by Nathaniel R
Last night we told you about the Cannes selection. While that's glitzy information it's not particularly useful since none of the films are available and Cannes isn't actually happening. But there is a festival happening right now. It's called OUTStream and 2020 is its inaugural outing. The queer festival runs through this weekend (Sunday, June 7th) if you wanna have a mini queer film adventure over the next few days. You purchase virtual "tickets" to the movies and watch (if you want to see the Q&As though you have to watch at the alotted times, otherwise it functions like a normal rental).
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HOT TICKETS
Song Lang is a Vietnamese drama from debut filmmaker Leon Le. It's about the romance between an opera performer and a debt collector in 1980s Saigon. We've heard nothing but good things about this one on the festival circuit but we haven't seen it yet. Leon Le won Best New Director at the Beijing Film Festival for this. There's a livestream Q&A on Friday June 5th...
Gay Chorus Deep South (Sunday, June 7th @ 7 PM EST) is a moving terrific doc that tours with Southern states with the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. [Previously Reviewed]
Mack Beggs in "Changing the Game"
Changing the Game, which took the top prize last year at the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (yours truly was on the jury) is a fascinating doc about the controversies surrounding trans athletes in high school athletics. [Previously Reviewed]
Benjamin is a romantic comedy from the UK about a 20something filmmaker falling for a Frenchman musician. Colin Morgan, who we loved in The Fall and Humans on television, is the lead.
Fabulous is a documentary about a voguing dancer who made it from NYC ballrooms to Parisian runways.
Brief Story from the Green Planet sounds interesting, too. It's a sci-fi trans drama from Argentina.
rubber dolphin
Their shorts program includes the sexual Israeli drama Rubber Dolphin which previously played at Cannes. We always wish we had time for more shorts programs at festivals so online festivals might just be the way to squeeze more of them in.
More films and info here. Pretty website, too. Love the mood and color of that moving image homepage.