Tonight begin the OutFilm Festival; nine days of LGBT films, the Hartford Courant said this about the festival,
One of the things that I enjoy is the opening short films. Some of them leave you laughing, some of them leave you sad, and some of them leaving you scratching your head wondering what it was about.
What I like is the opening night party that is after the feature movie; I meet so many people that I know, it is a who’s who of the LGBT world. But unfortunately I will not be able to attend the party this year because I will be at a banquet; CLARO is having their banquet that night honoring a friend.
On Sunday I am going to a brunch that the festival organizers are having for Kristin Beck who will be speaking after the movie Sunday night. I helped organize the brunch by contacting the various LGBT organizations in the area and I don’t know if I have been volunteered to entertain her Sunday afternoon before the showing of her film.
"While You Weren't Looking" is one of the films to be shown at this year's Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, which will be at Cinestudio, at Trinity College in Hartford, from May 29 to June 6. Ten feature films and two shorts blocks will be shown over the festival's nine-day run.This year’s trans movie is "Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story" on Sunday night. I am always disappointed that they have so few trans movies, however, I understand why they don’t, in the past when they did have a trans night there were only about two dozen people in the audience. If there is no support for trans night it does make sense to have one, their attendance is greater when they show gay or lesbians movies.
The feature films in the festival include documentaries about Olympic star Greg Louganis; a transgender child and transwomen in the military; dramas set in Mexico, Thailand, Germany and Venezuela; a Dutch gay parenthood comedy; Robin Williams' last unreleased dramatic role; and a closing-night screening of the 1998 Studio 54 homage "54" starring Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe and Salma Hayek.
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Documentaries include "Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story," which tells the story of a transgender former Navy SEAL and shows that transwomen in the military are not uncommon; "Back on Board: Greg Louganis," which tells of the Olympic star's triumphs, trials and tragedies; and "In the Turn," the story of a Canadian transchild who is embraced by a roller derby team made up of lesbians and transwomen.
One of the things that I enjoy is the opening short films. Some of them leave you laughing, some of them leave you sad, and some of them leaving you scratching your head wondering what it was about.
What I like is the opening night party that is after the feature movie; I meet so many people that I know, it is a who’s who of the LGBT world. But unfortunately I will not be able to attend the party this year because I will be at a banquet; CLARO is having their banquet that night honoring a friend.
On Sunday I am going to a brunch that the festival organizers are having for Kristin Beck who will be speaking after the movie Sunday night. I helped organize the brunch by contacting the various LGBT organizations in the area and I don’t know if I have been volunteered to entertain her Sunday afternoon before the showing of her film.
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