FESTIVAL SEASON

Feisty Seniors, Internet Porn, Trans-Boy Heartbreak And More At FilmOut San Diego

After shifting to lat summer last year because of financial troubles, San Diego‘s LGBT film festival, FilmOut, returns to its regular spring schedule today. Running until June 3, the 14th annual fest offers a slew of queer films and shorts, plus a special screening of Del Shores’s 2000 black comedy Sordid Lives, followed by a honorary award to the director.

The fun begins tonight with the West Coast premiere of Cloudburst, a road-movie dramedy about two older lesbians who escape from their nursing home to get hitched in Canada. Directed by Thom Fitzgerald (3 Needles), the film stars Oscar winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as the aging couple, and Ryan Doucette (right, with Dukakis), as the hunky hitchhiker they pick up on their way to freedom.  

On Friday, it’s a double dose of gay sex: In the British comedy Buffering (trailer above), a young gay couple turn to producing Internet porn to help make ends meet. But their newfound success—and the barely clothed jock next door—add strain to their relationship.

The same night sees a screening of the short Man 2 Man: A Gay Man’s Guide to Finding Love. Directed by Christopher Hines, Man 2 Man is a documentary following a diverse group of gay men, including a few San Diego boys, as they search for true love (or is it just lust?) in a complicated dating world.

On Saturday, Zenne Dancer offers a unique look at Turkey’s gay scene through the eyes of three men: Daniel, a German photojournalist in Istanbul; Can, a flamboyant male belly dancer with lots of love and support from his family; and Ahmet, whose quest for honesty and liberty results in a tragic end.

Also on Saturday, Swedish filmmaker Alexandra-Therese Keining’s Kiss Me pushes the sexual envelope when two young women fall in love. The only problem: They’re about to be step-sisters.

Other FilmOut highlights include the romantic comedy That’s What She Said, the  trans-boy/hustler romance Romeos and the West Coast premiere of Speechless. Check the FilmOut website for a full schedule of events.

 


 

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