The Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicked off last week and will be running through until Sunday 21 April at Nu Metro Cinemas at the V&A Waterfront.
The line up for the festival includes international award-winning films, features and documentaries covering topics such as popular revolution, ballet, romance, drama, and an insightful look at a clash of cultures.
The festival opened with the 2 SA shorts, Kinsey & Nosiphokazi's story and the doccie Bros B4 Hos.
How To Survive A Plague, directed by David France, an Oscar 2013 nominee for Best Documentary. IFP Gotham Awards – Best Documentary and Boston Film Critics Awards – Best Documentary.
Zenne Dancer, directed by M. Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay, 2011 Antalya FF Golden Orange – Best Cinematographer / Best First Film / Best Supporting Actor & Actress, 2011 Turkish Film Critics Association Award – Best Film and 2012 Nuremberg Film Festival – Öngören Prize awarded to the Directors. Caner Alper & Mehmet Binay will be attending the Film Fest for the Saturday 20th screening.
Tomboy, directed by Céline Sciamma, 2011 Berlinale Teddy Award winner, 2011 Odessa IFF – Golden Duke, 2011 San Francisco Frameline G&LFF – Audience Award, 2011 Philadelphia QFest L&GFF – Best Feature and 2011 NewFest – Jury award for Best Performance - Zoé Héran as Laure / Mickäel,
Chloe Likes Olivia , directed by Mette Kjærgaard, cCourtesy of the Danish Film Institute, Mette Kjærgaard and writer Jenny Lund Madsen will present their short film. Watch the website for details of the filmmaking workshop they will be running in Cape Town.
Swan Lake 3D, directed by Ross MacGibbon and Matthew Bourne. Bourne’s gender-bending version of the Russian classic has been round the world 4 times, and garnered 30 international theatre awards, including a Tony.
Four, directed by Joshua Sanchez, winner of the 2003 HBO Films Young Producer’s Development Award. 2012 Urbanworld FF - Best Narrative Feature, 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival – Ensemble Acting Award and Jerome Foundation’s Film and Video grant.
Beyond The Walls, Hor Les Murs, directed by David Lambert, selected for the 2012 Cannes Critic’s Week. 2012 - 65th Cannes Film Festival International Critics Week - Grand Golden Rail Award (Grand Rail d'Or) - Best Feature and 2012 Paris Lesbian Film Festival - People’s Award – Best Performance, Matila Malliarakis & Guillaume Gouix
Interior. Leather Bar. Directed by James Franco & Travis Mathews . A curiosity from Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee, James Franco. William Friedkin’s gay cult classic Cruising, starring Al Pacino, was cut by 40 minutes in order to allow for a wider release. Franco and Mathews hour-long doc explores Hollywood’s homophobia, and professional and personal boundaries during the re-creation of that imagined lost footage.
Support the festival and prove why Cape Town and the Western Cape is the best destination for anyone, from any background.
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