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Thirty-ne years after s nceptn, Wicked Queer ntu to exhib bold, pellg films that monstrate the variety and pth of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muny. This year’s ftival tak place throughout Boston, wh three feature films and a variety of shorts screeng at the MFA. Wner of the Jury Prize the 2022 Un Certa Regard sectn of the Cann Film Ftival, Joyland is a human portrayal of the lims of love the face of patriarchy. * boston gay cinema *

Thirty-ne years after s nceptn, Wicked Queer ntu to exhib bold, pellg films that monstrate the variety and pth of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muny. And Daddy and the Mcle Amy looks at the life of artist Tom of Fland, whose drawgs have had an enormo fluence on gay inty. Black and whe photographs of members of the greater Boston lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny were shot on Saturday, March 15th at a stud the South End.

This was a sgle screen gay porn cema that was loted away om the cy center, north of Sllay Square. It was operated by the same management as the South Statn Cema, another gay porn cema loted to the south of the cy center and shared the same advertisements newspapers.

It started out showg send n mastream films and later swched to adult movi, both gay and straight.

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In planng Wicked Queer’s 38th edn for the month of “Gaypril, ” for example, executive director Shawn Cotter says the learship wanted to “ph to get back to the theaters. ” A morated Zoom discsn follows all to Know: For two years nng, half of this seri’ films were directed by women; last year, three of the eight were submted by their rpective untry for Amy Award Queer Film FtivalWhen: April 7-17Where: Onle and at Brattle Theatre, Emerson’s Paramount Center, and ICA BostonHighlights: Boston’s preement showse of films about the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (and more) experience announc s full slate mid-March. But executive director Shawn Cotter offered a few teasers, cludg two tl om Sundance (“Framg Agn” and “Sirens”), a filmed avant-gar opera (“ORFEAS2021, ” about the first gay prime mister of Greece, or “cyberpunk queer pirat agast rabow homo-palist normi”), and the Icelandic buddy film “Cop Secret.

This famo LGBTQ+ hnt is Boston’s self-proclaimed olst nng gay bar and drag queen baret, and well-worth planng an entire night around visg. Hosted by Boston’s popular gay promoter and event producer, Gay Mafia Boston, this monthly drag spectacle is often graced by RuPl’s Drag Race wners, stars, and petors like Trixie Mattell, Katya, and Plastique Tiara. (hosted by Gay Mafia Boston) is equently found at Boston’s Candibar, the two-room, lorful, and high-tech nightclub loted the Royale Boston nightlife plex.

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Wednday through Sunday, Gay Mafia Boston and Legacy host a different queer-centric event at this popular LGBTQ+ nightclub.

Listed as one of our bt breweri Boston, the gay-owned Dorchter Brewg Company is a muny hub loted on the cp of Boston’s South End and Dorchter. Cathedral Statn is a gay sports bar and neighborhood pub the South End where Red Sox, Patrts, Bs, and Celtics fans n gather to yell at TV screens and enjoy pub gb a welg, LGBTQ+-iendly atmosphere. Boston’s Gay Men’s Chos.

Sce their foundg 1982, the 200-voice ensemble of the Boston’s Gay Men’s Chos has brought unparalleled mil experienc to Boston, New England, and beyond.

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For anyone who is terted visg or movg to one of the bt gay neighborhoods Boston, here are three areas that are not to be missed. Ask anyone to direct you to one of the bt gay areas Boston and they will almost all certaly say the South End. If you are terted attendg excg gay events, look no further than the Pri Lights.

CATEGORY ARCHIV: CONCERTS & EVENTS 2021-22BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ANNUAL GALA RETURNS -PERSON WH ENCORE 2022CELEBRATN WILL FEATURE GROUNDBREAKG DISNEY STARS FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ & JOE SERAFI; LNCH OF NEW YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMBOSTON, MA, MARCH 31, 2022—BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS (BGMC) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT S ANNUAL BENEF GALA ENCORE 2022 WILL TAKE PLACE -PERSON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30 OM 6-10PM, AT THE HYATT REGENCY BOSTON. THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ AND JOE SERAFI, WHO STAR DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI AS THE POPULAR ANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AND UPLE. ENCORE 2022, WHICH CIS WH BGMC’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WILL ALSO TRODUCE SUPPORTERS TO EMPOWER (TN + MIC = POWER), A NEW TERACTIVE, DIGAL LGBTQ+ STORYTELLG AND MIC PROGRAM FOR E MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.THE BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHOS WILL LNCH THE EVENG’S ENTERTAMENT WH A POST-DNER PERFORMANCE. RODRIGUEZ AND SERAFI WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE GALA. ON DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI RODRIGUEZ, AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR, PORTRAYS STUNT CHOREOGRAPHER CARLOS, THE ANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER. SERAFI, WHO IS OPENLY BISEXUAL, PLAYS CARLOS’ BOYIEND SEB. AS A UPLE, THE CHARACTERS REPRENT THE LONG-NNG ANCHISE’S FIRST LGBTQ STORYLE, PLETE WH AN LGBTQ LOVE SONG.THE GALA WILL ALSO FEATURE A SHORT PRENTATN ON EMPOWER, WHICH B THE POWER OF MIC, VIO AND STORYTELLG WH AN -PERSON ENGAGEMENT PONENT TO HELP STUNTS BETTER UNRSTAND THE EXPERIENC OF LGBTQ PEOPLE—PECIALLY THEIR CLASSMAT, WHO ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO ANTI-LGBTQ HARASSMENT AND BULLYG.“AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS APART, WE N’T WA TO GATHER PERSON TO SIMPLY CELEBRATE WH OUR CHOS FAY AND SHOWSE THE TALENTS OF YOUNG ARTISTS FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ, JOE SERAFI AND THE MEMBERS OF BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHOS,” SAID SAID BGMC MIC DIRECTOR RBEN M. REYNOLDS III. “WE GUARANTEE THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. ENCORE WILL BE A NIGHT OF JOY AND FUN WHILE SUPPORTG THE CHOS AND S WORK.”“WE’RE EXCED TO FOC ON LIFTG UP LGBTQ YOUTH AT ENCORE 2022, AS LEGISLATUR AND RIGHT-WG ACTIVISTS NATNWI ARE TARGETG THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AND VISIBILY THROUGH MEAN-SPIRED, MISGUID BILLS TO KEEP THEM OM PLAYG SPORTS, RECEIVG NECSARY MEDIL RE, READG LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS, OR SEEG THEIR EXPERIENC REPRENTED POSIVELY AT SCHOOL,” ADD BGMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG COOGAN. “THE MONEY RAISED AT THE GALA FUNDS OUR MISSN TO CREATE MIL EXPERIENC TO SPIRE CHANGE, BUILD MUNY AND CELEBRATE DIFFERENCE—CLUDG OUR TNAL OUTREACH, WHICH REMAS A CRIL PART OF OUR WORK EVEN AFTER 40 YEARS.”TICKETS TO ENCORE 2022 N BE PURCHASED HERE. EVENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNI ARE STILL AVAILABLE; NTACT BGMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG COOGAN AT 617.542.7464 OR DOWNLOAD THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.  ENCORE 2022 MARKS THE RETURN OF BGMC’S ANNUAL GALA TO AN -PERSON CELEBRATN AFTER LAST YEAR’S VIRTUAL GATHERG DUE TO COVID-19 RTRICTNS. ENCORE 2020 WAS NCELED BEE OF THE PANMIC.###ABOUT BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOSTHE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS IS ONE OF NEW ENGLAND’S LARGT AND MOST SUCCSFUL MUNY-BASED CHOS. FOUND 1982, THE 200-VOICE ENSEMBLE IS CELEBRATED FOR S OUTSTANDG MICIANSHIP, CREATIVE PROGRAMMG, AND GROUNDBREAKG MUNY OUTREACH. UNR THE DYNAMIC LEARSHIP OF MIC DIRECTOR RBEN M. REYNOLDS III, THE BGMC SGS A WI SPECTM OF CLASSIL AND POPULAR MIC AND CREAT SOCIAL CHANGE BY PROVIDG A POSIVE, AFFIRMG IMAGE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. THE CHOS IS HEARD LIVE BY MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE EACH SEASON AND LNS MORE THROUGH RERDG, TELEVISN AND TER BROADSTS. CBS-WBZ NAMED THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ONE OF THE “TOP 5” CHOS THE CY OF BOSTON. THE BOSTON BS JOURNAL 2018, 2019, AND 2020 NAMED BGMC ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMG ARTS ANIZATNS THE CY. BGMC IS A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR — BEG THE FIRST LGBTQ CHOS TO PERFORM POLAND 2005, THE MIDDLE EAST 2015 AND SOUTH AI JUNE 2018.AUCTN 2022OUR ANNUAL CTN IS APRIL 18-28, 2022. THE SIGNATURE LIVE AND SILENT CTN IS BED AND ALL ONLE THIS YEAR. THERE’S MORE TRAVEL OPPORTUNI, ENTERTAMENT OPTNS AND SURPRIS ALONG WH AMAZG AND UNIQUE BASKETS OM BGMC MEMBERS. FUNDS RAISED DURG THE CTN SUPPORT BGMC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.BID ON AUCTN ITEMSMILTONIT’S THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS.IT’S THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIC DIRECTOR RBEN M. REYNOLDS.IT’S THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG COOGAN.HEAR AND SEE THE AMAZG STORI AND EXPERIENC THAT HAVE MA THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ONE OF THE LEADG LGBTQ+ GALA CHOS THE WORLD. THIS DOCUMENTARY OM THE AWARD-WNG DOCUMENTARY TEAM OF MICHAEL WILLER AND CRAIG COOGAN. HERE IS A SEGMENT OF THE FILM FOCED ON ARTISTIC MILTON.DISNEY PRIDE CONCERTSOMETHG MAGIL IS G. RETURNG TO THE STAGE AFTER A 30-MONTH COVID HIAT, THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT LGBTQ PRI WH THE INIC MIC OF DISNEY A FIRST OF S KD LLABORATN WH DISNEY CONCERTS. IT’S OUR BIGGT SHOW TO DATE: 250 SGERS. 43 SONGS. 25-PIECE ORCHTRA. MEMORABLE VIO CLIPS OM DISNEY FILMS. STORYTELLG CELEBRATG DIVERSY AND PERSEVERANCE. 2 SHOWS ONLY AT SYMPHONY HALL. BUY TICKETSSHOWTIMSATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2022, AT 8PMSUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2022 AT 3PMTHE SHOW NS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS 15 MUT CLUDG AN TERMISSN. BUY TICKETSTICKET POLICY & RMATNBSO SAFE SOUND COVID POLICYPHOTO ALBUMSEE PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK ALBUM (G LATE JUNE 2022)PROGRAMPROGRAM LKMEDIA COVERAGEPRS RELEASECHOS AMERI, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS PRODUC FIRST-EVER DISNEY CHORAL COLLABORATN,” AUGT 26, 2022.CBS BOSTON, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS CELEBRAT PRI WH DISNEY PERFORMANCE,” JUNE 24, 2022.BOSTON GLOBE, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS AND DISNEY HARMONIZE ON FIRST-OF-S-KD NCERT,” JUNE 23, 2022EDGE MEDIA, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS PARTNERS WH DISNEY FOR HISTORY-MAKG PRI CONCERT,” JUNE 23, 2022WCVB, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS RETURNS WH SPECIAL PRI NCERTS FEATURG DISNEY CLASSICS,” JUNE 22, 2022NBC-LX & NECN, “DISNEY LLABORAT WH BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS,” JUNE 17, 2022GBH, “DISNEY & BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS: ’S AN CLIVE WORLD AFTER ALL,” JUNE 15, 2022OUTTAKE, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS PRIDE CONCERT,” JUNE 14, 2022BAY WDOWS, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS TO PREMIERE DISNEY PRIDE CONCERT,” JUNE 9, 2022.BOSTON GLOBE, “12 WAYS TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH,” MAY 31, 2022.SPIR MAGAZE, “BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS TO PARTNER WH DISNEY FOR 2022 CONCERT,” JUNE 21, 2021BAY WDOWS, “WH DISNEY PRIDE, BGMC SETS THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE TO THE MAGIC & MIC OF DISNEY,” JUNE 17, 2021MIC CHARTS MAGAZE, “WH DISNEY PRIDE, BGMC SETS THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE TO THE MAGIC & MIC OF DISNEY,” JUNE 17, 2021THEATERBOSTON SYMPHONY HALL301 MASSACHETTS AVE.BOSTON, MA 02115BSO SAFE SOUND COVID POLICYBSO AUDIENCE ADMISSN PROCSPREVIEW/OUTREACHLYNN MEMORIAL AUDORIUM3 CY HALL SQUARE, LYNN, MA 01901SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2022 AT 3PMNOTE: SMALL BAND AND FULL PROJECTNS AT THIS PREVIEW.THIS BGMC OUTREACH EVENT IS MA POSSIBLE BY: THE SOLIME FAY, SOLIME FUNERAL HOM AND LUCIA LIGHTG, EASTERN BANK. THIS SPECIAL OUTREACH EVENT IS DITED TO VERNY SAMAYOA, WHO DIED OCT. 14 AT AGE 68 AFTER A LONG URAGEO BATTLE WH NCER. AT THE TIME OF HIS ATH, VERNY WAS MANAGG AN OUTREACH OFFICE LYNN FOR AIDS ACTN/FENWAY HEALTH. PROCEEDS OM THE LYNN MEMORIAL AUDORIUM EVENT WILL BENEF AIDS ACTN VERNY’S NAME.REPERTOIRE43 SONGS OM THE DISNEY LIBRARYVIO CLIPS OM DISNEY & PIXAR MOVIMERRY & BRIGHTENJOY THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE OM THE FORT OF YOUR HOME. CELEBRATE THE SEASON WH BGMC’S TRADNAL FAVOR AND MORN CLASSICS. CURATED OM THE ARCHIV WH H VIO. THIS SHOW WILL PUT YOU THE HOLIDAY SPIR!SCHLED*METV DECEMBER 17, 2021 5:30PM WCVB DECEMBER 19, 2021 12:00AMWCVB DECEMBER 19, 2021 1:00PM*SCHLE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHECK LOL LISTGSYOUTUBE PREMIERE DECEMBER 19, 2021 2:00PMONDEMAND,  AND BGMC ONLE DECEMBER 19, 2021MEDIA COVERAGEPRS RELEASEBOSTON SPIR, “WCVB-TV 5 TO HOST BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ‘MERRY & BRIGHT’,” DECEMBER 6, 2021COMPLETE CREDITSWHY BGMC IS NOT PERFORMG -PERSON DECEMBER 2021WE ARE NEW ENGLAND’S LARGT PERFORMG ARTS ANIZATN: WE PUT 200+ SGERS ON STAGE ALONG WH OUR MICIANS AND DANCERS. THERE ARE VERY FEW FACILI BOSTON OR GREATER BOSTON THAT N HOE ; AND EVEN FEWER THAT HAVE ATICS THAT PLEMENTS OUR MIC, LET ALONE DIENCE AMENI THAT YOU EXPECT.JORDAN HALL FS OUR PRODUCTN CRERIA. IT’S WHY WE HAVE PERFORMED THERE FOR 38 OF OUR 40 YEARS. JORDAN HALL’S RENTAL GUIL FOR THE FALL OF 2021 EXCLU BGMC ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS; THEREFORE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR TO RENT. (UNR NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’S COVID PROTOLS, THEY OPTED NOT TO RENT TO CHOIRS/CHOS, TO ANIZATNS WH 40+ PERFORMERS, AND ADDNALLY HAVE RTRICTED DIENC TO 40% PACY, ALL WHILE MATAG THEIR EXISTG FEE STCTURE.)WE HAVE LOOKED AT EVERY POSSIBLE VENUE AS AN ALTERNATIVE, OM HIGH SCHOOLS TO LLEG, OM TEMPL TO THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN. WE’VE VTIGATED ALL OF THE MAJOR THEATERS, AS WELL AS SPAC THAT AREN’T UALLY NSIRED FOR PERFORMANCE. VENU EHER ARE -HOE RENTALS ONLY OR THEY N’T AQUATELY HOE THE CHOS AND DIENCE, OR ALREADY ARE BOOKED WH OTHER PROGRAMS. OUR STRENGTH IS BEG A LARGE ANIZATN. WE WILL NOT CHANGE WHO WE ARE, SO WE WILL HAVE TO BE MORE PATIENT THAN WE WANT TO BE.WHOUT A PERFORMANCE HALL, BGMC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM DECEMBER OF 2021 PERSON. WE ARE TREMENDOLY DISAPPOTED AND LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNG TO THE STAGE JUNE OF 2022.ENCORE 2022

Lookg for a place to celebrate Pri Month 2022? The bt of Boston’s gay nightlife scene n be found around the South End and Dorchter * boston gay cinema *

There is a llectn of gay bars loted wh the muny, which is a big part of what mak one of the bt gay neighborhoods Boston. It has now bee one of the bt gay neighborhoods Boston. When you get hungry, simply head to one of the many sual rtrants around, which are all helpg to make one of the bt gay areas Boston.

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Wh so many great gay neighborhoods Boston, you should have no trouble fdg an apartment that is wh walkg distance of outstandg events or venu. For the artist, muny lear, and tor, this wasn’t jt a typil job; was rearch for their upg film, lled "Playland, " about what would be Boston’s olst gay bar had not shut down 1998. For a stretch of the 20th century, the neighborhood we now ll Downtown Crossg was led wh porn theaters, strip clubs, and other tablishments that the Boston Revelopment Authory wanted to keep om spreadg, like the gay bars Sylvia headled her act.

Playland Cafe, photographed the 1960s, would have been Boston's olst gay bar had not closed down 1998. Playland Cafe wasn’t signated a gay bar when opened 1937, but quickly gaed that reputatn.

“After World War II, the ary was still ncerned about soldiers gog to gay bars and basilly gettg trouble to be a ltle phemistic about , ” says Ilaqua. That’s actually how we know that was a gay bar pretty early on.

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(Courty Boston Turkish Film Ftival)</figptn></figure></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--ntent hang-punctuatn article-sectn--first article-sectn--centered"><p class="">Relaxed mandat. Optnal masks. Wh COVID-19 statistics plummetg, many of the regn’s sprg film ftivals will gather person for the first time sce 2019. In planng Wicked Queer’s 38th edn for the month of “Gaypril,” for example, executive director Shawn Cotter says the learship wanted to “ph to get back to the theaters.” Yet, he adds, “I am hopg folks are ready.” COVID has tght film ftivals a thg or two about ntgency plans. While Boston Unrground Film Ftival go all- on -person at the Brattle, the Boston Turkish Film Ftival will stay remote. Several listed below, cludg Wicked Queer, reta a mixture of theatril and streamg events.</p><p class=""><strong>Please note:</strong> We strongly remend nfirmg attendance guil for dividual venu advance of -person events and double-checkg the time ame and geographic reach related to streamg.</p><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Unrground Film Ftival</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> March 23-27<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Brattle Theatre<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> As New England’s premiere genre ftival, BUFF promis “all killer, no filler” and to “keep thgs a ltle weird a cy sperately need of weirdns.” For jt a smidge weird, check out the documentary “Freakscene: The Story of Dosr Jr.” Crank up a notch wh Gaspar Noé tim two (“Vortex” and “Lux Æterna,” the latter wh Charlotte Gasbourg, of urse). Then let all the weird break loose, meang mutant ckroach, wh a 2K rtoratn of the 1988 New England-set ftatn story “The Nt.” Filmg required somethg like <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2,000 geilly engeered</a> bugs. Wch abound this year (“Lux Æterna” and “You Won’t be Alone” wh Noomi Rapace) and girl gangs, too (“Msa” and “Honeyb”). Though for origaly, you might opt for the Ao-futurist mil “Neptune Frost.”<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> Fd a lol filmmaker to follow among the 17 shorts playg the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weird Lol Film Ft Showse</a>.</p><div class="article-sectn--youtube article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><div class="youtube" id="yt-embed-1"><picture><img src="></picture><div class="play-button"></div></div></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Salem Film Ft</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When: </strong>March 24-April 3</p><p class=""><strong>Where:</strong> Streamg onle and at Cema Salem, Peabody Essex Mm, The Cabot and Enditt College</p><p class=""><strong>Highlights:</strong> One of the bt all-documentary shows New England, Salem Film Ft enpass lol and global storytellg. This ft’s -person events and screengs (slated for March 24-27, wh virtual March 28-April 3) mark a return to Cema Salem for the first time sce 2019. The pennt movie theater the heart of Salem closed before the panmic and <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reopened to new owners</a> June 2020. As for featur, “One Pt at a Time” exam the role of Black-owned breweri the craft beer movement while “My So-Called Selfish Life” tackl the stigma of sayg no to motherhood. “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” memorat the 50th anniversary of the play-turned-movie, which has drawn attentn for s <a href=">nnectns to the current war on Ukrae</a>, and a large swath of tl pick up them of water, ice and the impact of climate change (“River,” “Hell or Clean Water,” “Exposure,” “Last of the Right Whal” and others). The program clus shorts as well as shows of work by Massachetts llege and high school stunts.<br /><strong>Need to Know: </strong>The only film ftival where one n watch a tremendo documentary, get a <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set of ctom fangs</a>, pay homage to the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Satanic Temple</a>, and snack at one of the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Shore’s bt bakeri</a> all one afternoon. (Y, I am partial, practilly lol, and haven’t even mentned beer. Make that a Salem-specific <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beer</a>.)</p><div class="article-sectn--youtube article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><div class="youtube" id="yt-embed-2"><picture><img src="></picture><div class="play-button"></div></div></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Israeli Film Ftival</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> March 24-30<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Streamg onle and at Wt Newton Cema and Coolidge Corner Theatre<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> Earlier this year, Boston Jewish Film, which overse this ftival, named filmmaker Lisa Gossels as s new artistic director. Gossels will morate a handful of -person and virtual events as part of the fourth annual showse of ntemporary film and TV om Israel. The ftival opens wh “Dead Sea Guardians” which three environmental activists (an Israeli, Jordanian and Paltian) plan an amb swim to alert others to the regn’s pendg elogil doom. In the documentary “That Orchtra wh the Broken Instments,” 100 very different micians une for a performance Jesalem. Tom Cohen, creded wh ventg a new mil language and one of the film’s subjects, will jo the film’s director Yuval Hameiri for a live nversatn wh Gossels. In the closg night drama “Let Be Morng” (-person at the Coolidge wh director Eran Kolir), a village bends unr the prsure of an unexpected ary lockdown.<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> Water levels the Dead Sea have been clg sce the 1960s and experts started trackg dangero sk hol the 1980s. Last October, photographer Spencer Tunick anized a shoot where <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds of people stood nu</a> alongsi the Dead Sea to prott s gradatn, a follow-up to a shoot 10 years prr.</p><div class="article-sectn--youtube article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><div class="youtube" id="yt-embed-3"><picture><img src="></picture><div class="play-button"></div></div></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Belmont World Film Internatnal Film Seri</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> March 25-May 16<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Streamg onle and at Watertown’s Majtic 7 and Wt Newton Cema<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> After takg 2020 off, this seri celebrat s 20th annual wh a mixture of -person and streamg tl. The French language turns up nearly all of this year’s eight selectns, many of which buted at Cann or Venice 2021, such as “Zero F**ks Given” the movie, which has nothg to do wh <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kev Hart</a>. Rather, ’s about a young flight attendant (Adèle Exarchopoulos) stuck over-performg wh zero attachment to the rult. It lls to md the loopy absurdy of "Palm Sprgs,” palistic traps “Sorry to Bother You” wh the poignant unrtow of “Fleabag.” In “Bootleg,” a woman om northern Quebec returns home to a tense nflict over the sale of alhol. Even the Polish film “Silent Land” tak s cu om France, where a “perfect” uple gets their ppance wh echo of “Force Majre.” A morated Zoom discsn follows all films.<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> For two years nng, half of this seri’ films were directed by women; last year, three of the eight were submted by their rpective untry for Amy Award nsiratn.</p><div class="article-sectn--youtube article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><div class="youtube" id="yt-embed-4"><picture><img src="></picture><div class="play-button"></div></div></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wicked Queer Film Ftival</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> April 7-17<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Onle and at Brattle Theatre, Emerson’s Paramount Center, and ICA Boston<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> Boston’s preement showse of films about the lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (and more) experience announc s full slate mid-March. But executive director Shawn Cotter offered a few teasers, cludg two tl om Sundance (“Framg Agn” and “Sirens”), a filmed avant-gar opera (“ORFEAS2021,” about the first gay prime mister of Greece, or “<a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cyberpunk queer pirat agast rabow homo-palist normi</a>”), and the Icelandic buddy film “Cop Secret.” This year, Cotter disvered an abundance of “trans stori both wh and outsi the muny as well as female g of age films.” “My Empts and I” enpsulat both them and director Adrián Silvtre will attend person. “Gone are the days where we should be beggg for reprentatnal scraps,” says Cotter, who remas optimistic about the uptick “women, BIPOC, trans folks and queers behd the scen and ont of the mera.” Their imag and stori “should rm the culture for years to e.”<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> Cotter lists "<a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Funeral Para of Ros</a>" as his favore LGBTQ+ movie.</p><div class="article-sectn--youtube article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><div class="youtube" id="yt-embed-5"><picture><img src="></picture><div class="play-button"></div></div></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Turkish Film Ftival</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> April 15-28<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Streamg onle<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> Awar om the Turkish ftival’s documentary and short film petn held December play this 21st edn as well as newly add feature films. At least three om the petn are mt-se: the unexpectedly poignant observatnal documentary “All In,” about two young men who take seasonal work at a Turkish rort that hosts many Rsian guts, and two fictnal shorts that likewise walk toward the cliff of adulthood, but wh women the lead. In “Climate Change,” a woman absorbs the cultural shift of movg to London for graduate school, and “The Great Istanbul Deprsn,” two sisters languish cisn though their father wants them to move out and on wh their liv. Ftival director Erkut Gömülü not that uniquely this year, “all feature films are but films by a new generatn of filmmakers.” He pots to “Patrida,” a story about the trials of forced immigratn through the lens of a father-dghter relatnship. Co-directors Ayça Damgaci and Tumay Goktepe will participate a Zoom Q&A.<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> The mentned tl make ronant panns to “<a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Worst Person In the World</a>,” one of 2021’s bt films (and up for two Amy Awards), another pellg take on navigatg the uncertati of young adulthood.</p><div id="vimeo-embed-6" class="article-sectn--vimeo article-sectn--embed wiscreen"><iame src=" allowfullscreen=""></iame></div><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IFFBoston</a></h3></span><p class=""><strong>When:</strong> April 27-May 4<br /><strong>Where:</strong> The Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, and other venu TBA<br /><strong>Highlights:</strong> Planned to take place real life for the first time sce 2019, the full announcement of accepted films will not go live until April. Until then, filmmakers om all over the U.S., and some Bostonians, patiently wa for a green light om the regn’s favore pennt film ftival. Meanwhile, a ntgent of superfans wonr: Who will get Somerville’s big screen theater one? What madns or joy will I see wh a packed hoe downstairs? Will anyone regnize me after two years? Do I want to be regnized? (Askg for a iend.) And, of urse: What should I wear?<br /><strong>Need to Know:</strong> It tak more than 200 volunteers to power this ftival person.</p><hr class="enhanced"/><span><h3>Also Showg:</h3></span><p class=""><strong>“<a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-th="NotApplible" data-lkx="0">The Distant Barkg of Dogs</a>”:</strong> A documentary about a child livg through vlent nflict Donbass, streams through Salem Film Ft until March 23. (All proceeds benef <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-th="NotApplible" data-lkx="1">Voic of Children</a>, a nonprof supportg Ukraian children.)<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women Take the Reel</a>:</strong> Women’s History Month screengs at Boston College, MIT, Lley Universy, Northeastern Universy through March 29.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Films by Flora Gom, Ramell Ross, Domga Sotomayor</a>:</strong> At Harvard Film Archive March 24-April 4.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bright Lights Film Seri</a>:</strong> In-person at Emerson College’s Bright Fay Screeng Room, Thursday nights through April 21.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The DocYard</a>:</strong> Documentari at the Brattle Theatre on Monday nights through April 25.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Face/Off: Travolta/Cage</a>:</strong> This repertory seri at Somerville Theatre ns Tuday nights through May 3.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Projectg Connectns: Che Amerin Experienc</a>:</strong> At ArtsEmerson through June 17.<br /><strong><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shared Stori: Communy, Connectn and Conversatn Through Cema</a>:</strong> At ArtsEmerson through June 24.</p></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered Tags_article-sectn--tags__NOKiB"><a data-ec="Article Tags" data-el="Film/TV" data-ea="Click" class="article-tag" href="/news/sectn/arts-culture/tag/screens">Film/TV</a><a data-ec="Article Tags" data-el="Sprg Arts Guis" data-ea="Click" class="article-tag" href="/news/sectn/arts-culture/tag/sprg-arts-guis-2022">Sprg Arts Guis</a></sectn></article><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered"><hear class="zone"><div class="zone-ner"><h2 class="zone-hdr">Related:</h2></div></hear><ul class="article-story-group"><li class="story-group-em"><a data-ec="Article Related Lks" data-el="Nilas Cage and John Travolta 'Face/Off' at Somerville Theatre" data-ea="Click" class="story-group-lk" href=">Nilas Cage and John Travolta 'Face/Off' at Somerville Theatre</a></li></ul></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered"><div class="ntributor has-photo"><div class="ntributor-profile"><figure class="ntributor-profile-em ntributor-photo"><a href="/si/staff/er-trahan"><picture><img src=" class="lazy rd-image" alt=""/></picture></a></figure><p class="ntributor-profile-em ntributor-b"><a class="ntributor-name" href="/si/staff/er-trahan">Er Trahan</a> <span class="ntributor-tle">Film Wrer</span><br/>Er Trahan wr about film for WBUR.</p><p class="ntributor-more"><a class="ntributor-lk ntributor-b-lk" href="/si/staff/er-trahan">More…</a></p></div></div></sectn><sectn class="sectn--breakout sectn--uw"><div class="uw uw--rponsive"><div class="uw-ner"><p class="uw-label">Advertisement</p><div class="uw-ntent uw-ntent--centered"><div style="width:300px;height:50px"></div></div></div></div></sectn><div></div><div class="global-d-ponents onmand--is-playg"><div class="global-player"><d preload="to"></d><div class="global-player-bar"><div class="global-player-bar-left"><button class="global-player-bar-ntrol"><i class="in-play in-play--global-player-bar in-play--psed"><span class="in-play-shape"><span class="in-label" data-note="for-screen-rears">Rume</span></span></i></button><div class="global-player-label global-player-label--live"><div class="global-player-channel"><span>Listen Live</span></div><div class="global-player-tle"><a class="global-player-label-lk" href="/">Loadg...</a></div></div></div><div class="global-player-bar-right"><div class="global-player-x"><svg class="in in-close" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-labelledby="tle"><tle id="tle">Close .

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