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CALL FOR ENTRIES
Early Bird Special – No Entry Fee if entered by May 15, 2009! No Entry Fees for Foreign Films at any time!
Reeling 2009: The 28th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is now accepting film and video entries
for this year’s festival. Reeling is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the world and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBTQI films and videos from across the globe. Reeling will screen approximately 100 independent films and videos over 10 days, from November 5-14, 2009. We invite you to enter this year's festival and ask you to please take a moment and click on our "Call For Entries" page for more information.
REELING MONTHLY SCREENINGS
Chicago Filmmakers is proud to present a new series of Reeling Monthly Screenings. Unless otherwise noted, screenings take place at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark Street.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
DIE MOMMIE DIE Sponsored by Sundance Film Series
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
The year is 1967, and Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is a washed-up pop singer who's married to Sol (Philip Baker Hall) but is involved with an unemployed actor named Tony (Jason Priestley). When Sol turns up dead, all fingers point to Angela. Leading the charge is Angela's daughter Edith (Natasha Lyonne), who's eager to get even by killing her mother. Edith's brother (Stark Sands), however, is not so sure that mom is to blame.
See movie trailer on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRcRJRDPwkU
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
COFFEE DATE Sponsored by TLA Releasing
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
Todd's life spins out of control when an unexpected friendship with a gay man causes everyone in his life to start believing he's gay. Do they know something he doesn't?
See movie trailer on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VgthOE-DrY
FRIDAY, MAY 22
EXPOSED: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND Sponsored by TLA Releasing
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
A day-by-day journey through the lives of the biggest names in the all-male adult industry from multi-award winning directors to video stars and tireless crew members. Get to know the 39 real men (and 1 woman) who build the world's all-male fantasies...
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
MAMA MIA! - SING-ALONG VERSION Sponsored by TLA Releasing
Dusk Outdoors at Hollywood Beach (please confirm screening closer to date)
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her back-up singers, Rosie and Tanya. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Meryl Streep, and Colin Firth.
DYKE DELICIOUS SCREENINGS
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
AFFINITY Sponsored by TLA Releasing
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
You swooned during "Tipping the Velvet," now get ready to loosen your corsets for AFFINITY (2008, 90 min., video). Set in the 1870's, our upper class leading lady heads to the slammer in hopes of escaping her widowly troubles while attempting to be a good influence to the female prisoners. There she meets Selina, a talented medium, who catches her attention and reads her mind. Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters and adapted by Andrew Davies (BRIDESHEAD REVISITED), this smashing potboiler stars Anna Madeley, Zoe Tapper, and Amanda Plummer.
SATURDAY, MAY 9
MAY SHORTS
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
May is the month for our popular shorts program with films and videos by and about lesbians. We promise to bring you a collection of thought-provoking and rib tickling stories for your entertainment. Keep a lookout for the line-up in mid-April on our website!
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
DYKE DELICIOUS SEASON FINALE
7 PM Social Hour / 8 PM Screening
Admission: $10/$8 members
June concludes our sixth season of Dyke Delicious. Join us for a special Sneak Preview TBA.