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FILM
Moving pictures
Schedule
Eugene film fest validates
the queer experience
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■ 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.,
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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.
Saturday’s program includes “Love Life,”
which will be presented by San Francisco
director Nanci Gaglio as part of the evening’s
screening of shorts competition winners.
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Sunday’s program concludes with the A udi
ence C hoice Short Film C om petition, in which
eight films will compete for a $200 prize.
Hundreds of movie fans from Eugene and
surrounding areas are expected at this year’s
event. “Few media bring us together in the same
way that film does,” Hopper states. “For many of
us, it validates the queer experience." j H
C ontact the UNIVERSITY OF O rego n QUEER FILM
F estival at 5 4 1 -346-0007 or
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Saturday, Feb. 21
12:30 p.m. - A .K .A . (Bijou Art Cinemas, tree)
4 p.m. - D on’t You W orry, It’ll Probably Pass
7 p.m. - Shorts: Jury W inners & H onorable
M entions: “T h e M ilkman,” “Salty W et,” “Love
Life,” “M other’s Day,” “Butch Dyke,” “Just Be
It,” “Eroticism”
Sunday, Feb. 22
1 p.m. - P roof: Documentary screenings o f
H ope A long the W ind and W ord Is O ut
3 p.m. - Brother O utsider: T he Life o f Bayard
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6 p.m. - D angerous Living
8 p.m. - A udience C hoice Short Film C om p e
tition: "Fairies,” “Seventy,” “Pussies horn O utta
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“Blue Tuesday,” “Paradisco,” “How to Lose a
Guy," “6 p.m. in A m erica” (director o f winning
film will receive a $ 2 0 0 prize)
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