Watching movies is fun!

Yesterday was one of those fun work days that you can really only experience working for a film festival.
After weeks of watching films roll in and pile up on my desk, I finally had a bit of post-Divas Outdoors and Pride time to sit down and watch some movies.
Our programming committees have been doing wonderful work - meeting every week to screen films, email filmmakers and they've been faithfully sending in their reviews and recommendations - I've been the one struggling to meet my 10 films a week quota.
Well, yesterday made up for all of that!
By 2 pm, I'd watched:
A 1950s inspired zombie musical starring RuPaul as a high school principal named Miss Strict.

A documentary on transsexuals in Tehran (Did you know that Tehran, in many ways, has more liberal laws regarding transsexual rights than France?).

Another film recounting the summer a young boy who - in one summer - lost his virginity to an older boyfriend, was ordained as a Mormon minister, and learned his brother was murdered by a neighbor.

A very good film called Suddenly Last Winter, about two men living in Italy who are confronted with a country-wide homophobic backlash. Like many of us, they lived in a bubble of acceptance and liberal politics - and were shocked! to find that the rest of the world doesn't think the same way.

Then, it was off to a quick meeting, then back to watch Dog Day Afternoon for a look back at queer cinema from the 70s.


Today - more films!

Keep coming back to learn more about he movies we program for the festival this year.