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Offerg 13 days of 176 dividual screengs of 54 featur, 15 documentari, 103 shorts, six world premier of feature films (and several world premier of shorts), and welg over 60 gut filmmakers, the Eighth Philalphia Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival end July 23 wh new rerds attendance figur and sell-out screengs, and the

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Q-FT, A GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL, OPENS IN PHILALPHIA

The 12-day Philalphia Q-Ft kicks off today at the Rz Bourse and Rz East. It's the largt Gay and Lbian film ftival on the east ast. * philadelphia gay lesbian film festival *

Moviegoers will have a chance to see some of the most eagerly anticipated fall films, cludg: “The Inspectn, ” former Philalphia rint Elegance Bratton’s feature about a young gay Black man (Jeremy Pope) who jos the Mar; “The Whale” starrg Brendan Fraser an Osr-buzzy turn as a severely obe gay man tryg to nnect wh his tranged dghter; “Glass Onn: A Kniv Out Mystery, ” starrg out performer Janelle Monáe a sequel to the popular whodunn; and “Close, ” gay filmmaker Las Dhont’s tenr, award-wng drama about two 13-year-old boys who suffer a tragedy.

Among the documentari, out gay filmmaker Ryan Whe’s “Good Night Oppy” chronicl the Mars Exploratn Rover Opportuny, and “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featurg Brandi Carlile” chronicl the efforts of out sger Carlile to help re-troduce Tucker and her mic to the world. Among the films available for preview, one of the bt films at the ft is “The Blue Caftan, ” an exquise slow-burn romantic drama om Moroc, a untry where homosexualy is illegal.

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“Mister Organ” has out gay filmmaker David Farrier (“Tickled”) gog down another quirky rabb hole when he vtigat the tle character, Michael, aka Michael Organ. Farrier talks wh folks who knew Organ and they reunt troublg episos of abe, om Organ appropriatg a former roommate’s story of homophobia to a tragedy volvg another gay man.

He fds work at a lol gay bar and helps Margaret who wants to live at home and not an elrre facily.

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QFLIX will host the World Premiere of “Postrds Over the Sk, ” an timate and erotic drama by wrer/director Pablo Oliver that pays homage to the late gay Argente thor Manuel Puig. Not to be missed is the enchantg Italian import, “Masrpone, ” a gay reworkg of “An Unmarried Woman.

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Another highlight is the affectnate documentary, “No Straight L: The Rise of Queer Comics” trac the reers of five groundbreakg gay and lbian ic book artists. ” The late Howard Cse scrib how the unrground ics scene allowed for queer and envelope-phg work sce the Comics Co rtricted any mentn of homosexualy. Rupert Knard explas how his work llege creatg the Brown Bomber — the first gay superhero ic strips — was “thartic” as enabled him to e out too.

When Cristi, a p, heads off to work, he is forced to rolve a standoff a movie theater where an ultra-natnalist, homophobic group has dispted the screeng of a queer film.

Durg the extend sequence, Cristi attacks a gay man who uld out him, forcg the p to be exiled the theater as the suatn is rolved. As the guys talk about g out to their fai or scribe how armps a photograph suggt “an offerg, ” they e across as sweet, almost bashful gay men. The four se studi clu Jipsta (aka JP Masterson), who was gay bashed on a New York subway platform; Mykel, who was attacked and is reverg om trma; Leia, whose 9-year-old son took his own life after classmat bullied him for beg gay; and Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil of India, who suffered discrimatn after g out.

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Also expected to attend is out gay filmmaker Q. In addn, moviegoers (observg guil to be vaxxed and masked) will also have an opportuny to see two romanc on the big screen: the amb Cold War English-language gay Soviet fighter pilot drama, “Firebird, ” and the charmg “Boy Meets Boy.

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It's the largt Gay and Lbian film ftival on the east ast. She says the ftival shows films that addrs a variety of LGBT issu, like same sex marriage, non-tradnal fai, gay-straight iendships and much more.

- a hot die film, " says Coomb, "It's about the 'gay bt iend' which has bee a hot accsory for many girls out there. Coomb says the past year has been a banner one for the LGBT muny, wh gay marriage beg more mastream and many more the LGBT muny standg up for civil rights. Philalphia Gay Ft Draws Rerd Number of Atten.

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Ramsey plays the LA party boy he hooks up wh, “Latter Days” which won the award for bt gay male film at the Philalphia Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival.

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Sce s ceptn 1995, the Philalphia Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival (PIGLFF), which end on July 22, has creased attendance annually, attractg a total of 26, 665 atten this year.

PIGLFF is the largt gay and lbian film ftival the eastern Uned Stat. In the juried petn, the Spanish film “Bulgarian Lovers, ” Eloy la Iglia’s first film 15 years, won bt gay male feature film, while the jury selected Sachi Hamano’s “Lily Ftival” as the ftival’s bt lbian feature. But dience members, who voted by paper ballot after each screeng, thought that “Latter Days, ” which was recently named bt first feature at the Los Angel Outft, was the bt gay male feature film, and that “April’s Shower, ” directed by Trish Doolan, was the bt lbian feature film.

Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®. Standg directly across the street om Inpennce Hall, a historic marker honors the Annual Remrs, the monstratn held at this se led by gay activists on July 4 om 1965 to 1969, the last of which occurred jt days after the history-makg Stonewall Rts. Philalphia was the first cy the Uned Stat to lnch a major marketg mpaign (“Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay®”) to wele LGBTQ+ tourism, and reprents a trove of cultural, culary, artistic and ethnic diversy.

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