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Coming May 28th: Your Texas PRIDE GUIDE |
Q Cinema Celebrates 10th Annual Festival with Films, Parties and Events
Q Cinema, Fort Worth's Gay & Lesbian
International Film Festival celebrates a decade of bringing the best in gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender films to North Texas with 10 days of
movies, music, theater, comedy, drag, opera, parties and more.
Organizers say they have programmed the
most ambitious festival to date, with 30 films from multiple countries -
many of which will see their Southwest or Texas premieres. In addition, more
filmmakers and stars will be attendance this year, including offering an
evening honoring Fort Worth favorite Leslie Jordan, who will present part of
his new one-man show while special guests Del Shores and Jason Dottley share
a special sneak peek at the Logo's upcoming Sordid Lives: The Series.
Following the screening, the opening night’s “A Presummer Night’s Dream Gala” will be held at Flowers on the Square - located 2110 W. Bank Landing Street - beginning at 9:30 p.m. Live music, food by Snap Catering, and cocktails along the banks of the Trinity will provide the magic for the evening.
Friday night brings the Texas premiere
of the romantic comedy Out at the Wedding, featuring Charlie
Schlatter (Parker Lewis Can't Lose), Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H)
and Mink Stole of John Waters film fame. An old-fashioned wedding reception
at Esoterica Lounge follows the screening, complete with powder blue tuxes,
bad bridesmaid dresses, 80s-tinged house music and a cash bar. Other film highlights include the North Texas premiere of documentary Sex Positive, the Texas premiere of the ex-gay movement drama Save Me - starring Chad Allen, Robert Gant, and Judith Light. On May 31st, Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan brings his one-man show to the Scott Theatre - along with Sordid Lives director Del Shores - followed by a reception on the theatre veranda. The festival closes with the Continental U.S. premiere of Mulligans, with director and UNT graduate Chip Hale and writer/star Charlie David in attendance. Dallas stand-up comic Paul J. Williams will then host “The Q Awards” to hand out the trophies for this year’s film festival winners, followed by the Q Cinema Birthday Party on the Rose Marine plaza Festival passes and single film and event tickets are available at www.QCinema.org. Visit www.MySpace.com/QCinema for more information..
Photos: Tanner Cohen and Nathaniel David Becker in "Were the World Mine;" Leslie Jordan (photos courtesy Q Cinema)
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This year’s festival opens May 29th and runs through June 7th at the
historic Rose Marine Theater and various venues throughout the city. 
Opening
night on Thursday, May 29th, will feature the Southwest premiere of the
film Were the World Mine. A coming of age story centering around a
high school production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummers’ Night Dream,
the screening will also include director Thomas Gustafson and stars Tanner
Cohen and Nathaniel David Becker in attendance.