Framele, the world’s largt rource for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr media and film, will celebrate the 35th anniversary of San Francis's Internatnal LGBT Film Ftival begng June 16 at the Castro Theatre. An 11-day showse for more than 200 cuttg-edge films om untri i...
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SIXTH ANNUAL SAN FRANCIS INTERNATNAL LBIAN AND GAY FILM FTIVAL
26th San Francis Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival (Framele 2002) * 2016 san francisco international lgbt film festival *
)Bob Hawk | Photo: Film Hawk/FacebookFramele 40 will nclu on Sunday June 26th wh a 7pm screeng of Lookg, HBO's feature-length fale to s serialized gay drama of the same name, which was shot San Francis and ran for two seasons. 26th San Francis Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film FtivalPublished on Aug 23, 2012About26th San Francis Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival (Framele 2002).
A centerpiece film at this year’s ftival is Bo McGuire’s bold documentary Socks on Fire, which reunts an ugly chapter the gay filmmaker’s northeast Alabama fay’s history. One of the most movg stori the film volv her nephew, who out as gay, and talks about his homophobic father. Kapaemahu, by gay filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, who worked wh Haleimoana Wong-Kalu, will screen Shorts program 6.
Sixth Annual San Francis Internatnal Lbian and Gay Film Ftival Program Gui (Framele 1982) * 2016 san francisco international lgbt film festival *
Also of gay tert, but not available for preview, is Dance of the 41, about a sndalo party 1901 Mexi where men drsed as women. Framele tak place around the same time as the San Francis Gay Pri Ftival and ns until June year, 19 films by, for, or about Asians and Asian Amerins will be shown at the COVER / DIR Ray Yng / 2015 / USA / 88 mSet agast NYC’s cutthroat fashn world, this stylish romance is both charmg and sightful as trac the culture clash (and smolrg sparks) between a Che Amerin photo stylist and the handsome Che movie star he is assigned to make NIGHT / DIR Andrew Ahn / 2016 / USA / 93 m / Showse FilmThe LA air is thick wh sublimated sire and trated yearng Andrew Ahn’s eply felt feature but, a touchg study of a virgal, closeted teenager wrtlg wh his Korean-born parents’ expectatns and the forbidn, myster allure of men’s / DIR Sudhanshu Saria / 2015 / India / 90 mYoung mician Sahil drops everythg, cludg his boyiend, to go on a holiday trip wh his old iend Jai, only to disver that bubblg tensns and secrets threaten to rail his life. INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET / DIR Sophia Luvarà / 2015 / Netherlands / 72 mCght between a new gay nscns Cha and eply rooted fay prsur, Andy and Cherry attempt to mata the illn of heterosexual fay life.
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IRRAWADDY MON AMOUR / DIRS Nila Grignani, Valeria Ttagrossa, & Andrea Zambelli / 2015 / Italy / 58 mIn this lorfully immersive documentary, trans activist and shaman Myo Nyunt dar to anize a marriage ceremony a unique gay-iendly village the heart of Myanmar/Burma, where the btal ary junta severely penaliz same-sex RUN / DIRS S. GAYSIANS / DIR Vicky Du / 2015 / USA / 13 mCapturg diverse portras of queer and trans Asian Amerins, Gaysians is an illumatg patchwork documentary that explor relatnships wh fay and culture.