Queer Spectrum is a monthly series of screenings and events curated by aGLIFF for our community and free or discounted for our aGLIFF members. Through this series, aGLIFF continues to be a platform celebrating LGBTQ+ stories and films year-round.
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past. Ponyboi bursts off the screen in this bombastic, edgy, and campy roller-coaster ride of a film.
The door is always open … The lives of an ex-sex worker trying to go legit, an aspiring actress, and a model with a weakness for men and drugs become intertwined when they all move into the same Manhattan apartment.
Three middle-aged friends grow fed up with an ageist, conservative film industry and produce a campy murder-mystery web series. It went on to be an International YouTube sensation. The three writers and stars of the series will be in-person for a live Q&A following the film!
Jun 05, 2024, 9:00 PM
Meanwhile Brewing Company, 3901 Promontory Point Dr, Austin, TX 78744, USA
aGLIFF, Austin's LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with Rocket Cinema and Meanwhile Brewing will present a special Pride Month screening of 1995 coming-of-age teen comedy and gay cult classic CLUELESS. Shallow, rich , and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Her external demeanor at first seems superficial, but rather it hides her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage social life.
CLUELESS | USA | 1995 | 1 hr 37 mins
Writer & Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Elisa Donovan, Wallace Shawn, Twink Caplan, Julie Brown, Justin Walker
Come early beginning at 7:00 p.m. to grab a bite and drinks from Meanwhile Brewery and on-site food trucks. Enjoy music by DJ Tony Castro and a Drag Performance by Austin-fave Nadine Hughes presented by Austin Pride. Plus, visit with beauty consultants from Gorg! Wellness and Aesthetics. The film will begin at sundown (approximately 9:00 p.m.).
This is an outdoor screening and guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets to spread out on Meanwhile's comfy astro turf. Well-behaved pets and kids are welcome.
A swishy gay hairdresser lusts for a skinhead in this controversial Super 8 feature from Bruce LaBruce. Both a loose remake of Robert Altman’s THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK and a vivid document of Toronto’s queercore scene, NO SKIN OFF MY ASS is a rarely screened and uncompromising classic of New Queer Cinema.
What are you INTO? The question has become ubiquitous on hook-up apps – now meet the people who aren’t shy to tell you exactly what turns them on. Explore the world of BDSM and kink in this documentary featuring rubber, latex, leather, sissy play, puppy play, and much more!
A young trans poet struggles to find a place for himself in society after a repressive upbringing in a girl’s orphanage in this critically acclaimed biopic of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer.
CineNoche, a screening series from Cine Las Americas in partnership with aGLIFF presents a special screening of KENYA. After witnessing the murder of her friend, Kenya, a trans woman and sex worker, embarks on a path of struggle and search for justice that leads her to face the fear and pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending.
This month’s Queer Cinema: Lost & Found series screening is Wakefield Poole’s BIBLE! It’s the Bible as you’ve never seen it before! The stories of Adam and Eve, David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah are given a subversive twist in this religious epic from gay porn pioneer Wakefield Poole. Paired with Ron Rice’s hazy erotic reverie, CHUMLUM.
aGLIFF’s Queer Spectrum Screening Series presents an uplifting documentary by Jen Markowitz, SUMMER QAMP. At Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta, queer, non-binary, and trans teens get to be just kids in a supportive space, surrounded by counsellors who can relate to their experience – and help them toast the perfect marshmallow.
One of the earliest films to explore intersexuality.
Friday, November 24 at 7:00 p.m.
AFS Cinema | 6259 Middle Fiskville Road | 78752
Includes a post-film talk with Queer Cinema: Lost & Found curator Elizabeth Purchell from the podcast Ask Any Buddy.
$13.50 + service fees | Austin Film Society
aGLIFF welcomes a new film by David Deri-Barkai, A TALE OF FOUR MINORITES, to the 21st Austin Jewish Film Festival. In the fall of 2019, Filmmaker David Deri-Barkai began documenting four families, parents and their children - shortly before the pandemic broke, along with the lock-downs, fears and social unrest that followed, created unprecedented family and national pressure. While for some, their belief is a source of strength, others confront doubts, and rifts are deepening—but a fascinating dialogue and surprising alliances are created.
aGLIFF is a proud community partner for Austin Jewish Film Festival’s Shorts Showcase, featuring two LGBTQ+ themed shorts. See Cut about a teenage boy caught in a web of lies and Queer and Frum about two former Orthodox Jews on their unique journeys to becoming openly queer.
aGLIFF welcomes a new film by Andrew Haigh, ALL OF US STRANGERS, to the 30th Austin Film Festival. Its follows Adam and his chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of the his everyday life.
aGLIFF welcomes the new documentary by Marc Saltarelli that tells the untold story of America’s first gay disco, a mecca for gay men looking for their tribe, and much more.
aGLIFF welcomes this heartwarming, queer, coming-of-age, road trip comedy to the 30th Austin Film Festival.
SKIN DEEP is a fascinating exploration of the blurry lines between female masculinity and transness. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.
A Latino barber in a macho world faces a tough road ahead when an attraction develops for a handsome stranger during a hot and sweaty summer in Brooklyn.
Seized by customs and banned in several countries upon its original release, TAXI ZUM KLO is both one of the greatest and most controversial gay films of the 1980s — hilarious, shocking, hot, and thought-provoking, often all at the same time. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.
This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series continues with UÝRA: THE RISING FOREST, the story of a trans-indigenous artist travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery using performance art and ancestral messages to teach indigenous youth and confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil.
This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series continues with PIER KIDS, writen and directed by Elegance Bratton. With intimate access to three fearless young persons -- Krystal, Desean and Casper -- PIER KIDS highlights the resilience of a community many choose to ignore.
A fascinating exploration of gender, femininity, and society’s expectations of womanhood, PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN is the rare sequel that’s better than the original. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.
aGLIFF’s Queer Spectrum screening for June is writer/director Corey Sherman’s BIG BOYS. In this utterly charming coming-of-age comedy, a teenage boy experiences a sexual awakening when he falls for his cousin’s boyfriend on a camping trip. This screening is FREE when you reserve a ticket in advance courtesy of KIND Clinic.
This summer Austin Cinemaker Space in partnership with aGLIFF welcomes a new documentary screening series, Hot Takes - the series will kick off with The Gospel of Eureka (2018) directed by Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri. Find out what evangelical Christians and drag queens have in common in this personal and often comical look at negotiating differences between religion and belief through performance, political action, and partnership.
The Black femme Devil Queen rules over Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld with an iron fist — no, a straight razor, which she uses both for shaving her legs and slitting throats — in this underseen classic of Brazilian genre cinema. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.
aGLIFF is a proud community sponsor of PALOMA at the 25th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin. On a hot summer day, Paloma decides to fulfill her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. The priest’s refusal to marry her and Zé will force Paloma to confront the rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice but nothing shakes the faith and determination of this transgender woman.
A special Pride Month screening of the 1995 classic, TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR, starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, RuPaul, and more! Presented by Rocket Cinema in partnership with aGLIFF and Meanwhile Brewing Co.
aGLIFF's PRISM 35 Opening Night film is back in Austin for one-nite-only on the BIG screen at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller. ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY, the documentary that chronicles three decades of the male clothing catelog, International Male, and its unlikely impact on fashion, masculinity, and sexuality in America.
After catching the eye of the new girl at school, teenage Joanna discovers a renewed hope for happiness, but only if she can dismantle her own defense in this inviting, charming, bittersweet coming-of-age tale. Based on the critically acclaimed young-adult novel by Swedish author Jenny Jägerfeld.
Lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer explores the erasure of queerness from both the arts and the archive throughout history in her groundbreaking first feature-length documentary. This screening is part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found Series from Austin Film Society in partnership with aGLIFF.
JOYLAND from filmmaker Saim Sadiq is NOW PLAYING a limited engagement at AFS Cinema. As a patriarchal family yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for a transgender startlet. Since premiering and winning the Jury Prize in the 2022 Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, JOYLAND has moved audiences worldwide with its human portrayal of the limits of love in the face of patriarchy.
aGLIFF and Austin Kink Weekend present a special screening of MANSCAPING by Broderick Fox and STATE OF MIND by Donald C. Shorter, Jr. MANSCAPING is a documentary about three queer men reimagining the traditional barbershop. STATE OF MIND explores the power exchange in BDSM/leather/fetish/kink.
From director Scout Durwood (TAKE ONE THING OFF), YOUTOPIA combines narrative story with eleven original comedy music videos for a single feature-length film. Scout will be LIVE in-person for a post-screening discussion with aGLIFF Artistic Director and Other Worlds’ founder Bears Rebecca Fonté.
Tell It Like A Woman is a globe-spanning anthology film, comprised of seven short stories directed by women from across the world. This screening is part of the 2023 Indie Meme Film Festival.
