Titles Announced for March PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL March 13
By: Macon Prickett Feb. 21, 2018
Pride Films and Plays' monthly festival of LGBTQ independent films, which was launched in October, will continue with its sixth monthly festival on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The theme for this 95-minute program of eight films is "Social Issues Here and Abroad."
The screening will be held in The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, beginning at 7:30 pm. The company previously announced a screening of EN ALGUN LUGAR, a full-length feature film featuring Pride Films and Plays Artistic Director Nelson Rodriguez, on Sunday, February 25.PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL
March 13, 2018Calvin's Story
Directed by Quinn Wilson, USA, 4 min.
After coming out to his parents as gay, this young black man has been surviving homelessness on the streets of Chicago for years. We learn about his story, life, and aspirations to be a massage therapist.
Choice
Directed by Rafael Valerio, Italy, 10 min.
An empty park in the middle of the night. Inside a parked car, a young and an older man just had sex. They talk about their sexual preferences, until one of them shares something surprising to the other.
Fuego
Directed by Alice McKinney, Scotland, Poland, 10 min.
Don't smother the truth: a Polish immigrant returns to visit home, after leaving for Scotland in search of a better life. On this childhood farm, a past life of TABOO is uncovered, as well as the heart-breaking sacrifice made to find safety.
Into the Rainbow
Directed by Hasan Najmabadi, Iran, 15 min.
Two lesbian girls who want to escape are smuggled from Iran.
Momo
Directed by Yun Joo Chang, South Korea, 16 min.
Sohee meets up with her ex-girlfriend Areum who is about to set off to live abroad in Germany. Sohee takes custody of Momo, the cat they once shared. But Sohee's current girlfriend Yujin sees Momo as a reminder of Areum and becomes upset. The three women are forced to reexamine their relationships to each other as they become further entangled with Momo.
Naughty Amelia Jane
Directed by Risheeta Agrawal, India, 12 min.
This film is a satire on the hilarious hypocrisy of society towards anything that goes against the "conventional social order of things", told through a story of two girls who may or may not have had a connection. This is a story about speculation.
Tristan
Directed by Sonam Larcin & Gaspard Granier, Belgium,11 min.
Recently, Tristan and his husband had a little girl together. But when he arrives to the nursery, Tristan realizes that not everyone sees his paternity the way he does.
We Are Here
Directed by Nick Kinney, USA, 15 min.
A brief look into how trans men and their partners navigate through their lives.
Special Feature Screening
Sunday, February 25, 7:30 pm
(In English, 2 hours) Starring Andrew L. Saenz and Nelson A. Rodriguez
Directed and Written by Tadeo Garcia
Writer-director Tadeo Garcia follows up his 2004 debut feature ON THE DOWN LOW with a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the controversial U.S. immigration system. EN ALGUN LUGAR was screened in the 2017 REELING Film Festival: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. Andrew Davis of the WINDY CITY TIMES said "there's a twist in the plot that will probably surprise almost everyone." More information at https://www.enalgunlugarmovie.com/
LISTING INFORMATION
MONTHLY PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL - MARCH SCREENINGTuesday, March 13, 2018
7:30 pm
Reserved VIP seats $15.00, General Admission $10.00
Tickets available at www.pridefilmsandplays.com or by phone 800-737-0984.
The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago EL ALGUN LUGAR
February 25, 2018
7:30 pm
Reserved VIP seats $15.00, General Admission $10.00
Tickets available at www.pridefilmsandplays.com or by phone 800-737-0984.
The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago
Pride Films and Plays changes lives through the generation of diverse new work (or work that is new to Chicago) with LGBTQ+ characters or themes that is essential viewing for all audiences. We accomplish this mission through fully-staged productions, writing contests and staged readings, film screenings, and special events. We foster long term relationships with artists to create programming that is as diverse, unique, and complex as the community we represent. In 2015, Huffington Post called PFP "A powerful and empowering entity." The company acquired its two performance spaces at 4139 and 4147 N. Broadway in July 2016, renaming the spaces the Pride Arts Center. Pride Films and Plays is supported by The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard Driehaus Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, City of Chicago's City Arts Fund, the Elliott Fredland Charitable Trust, Proud to Run, the AmazonSmile Foundation, Arts and Business Foundation, Tap Root Foundation and Alphawood Foundation. PFP is a member of the Smart Growth Program of the Chicago Community Trust. Pride Films and Plays is a member of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and The League of Chicago Theatres.
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