Portland Queer Film Festival Guide 2015

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Queer F i l m F est i va l O C TO B E R 2 - 8 , 2 0 1 5 • C I N E M A 2 1 w w w. p d x q u e e r fi l m . c o m

3:00 PM DEEP RUN

5:00 PM BOY MEETS GIRL

5:00 PM IN THE TURN

FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

9:00 PM GUIDANCE

FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

9:00 PM FOURTH MAN OUT

7:00 PM 7:00 PM IN WITH THE NEW OUT S&M SALLY

OCTOBER 4*

OCTOBER 3 2:30 PM MILLIONAIRE MAN

9:00 PM STORIES OF OUR LIVES

7:00 PM TWO 4 ONE

OCTOBER 5

9:00 PM UPSTAIRS INFERNO

7:00 PM WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING

OCTOBER 6

Full Pass - $100 Admission into all screenings at Cinema 21 and all parties and special events. NOT VALID FOR WEB SERIES WORKSHOP.

Opening Night Film - $15 Opening Night Film/Party combo - $20 General Admission - $10 Web Series Workshop - $25

9:30 PM THOSE PEOPLE

POST-SCREENING PANEL

7:00 PM FREEHELD

OCTOBER 7

FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

7:00 PM OUT TO WIN

OCTOBER 8

Cinema 21 • 616 NW 21st Avenue The box office will open one half hour before each day’s first program. Cinema 21 sells only day-of tickets.

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TICKETS AND PASSES

* WEB SERIES 101 (AND BEYOND) Workshop takes place October 4 at noon at Cinema 21.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY

7:00 PM EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO

OCTOBER 2

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 • 7:00 P.M • OPENING NIGHT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 • 7:00 P.M • CLOSING NIGHT

Directed by Peter Greenaway • In English • 105 minutes

Directed by Malcolm ingram • In English • 105 minutes

Master filmmaker Peter Greenaway (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Pillow Book) returns with one his finest films in decades with this bold, giddy celebration of visonary Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s (Elmer Bäck) trip to Mexico in the 1930s. At the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo (Luis Alberti), he vulnerably experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life. A delirously profane biopic, Eisenstein is liberated from Soviet constraints in Mexico and is also liberated sexually by the handsome Palomino. Extravagant costumes, delirious baroque sets and aggressively stylistic cinematography frame this love affair that transforms Eisenstein’s life and work.

Out to Win is a documentary feature that examines the lives of queer athletes. The film features sports icons like Jason Collins, Brittney Griner, Billie Jean King, John Amaechi, Martina Navratilova, Billy Bean, David Kopay, Billy Bean, Conner Mertens and many amazing journalists, activists, emerging young athletes, fans and sports professionals talking about their experiences and the past and present state of things for professional gay and lesbian athletes.

EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO

The screening is followed by an opening night reception at the theater featuring handmade tamales, beans and rice, New Deal cocktails, sangria, good music, good people, good times.

OUT TO WIN

Billy Bean and Conner Mertens in attendance.

TRANSGENDER FILM SHOWCASE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 • 7:00 P.M • CENTERPIECE

FREEHELD

Directed by Peter Sollett • In English • 103 minutes

The Portland Queer Film is partnering with Outside In to bring attention to transgender issues with a dedicated transgender showcase in this year’s Queer Film Festival. Outside In will have a presence at screenings offering services and support to the transgender community.

“Outside In has been a strong, vocal advocate for full rights for the LGBT community for 35 years,” says Outside In executive director Kathy Oliver. "While positive changes have occurred, discrimination against the transgender community continues. Last year two young trans women in Outside In’s housing program committed suicide. We see a trans film festival as one way to educate the community and advocate for our clients.”

IN THE TURN • Oct. 3 • 5:00 pm • Director ERICA TREMBLAY • 91 min.

In the Turn follows Crystal, a 10-year-old transgender girl growing up in rural Canada, as she navigates the difficult and complicated world that surrounds her. Tormented at school by teachers and peers alike, she faces daily assaults in the form of insults and physical altercations. The pain she endures at school takes a toll on not only her selfesteem, but also on the emotional stability of her family.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer, decorated New Jersey Detective Lt. Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) wishes to leave her pension benefits to domestic partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page). Denied by local county officials, Laurel receives help from hard-nosed colleague Dane Wells (Michael Shannon) and activist Steven Goldstein (Steve Carell). Together, they unite to rally fellow police officers and ordinary citizens to support the couple's fight for equality.

The screening is followed by a panel discussion about equity in the City of Portland featuring Portland Police Officer Katie Potter, President of Oregon AFL-CIO Tom Chamberlain and former Mayor Tom Potter among others with the participation of the Mayors’s office, DEEP (Diverse and Empowered Employees of Portland) and the Office of Equity and Human Rights.

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DEEP RUN • Oct. 4 • 3:00 pm • Director HILLEVI LOVEN • 75 min.

Produced Susan Sarandon and shot by first-time filmmaker Hillevi Loven, Deep Run is a powerful verité portrait of trans life in rural North Carolina. Exiled by her family and rejected by an ex, 17-yearold Spazz has no one to lean on for support. But when Spazz falls in love again and summons up the courage to become Cole, a strongwilled trans man, his candid humor and steadfast, all-inclusive Christian beliefs counter the bigotry he experiences daily. This exquisite documentary reveals rebirth and courage within America’s deeply conservative Bible Belt.

BOY MEETS GIRL • Oct. 4 • 5:00 PM Director by ERIC SCHAEFFER 95 min.

Boy Meets Girl is a poignant, sexy, romantic coming of age comedy about three twenty year-olds living in Kentucky. Robby (Michael Welch, Twilight) and his best friend since childhood, Ricky (Michelle Hendley), a gorgeous transgender girl, have never dated. Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors, Ricky considers dating a girl. In walks Francesca (Alex Turshen), a beautiful young debutante waiting for her Marine fiance to return from the war. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky.

This is a sex/human positive modern fable and identification with its story crosses all gender and sexual orientation lines.

TWO 4 ONE • Oct. 5 • 7:00 pm • Director MAUREEN BRADLEY • 75 min.

When transgender Adam helps his baby-crazy ex-girlfriend Miriam artificially inseminate, they wind up in bed together— and they both get pregnant. Now Adam must reconcile his identity and gender with his biological reality, grapple with his feelings for Miriam, and try to figure out what it means to be a man.

See also IN WITH THE NEW OUT, October 3 at 7:00 pm.

MILLIONAIRE MAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 • 7:00 P.M

Oct. 3 • 2:30 p.m Director AARON GREGORY AUSTIN

FOURTH MAN OUT

Oct. 3 • 9:00 p.m • Director ANDREW NACKMAN 86 minutes • In English

IN WITH THE NEW OUT Various directors

A work-in-progress by local filmmaker Aaron Austin. A screening of the first cut of a drama about a man looking back on his life regretting the mistakes he's made.

In attendance director Aaron Gregory Austin and stars Adam Syron, Jon James, Geno Romo, Jon Branch.

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Featuring episodes of Wallflowers, Where the Bears Are, Producing Juliet, Capitol Hill, The Transgender Project and Kelsey. Filmmakers Kieran Turner, Rick Coop, Tina Ward and Wes Hurley in attendance.

S&M SALLY

Oct. 4 • 7:00 p.m • Director MICHELLE EHLEN 90 minutes • In English

A comedy about a car mechanic in a small, working class town who comes out of the closet to his unsuspecting, blue-collar best friends. Twentyfour year old Adam (Evan Todd), is an attractive yet mysteriously single garage mechanic in rural New York. Adam has decided that he will unveil the secret to his singlehood and come out to his best friends. Adam has always fit in with his friends perfectly — that is until he becomes the odd man out thanks to the revelation of his sexuality. Thus begins the awkward post-coming out dance of Adam still trying to be one of the bros while his friends try to undertand and suport him.

GUIDANCE

Oct. 4 • 9:00 p.m • Director PAT MILLS 80 minutes • In English

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 • NOON • CINEMA 21

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Episodic web programming is still in its infancy, but is expanding. It’s not enough to just go out and make a show, there are several steps you need to take to make sure your creation doesn’t get lost in the sea of content. No matter what stage of planning or production you’re in, get the answers to your questions from those who’ve done it!

These content creators have made some of the most popular and lauded web series of recent years. Come hear their success stories, offer group advice, and then meet with them one-on-one for more intensive guidance.

Some workshop topics include: How to make your series stand out, scheduling/budgeting, crowdfunding, marketing your series & garner an audience, web festi-

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Lead by Kieran Turner, Rick Coop and Tina Cesa Ward.

When Jamie finds out her girlfriend Jill has spent time exploring BDSM, her insecurities about falling behind in the bedroom push her to propose that they start going to underground clubs. Jamie decides to use the pseudonym Sally so she can stay anonymous but still look like she's using her real name, which apparently she thinks makes her look cool. Identifying as the butch one in a traditional butch/femme couple, "Sally" assumes she will take the dominant role in their escapades, with Jill as her submissive, but Jill has ideas of her own.

Director and star Michelle Ehlen in attendance.

Guidance is a riotous comedy that follows former child actor, David Gold, as he makes one bad decision after another. Recently unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor.

Quickly winning over the students with his bad behavior, David forms a friendship with Jabrielle, a teenage outcast and they hit the road as an unlikely pair of outlaws on the run. At once a touching comedy that reveals the inner child in us all, GUIDANCE is filled with fast-paced comedic timing, witty dialogue.

STORIES OF OUR LIVES

Oct. 5 • 9:00 p.m • Director JIM CHUCHU 61 minutes • English subtites

Stories of Our Lives is a Kenyan film, created by the members of The Nest Collective, a Nairobibased arts collective. The film is an anthology of five short films dramatizing true stories of LGBT life in Kenya.

WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING

Oct. 6 • 7:00 p.m • Director CATHERINE STEWART 86 minutes • In English

The changing landscape of post-Apartheid South African politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two central relationships a successful black real estate woman who is cheating on her white wife, and their bohemian daughter dating a gender non-confirming woman in the Khayalitsha township.

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UPSTAIRS INFERNO

Oct. 6 • 9:00 p.m • Director ROBERT CAMINA 96 minutes • In English

Forty years ago, on June 24, 1973, a gay bar in New Orleans called the Upstairs Lounge was fire bombed, resulting in the largest gay mass murder in U.S. history. Despite that, few people know about the tragedy. Thirty-two people were killed and some bodies were never identified because their families were ashamed that the victims were gay. No one was ever charged with the crime. Robert Camina's full length film aims to tell the story primarily through emotional interviews of survivors, families of victims and key players involved with the aftermath.

THOSE PEOPLE

Oct. 7 • 9:30 p.m • Director JOEY KUHN 80 minutes • In English

On Manhattan’s gilded Upper East Side, a young painter, Charlie, finds the man of his dreams in an older pianist from across the globe. If only Charlie weren’t secretly in love with his own manipulative best friend, Sebastian, who is embroiled in a financial scandal. In the wake of Sebastian’s notoriety, their tight-knit group of friends must confront the new realities of adulthood.

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