Out Takes 2006 – a dazzling lineup and new look

28 May 2006

Out Takes 2006 – a dazzling lineup and new look

Reel Queer, the organisers of Out Takes 2006: A Reel Queer Film Festival is delighted to unveil a knockout programme for 2006 – a showcase of the best of queer cinema shown recently on local and international shores.

This year’s Opening Night feature film is Queens, a delightful and very contemporary screwball comedy starring several of Spain’s best-known acting divas, playing mothers whose gay sons are about to get married in Spain’s first mass same-sex wedding.

Director, Q Allan Brocka, whose comedy Eating Out was a hit at Out Takes 2004, returns with Boy George, comedy about a rent-boy and his queer ‘family’ of roommates that adds a new twist to the usual conventions of gay cinema.

Other recent hits on the queer film festival circuit include Loggerheads, a stunning feature about love and family relationships, and Loving Annabelle. Out Takes programmer, Wendy Houlahan says ‘We’re thrilled to have secured Loving Annabelle, which was a lesbian favourite at the recent Melbourne queer film festival. It’s a sexy and modern re-telling of the lesbian classic Maidens in Uniform with its taboo subject of love between a student and teacher.’

The festival name ‘Out Takes 2006: A Reel Queer Film Festival’ is a move away from ‘Gay & Lesbian Film Festival’ to incorporate the larger gay, lesbian, bi, trans … QUEER community. For example, this year Out Takes 2006 includes Both – a new feature about a woman dealing with her past and intersex identity, and a number of transgender documentaries such as the novel, fun Norwegian doco, 100% Human which is both a documentary and a musical.

Festival Dates
Out Takes 2006: A Reel Queer Film Festival is presented in three cities:
Auckland: 25 May-5 June, Village SKYCITY Cinemas, Queen Street.
Wellington: 1-11 June, Paramount Cinema
Christchurch: 8-14 June, Regent on Worcester Cinemas
Website
www.outtakes.org.nz

ENDS

© Scoop Media