A free three-day movie pageant is coming to the South Facet’s Metropolis Base Cinema to inform the tales usually ignored by Hollywood. From October 10-12, San Antonio QFest will display screen 40-plus choose options, shorts, and documentary films which can be “celebrating queer cinema in a multicultural world.”
Sean Clever, chair emeritus of the pageant, says his authentic aim was to make QFest an academic movie pageant — not simply to entertain moviegoers, however to assist filmmakers themselves. Clever calls the occasion an immersive, informative expertise for viewers and creators alike.
“That’s the reason we’re, to my information, the one movie pageant that provides the filmmakers a uncommon glimpse into the decision-making course of. The filmmakers can obtain the juror feedback at no extra price to entry into the pageant,” Clever says.
QFest’s international narratives replicate the variety of the LGBTQ-plus group. Most of the films are produced by scholar filmmakers or created in Europe or India. Among the highlights of this yr’s slate embody:
Mother, I Have One thing to Inform You, a brief documentary that begins with psychotherapist Rick Miller, who shares the story of his popping out to his motherThree Distributors of Ipanema, a documentary quick about three snack distributors who work the LGBTQ part of Ipanema, Brazil’s iconic beachLatter-Day Glory: The Aftermath of Rising Up Queer within the LDS Church, a documentary that focuses on two homosexual males who retrace their Mormon backgroundClam Diving for Learners, a brief, quirky comedy about Carmen, a younger lady who finds a “coach” to assist her put together for her date with JuliaMy Comrade, an Indian-based quick movie a few wounded insurgent who by chance takes refuge within the dwelling of a tribal villager, and a forbidden mutual attraction that develops between the 2 men300 Letters, a Spanish-made function a few breakup defined by a field of 300 lettersSally!, a documentary about Sally Gearhart, a famend lesbian-feminist activist, professor, and fantasy creator
QFest wraps up at 7:30 pm on October 12 with its annual awards ceremony. 9 awards, every named after historic and up to date LGBTQ figures, shall be given to the expertise concerned on this yr’s movies.
Whereas QFest is free for moviegoers, pageant organizers lately launched a fundraising marketing campaign to assist assist pageant operations annually and to maintain the occasion free for viewers.
“QFest is devoted to presenting queer identification and expertise by visible storytelling that helps to bridge understanding and reference to society at giant,” Clever says. “Satisfaction San Antonio considers this movie pageant to not solely be an funding within the LGBTQ group, however an funding in enlightenment.”
