Centerpiece Film! Austin Premiere! Director H.P. Mendoza and Lead Actress L.A. Renigen in attendance!
H.P. Mendoza, screenwriter of the audience favorite COLMA: THE MUSICAL, is back with another film brimming with song, dance and lighthearted fun.
Filipina performance artist, Bethesda, is searching for her biological parents while living in a colorful artist commune in San Francisco’s Castro district. Through song and dance we learn about the fears, hopes and dreams of Bethesda and her roommates as well as the fact that Bethesda just might be a closet “fag-hag.”
Wildly inventive, highly entertaining and at-times irresistibly raunchy, Fruit Fly will be sure to carry you away on its melodious wings. This screening will be accompanied by a surprise that you won’t want to miss!
Thank you for helping make aGLIFF 22 one of the most successful festivals in recent memory! Despite pouring rains and power outages, we still managed to pull off a great festival with your support. Thank you.
Now, as we already begin planning for our Oscar Party, aGLIFF 23 and other events throughout the coming year, we would like to hear from you regarding your thoughts on aGLIFF 22 as well as how we might make aGLIFF even better for 2010.
The survey (link to the right) will take approximately 5 minutes and all of you that complete the survey will be entered to win one of several great prizes including an all-access pass to aGLIFF 23, $50 gift certificate to Kerbey Lane as well as film passes to both the Paramount and our monthly brunch screenings currently being held at the Alamo Ritz.
Your opinions are important to us not only for planning 2010, but also for the grants we apply to throughout the year to keep the festival running.So, PLEASE, take a few minutes and share your feedback with us.
We cannot thank everyone enough that came out and made AGLIFF 2009 the biggest and best AGLIFF to date! Be sure to check back to the website when we announce the results of the MY QUEER MOVIE competition. Coming soon!
For those of you in the middle of a film/waiting for a film at AGLIFF today, we want to thank you all for your patience and cooperation with the Alamo Drafthouse Staff while waiting for the power to come back on. Please see the main page as to the schedule changes that will be coming up for the SWIMMING WITH LESBIANS screening on Sunday, September 13, at 11:45am. For everyone waiting to see HANNAH FREE, I hope you enjoyed the opportunity to chat it up with Festival Guest Sharon Glass while waiting for the power to return. She’s such a sweetheart!
After the longest, hottest summer in Texas history, aGLIFF movie-goers experienced torrential rainstorms late Saturday evening. Due to the severe weather, electricity was lost at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
REMAINING SATURDAY SCREENINGS ARE RUNNING 30-45 minutes behind, but will go on screen as programmed. All online ticket purchases will be honored.
In order to bring the festival back online and preserve the integrity of our programming for aGLIFF22, we have canceled Sens Interdits (Forbidden Paths) which was scheduled to premiere at 12:00pm on Sunday, September 13th.
In its place, we are programming Swimming with Lesbians, one of the films cancelled because of the severe weather. This rescheduled screening will begin at 11:45am, and feature two of the subjects of the film in attendance.
All online ticket holders for Sens Interdits will have the choice to enter this new screening, or exchange their tickets for a refund or complimentary ticket to another aGLIFF22 film.
We apologize for the inconvenience. See you at the movies!
We now have a flickr account! See what’s going on during the festival and at the exclusive parties HERE.
I hope everyone is enjoying the festival so far! There have been some great films (and shorts) this year. See you all at the centerpiece film ANTIQUE tonight at 6:30pm. See the trailer HERE.
DEAR DAD, LOVE MARIA will screen before the centerpiece film with Director Vince Mascoli in attendance!
And don’t forget about our fabulous Centerpiece Party at Franks (located downtown at 407 Colorado) following the screening (9-11pm).
The forecast calls for rain all weekend, so why not spend the day watching some quality queer cinema? Screenings start at noon on Saturday and Sunday.
First-time filmmaker Kate Turinski had her AGLIFF premiere tonight with her documentary SISSYBOY after receiving much attention after her SXSW screening. The film follows the outrageous gender-bending performance art/drag troupe in their last year of existence. Founded by Mark “Zebra” Thomas, the troupe held monthly shows in Portland, exposing the monsters in society by becoming the monsters themselves in their own performances. Each of the twelve members created their own eccentric personas. It’s hairspray, glamour, tattoos, bad makeup, and booze all in the name of satire and bad taste. John Waters would be proud.
See the TRAILER, and get a glimpse into a different style of drag that would make Liza (with a Z!) faint and make Courtney Love blush.
AGLIFF Executive Director David Sweeney introducing the film
Tonight kicked off the first night of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival in its 22nd year! The opening film screening of the short Tongzhi in Love (Dir. Ruby Yang) and the feature I Can’t Think Straight (Dir. Shamim Sarif).
The turnout for the first film was incredible! The lobby was full of badge holders with more waiting outside the the building waiting to buy tickets for the film!
Badgeholders Donna Garrett and Caroline Scott were the first in line for the first screening!
