FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Friday April 7
OPENING NIGHT Doors open 6:00 pm 7:00 PM - Arrival 8:00 pm - Moonlight |
Saturday April 8
Doors open 6:00 pm 7:00 pm - Don't Call Me Son 9:00 pm - Below Her Mouth |
Sunday April 9
CLOSING NIGHT Doors open 5:30 pm 6:00 pm - Southwest Of Salem, followed by Q&A with Daryl Otto 8:30 pm - Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things |
Tickets at the door, $13 or $11 for Yukon Queer Film Alliance members. Festival pass: $55 (includes free 2017 membership).
All films at the Beringia Interpretive Centre. Cash bar and finger foods Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Interested in car pooling or just need a ride...email [email protected].
All films at the Beringia Interpretive Centre. Cash bar and finger foods Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Interested in car pooling or just need a ride...email [email protected].
OPENING NIGHT
Friday, April 7, 2017
7:00 pm
Arrival
Friday, April 7, 2017
7:00 pm
Arrival
Written, Directed and Animated by Alex Myung, this 2D-animated film explores one boy's struggle to face the truth of his life and love, and reveal it to the person he cares about most. Arrival delves into the often unexamined ripple effect that hiding your true self has on loved ones around you.
FRI | APR 7 | 7:00 pm | Alex Myung | USA | 2016 | 22 min
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/139551283
FRI | APR 7 | 7:00 pm | Alex Myung | USA | 2016 | 22 min
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/139551283
8:00 pm
Moonlight
Presented by Screening Sponsor:
Moonlight
Presented by Screening Sponsor:
At once a vital portrait of contemporary African American life and an intensely personal and poetic meditation on identity, family, friendship, and love, MOONLIGHT is a groundbreaking piece of cinema that reverberates with deep compassion and universal truths. Anchored by extraordinary performances from a tremendous ensemble cast, Barry Jenkins's staggering, singular vision is profoundly moving in its portrayal of the moments, people, and unknowable forces that shape our lives and make us who we are.
FRI | APR 7 | 8:00 pm | Barry Jenkins | USA | 2016 | 1hr 51min | Rated R
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc
FRI | APR 7 | 8:00 pm | Barry Jenkins | USA | 2016 | 1hr 51min | Rated R
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc
Saturday, April 8, 2017
7:00 pm
Don't Call Me Son
7:00 pm
Don't Call Me Son
Tall, dark, androgynously handsome, Pierre wears eyeliner and a black lace
g-string, while having sex with both boys and girls. The confusion only goes deeper when the teenager’s single, working-class mom is arrested for having stolen him (and his “sister”) at birth.
SAT | APR 8 | 7:00 pm | Anna Muylaert | Brazil | 82 min | Portuguese with English
Subtitles |
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHvptOW774
g-string, while having sex with both boys and girls. The confusion only goes deeper when the teenager’s single, working-class mom is arrested for having stolen him (and his “sister”) at birth.
SAT | APR 8 | 7:00 pm | Anna Muylaert | Brazil | 82 min | Portuguese with English
Subtitles |
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHvptOW774
9:00 pm
Below Her Mouth
Below Her Mouth
This film is a bold, uninhibited drama that begins with a passionate weekend affair between two women. Dallas, a roofer and Jasmine, a fashion editor, share a powerful and immediate connection that inevitably derails both of their lives.
SAT | APR 8 | 9:00 pm | April Mullen | CAN | 2016 | 1hr 34min | Rated R for explicit sexual content
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlahbaaJqog
SAT | APR 8 | 9:00 pm | April Mullen | CAN | 2016 | 1hr 34min | Rated R for explicit sexual content
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlahbaaJqog
Closing Night
Sunday, April 9, 2017
6:00 pm
Southwest of Salem
Presented by Screening Sponsor:
Sunday, April 9, 2017
6:00 pm
Southwest of Salem
Presented by Screening Sponsor:
San Antonio Texas, 1994. Four Latina lesbians live through a modern-day witch hunt and the “last gasp of satanic ritual abuse panic” as they are accused – and unjustly convicted – of the sexual assault of two young girls. Director Deborah S Esquenazi takes us through an in-depth cultural study of the intersections of myth and justice in the criminal justice system, reveling how persistent homophobic and sexist biases (and an implied association with cults and covens) may have condemned the “San Antonio Four.” News clips, interviews, legal case writings, and family videos paint a disturbing but always compelling portrait of the women’s outrageous journey, which has not yet ended.
SUN |APR 9 | 6:00 pm | Deborah S Esquenazi | USA | 2016 | 91 min | Rated PG
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF3ChHyacHM
Followed by a Q&A with Darrell Otto
In February 2006, Canadian research scientist, and long-time Yukoner Darrell Otto was researching female child molesters. He discovered a Texas case involving 4 lesbians convicted of a multi-perpetrator aggravated sexual assault on a 7 and a 9-year-old girl. Nearly every aspect of those allegations ran counter-current to known characteristics of female sex offenders. The case simply made no sense, and had been almost completely ignored by the Texas media. After extensive research, he began communicating with Elizabeth Ramierez (sentenced to 37.5 years), and eventually came to a clear conclusion – the crime never occurred. Darrell reached out to the National Center for Reason and Justice, which investigates false allegations of child abuse. From there, the Innocence Project of Texas picked up the case and eventually the 4 women were exonerated. Without Darrell’s tireless actions, the outcome for these women might have been entirely different. Darrell has agreed to share his extensive knowledge of the case, the women accused and what has happened since the documentary was released.
SUN |APR 9 | 6:00 pm | Deborah S Esquenazi | USA | 2016 | 91 min | Rated PG
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF3ChHyacHM
Followed by a Q&A with Darrell Otto
In February 2006, Canadian research scientist, and long-time Yukoner Darrell Otto was researching female child molesters. He discovered a Texas case involving 4 lesbians convicted of a multi-perpetrator aggravated sexual assault on a 7 and a 9-year-old girl. Nearly every aspect of those allegations ran counter-current to known characteristics of female sex offenders. The case simply made no sense, and had been almost completely ignored by the Texas media. After extensive research, he began communicating with Elizabeth Ramierez (sentenced to 37.5 years), and eventually came to a clear conclusion – the crime never occurred. Darrell reached out to the National Center for Reason and Justice, which investigates false allegations of child abuse. From there, the Innocence Project of Texas picked up the case and eventually the 4 women were exonerated. Without Darrell’s tireless actions, the outcome for these women might have been entirely different. Darrell has agreed to share his extensive knowledge of the case, the women accused and what has happened since the documentary was released.
8:30 pm
Two soft things, Two Hard Things
Two soft things, Two Hard Things
An exploration of what happens when a remote Artic community decides to hold an LGBT2Q+ pride celebration. This documentary provides insightful historical grounding on how colonization, religion, forced migration, and cultural assimilation have impacted gender and sexuality in Inuit culture. Then the focus shifts – as it should – to Inuit traditions of sexuality and gender that predate colonial notions of pride and queerness.
SUN | APR 9 | 8:30 pm | Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa | CAN | 2016 | 71 min | Rated PG
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/156786891
SUN | APR 9 | 8:30 pm | Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa | CAN | 2016 | 71 min | Rated PG
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/156786891
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Granting Sponsor
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Presenting sponsor
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Screening Sponsors
Special thanks to Tanya Handley for promotional design
Pixel Box Studios for our pre-show screens
and Yukon Brewing for...well, the beer!
Pixel Box Studios for our pre-show screens
and Yukon Brewing for...well, the beer!
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