Mix, New York Lbian/Gay Film/Vio Ftival
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MIX, NEW YORK LBIAN/GAY FILM/VIO FTIVAL
Also receivg drive- screengs throughout the ftival are Alan Ball’s gay road dramedy “Uncle Frank” starrg Pl Bettany, and Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulre’s “Cida” alongsi a seri of Brooklyn-based short films. The trop about lbian bed ath and oversexed gay persist, and media generally rerc this false dichotomy. As a searchg tobgraphil portra of -director Matt Fifer’s own life and stggl wh timacy and buried childhood trma, “Cida” feels like a private nfsnal, but also lot the universal plight of beg a gay lennial navigatg romance amid a Grdr-domated datg system.
Kieran Mulre -directs this searg and sexy act of gay self-analysis, wh Fifer starrg as Ben, a Brooklyn dweller patchg together a life the gig enomy, occupyg a vaguely sketched sk job when he’s not patg ho or dog home repairs for phy olr queens.