The Gay Cann — San Fran Com Out and Go Beyond: The SF Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftiv – IndieWire

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• THE GAY CANN — SAN FRAN COM OUT AND GO BEYOND: THE SF INTERNATNAL LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIV
• A CELEBRATN OF QUEER CEMA: THE SAN FRANCIS INTERNATNAL LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIVAL
• GAY FTIVALS SAN FRANCIS

THE GAY CANN — SAN FRAN COM OUT AND GO BEYOND: THE SF INTERNATNAL LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIV

As the documentary rells, the Gay Film Ftival of Super-8 Films, showed the movi on a screen ma om a bed Framele founr Marc Hutis (right) ont of the Castro theatre the 1970s.

In 1922, San Francis’s Nasser fay opened the Castro Theatre: an event that me to fe an era and what would bee a gay neighborhood. The film “Fairyland” is based on Alysia Abbott’s memoir of growg up as the dghter of a gay father San Francis durg the 1970s and 1980s. Framele’s 47th annual San Francis Internatnal LGBTQ+ Film Ftival will open wh a strong lol offerg, “Fairyland, ” a g-of-age tale about a girl’s ups and downs wh her gay father San Francis durg the 1970s and 1980s.

An ial way to kick off the ftival, this emotnally affectg drama, seen om the viewpot of a girl beg raised by a gay father, tak back to San Francis durg the 1970s and 1980s. It’s an unlikely legacy for a gay man who was forced to stay the closet. The Gay Cann -- San Fran Com Out and Go Beyond:The SF Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival, So Far.

A CELEBRATN OF QUEER CEMA: THE SAN FRANCIS INTERNATNAL LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIVAL

Though the Rabow Flags are still flyg on every rner, and theatmosphere n only be scribed as “Gay Disneyland”, the 22nd ednof The San Francis Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftivalmonstrat an ever-creasg willgns to move beyond the lims ofGay Pri and embrace s role as one of the premiere global penntfilm events. Wh an extra day of screengs add, and andtry gut list that reads like the bt-drsed of the die-filmworld, San Francis seems ready to fulfill the duti required of the“Gay Cann”. In keepg wh 90’s sensibili, many of the featur rporatexuali that nnot be scribed as sentially “Gay” or “Lbian” fact, durg a panel discsn entled “Why Are There So FewLbian Featur?

Dolly Hall (“All Over Me“, “TheIncredibly Te Adventure Of Two Girls In Love“, “54“), was award the1998 Framele Award for producg profable lbian & gay themedpennt films. The gut-curated Ftival Foc programs addrs three subjects whichhave had a huge impact on pennt filmmakg but have been siledat most major lbian and gay film ftivals bee they reprentthorns the si of gay mastreamg.

GAY FTIVALS SAN FRANCIS

Ross asserts that gay andlbian ftivals often clu bi-sexual narrativ as g-outstori, rather than acknowledgg that bi-sexualy is a legimateliftyle and not jt a steppg stone to gayns. As Hubbardstat, “Experimental filmmakg has always been the gay mastream... ” While this is te, gay andlbian ftivals and dienc have been ls willg to acceptexperimental film than many “straight” stutns.

Wh such nam asIsaac Julien, Chantal Akerman, Maya Deren, Gee Kuchar, and KenhAnger on the bill, Crane jtifiably argued that Lbian & Gayfilmmakg and Avant Gar film history are extribly lked, andthat this seri uld be screened at any major mm. A Celebratn of Queer Cema: The San Francis Internatnal Lbian & Gay Film Ftival.