Come take part in an up-close and personal encounter with the recipient of OUTFEST 2001's Achievement Award. Pioneering producer Christine Vachon will share insights into her remarkable career with someone who's closely observed that career from the beginning: John Cooper, Associate Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival and former Director of Programming for OUTFEST. More than any other producer, Vachon has managed to get queer images into mass distribution. In the process, she has launched the careers of numerous star directors. How was this even possible? What are the lessons for other independents? Join us for an invigorating discussion that will tease out the answers to these and other questions, and review the highlights of an unparalleled career. Clips from Vachon's roster of classics, as well as some glimpses of work yet to come, round out this rare opportunity to engage with one of queer film's most vital leaders.
#12 Saturday July 14 2:15pm DGA 2
OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS:
SPECIAL SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
DIR: Barbet Schroeder, 2000, Colombia/France, 35mm, subtitled, 98 min.
OUTFEST is proud to present this special screening event: the Los Angeles premiere of a unique and daring new film by Barbet Schroeder, one of today's most exciting filmmakers. The screening will be followed by an onstage conversation with the director, featuring a very special guest moderator.
The Academy Award-nominated director of BARFLY, REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, SINGLE WHITE FEMALE returns to his international roots with this brilliant feature, set in his childhood homeland of Colombia. Filmed under extremely dangerous conditions, the film is a portrait of a country seared by violence, and of the souls there who still yearn to soar, even amid hails of crossfire. Fernando, an acclaimed but world-weary writer, returns home to Medellin, nexus of international cocaine cartels. Before long, he falls for Alexis - a street kid who lives by the gun, assassinating anyone who threatens or annoys him. The two men - of different backgrounds, generations, and worldviews - share a tender, sexual relationship, although frequently punctuated by gunfire. As their love deepens, so does their peril. Shocking, and certain to incite controversy, Schroeder's penetrating human study rises above genre conventions, providing an ennobling portrait of human beings in abject circumstances who seek a higher truth.
#117 Saturday July 21 7:00pm DGA 1
ATTENTION FILMMAKERS: MEET THE PROGRAMMERS
Representatives of queer media outlets across the country and beyond are attending OUTFEST 2001, from festival organizers to theatrical and internet distribution executives. We're putting them all in the same room at the same time. Come to an afternoon reception in the DGA Atrium, and meet the people who may want to screen your next queer-themed film or video.
Friday July 13 4:00pm DGA Atrium
JUST FOR KIDS! FEATURING CLASSIC CARTOONS PRESENTED BY THE UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
Back by popular demand, it's a free family event at OUTFEST! Once again, the young and the young at heart are invited for a day of family, fun and games at the Village. On screen will be a choice selection of classic animation courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Old friends like Bugs, Daffy, Betty Boop and Koko the Clown will provide an afternoon of laughs, plus a few surprises. And outdoors, you'll find punch and cookies, games, a moon bounce and more. Bring the kids and be a part of this growing queer family tradition.
In collaboration with: Lesbian Mothers and Our Children and Tuesday's Child
#28 Sunday July 15 1:00pm Village FREE EVENT!
PLANETOUT SHORT MOVIE AWARDS
Catch the cream of the crop and the year's best new talent at this fabulous program and ceremony featuring the winners of the Second Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Awards. We can't tell you what they are yet, but these six brilliant shorts beat out more than 100 other films to win the $10,000 Grand Prize and $1,000 First Prizes in five categories (animation, comedy, drama, documentary, experimental). All the winning filmmakers are being flown to L.A. to get their statuettes (and checks). Join them and the glamorous jury (actor Wilson Cruz, filmmaker Jamie Babbit, and OUTFEST/Sundance programmer Shannon Kelley) for this exciting event and see the year's hottest shorts on the silver screen.
For more details about the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards, or to watch these great movies online, visit http://movieawards.planetout.com/.
#20 Saturday July 14 7:00pm Village
HOME VIDEO GONG SHOW!
Here's to showing off your most revealing, embarrassing, hilarious video tape and compete for glamorous prizes while the rest of us get liquored up to let you know just what we think! Whatever makes the audience and the supremely bitchy panelists laugh, listen or learn is probably what's going to survive. So bring that tape you've had hidden under your bed. You know the one - the time your drag act ended up unexpectedly with a fake titty drifting down your evening gown. The one when your baby brother peed right in the center of your sister's prom dress. The one your lover made you swear you'd destroy! Join host Dennis Hensley for this raucous party that comes complete with a martini bar, a real live gong and an all-star cast of panelists doling out prizes you'd fight your mother for.
#118 Saturday July 21 7:00pm Village
Come take part in an up-close and personal encounter with the recipient of OUTFEST 2001's Achievement Award. Pioneering producer Christine Vachon will share insights into her remarkable career with someone who's closely observed that career from the beginning: John Cooper, Associate Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival and former Director of Programming for OUTFEST. More than any other producer, Vachon has managed to get queer images into mass distribution. In the process, she has launched the careers of numerous star directors. How was this even possible? What are the lessons for other independents? Join us for an invigorating discussion that will tease out the answers to these and other questions, and review the highlights of an unparalleled career. Clips from Vachon's roster of classics, as well as some glimpses of work yet to come, round out this rare opportunity to engage with one of queer film's most vital leaders.