A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
A powerful profile of African American poet Audre Lorde, a fiercely passionate American visionary who became a role model not only for Black women but for everyone who believes, as she did, that "liberation is not the private province of any one particular group."
| Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Extraordinary, essential
| Amancio: Two Faces on a Tombstone
This documentary explores one man’s search for justice following a vicious murder in a small, apathetic town.
| An Englishman in New York
Think you can throw a good zinger? Think again. John Hurt once again portrays pithy gay icon Quentin Crisp in this winning, witticism-strewn, star-studded and poignant sequel to The Naked Civil Servant.
| And Then Came Lola
Think you can throw a good zinger? Think again. John Hurt once again portrays pithy gay icon Quentin Crisp in this winning, witticism-strewn, star-studded and poignant sequel to The Naked Civil Servant.
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Autopsy
Moving with the fast pace of an American action film, this French murder mystery is throws in a coming-out tale and gay romance to create a very peculiar cinematic treat. Who’s satisfied by a single genre these days anyway?
| Baby Formula
One pregnancy for a loving lesbian couple is tough enough, but what if both moms are expecting? Watch the fireworks fly in this quirky and endearing mockumentary that hilariously explores the pitfalls of getting pregnant and bringing up baby(s).
| Baby Love
This highly romantic comedy-drama explores one man’s insistent need to become a father and its toll on his relationships.
| Big Gay Musical
We’re in for a treat as the film un-spools its musically told story of gay love, lust and heartbreak in a new take on Genesis with Adam and Steve, angel hotties in teeny briefs.
| Chef's Special
Hilarious and heartfelt, this Spanish comedy wraps tales of close-knit bonds in a tart shell of slapstick comedy and one-liners, and throws in a tasty bit of international athlete for good measure.
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Chef’s Special
Hilarious and heartfelt, this Spanish comedy wraps tales of close-knit bonds in a tart shell of slapstick comedy and one-liners, and throws in a tasty bit of international athlete for good measure.
| Chica Busca Chica (Girl Seeks Girl)
Gorgeous Latina lesbians. A snappy soundtrack. Fast-paced dialogue; are you salivating yet? Hailed as Spain’s answer to the groundbreaking The L Word, Chica tells the story of a group of twenty-something lesbian friends looking for love in all the wrong - and right -- places in Madrid. Join us as we unveil the U.S. premiere of the first 16 episodes of Chica Busca Chica, a sexy Spanish web-series that has been packaged into two subtitled full-length features for the big screen!
| City of Borders
Young gay Israelis and Palestinians bridge conflicts and virulently homophobic religious lines to come together at Jerusalem’s sole gay bar in this insightful documentary.
| Dream Boy
Jim Grimsley’s stunning and tragic novel of gay first love comes to life in this evocative teen romance set in rural Louisiana.
| Drool
In this hilariously dark romantic comedy, a family overcomes its prejudices and insecurities with the aid of a friendly neighbor and some great beauty products.
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El niño pez
Fast on the heels of her astonishing debut XXY (PIGLIFF 2008), director Lucia Puenzo returns to QFest with El nino pez (The Fish Child), an intense erotic tale of illicit love between two young women set in Argentina and Paraguay.
| Family
This tumultuous and frequently humorous journey follows a group of incredibly strong African-American women who make a pact to come out of the closet -- within 30 days!
| Ferron: Girl on a Road
Lesbian music pioneer Ferron is back in a wonderfully intimate documentary and performance film that is sure to win her new fans. It’s a long overdue look at an instrumental figure in both the lesbian and music worlds.
| Friends & Lovers: Ski Trip 2
Corey and Omar have just moved to Los Angeles from New York to join their friends. Little did they know what a bee’s nest they’re about to step into in this wildly funny soap opera from writer/director/star Maurice Jamal (Ski Trip, Dirty Laundry).
| Fruit Fly
Who doesn’t secretly wish that life was one unending musical full of catchy songs that pepper the day? Fruit Fly is the next best thing. Pop to its core, H.P. Mendoza’s directorial debut (he wrote and composed Colma, PIGLFF 2006) is a sparkling musical love letter to San Francisco.
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Ghosted
Who doesn’t secretly wish that life was one unending musical full of catchy songs that pepper the day? Fruit Fly is the next best thing. Pop to its core, H.P. Mendoza’s directorial debut (he wrote and composed Colma, PIGLFF 2006) is a sparkling musical love letter to San Francisco.
| Grease (Sing Along)
Don’t miss Grease…..it’s electrifying! Memorable hits such as Grease, Hopelessly Devoted to You and Summer Nights will have you dancing and singing under the summer stars.
| Hair
It's the dawning of the "Age of Aquarius" on with our screening of the amazing flower-child, free love generation musical, Hair. Sure it's hot outside, but funnel that heat into song, dance, drugs and love. Groovy.
| Hannah Free
Adapted from Claudia Allen’s award-winning play, Hannah Free is the story of a passionate but thwarted lifelong love affair between two women who have shared a lifetime of friendship and love.
| Hollywood, je t’aime
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I Can’t Think Straight
Gifted director Shamin Sarif boldly returns with a vibrant modern-day, Sapphic tale of successful Middle Eastern/British women who summon the courage to challenge their culture in the name of love.
| It Came from Kuchar
The films were ultra-low budget affairs with gaudy hand-made monsters and actors in thrift-shop costumes. The brothers behind the camera were oddballs who made films on budgets less than most people’s weekly grocery shopping. The documentary about them is wonderfully entertaining.
| Limbo
A queer fifth-grade dreamer slips and falls into a strange trip to an otherworldly hospital, where there is no past and no future. One of the most excitedly original films in this year's line-up.
| Love and Human Remains
As part of our 15th anniversary celebration, QFest re-presents director Denys Arcand's (Jesus of Montreal) darkly comic film, Love and Human Remains (PIGLFF '95) starring Thomas Gibson ( "Dharma & Greg," "Tales of the City") and Mia Kirshner ("The L Word").
| Make the Yuletide Gay
With this wonderfully silly story of young gay love, writer/director Rob Williams (3-Day Weekend, PIGLFF 2008) returns to QFest to serve up some of the cutest actors in the festival, with a cheesy Wisconsin family on the side.
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Misconceptions
This hilarious look at the culture war's opposing factions follows a conservative, religious married woman who impulsively decides to be a surrogate mother. She "forgets" to tell her born again husband that the couple is both interracial and gay.
| Myra Breckinridge
An epic failure in 1970 has become a camp classic nearly 40 years later. Raquel Welsh camps it up as the sexually ravounous Myra (previously the nebbish Myron) who creates sex toys out of utility room objects and Mae West is glorious.
| No End
Told with brilliant subtlety, elegance and voyeuristic panache, this lyrical yet often haunting tale follows a lesbian couple as they balance both tenderness and challenging times.
| Off and Running
Exploring family bonds and the lengths to which people must go to find themselves, Off and Running is a fresh and poignant documentary about a young woman's search to define herself.
| Patrick, Age 1.5
Exploring family bonds and the lengths to which people must go to find themselves, Off and Running is a fresh and poignant documentary about a young woman's search to define herself.
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Pillow Talk
Selecting the perfect film for this "Day with Doris" was easy. This stylish sex comedy, celebrating its 50th anniversary, features Doris Day opposite gay icon Rock Hudson.
| Pop Star on Ice
One of the skating world’s most fascinating characters, Johnny Weir has both dazzled and disappointed fans. This behind-the-scenes documentary only dazzles as it reveals the many sides of this complex and unusual skating icon. We’re sure you’ll give it a 10.
| Pornography
Definitely not for the squeamish, and most certainly not a porn film, Pornography is former Philadelphian David Kittredge's hot journey into the life of missing gay adult star Mark Anton.
| Private Lessons
An academically challenged teenager is schooled in carnal knowledge by his adult tutors in this Belgian import that is sure to be controversial.
| Prodigal Sons
A family grapples with challenges, triumphs, intense sibling rivalries and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender in this illuminating portrait of a truly remarkable Montana family.
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Raging Sun, Raging Sky
There are no boundaries when love, sex, and destiny collide in this sweeping visual feast from award-winning director Julian Hernandez.
| Redwoods
The search for love and a relationship is obvious film fodder; the search for love when you’re already in one, not so common. Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of a man in a stagnant relationship who meets and falls in love with a writer passing through his small Northern California town.
| Rivers Wash Over Me
A sophisticated gay black teen confronts ignorance, danger and eventually true love in this tense, probing drama set in the rural South.
| Shank
Class struggle, gay romance and hot action collide in this amazing British film as the lives of Cal and Olivier intersect in a gritty, urban street drama. The context is a powerful and very much welcome addition to the gay film landscape.
| Soundless Wind Chime
In this spare, elegant, and moving film, two men of different races, different backgrounds, and different temperaments find themselves falling for one another. Their love story has been woven into this gorgeous tapestry of a film.
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St. Trinian's
Packed with madcap antics, explosive hi-jinks and Rupert Everett in a frock, St. Trinian’s follows a sassy group of bad girls as they try to save their boarding school from foreclosure.
| Training Rules
African-American Jennifer Harris spent her life training to become a champion basketball player, but her name will forever be synonymous with her fight to challenge the discriminatory practices of a powerful coach.
| True Enough
The dynamic truths and lies of relationships are examined under a French microscope in this superbly acted, breezily paced, widescreen ensemble piece based on American author Stephen McCauley’s novel.
| Watercolors
Told through flashbacks, this is the story of a tragic relationship of two teenage boys. It is a film that powerfully evokes both the sweetness and sadness of first loves lost.
| We Are the Mods
Director E.E. Cassidy’s polished and stylized debut tells the story of two young women delicately testing the boundaries of their friendship and finding new romance in their shared love of everything from the ’60s.
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Wrecked
Indie American Queer filmmaking gets no better - or explicit - than this tale of young teen couple trapped in a world of wanton sex and drugs.
| ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
For those of you horror film fans disappointed by the recent "gay horror" movies that lack bite, you’ll need to check out this blood, gore and guts-packed zombie movie made with a pro-gay sensibility.
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