HOUSTON INTL LGBTQ FILM FEST 07.26-30.18 2018 $50 QPASS Visit q-fest.com to purchase a 2018 pass! A QPass does not guarantee admission. Seating is first come, first served. TABLE OF CONTENTS 02: PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE 03: VENUES & ADMISSION 06: SPONSORS & VENUES 07: SPECIAL THANKS 10: WELCOME FROM DIRECTOR 12: OPENING NIGHT 13-14: FRIDAY SCREENINGS 15-19: SATURDAY SCREENINGS 20-23: SUNDAY SCREENINGS 24: CLOSING NIGHT PRESENTED BY SPECTRUM SOUTH PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, JULY 26 5:30PM | They Directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh OPENING NIGHT MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ($10) 7:30PM The Miseducation of Cameron Post 6:30PM | Directed by Desiree Akhavan The Story of the Stone Directed by Starr Wu MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ($10) RICE CINEMA ($10) /// AFTER PARTY /// 7PM | Sidney & Friends 9:30PM–MIDNIGHT | BRASIL CAFE Directed by Tristan Aitchison HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE (Free) FRIDAY, JULY 27 7PM | Reinventing Marvin 9PM | He Loves Me Directed by Anne Fontaine Directed by Konstantinos Menelaou RICE CINEMA ($10) RICE CINEMA ($10) 7PM | The Heiresses SUNDAY, JULY 29 Directed by Marcelo Marinessi MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ($10) 12PM | Dear Fredy Directed by Rubi Gat RICE CINEMA (Free) 7:30PM | CALL ME sis Directed by Lee Sang-Woo ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER ($10) 1:30PM | Grey Violet—Odd One Out Directed by Reeta Aalto 9:30PM | Kill the Monsters RICE CINEMA ($10) Directed by Ryan Lonergan RICE CINEMA ($10) 2PM | Cracking Nuts Directed by Tolgay Hiçyilmaz RICE CINEMA ($10) SATURDAY, JULY 28 12PM | The Sign for Love 4PM | Air DirecteAd by Iris Ben Moshe Directed by Anatol Schuster RICE CINEMA (Free) RICE CINEMA ($10) 12:30PM | Se ñ orita Maria, la Falda 6PM | Misty Eyes de la Montana Directed by Cristián Pellegrini Directed by Rubén Mendoza RICE CINEMA ($10) RICE CINEMA ($10) 8PM | 1:30PM | This Spring The School of the Holy Beast Directed by Nicolas Gerifaud Directed by Noribumi Suzuki RICE CINEMA (Free) RICE CINEMA ($10) 3PM | The Year I Lost My Mind MONDAY, JULY 30 Directed by Tor Iben CLOSING NIGHT RICE CINEMA RICE CINEMA ($10) Presented by Spectrum South 7PM | Festival Awards Ceremony 5PM | Tempting Devils (3D) Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau 7:30PM | 1985 | Directed by Yen Tan STUDIO MOVIE GRILL PEARLAND ($12) 9PM | Festival Reception 2 q-fest.com spectrumsouth.com 3 ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON 1370 Southmore Blvd. Brown Auditorium/Caroline Weiss Houston, TX 77004 Law Building/1001 Bissonnet 713.496.9901 Houston, TX 77005 713.639.7300 AURORA PICTURE SHOW RICE CINEMA 2442 Bartlett Rice Media Center/University Houston, TX 77098 Blvd. at Stockton Dr. Entrance 8 713.868.2101 Houston, TX 77005 713.348.4853 BRASIL CAFE STUDIO MOVIE GRILL PEARLAND 2604 Dunlavy 8440 S Sam Houston Pkwy E, Houston, TX 77006 Houston, TX 77075 713.528.1993 713.821.2400 HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE 4807 Caroline Houston, TX 77004 713.526.1015 Limited quantities. Available for purchase online through July 18. Remaining QPasses will be made available for purchase July 25 during the QFest Launch Party. QPasses $50 may be picked up during the QFest Launch Party, during Opening Night starting at 6PM at the QFest Information Table, and at Rice Media Center beginning Friday, July 27 QPASS at 6PM. A QPass does not guarantee admission. Seating is first come, first served. QPass holders should arrivae no later than 15 minutes prior to showtime to better ensure seating availability. QPasses will not be accepted for admission to Opening Night. Individual tickets may be purchased in advance online or same day at the door. Tickets for sreenings taking place at Aurora Picture Show, MFAH, ASTC, will need to be purchased directly from venue, either online or at the door. *All tickets purchased online will be available for pick up at the venue day of the performance. VENUES + ADMISSION The Houston Film Commission Proudly Salutes The 22nd Annual QFest & The 2018 Selected Films Houston Film Commission www.houstonfilmcommission.com The Houston Film Commission Proudly Salutes The 22nd Annual QFest & The 2018 Selected Films THE ORCHARD Houston Film Commission www.houstonfilmcommission.com SPONSORS + VENUES SPONSORS MORENA ROAS DA ARTIST VENUES 6 q-fest.com spectrumsouth.com 7 Jennifer Marie Alfaro Sarah Baker—MFAH Ahshia Berry—Magpies & Peacocks Boheme Rachel Boyle—Rice Cinema Russell Brown Alfred Cervantes—Houston Film Commisson Rachel Cook—DiverseWorks Blase DiStefano—OutSmart Magazine Charles Dove—Rice Cinema Elodie Dupont—The Festival Agency Xandra Eden—DiverseWorks Mark Eggleston—Resurrection MCC Dan Fergus—Brasil Cafe ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | Rick Ferguson—Houston Film Commission KRISTIAN SALINAS Fresh Arts Jennifer Gardner—DiverseWorks GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR | Nancy Gerstman—Zeitgeist Films MARY LAMPE Ray Gomez—MFAH VOLUNTEER/SPECIAL EVENT Camillo Gonzalez—Aurora Picture Show COORDINATOR | MariAlice Grime—MFAH STEPHANIE SAINT SANCHEZ Joey Guerra—The Houston Chronicle John Guess —HMAAC SOCIAL MEDIA | Gulf Coast Filme & Video Festival STEPHANIE BROWN Houston Asian American Film Showcase Houston Asian American Pacific Islander DESIGN | JR DANIEL Film Festival (HAAP) Brian Huberman—Rice Cinema 35MM PROJECTION | Anna Julia—SWAMP KIRSTON OTIS Ralph Kaethner—MFAH Kevin Mark Kline—EDGE Media Network GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTHWEST Loco Films ALTERNATE MEDIA PROJECT | Jeanie Low CYBIL PALLUGNA-SAENZ Peter Lucas—Aurora Picture Show Marian Luntz—MFAH Mary Magsamen—Aurora Picture Show Jay Mays—Montrose Center Hannah McCabe Taylor Meraz A.J. 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Artistic Director 10 q-fest.com THURSDAY, JULY 26 OPENING NIGHT 7PM | MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON + SHORTS | 7PM Mad as Hell DIRECTED BY EMILY PELSTRIN | 2017 | CANADA | 4:10 MIN In this expressive music video, 1940’s and 50’s animated war propaganda is used against itself as this feminist subversive piece that gives the finger to thewar-propa- gating government. Fundamental DIRECTED BY SHIH-CHIEN CHUI | 2017 | TAIWAN | 7 MIN Having grown up in a conservative household, a young teenager begins to learn that the world isn’t so black and white as he leaves his fundamentalist religion behind. + FEATURE | 7:30PM The Miseducation of Cameron Post Cameron, a closeted senior in high school, is caught by her boyfriend making out with her best friend during prom. The embarrassing revelation results in Cameron being sent away by her conservative family to an isolated religiously based conversion ther- apy camp in the woods. Attempting to get through this ordeal by remaining hidden in the shadows, she finds herself both confronted by the more aggressive campers, who accuse her of thinking she’s better than everyone, and befriended by the two of the most resistant campers, Native American Adam, who was sent to camp by his politician father, and Jane Fonda, a mysterious young woman who, along with Adam, grows marijuana in the neighboring woods and hides her stash inside her prosthetic leg. Based on the book of the same name by Emily M.