FRAMELINE32: THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
LGBT FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE BEST IN INTERNATIONAL QUEER CINEMA
Frameline, the world’s premiere showcase for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cinema, proudly announces the program for Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The 2008 Festival runs June 19-29, with screenings in San Francisco at the historic Castro Theatre (429 Castro Street), Roxie Film Center (3117 16th Street) and the Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street), and in Berkeley at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood (2966 College Avenue). During the 11 days of the Frameline32 Film Festival, more than 70,000 patrons from the Bay Area and across the globe are expected to see the 237 feature length and short films appearing in the festival program.
As a world-renowned stage for the most artistically innovative, culturally rich, and socially relevant LGBT cinema, Frameline32 will feature works from 24 first-time feature filmmakers, as well as new works from pioneers of queer cinema, like Barbara Hammer and Bruce LaBruce. The festival program of Frameline32 represents works from 36 countries, including the first LGBT entry from Egypt, (ALL OF ME), with themes
ranging from the risqué to the absurd, and from to the thoughtfully poignant to the family-friendly.
Opening Frameline32 on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Castro Theatre will be the West Coast Premiere of AFFINITY, directed by Tim Fywell and based on the 1999 novel by Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith). When a nineteenth-century London heiress visits Millbank Prison to reform the convicted women, she instead finds herself entranced by the charms of a young and beautiful offender, getting caught in a web of love, lust and deceit. Immediately following the screening will be the unofficial launch of San Francisco’s annual LGBT Pride celebration, the Frameline32: Opening Night Gala at the Ten15 Folsom nightclub (1015 Folsom Street).
Frameline32 is proud to offer XXY, directed by first-time filmmaker Lucia Puenzo from Argentina as the Festival’s Centerpiece Film, showing Tuesday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Castro Theatre. The strains of adolescence are difficult for any 15-year old, but for Alex, who was born with an extra chromosome and, “a few extra parts,” puberty also means being forced to choose a gender. Further confusing the intersex teen is the appearance of youth’s first love, the teenage son of the plastic surgeon hired to deliver on Alex’s final gender decision.
The films and celebrations of Frameline32 will climax with director Laurie Lynd’s roaring romp, BREAKFAST WITH SCOT as Closing Night Film at the Castro Theatre at 7:30 p.m., followed by the closing night party at the Ten 15 Folsom nightclub (1015 Folsom Street) on June 29. The lives of two gay men change dramatically when they adopt Scot, a boy who is by far more flamboyant and comfortable with his identity than they have ever been, themselves in the fun family comedy that closes the 11-day festival.
On the Festival’s Opening Night, Thursday, June 19, Frameline will proudly bestow our own Michael Lumpkin with the 2008 Frameline Award. Michael has played an integral role in LGBT cinema, both through his involvement and direction of the Frameline Film Festivals since 1980 to his role as Co-Producer of THE CELLULOID CLOSET. Frameline32: San Francisco LGBT Film Festival marks Michael’s last, and we look
forward to celebrating his influence on LGBT cinema for the past 28 years. As part of the celebration, Frameline32 will present a special retrospective of festival favorites from Michael’s tenure, screening seven matinees at the Castro Theatre, including: Gus Van Sant’s MALA NOCHE (1986), Pedro Almodovar’s LAW OF DESIRE (1987), Andy and Larry Wachowski’s BOUND (1996), John Greyson’s LILIES (1997), Thomas Bezucha’s BIG EDEN (2000), Joseph Gaï Ramaka’s KARMEN GEÏ (2002), and Pieter Kramer’s YES NURSE! NO NURSE! (2003).
Another much-anticipated highlight of the festival will be the return of the beloved Festival Pavilion, thanks to the outstanding support of AT&T, providing entertainment, education and event space for Frameline32 moviegoers. Located behind the iconic Castro Theatre, the pavilion will be the primary venue for filmmaker question and answer sessions, industry panel discussions, member events and VIP functions. Renamed the
“AT&T Festival Pavilion” for 2008, the venue will offer a unique opportunity for moviegoers to connect with filmmakers, industry insiders, actors and friends in the community.
Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival is proud to once again mark the unofficial start to San Francisco Pride, offering a selection of 103 film programs, among which are the U.S. Features, World Cinema Features, Documentaries, Shorts Programs, Kid’s Matinees, Special Presentations, Michael Lumpkin’s Retrospective Matinees, a Sneak Preview, and the Opening Night, Centerpiece and Closing Night films. Patrons are encouraged to view the Frameline32 website (www.frameline.org) for more information about show times, tickets and passes.
U.S. Features
ART OF BEING STRAIGHT, THE (USA; Director: Jesse Rosen)—Jon is a young womanizer, sent spiraling into a world of sexual confusion after being seduced by his male boss. World Premiere; Cast: Jesse Rosen, Rachel Castillo, Johnny Ray Rodriguez*
BUTCH JAMIE (USA, Director/Screenwriter: Michelle Ehlen)—An out-of-work lesbian actor is willing to try almost anything for a role, facing rejection as she fails to be a typical leading lady in this gender-bending comedy. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Michelle Ehlen, Olivia Nix, Tiffany Anne Carrin
CIAO (USA; Director: Yen Tan)—An Italian meets an American upon the death of their mutual friend. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Adam Neal Smith and Alessandro Calza*
CTHULHU (USA; Director: Daniel Gildark)—A Seattle history professor returns home to execute his late mother’s estate and is caught up in a series of events that take on dangerous and apocalyptic significance. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Jason Cottle, Scott Patrick Green, Cara Buono, Tori Spelling, Robert Padilla
DON’T GO (USA; Director: Amber Sharp)—This television series introduces us to a group of vibrant individuals living in an apartment complex in Los Angeles that face love, loss and issues around family and stars Nisha Ganatra of CHUTNEY POPCORN fame. Cast: Guinevere Turner, Yaniv Moyal, Skyler Cooper, Jandra McDuffie,
Melange Lavonne, Nisha Ganatra
GAY BED AND BREAKFAST OF TERROR, THE (USA; Director/Screenwriter: Jaymes Thompson)—On the event of the biggest gay party weekend of the year, five ‘couples’ find themselves lured into a seemingly ‘gay friendly’ B&B. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Mari Marks, Michael Soldier, Georgia Jean, Vinny Markus
LOST COAST, THE (USA; Director/Screenwriter: Gabriel Fleming)—Two high school friends, one straight, one gay, reunite in San Francisco on Halloween and confront their alluring history in this haunting space film. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Lucas Alifano, Linsay Benner, Ian Scott McGregor*
ON THE OTHER HAND DEATH: A DONALD STRACHEY MYSTERY (USA; Director: Ron Oliver)—Based on Richard Stevenson’s 1984 novel, Donald Strachey, a gay P.I. in Albany, N.Y. has his hands full when protecting his lesbian clients from intimidation when kidnapping, extortion and murder are thrown into the mix.
Cast: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence,
READY? OK! (USA; Director/Screenwriter: James Vasquez)—In this poignant comedy, a single mother juggles her son's obsession with girls' cheer leading and her wayward brother's return home. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Carrie Preston, John Preston, Lurie Poston, Michael Emerson, Kali Rocha, Tara Karsian
SENSEI, THE (USA, Director: D. Lee Inosanto)—Tolerance, martial arts and the inner journey to peace are taught to an ostracized gay teen, who after a near fatal beating by three school mates, becomes the secret pupil of a woman sensei. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Keith David, Louis Mandylor, Mike O’Laskey, D. Lee Inosanto, Sab Shimono, Mark McGraw
STEAM (USA; Director: Kyle Schickner)—Three women from three generations help each other find love and happiness while overcoming the obstacles all women struggle with. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Ruby Dee, Ally Sheedy, Kate Siegel, Chelsea Handler, Maxine Bahns, Alan Ritchson
WERE THE WORLD MINE (USA; Director: Tom Gustafson)—Timothy's fading spirits soar when his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” and the role rubs off in his life, flipping his school and community upside-down. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Tanner Cohen, Zelda Williams, Wendy Robie, Jill Larson
World Cinema Features
ALL MY LIFE (Egypt; Director: Maher Sabry)—Friends facing the realities of life as gay men in Egypt, against the backdrop of Queen Boat and the crackdown on gays in 2001. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Mazen Nassar, Sawa–Louai, Mehammed Amadeus
AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA, THE (Iceland and Philippines; Director/Screenwriter: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson)—Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping her life as a prostitute in Cebu City for a fairytale life in Paris, but in order to make her dreams come true, she makes a change in careers that sends her fame skyrocketing. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Raquela Rios, Vala Einarsson, Olivia Galudo, Brax Villa, May Rose, Michael Ardilo
ANTARCTICA (Israel; Director: Yair Hochner)—A sexy romantic comedy-drama about contemporary gay life in Tel Aviv.
BEFORE I FORGET (France; Director: Jacques Nolot)—Imprisoned by his past and unable to cope with the loneliness that permeates every aspect of his life, an HIV-afflicted fifty-eight year-old man seals himself up from the world in order to embark on an inward journey. Bay Area Premiere
DOLLS (Czech Republic; Director: Karin Babinska)—A tight-knit group of friends plan a last girls’ fling in Holland before they go off into the adult world that awaits them after their high school graduation.
DRIFTING FLOWERS (Taiwan; Director: Zero Chou)—Three Taiwanese women’s lives: a child, a young woman and an old woman, seek their true identities in an artistically interwoven tale of time, love and loss, from the director of SPIDER LILIES. Cast: Lu Yi-Ching, Serena Fang, Chao Yi-Lan, Sam Wang, Herb Hsu, Pai Chih-Ying
EDGE OF HEAVEN, THE (Germany; Director: Fatih Akin)—Winner of the Pris du Scenario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, this tragic story of love and loss brings three families together across the borders of Germany and Turkey, in search of one another. Cast: Nurgül Yeşilçay, Baki Davrak, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nursel Köse, Hanna Schygulla
JAPAN JAPAN (Israel; Director/Screenwriter: Lior Shamriz)—At age 19, Imri goes to Tel-Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Imri Kahn
LA LEÓN (Argentina; Director: Santiago Otheguy)—Alvaro’s world is one of rivers and streams on a remote island off the Argentinean coast, but his homosexuality makes him just as much of an outsider as his love of books.
LOVE MY LIFE (Japan; Director: Koji Kawano)—When Ichiko falls for Eri, she frets over how her widowed father will react to the news that she is a lesbian, but little does she know her father has a few secrets too.
LOVE TO KEEP, A (Spain; Director: Juan Carlos Claver)—Set in the era of the Spanish dictator Franco, this epic looks back on a darker time in Sapphic history when family, science and the state all conspired against two women in love.
MANUELA & MANUEL (Puerto Rico; Director: Raul Marchand)—Hidden identities, misunderstandings, and the tension between two friends pretending to be what they are not stage a colorful and upbeat story. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Huberto Busto, Elena Iguina
NEW WORLD, THE (France; Director: Etienne Dhaene)—Lucie and Marion are a happy lesbian couple, but Marion’s biological clock is ticking. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Natalia Dontcheva, Vanessa Larre
NO END (Italy; Director: Roberto Cuzzillo)—Two young women in love with each other eventually decide to have a child through artificial insemination, but the path is not as clear as they might hope as they face barriers of fear and deceit. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Cristina Serafini, Irene Ivaldi, Lalli, Margherita Fumero, Simona Nasi, Marcella Enrico
OH HAPPY DAY (UK; Director: Ian Poitier)— Two guys battle through the consequences of having had a onenight stand just before they started working together, and learn that to make a relationship work, you have to reveal everything: even if it means getting naked in front of 100 people and a gospel choir singing 'Oh Happy
Day'.
OTTO; OR, UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE (Germany/Canada; Director: Bruce LaBruce)—A young zombie, embarks on a journey with underground filmmaker Medea Yarn and her friends, who are making an epic political porno- zombie movie. Bay Area Premiere
SATURN IN OPPOSITION (Italy; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek)—A generation of forty-somethings, having lived its youth in the eighties and nineties, now finds itself in the midst of a crisis. Bay Area Premiere
SOLOS (Singapore; Directors: Loo Zihan, Kan Lume)—Inspired by true events, Solos explores the illicit relationship between a teacher and his student and the effect on the boy’s mother. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Loo Zihan, Lim Yu-Beng, Goh Guat Kian
SONJA (Germany; Director: Kirsi Marie Liimatainen)—Based on the memories of her youth in Finland, the director tells a story of adolescence.
TWO LOOKS (Spain; Director: Sergio Candel)—A woman wakes up with another woman’s hand on her naked body - her best friend! West Coast Premiere; Cast: Marta Carralde, Laura Alonso, Picar Alonso*
UNSPOKEN PASSION (Philippines; Director: Roni Bertubin)—Three friends in a bizarre love triangle face the difficult decisions that come about when childhood love matures and risks tearing them apart. West Coast Premiere
Documentary Features
2ND VERSE: THE REBIRTH OF POETRY (USA; Director: Carl D. Brown)—The rising popularity of poetry and spoken word provides a voice to teens in the San Francisco Bay Area who struggle against differences in ability, race, class, gender and sexuality.
ALONDRA: A TRANSSEXUAL DIARY (Spain; Directors: Carles Porta, Danielle Schleif)—Following her own, self-shot footage, we travel with Alondra from Spain to Thailand where she undergoes complicated surgeries to complete her gender reassignment. World Premiere
BE LIKE OTHERS (Iran/Canada/U.K.; Director: Tanaz Eshaghian)—A provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery in a society where homosexuality is punishable by death.
BI THE WAY (USA; Directors: Josephine Decker, Brittany Blockman)—Journeying though the changing sexual landscape of America, Bi The Way, follows five members of the emerging “whatever” generation. West Coast Premiere
BYRON CHIEF MOON: GREY HORSE RIDER (Canada; Phillip Szporer, Marlene Millar)—Byron Chief-Moon is an actor, stuntman, choreographer, dancer, playwright, and member of the Blackfoot Confederacy, who crosses boundaries and ensures the cultural survival of his community through his art and life.*
CALL ME TROY (USA; Director: Scott Bloom)—This biographical documentary looks at one of the gay community's most visible and tenacious advocates for change, the Reverend Troy Perry. Bay Area Premiere
CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY (USA; Directors: Guido Santi, Tina Mascara)—Through taboos of living an openly gay lifestyle at the height of McCarthyism’s “red scares,” and a thirty-year age difference, the love of two great artists, British writer Christopher Isherwood and American portrait artist Don Bachardy survived over
30 years, as told in this intimate and emotional documentary. Bay Area Premiere
CITIZEN NAWI (Israel; Director: Nissim Mossek)—This dynamic and gripping film follows the intertwined story lines of hardship faced by the Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills and the intriguing personal life of Ezra Nawi. U.S. Premiere
TONGZHI IN LOVE (f.k.a. A DOUBLE LIFE; China; Director: Ruby Yang)—Capturing an intimate, poignant portrait of living out and gay in modern China, the film follows three young men torn between the lure of big city life and the powerful demands of generations of cultural tradition.
*Plays together with: BLOOD OF YINGZHUO DISTRICT, THE (China; Director: Ruby Yang)—Ruby Yang’s 2007 Academy Award winning film catapulted China’s struggle to with AIDS onto global headlines.
ELEVEN MINUTES (USA; Directors: Michael Selditch, Rob Tate)—Following fashion designer and winner of Project Runway’s inaugural season, Jay McCarroll, this sometimes humorous documentary takes a raw look at the conflict of balancing commerce with art and the difference between “reality-TV” and actual reality.
EQUALITY U (USA; Director: Dave O’Brien)—Young activists on the 2006 Soulforce Equality Rides share their experiences and stories. Bay Area Premiere
FAIRYTALE OF KATHMANDU (Northern Ireland; Director: Neasa Ni Chianain)—Provocative in both content and technique, the film is ostensibly about a renowned Gaelic poet, Cathal O Searcaigh, but is equally about the doc's director, Neasa Ni Chianain, for whom the making of the film was an idol-smashing experience and rite of passage. Bay Area Premiere
FINISHED LIFE: THE GOODBYE & NO REGRETS TOUR, A (USA; Directors: Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green)—An emotional and surprisingly upbeat story about a gay man with AIDS, who, when given six months to live, takes the road trip of his life. World Premiere
HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR, A (USA; Director: Barbara Hammer)—Lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer canters from ovarian cancer to healing Wyoming spaces on horses galore. World Premiere*
IN THE FIRE (Peru/USA; Director: Dante Alencastre)—Transgender women in Lima, Peru dare to live openly in a conservative society that has turned its back to them, affecting change in the status quo.*
IT’S STILL ELEMENTARY: THE MOVIE AND THE MOVEMENT (USA; Director: Debra Chasnoff)—IT’S STILL ELEMENTARY looks at the impact of the 1996 film IT’S ELEMENTARY, including why the film was made, the response it provoked, and its effect on the national safe schools movement today. Bay Area Premiere
Plays together with: IT’S ELEMENTARY (USA; Director: Debra Chasnoff)—Chasnoff’s landmark film proved you can talk to children about gay people and helped to cultivate a thoughtful, tolerant and open-minded new generation.
KINSEY SICKS: ALMOST INFAMOUS, THE (USA; Director: Ken Bielenberg)—The Kinsey Sicks, a fascinating drag, a cappella and comedy troupe gets a chance at an open-ended run at a major Las Vegas property. West Coast Premiere
MOM, I DIDN’T KILL YOUR DAUGHTER (Israel; Director: Orna Ben Dor)— A moving tale of both physical and emotional transformation, an Israeli couple struggles with dual gender transition, and the changes in home and family that come with it. Bay Area Premiere*
MOMMY MOMMY (Canada; Director: Christina Fon)—After Linda and Mona fail to conceive a child they turn to adoption and encounter a whole new set of problems.
*Plays together with: TWO MEN AND TWO BABIES (Australia; Director: Emma Crimmings)—Two Men and Two Babies takes audiences into the ‘brave new world’ of gay parenting and is destined to be the next Australian ‘Queer’ 7up. World Premiere
OUT IN INDIA: A FAMILY’S JOURNEY (USA; Director: Tom Keegan)—Gay couple with two children spend 9 months in India rallying artists to fight AIDS. Bay Area Premiere
OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR (USA; Director: Anthony Palombit)—Seven gay men recount their personal stories of wounding and how they find meaning and healing in their lives through their mutual passion of dancing at the Sundance Saloon in San Francisco. Bay Area Premiere
OUT: SMASHING HOMOPHOBIA PROJECT (Korea; Director: Feminist Video Activism WOM)—Teenage lesbians hurt by society’s heterosexual superiority and homophobia begin talking about themselves through self-camera, and discover the cause of their pain and affirm their lesbian sexuality in the process. U.S. Premiere
PAGEANT (USA; Director: Ron Davis)—Five everyday men strive for one extraordinary goal, the coveted crown of Miss Gay America.
PANSY DIVISION: LIFE IN A GAY ROCK BAND (USA; Director: Michael Carmona)—The history of queercore pioneer Pansy Division, and their effect on underground music. North American Premiere
POLYMATH, OR THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF SAMUEL R. DELANEY, GENTLEMAN, THE (USA; Director: Fred Barney Taylor)—A cinematic portrait of Samuel R. Delany, renowned gay Black writer, gay historian and activist, whose extraordinary sex life has included 50,000 contacts. West Coast Premiere
PUNCH LIKE A GIRL (USA; Directors: Maya Gallus, Justine Pimlott)—Dyke boxing guru Savoy ‘Kapow’ Howe takes you inside the world of amateur women’s boxing. U.S. Premiere
Plays together with: RING OF THEIR OWN, A (USA; Director: Michael Penland)—Anne-Marie Saccurato and Angel Bovee are both female competitors in one of the most aggressive and male identified sports on the planet: boxing.
SEX POSITIVE (USA; Director: Daryl Wein)—Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a controversial gay, S&M hustler, who incomparable contribution to safe sex has long been forgotten. West Coast Premiere*
SHE’S A BOY I KNEW (Canada; Director: Gwen Haworth)—Using interviews, animation, old family footage, and voice mail, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious but loving family, best friend, and wife. Bay Area Premiere
SIMPLY LOVE (Netherlands; Director: Eveline van Dijck)—A story about a long lost love that is quickly rekindled between Marijke and Marcel, who is now Marcella. U.S. Premiere*
TAL COMO SOMOS/JUST AS WE ARE (USA; Director: Judith McCray)—Tal Como Somos presents the portrait of seven individuals seeking acceptance and love from a Latino culture that frequently condemns and rejects their sexual orientation. World Premiere
TEN MORE GOOD YEARS (USA; Director: Mike Jacoby)—A film exploring why LGBT elders often age alone, without financial stability and at time finding themselves returning to the closet. U.S. Premiere
U PEOPLE (USA; Directors: Olive Demetrius, Hanifa Walidah)—Thirty people of color gay, straight and trans are caught on camera behind the scenes of a not-so-typical music video shoot, revealing stories of women who too often are never fully realized in media. World Premiere
WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL (USA; Director: Matt Wolf)—“Wild Combination” is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell. Bay Area Premiere
WORKING ON IT (Switzerland; Directors: Sabina Bauman, Karin Michalski)—What does it mean to interfere with public images of sexuality and whiteness and to reverse devaluations referring to sexual identity to invent a new language? U.S. Premiere*
WRANGLER: ANATOMY OF AN ICON (USA; Director: Jeffrey Schwarz)—The outrageous story of 1970’s porn icon Jack Wrangler, and how he rose to the top of the gay, and then straight, adult film industry. West Coast Premiere
Kid’s Matinee
DOTTIE’S MAGIC POCKETS “BEAT BEET” & “DOING THE FLOWER” (USA; Director: Andrea Maxwell)—Join Dottie, a wacky, lesbian mom in her glittery world, filled with lovable puppets and fabulous songs and cartoons. It’s super-terrific gay family fun! World Premiere
Plays together with: BUDDY G, MY TWO MOMS AND ME – “LOST RINGS” (USA; Director: Margaux Towne-Colley)—Join the fun with Buddy G, his mom and mommy, and the adventure of “The Lost Rings.”
Showcase Features
ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL: GAYS GONE WILD (USA; Director: Todd Stephens)—The horny heroes from ANOTHER GAY MOVIE get caught up in a contest to see who can have the most sex over spring break.
DEREK (UK; Director: Isaac Julien)—This loving documentary about pioneering gay filmmaker Derek Jarman, starring and produced by Tilda Swinton, pays tribute to him while also being a cri de coeur for a time when gay cinema insisted on being defiantly outside the mainstream. West Coast Premiere
JIHAD FOR LOVE, A (USA; Director: Parvez Sharma)—This film hopes to encourage a dialogue about a taboo topic in many countries: what does one face when you are a both a practicing Muslim - and gay? West Coast Premiere
RUBY BLUE (UK; Director: Jan Dunn)—The death of his wife leaves Jack lost and alone until eight-year-old Florrie moves in next door and brings to mind that we all face the future with a past. Bay Area Premiere; Cast: Bob Hoskins, Josiane Balasko
TRU LOVED (USA; Director: Stewart Wade)—Follow Tru, a 16-year old high school student from San Francisco with two moms as she moves to a more conservative neighborhood in suburban Southern California. West Coast Premiere; Cast: Najarra Townsend, Alec Mapa, Jane Lynch, Jake Abel, Nichelle Nichols
WHEN I KNEW (USA; Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato)—LGBT people across the country share their memories of the moment they knew they were attracted to the same sex. Be a part of this innovative program by recording your own stories in the WHEN I KNEW Video Booth in the AT&T Festival Pavilion.
WORD IS OUT (USA)—The world premiere of the 30th anniversary, newly re-mastered classic.
WORLD UNSEEN, THE (UK; Director: Shamim Sarif)—Set in a conservative Indian community in South Africa, two very different women experience a moving and passionate love affair during the earliest seeds of apartheid. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas, Nandana Sen, David Dennis
Sneak Preview
SORDID LIVES (USA; Director: Del Shores)—Del Shores and much of his original cast return with a sneak peek at two episodes from his upcoming TV series, a southern-fried comedy that serves as a prequel to his 2000 cult classic film of the same name.
About Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival screens June 19-29, 2008 at the Castro Theatre, (429 Castro Street), Roxie Film Center, (3117 16th Street), and the Victoria Theatre, (2961 16th Street) in San Francisco, and in Berkeley at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, (2966 College Avenue). The Frameline Box Office, located inside Superstar Satellite, (474 Castro Street between Market and 18th) opens Friday, May 23 for
Frameline member ticket sales, and Friday, May 30 for the general public. Box Office hours are 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm daily. Tickets are also available online (www.frameline.org) and via fax (415-522-5543).
Unless otherwise noted, tickets for matinee screenings, (Monday-Friday, 5:00 pm and earlier), are $8.00 for the general public and $7.00 for Frameline members, while evening and weekend shows are $10.00 for the general public and $9.00 for members. Castro Passes, good for admission to all screenings at the Castro Theatre, other than Opening Night and Closing Night, are available for $200. Weekday Matinee Passes, good
for admission to all weekday matinee screenings starting at 5pm or earlier at the Castro Theatre are available for $35. For more information, visit www.frameline.org.
The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival is presented by Frameline, a nonprofit LGBT organization whose mission is to strengthen the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and further its visibility by supporting and promoting a broad array of cultural representations and artistic expression in film,
video and other media arts.
* Plays with one or more short films.