The biggest film festival is taking place yet again at the Nu Metro in Hyde Park on 23 March 2012 till 01 April 2012. This festival is known to be 'Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Johannesburg' where they show case the best made movies, nominees and awards are then given out to those who have earned them. Three international guests will be hosted at the Festival; Dreya Weber, who is a Lead actress and producer; Josefine Tengblad, who is a Swedish actor and producer and Belgian director Bavo Defurne; also not forgetting the the writer and director of The Secret (Imfhilo), Soweto-born Fanney Tsimong who is also a guest at the festival. The following films will be presented by the guests; 'A Marine Story', which has won 16 major awards, 'The Gymnast', 'Kyss Mig' (Kiss Me), 'North Sea Texas' which was named Best Feature Début at the Montreal World Film Festival and won the Fipresci International Press Award and 'The Secret' which will play with two South African short films: 'Anders' by Werner Coetzee and Mthokozisi Lembethe’s 'Paving Forward'.
Other festival highlights include:
• The award-winning, wickedly funny British film 9 Dead Gay Guys - the queer flick Guy Ritchie should have made…
• Christopher and His Kind, a lush drama and the real story of Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin, fabric of the cult classic Cabaret
• The award-winning Chilean My Last Round, an exquisite South American sleeper in the fashion of the runaway hit Undertow
• German must see Romeos, a trendy, unconventional and very contemporary take on the issues facing queer teens.http://www.sa-venues.com/events/gauteng/out-in-africa-gay-and-lesbian-film-festival-johannesburg/
• The award-winning, wickedly funny British film 9 Dead Gay Guys - the queer flick Guy Ritchie should have made…
• Christopher and His Kind, a lush drama and the real story of Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin, fabric of the cult classic Cabaret
• The award-winning Chilean My Last Round, an exquisite South American sleeper in the fashion of the runaway hit Undertow
• German must see Romeos, a trendy, unconventional and very contemporary take on the issues facing queer teens.http://www.sa-venues.com/events/gauteng/out-in-africa-gay-and-lesbian-film-festival-johannesburg/
Albert Nobbs will première at this film festival and Glenn Close received her sixth Oscar nomination for her role as a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th Century Ireland. Janet McTeer, nominated as Best Supporting Actress, also has a cross-dressing role, and the film is up for Best Makeup. Rising star Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre) is the love interest. The director Rodrigo Garcia, son of the Nobel Price winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is an Emmy-nominee.
This Film Festival was launched back then in 1994 to celebrate the inclusion in the South Africa Constitution, of the clause in prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. In our societies, cultures and communities we have different views, opinions and beliefs and in most cases gays and lesbians are taken as a sensitive topic to most families. It is not an open topic and generally it is seen as 'wrong, not normal and not christian' to be in love with the same sex, these people are judged, hated on and are called nasty names when walking down the streets. The scary thing with such attitudes we hear stories about the rape, murders that occur all the time because its some sort of message being sent out to gays and lesbians in order for them to change their lifestyle. Funny enough the constitution ways back from 1994, but still I have not seen change in peoples attitudes about the lifestyles of gays and lesbians yet I thought we are all humans and have the Right and Freedom to believe in what we want to and be what we want to be. Then I ask Who are we to tell them how to live their lives? Always keep in mind that Love has no Gender.
what a massive event i must say and its a pity i was not aware of it. its a brilliant way of educating people about lesbians and Gays and ofcourse showing people that these people should not be judged but loved as our brothers and sisters.
ReplyDelete'Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival event has communicated a good message to its followers in teaching them about lesbian and gays.
ReplyDeletewe need more events like this that will help educate people as most people are stereotype
ReplyDeleteLadies it sure has educated and communicated a good message. Its about time people stop being narrow minded and accept,tolerate and respect the different choices people make. We are all human after all and no one is perfect.
ReplyDeleteGays and Lesbians still an issue to others as they did not recieve enough knoledge about this people status, but i also think we are stereotype because of the environments we grew up in and attitudes as well as values are not the same.
ReplyDeleteI guess so Thembanator, thats a good point you got there.
ReplyDeleteI think that gays and lesbians should be accepted for who they are and Its true gays are seen as 'wrong, not normal and not christian. I believe that God loves us all the same
ReplyDeletewell said Mpho, well said. We are all equal in Gods eyes.
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