When Alessandro’s best friend and former girlfriend compare and fight with their respective versions of a man Annamaria (Jasmine Trinca, AN ALMOST ORDINARY they both deeply loved. A quirky and original story told by a SUMMER) asks them to look after her kids for a while, talented cast, and filmed entirely on location in Cape Cod, Arturo and Alessandro’s world is thrown into hyperdrive. this charming film has true laugh-out-loud moments and a This new responsibility manages to bring out buried deep reservoir of heart as it addresses questions of identity, resentments alongside touching reminders of what love, loss, connection and acceptance. made the two men fall in love in the first place. Warm and engaging, THE GODDESS OF FORTUNE splendidly showcases the true meaning of “chosen family,” juggling its interpersonal drama with a healthy dose of humor and heart. — Joe Bowman

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Keyboard Fantasies: Luz The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story Director: Jon Garcia • 2020 USA • 118 minUTES Director: Posy Dixon • 2019 U.K. • 63 minUTES

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From Emmy Nominated Director Jon Garcia (THE FALLS His fans include pop diva Robyn, influential DJ Four Tet, and TRILOGY), comes this new film about two incarcerated freak-folk icon Devendra Banhart. His unclassifiable music men who find each other. Ruben and Carlos are cellmates embraces the warmth of folk, the fluidity of jazz, the grace in a minimum-security prison. As Ruben struggles to learn of new age, and the soul-shaking power of Negro spirituals. the ropes of daily life and his place within the complex Meet Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a black trans man who hierarchal prison system, Carlos becomes his mentor and has quietly built a cult following for his ahead-of-their-time eventually his lover. The two men develop feelings for recordings and heart-centered live performances. each other which are not easily expressed. After Carlos is released, Ruben must deal with his heartbreak until he is In this inspirational profile, Glenn-Copeland, now 74, released and has a chance at reconciliation with Carlos. presents a model of aging not just gracefully, but with humor, curiosity, and an open heart to embrace the present. He LUZ is a heart-wrenching drama and a story of survival, not speaks candidly about his experimentation with lesbianism only for the lives of both men, but for their relationship as and 1980s electronic music and about the wisdom he’s it transitions to the world outside their cell. Were they just acquired along the way. To track his one-of-a-kind journey, filling the void of loneliness during lock up or truly locked in this documentary employs candy-colored digitization and love? animation along with vintage super-8 film and electrifying AWARDS/ACCOLADES concert footage. As he tours with his band of mixed-race • Official Selection: Reeling Film Festival – Chicago and mixed-gender twenty-somethings, he delivers a true m a s t e r c l a s s i n l i v i n g l i f e t o i t s f u l l e s t a s a q u e e r e l d e r. - Frank Danay

AWARDS/ACCOLADES • Winner: Audience Favorite – Hot Docs Festival • Official Selection: BFI Flare London Film Festival SpOnsored by: Deep Singh Film Program

Out Loud Pier Kids Director: Gail Willumsen • 2020 USA • 54 minUTES Director: Elegance Bratton • 2019 USA • 86 minUTES

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You’re invited to an historic event: the first concert by an all-trans “The problem in the West Village isn’t drugs or prostitution,” chorus led by a trans Artistic Director. In 2016, the Trans Chorus explains DeSean, “it’s the homeless youth who come to the area of Los Angeles gave their inaugural performance, just six months looking for a safe zone.” These pier kids—homeless queer and after being formed. This documentary tracks the group from their trans youth, almost universally POC—name themselves after the first meeting up through their acclaimed debut with a program that space they’ve claimed, the Hudson piers in lower Manhattan. includes a 16th century French chanson, the glam rock classic “All Director Elegance Bratton, himself a former pier kid, spent five the Young Dudes,” and an uplifting original composition by one of years filming this “world within a world,” and the result is a raw the chorus members. portrait of a segment of the LGBTQ+ community that has been left behind in the rush to legalize marriage and obtain mainstream Composed entirely of trans, non-binary, and gender non- acceptance. conforming singers, the group represents an extraordinary diversity. One member attended Julliard. Another fronted a Bratton’s vérité camera plunges viewers into the midst of the heavy metal band. Many had no previous musical background. chaos, following transwomen on the stroll, observing arguments, Together, they transform their roughly two dozen unique voices drag balls, and visits to uncomprehending relatives. The film also into something singular and dynamic, informed by their intimate captures the more comfortable visitors to the piers, who sunbathe experiences with transitioning and evolving. This thrilling, or pose for pictures in the renovated waterfront park, apparently inspirational musical diary is sure to leave you smiling, even if you oblivious to the kids. By the end of this urgent film, we no longer need a box of Kleenex within reach. have that luxury—these kids are impossible to ignore. - Frank Danay — Monica Nolan

AWARDS/ACCOLADES This film contains depictions and discussions of transphobic • Official Selection: Outfest Los Angeles 2020 violence. • Official Selection: Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2020

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BLACK + QUEER ON SCREEN De Colores Acclaimed shorts that explore the black queer experience. This collection of shorts honors a multitude of queer and trans voices of color.

SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Tuesday, October 13 @ 3:00PM Saturday, October 10th @ 12:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Tuesday, October 13th - Friday, October 16th Saturday, October 10th - Tuesday, October 13th

2 Dollars After You Left Director: Robin Cloud • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 15 Minutes Director: April Maxey • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 9 Minutes Syd has the job from hell where their queer look and artistic ambitions Andrea, unable to move on from a past relationship, meets up with her ex- bother some small-minded co-workers. Could a lottery win mean their girlfriend, Alex, to get the last few items from their life together. freedom? Dance Dance Evolution Buck Director: Jules Rosskam • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 18 Minutes Director: Elegance Bratton • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 14 Minutes A short, powerful, and joyful documentary explores the ways in which the From the director of must-see doc Pier Kids and Viceland’s My House body in motion can open up the spaces between gender, race, and time. comes this sobering look at depression, race, and the perilous party-and- play scene. Faith Alone Director: Jess Kung • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 10 Minutes Pineapple This critical examination of the church as an institution is told through the Director: Max r Lincoln • Year: 2019 • Country: U.K. • Running Time: 13 Minutes dual perspectives of the queer director and their mother, an unconventional Are Black bodies art? Two women find their romance challenged by a minister. White curator’s influence in this wild look at objectification and the creative process. Red Ants Bite Director: Elene Naveriani • Year: 2019 • Country: Georgia • Running Time: 23 Minutes Freed Obinna and Afame, two Nigerians stranded in the country of Georgia, Director: Josza Anjembe • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 20 Minutes navigate the sleeping city of Tbilisi together and find solace despite the Bullied in the prison yard, Issa should be thrilled at his upcoming parole. But hostile environment. an intriguing new inmate just might give him reason to stay. Were You Gay in High School? Down Dog Director: Niki Ang • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 13 Minutes Director: Shae Xu • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 9 Minutes Two friends spend a lunch time meet-up recalling their awkward and What does a trans woman need to divulge to her new boyfriend? Will he closeted high school days filled with kissing boys and crushing on flirty connect the dots when he attends her mostly queer yoga class? straight girls. Where My Girls La Gloria Director: Mads Engel • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 22 Minutes Director: Mary Evangelista • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 15 Minutes Get ready to throw down with Skizo, Shanthony, and Dai! These queer black In the days following her suicide attempt, a queer lovelorn teen finds needed women are busting through hip-hop stereotypes with their swagger, beats, connection and solace with her abuela through the secret language of and determination. dreams.

Total Running Time - 93 minutes Total Running Time - 88 minutes Short Films

Foreign Bodies Fun in Girls Shorts This collection of shorts will titillate and provoke as we travel the Join the fun (and drama) in this powerful collection of queer globe in search of foreign bodies. women’s shorts.

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After That Party The Secret Gardener Director: Caio Scot • Year: 2019 • Country: Brazil • Running Time: 15 Minutes Director: Lorena Russi • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 3 Minutes Leo saw his dad kissing a guy at a disco last night. So, how do you bring up A garden party goes off the rails when ladies who brunch devolve into ladies that topic over breakfast? who munch when they see the sexy gardener. Are You Hungry? CC Dances the Go-Go Director: Teemu Niukkanen • Year: 2019 • Country: Finland • Running Time: 12 Minutes Director: Erin Buckley • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 11 Minutes Being a gender-queer kid can be tough enough. For Tomi, it gets even Nicky questions if the go-go dancer at the lesbian bar is real. tougher when mom tries to arrange a hookup! I Know Her The Last Romantics Director: Fawzia Mirza • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 3 Minutes Director: João Cândido Zacharias Year: 2019 Country: Brazil Running Time: 12 Minutes In the afterglow of a seemingly fated hookup, two women realize that They groped in a movie theater, and now they’re ready to tell all! Hear both perhaps they have a little too much in common. sides of the story in this sweet, sex-positive mumblecore short. Nulliparous Women Listening In Director: Fabia • Year: 2020 • Country: Spain • Running Time: 16 Minutes Director: Omer Sterenberg • Year: 2019 • Country: Israel • Running Time: 11 Minutes Lucia doesn’t know if she is pregnant or not. A baby-faced soldier is charged with tapping Amir’s sex-fueled phone conversations with Karam. But is he learning more about himself than about When Abbie Met Emmy Director: Kevin Walls • Year: 2018 • Country: UK • Running Time: 10 Minutes the lovers? A young woman encounters her perfect match in a movie theatre. Infinite While It Lasts Director: Akira Kamiki • Year: 2019 • Country: Brazil • Running Time: 18 Minutes 6:23 AM Director: Geoffrey Breton • Year: 2019 • Country: UK • Running Time: 4 Minutes Seiji is falling in love with Danny. But would you take a chance on a Two women who met in a club watch the sun come up together when one of relationship with a man who’s intelligent, handsome and also asexual? them realizes something which could ruin everything. Beauty Boys Director: Florent Gouëlou • Year: 2020 • Country: France • Running Time: 18 Minutes A Single Evening Director: Ashlei Hardenburg-Cartagena • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 13 minutes As if full drag with kinky boots aren’t enough for 17-year-old Leo to navigate, A single bisexual navigates her way through lonely nights and dating apps. he also has to manage his macho brother’s fragile ego. Peach 1981 Director: Sophie Saville & Rowan Devereux • Year: 2020 • Country: Australia • Running Director: Dawid Ullgren • Year: 2018 • Country: Sweden • Running Time: 13 Minutes Time: 8 Minutes A night at a sex club can present challenges to an open relationship. In the A socially anxious young woman lands a hot date. There’s only one problem, year that AIDS emerged, the adventure feels even more fraught. she’s not sure if it’s really a date. Magnetic Harvest Director: Marine Levéel • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 24 Minutes Friends Like That Director: Francesca de Fusco • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 8 Minutes Two studly young farmers hunt for a wayward pig in the beautiful French After getting dumped by her girlfriend, Maia crashes with her ex. countryside. What they end up finding is something neither of them expected! Square One Director: Emily Jo Sargent • Year: 2019 • Country: UK • Running Time: 12 Minutes A semi-autobiographical film about the writer/director’s experiences of being Total Running Time - 123 minutes in a closeted relationship and of using fishing as a way to avoid sex.

Total Running Time - 88 minutes Short Films

GENDER FABULOUS Queer Youth United! What is gender? An identity? An experience? An expression? A This empowered collection of shorts shines with the spirit and journey? A destination? These six provocative shorts will show you voices of our younger generation. a fabulous time exploring these questions. SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME SUGGESTED SCREENING TIME Saturday, October 17 @ 5:00PM Thursday, October 15th @ 3:00PM FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW FILM AVAILABLE TO VIEW Saturday, October 17th - Tuesday, October 20th Thursday, October 15th - Sunday, October 18th

Bind Out of the Shadows Director: Emory Chao Johnson • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 3 Minutes Director: Rafael Samanez • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 14 Minutes Mail addressed to Jules opens a conversation with their mother and Joselyn flees anti-transgender violence in Mexico. In Queens, she is part provides a glimpse into navigating cultures and gender within a trans Asian of a family of transgender women fighting together to lift themselves out of diasporic experience. poverty. Go, Go Boy Frog Catcher Director: Oriana Oppice • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 6 Minutes Director: Reina Higashitani • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 18 Minutes By performing for himself, Bobby discovers his fabulousness. He transcends The cross-dressing laws of 1876 San Francisco don’t deter a humble frog his popular culture references to envision masculinity on his own terms. catcher in their pursuit of the wife of a powerful businessman. Based on a true story. LoverGirl Director: Shawna Khorasani • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 16 Minutes Dungarees Dakota’s friend and long-time crush just came out as bisexual. Now, Dakota Director: Abel Rubinstein • Year: 2020 • Country: UK • Running Time: 5 Minutes needs to figure out how to ask Danny on a date. Young transgender Blake and their cisgender boyfriend Cane hang out and play video games, while exploring and debating vulnerable questions of Public Life identity and place. Director: Mathew Allen • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 17 Minutes Navigating high school in the age of social media is easier when not alone. Zucchini Cake Eric’s haunted by a friend’s death; meeting John inspires him to look at life Director: Fernando Diaz • Year: 2019 • Country: Venezuela • Running Time: 18 Minutes anew. The fulfilling life that Joan and Ricardo have built begins to change when one of the men starts to live his truth. My Brother is a Mermaid Director: Alfie Dale • Year: 2019 • Country: UK • Running Time: 19 Minutes Making Samantha Set in a desolate and prejudiced coastal town, the film examines how a Directors: T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: child’s unconditional love can be a powerful and disruptive force for good. 10 Minutes Singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer honors his friend Samantha with a song Tape about identity, acceptance and love. Here, 27 transgender actors gather to Director: Jojo Erholtz • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 12 Minutes create the music video. Sometimes being teammates is about more than just the sport. Rooney tries to repair her relationship with Alex, her hockey teammate, before their next Sole Mio game. Director: Maxime Roy • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 23 Minutes Daniel is lying to his mother to protect his father’s secret: he is transgender. Wishes When his father returns to town as Lisa, Daniel demands he tell the truth. Director: Amy Jenkins • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 6 Minutes Each year, Audrey/Adam makes a birthday wish. Over the course of a decade, the filmmaker captures her child’s hopes and dreams. Total Running Time - 88 minutes Miss Chazelles Director: Thomas Vernay • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 22 Minutes Clara and Marie only appear to be rivals. After they participate in the town beauty pageant, their friends and family amplify the competition. The girls have other ideas.

Total Running Time - 101 minutes Short Films

Silver Linings Strange Encounters This touching collection of shorts reminds us that folks of all ages Join us for a rather weird and wonderful ride with these unusual have a place in the queer world. queer short films.

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Acuitzeramo Jeff Drives You Director: Miguel Angel Caballero • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 15 Director: Aidan Brezonick • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 16 Minutes Minutes • In Spanish and English with English Subtitles A gay man uses his first AI driven car in order to get to a wedding. He is not Perceptions and identities are challenged as Sal reaches out to Anthony, the prepared for love at first ride. estranged son of his deceased partner to tell him of his father’s passing. Beer! Beer! Strangers Director: Popo Fan • Year: 2019 • Country: Germany • Running Time: 17 Minutes Director: Jamieson Pearce Year: 2019 • Country: Australia • Running Time: 13 Minutes A mattress comes between Tao and Sebastian after a night at the club, but Adrienne and Stewart must care for their ailing mother as she undergoes an not in the way you would think it would. apparent sexual awakening and faces strict nursing home policies. Free Fun Fabiu Director: Fehmi Öztürk • Year: 2019 • Country: Turkey • Running Time: 5 Minutes Director: Stephan Langthaler • Year: 2020 • Country: Austria • Running Time: 30 Minutes When Kika wins her battle to enter an AR sex room, whom she encounters • In German with English Subtitles will change her life forever. Arthur, an older man, confronts feelings and longings he develops for a young care worker while they are both caring for his seriously ill wife. How to Say I Love You at Night Director: Andree Ljutica • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 16 Minutes Encounter A sixteen-minute single-take portrait of male-on-male emotions that take a Director: Ivan Löwenberg • Year: 2019 • Country: Mexico • Running Time: 18 Minutes • violent turn when a hook-up goes wrong. Spanish with English subtitles An unexpected event connects Arcelia, who takes care of her lifetime Eat the Rainbow partner, and Julian, who lives under the watch of his conservative mother. Director: Brian Benson • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 19 Minutes When Bayani is not welcomed in his new suburban neighborhood, Cousin Adeline Wonderlette is there to help save the day, with song, dance and of course, Director: Audrey Biche • Year: 2018 • Country: France • Running Time: 9 Minutes • birds! French with English subtitles An elderly woman at the end of her life reminisces about her years spent in a Kiko’s Saints boarding school for girls and one special girl. Director: Manuel Marmier • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 25 Minutes Kiko is a Japanese illustrator looking for new inspiration in coastal France. perfectly Frank Instead of the beach, it turns out to be a burly gay couple. Director: Dan Hunt • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 11 Minutes A short documentary about Frank Vilardi, a retired accountant, who after being married for nearly 50 years comes out in his late 60’s. Total Running Time - 98 minutes

Total Running Time - 96 minutes Short Films

Where The Boys Are WorldLy Join us for this side-splitting and touching collection of gay men’s A collection of diverse women’s stories spanning the globe. shorts.

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The Distance Between Us and the Sky Ayaneh Director: Vasilis Kekatos • Year: 2019 • Country: Greece • Running Time: 9 Minutes Director: Nicolas Greinacher • Year: 2019 • Country: Switzerland • Running Time: 14 Two strangers at a gas station barter for what they want. Minutes Ayaneh, a young refugee from Afghanistan, meets Anna at the public Query swimming pool and instantly feels attracted to her. Director: Sophie Kargman • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 7 Minutes Roommates Jay and Alex debate sexuality, leading to an unexpected end. Beautiful You Director: Bernadette Kilonko • Year: 2020 • Country: Germany • Running Time: 19 Minutes Stalls While Christine tries in vain to get her mute daughter to speak, she meets Director: João Dall’Stella • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 3 Minutes Leonore and feels drawn to her for reasons she doesn’t understand. Cruising at the opera, Jonathan finds satisfaction from an unexpected source. The Tears Thing When In Rome Director: Clémence Poésy • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 25 Minutes Director: Luca Padrini • Year: 2020 • Country: Italy • Running Time: 11 Minutes Florence, a young actress, prepares for her new acting role and is Alfredo must tell his father his shameful secret, before it’s too late. challenged in a way she could never have seen coming. Sexpert Advice Sleeping Longing Director: Tobit Raphael Capati • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 8 Minutes Director: Virginie Nolin • Year: 2019 • Country: Canada • Running Time: 13 Minutes Albert needs help hooking up online and hires a tutor. It’s my father’s funeral. I want steak and fries. I want to jump into the pool. I The Office is Mine want to sleep. I don’t want to sleep. Director: Michael Varrati • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 14 Minutes The Spark Zac feels socially threatened by the new gay guy at work. Director: Elvrie Munoz • Year: 2019 • Country: France • Running Time: 23 Minutes Blow Job Maya, an apprentice in a welding workshop, gets hurt on the job. Her boss Directors: Jeffrey Braverman & Michael Ballard • Year: 2020 • Country: USA • Running Time: 1 Minute tries to cover it up, but Maya takes justice into her own hands. A lakeside business lunch takes an unexpected turn. Polter Total Running Time - 94 minutes Director: Álvaro Vicario • Year: 2019 • Country: Spain • Running Time: 10 Minutes To survive a supernatural attack, Jose must discover its secret. Troughman Director: Michael Churven • Year: 2018 • Country: USA • Running Time: 5 Minutes He wants to be used, if only someone would go. Moving Day Director: Regev Berkovitz • Year: 2019 • Country: Israel • Running Time: 9 Minutes A father helping his son move confronts him about his life. Lesson #8 Director: Alberto Ferreras • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 5 Minutes Two men get real, in the middle of a hookup. Touchscreen Director: Arthur Halpern • Year: 2019 • Country: USA • Running Time: 15 Minutes An online encounter motivates an isolated man to enter reality.

Total Running Time - 96 minutes

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