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february 6.2004 » ju s t out 41 FILM Moving pictures Schedule Eugene film fest validates the queer experience H f film and gluttony 1 are two o f your I favorite vices, get by T o d d ■ ready for a week end hinge o f features, shorts and documentaries as the hursting-ar-the-seams University of O re gon Queer Film Festival presents its 12th annu al weekend program Feh. 20 to 22 in Eugene. A student-produced event since its incep tion, the festival isn’t as large as some of its big- city counterparts, but what it lacks in si:e, it makes up for in variety: Seven features and documentaries, most international in origin or focus, accompany more than a dozen shorts. Among this year’s notables: A .K .A ., an inventive British drama based on the colorful life o f its director, Duncan Roy; D angerous Liv ing, an ambitious documentary l<x>k at the har rowing lives led by queers across five con ti nents; and H ope A long the W ind, Portland director Eric Slade’s award-winning hiopic on the late legendary activist Harry Hay. “It’s fascinating to see, through these films, what it means to he queer in other countries and cultures,” says festival coordinator Douglas Hopper. “Understanding queer culture, particu larly in the developing world, helps you under stand the commonality that connects us.” Several features screened last fall as part of the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. In addi tion to Dangerous Liang and A .K .A .— the latter was Portland’s closing-night film— Hopper has scheduled Suddenly, Argentinean director Diego Lerman’s lesbian comic drama; D on’t You Worry, It'll Probably Pass, a coming-of-age documentary project from Swedish director Cecilia Neant- Falk; and Brother Outsider: The Life o f Bayard Rusan, the story of the queer civil rights pioneer who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., eatingout eaUngout he University' of Oregon Queer Film Festival screens in Room 180 o f Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, 14th Avenue and Kincaid Street, with the exception of A .K .A ., which will show at Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave. Full festival passes are $5 for U of O students and $7 for the general public. Single-screening tickets are not available. Buy passes at the uni versity' ticket office in Erb Memorial U nion (541-346-4363) or at any screening. Free events that do not require a pass are noted. S im m o n s Friday, Feb. 2 0 7 p.m. - Suddenly 9 p.m. - Opening Night Reception 10 p.m. - Trans-Form ations: Shorts program that includes “N eon,” “Saul Searching,” “Strap ’Em Down: T h e World of Drag Kings” ‘T h e M ilkm an,” Canadian director Ken Takahashi’s short about an unlikely connection between two very different men, screens during the U of O Q ueer Film Festival co-directed by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. Hopper didn’t flinch in opting to open with a Spanish-language, woman-focused film. “Suddenly is just incredible. It’s poetic, the cinematography is beautiful, and the acting is subtle but power ful,” he says. “The great part about our local com munity is that it’s st) integrated in terms of gender that both women and men will enjoy this film." Suddenly’s 7 p.m. Friday screening will be followed immediately by a free reception. Then at 10 p.m. will be a trio o f shorts exploring gen der and transformation. 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