Monday, August 6, 2007

Best of the Fests: Transgender Issues

News and reviews from around the web regarding gay-themed film and festivals:

- At what point does a transgender story cross over into heterosexuality? That is the question surrounding the rejection of Raymond Rea's The Sweet New from San Francisco's Frameline Film Festival.

- Genre Magazine takes a look at the queer offerings from this year's Tribeca Film Festival, including the documentary Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (Arquette is pictured above, with friends, at the festival).

- Bright Lights Film Journal spotlights this year's QDoc, the first gay documentary film festival.

- The Venice Film Festival announced their first major award for gay-themed works, called the Queer Lion. And yes, its wings will be "rainbow-colored".

- And if you want to know how to get your movie into a GLBT film festival, AfterEllen.com tells you how to do it.

Links via SFBayTimes.com, Frameline.org, GenreMagazine.com, TribecaFilmFestival.org, Imdb.com, BrightLightsFilm.com, QueerDocFest.org, LaBiennale.org, Advocate.com and AfterEllen.com.

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