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There are a handful of events that pretty well epitomize the spirit of San Francisco, and certainly the International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is one of those events.
San Francisco's queer film showcase opened on June 12 at the historic Castro Theatre with an acclaimed screening of Die Mommie Die, the newest camp spectacle from the mind of Charles Busch (who brought the world Psycho Beach Party, with Six Feet Under's impossibly cute Lauren Ambrose). Busch plays bitter fading chanteuse Angela Arden, whose children are plotting a murderous revenge. The film also stars Jason Priestley, Natasha Lyonne and Frances Conroy, also of Six Feet Under. Busch, Priestley and Conroy were on hand at the screening, which was followed by the opening night gala at the newly restored San Francisco Ferry Building.
Based on Bay Area rocker Cheri Lovedog's autobiographical play of the same name, Gershon plays a struggling musician ready to give it all up as she approaches the age of 40 until one last chance comes her way. After the screening at the Castro Theatre, step outside and into the night for a closing night party under the stars. Two widely-acclaimed new international films will receive Special Presentations during the Festival. On June 17, the Festival presents the French detective thriller Gender Bias, about a beautiful young transsexual with a troubled past who gets entangled with a local police chief. Robinson Stevenin won the Cesar Award for Best New Actor at the "French Oscars," for his performance as transsexual character Bo. From Argentina, the Festival is proud to present Suddenly on June 25. Compared to the early works of Jim Jarmusch and Fassbinder, Suddenly tracks two punk dykes named Mao and Lenin who kidnap a lonely salesgirl and give her the adventure of a lifetime. In addition to worldwide acclaim, first-time director Diego Lerma's Suddenly has won the Silver Leopard award at the prestigious Locarno International Film Festival and the top prize at the recent Istanbul Film Festival.
Bailey and Barbato will also sit down for an interview with New York Times Critic-at-Large Margo Jefferson at a Close-Up/TimesTalks event at the San Francisco Public Library on June 25. The Festival will also screen two new documentaries from Bailey and Barbato's World of Wonder Productions: School's Out: The Life of a Gay High School in Texas and Dark Roots: The Unauthorized Anna Nicole. As usual, the Festival highlights the myriad facets of LGBT culture. Queer youth are coming of age, as seen in a dozen new features and plenty of shorts. Queer history continues to be revealed, as seen in the collection of gay biographies at this year's Festival.
Current events have led to an increase in the representation of Arab and Middle Eastern images in the Festival. Banned in Iran, an androgynous woman becomes an iconic voice in Daughters of the Sun. Transgender images continue to be a revolutionary theme in queer cinema. In the tense yet humorous Flying with One Wing, the first Sri Lankan film with a transgender character, a mechanic hides his female origins from his wife. A young transsexual gets entangled with a police investigator in the award-winning French thriller Gender Bias. Advance tickets are available at the Festival Ticket Outlet located at the Castro Theater (429 Castro Street @ Market) in San Francisco. Tickets may also be purchased online at frameline.org, phone (925-866-9559), fax (925-866-9597) or mail (SFILGFF, P.O. Box 2229, Danville, CA 94526). For more information on the Festival and how to purchase tickets call the 24-hour hotline at (925) 866-9559 and/or visit the Festival online at frameline.org/festival.
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