Eau Queer Film Festival schedule of events
Full schedule:
Oct. 2
7 p.m. “Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?” (Reception afterwards with the director Anna Margarita Albelo)
Oct. 3
6:30 p.m. “Valentine Road”
8:30 p.m. “Test”
Oct. 4
4 p.m. “Powerful Queer Cinema” (The film series produced by the students who went to San Francisco)
6:30 p.m. “The Happy Sad”
8:30 p.m. “La Partida”
Oct. 5
4 p.m. “Born This Way”
6:30 p.m. “Pit Stop”
8:30 p.m. “Breaking the Girls”
Oct. 6
4 p.m. “Intersexion”
6:30 p.m. “In The Name Of”
8:30 p.m. “Reaching for the Moon”
All showings will be held in Woodland Theatre in the Davies Center.
The fourth annual Eau Queer Film Fest is set to kick off Wednesday, Oct. 2. The festival aims to celebrate the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) communities through screening and discussing a wide genre of films.
Thursday, Oct. 3
“Test”
A love story about two dancers, “Test” takes place in San Francisco during the AIDS epidemic of 1985. It tells the story of Frankie, who longs to be a professional dancer, but his lack of experience keeps him from being able to perform on stage. Because of the misunderstandings about HIV and AIDS, Frankie and other dancers deal with homophobia even during dance practice. Frankie must overcome the ignorance of others and his own fear of contracting the AIDS virus in this film directed by professional dancer and filmmaker Chris Mason Johnson. 89 minutes.
Friday, Oct. 4
“The Happy Sad”
Adapting the screenplay from his play, Ken Urban explores modern relationships with diverse leading characters. The two couples featured in “The Happy Sad” aren’t exactly happy. They are unsure about what they want from their relationships. Marcus and Aaron are a black and gay couple who’ve been together for years, but have decided to try being in an open relationship instead, and Stan and Annie are an apparently heterosexual (though perhaps questioning) white couple. Bored with monogamy, both couples look to redefine what it means to be in a relationship. 87 minutes.
Saturday, Oct. 5
“Breaking the Girls”
Erotic thriller “Breaking the Girls” tells the story of Sara, a student at a prestigious law school who might lose everything when a fellow student slanders her. Enter lonely rich girl Alex, who quickly becomes the only friend Sara has left and introduces Sara to her world of shoplifting and spontaneous hookups. Alex suggests that she murder the student causing Sara so much trouble, on the condition that Sara murders Alex’s stepmother in return. “Breaking the Girls” is directed by Jamie Babbit, who is most famous for her coming-out comedy “But I’m a Cheerleader.” 83 minutes.
Sunday, Oct. 6
“Intersexion”
Narrated by Mani Bruce Mitchell, an intersex activist from New Zealand, this documentary explores the lives of people who identify as intersex. Intersexism is a poorly understood medical disorder of sexual development, known to past generations as hermaphroditism, that the filmmakers estimate affects 1 in 2,000 people. Mitchell travels the world collecting the experiences of twenty intersex people. The film documents the continued fight to publicize the issues surrounding their conditions, especially to doctors, some of whom offer outdated treatments to “fix” intersex people. 68 minutes.