Monday evening
Frameline held a press announcement for the up-coming
San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, running June 18 - 28 at the
Castro,
Roxie &
Victoria Theaters in San Francisco, the
Elmwood in Berkeley & the
Landmark in Piedmont. We saw the festival's colorful
trailer, made by
Peaches Christ & parodying
The Wizard of Oz. Frameline’s Executive Director
Frances Wallace, Director of Exhibition & Programming
Desiree Buford & Senior Programmer
Peter L. Stein cheerfully ran through festival highlights while seated on the stage of the
Oasis club.
Ms. Wallace said that they aimed to provoke with the opening night film,
I Am Michael, starring James Franco as Michael Glatze, the former gay activist who renounced his homosexuality & became a judgy heterosexual Christian pastor. The centerpiece narrative film,
The Summer of Sangaile, is a romance from Lithuania, & the centerpiece documentary,
Out to Win, looks at gay professional athletes. The festival will show several films about
sports, including documentaries about gay athletes at the
Sochi Olympics & competitors in an Australian
rugby tournament. Closing night is
Bare, a drama set in Nevada & starring Dianna Agron, with Paz de la Huerta as an alluring drifter.
I counted 15
shorts programs, including an
all-animation compilation. Peter Greenaway's
Eisenstein in Guanajuato, a fictionalized version of the Soviet director's 1931 visit to Mexico, was described as a "glitter bomb." Tab Hunter is scheduled to attend the screening of
Tab Hunter Confidential,
Jeffrey Schwarz's profile of the actor. There were shouts of approval when it was announced that the festival will host a
special preview screening of
Magic Mike XXL.
There will be a retrospective showing of Fassbinder's
Querelle, as well as a
new documentary about the director. The documentary
The Yes Men Are Revolting will bring us up to date with
Mike & Andy's political pranks. I was glad to see that
Do I Sound Gay?, a humorous examination of the gay accent, is on the schedule.
I also had a nice time chatting with board members
Liz Pesch &
Christopher Wiseman. Mr. Wiseman was a delightful & persuasive conversationalist, so it's a good thing he warned me that he is a Bad Idea Bear.
§ Frameline39
San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
June 18-28, 2015
§ Press Conference & Festival Launch Event
Monday, May 18, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Oasis
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