Reeling 2010 Chicago LGBT film festival

Reeling 2010: The 29th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, the second-oldest LGBT film festival in the world, opens on November 4th and runs through the 13th.

 

 

 

Reeling 2010 will take place at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, Chicago Filmmakers, and Instituto Cervantes.

Opening Night, Thursday, Nov 4: Children of God // Q&A with director Kareem Mortimer after the screening

Centerpiece - Tuesday, Nov 9: A Marine Story, winner of two Grand Jury Awards at 2010's Outfest // Q&A with actress Dreya Weber and director Ned Farr after the screening

Centerpiece - Wednesday, Nov. 10: I Love You Phillip Morris (Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor)

Centerpiece - Thursday, Nov. 11: Flight of the Cardinal // Q&A with director Robert Gaston after the screening

Closing Night - Saturday, Nov. 13: Undertow, the winner of the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival and Peru's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Award for the 2011 Academy Awards

Further confirmed titles include: Elena Undone, Amphetamine, Eloïse's Lover, The Four-Faced Liar, Gen Silent, Grown Up Movie Star, Handsome Harry, I Killed My Mother, JoJo Baby, The Owls, Violet Tendencies...

... and more to be announced.

 

FILM SCHEDULE

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Gen Silent
Grown Up Movie Star
Lost in the Crowd
Role/Play
Over the Moon, Also Showing "Hens and Chicks"
JoJo Baby
Kill the Habit
I Killed My Mother (J'ai Tué Ma Mere)
The Four-Faced Liar
Amphetamine
Eloïse’s Lover

Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Love is a Battlefield
The String (Le Fil)
Mother Earth (Tierra Madre), Also Showing "NU2"
Is It Just Me?
Young & Sapphic
Strapped
Fighting for “I Do”
Violet Tendencies
Bloomington

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Adults in the Room
Her Beautiful Disaster
From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim)
Goodbye My Lover

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

A Marine Story > Centerpiece Film
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
Fantasy Man
Handsome Harry

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Going South (Plein Sud)
The Fish Child (El Niño Pez)
I Love You Phillip Morris > Centerpiece Film
Eyes Wide Open (Einayim Petukhoth)

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Flight of the Cardinal  > Centerpiece Film
You Will Be Mine (Je Te Mangerais)
Dearest Mother (Madre Amadísima)
Leading Ladies

Friday, November 12, 2010

The Last Summer of La Boyita (El Último Verano de la Boyita)
Other Nature (Tritiya Prakriti), Also Showing "Nobody Passes Perfectly"
Plan B
Fit

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Our Gender Identities
Destination: Unknown
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Holding Hands
The Game of Juan’s Life (Ang Laro Ng Buhay Ni Juan)
Across Lesbian Borders
The Owls, Also Showing "Chained!"

Closing Night > Undertow (Contracorriente)

Reeling Film Festival is presented by Chicago Filmmakers

Reeling 2010 website: www.reelingfilmfestival.org

REELING FILM FESTIVAL 2010 JURY AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature – TIERRA MADRE (MOTHER EARTH)
Directed by Dylan Verrechia from New York City

Honorable Mention Narrative Feature – THE GAME OF JUAN’S LIFE
Directed by Joselito Altarejos from the Phillippines

Best Documentary Feature – THE TOPP TWINS: UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS
Directed by Leanne Pooley from New Zealand

Honorable Mention Documentary Feature – OVER THE MOON
Directed by Charissa King-O’Brien from Chicago

Best Short Film – HAMMERHEAD
Directed by Sam Donovan from the United Kingdom

Jury members for Reeling 2010:

Narrative Feature Jury – Achy Obejas, Wendy Jo Carlton, and Ben Uribe

Documentary Feature Jury – Ky Dickens, Ron Pajak, and Madsen Minax

Shorts Jury – Joe Steiff, Randy Caspersen, and Latham Zearfoss

This is the end of this great edition of the festival. I think that many people will be at the 2011 Reeling Film Festival to celebrates the birdhay of the festival with the 30th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival.