SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE, Cinema Diverse

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

2023 Schedule.

Opening Night

THU

21-Sep

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: HERE WE ARE (OPENING NIGHT FEATURE) (112 min)

Join us for a very special sneak preview of HERE WE ARE, the new film from Billy Clift.

About HERE WE ARE:

When Phil meets John, sparks fly. The interracial Gay couple discovers a deep connection, but when the pandemic hits, they confront racism in a world divided. When Phil loses his mom to conspiracies and booze, John comes out to his conservative family, and together, they finally face their buried pasts. Screenplay by Mel England and Billy Clift, based on a Story by Mel England and Wil J. Jackson starring Mel England, Wil Jackson, Sally Kirkland, Christine Elise, Gregory Zarian and Elizabeth Regen. Produced by Mel England, Wil J. Jackson, Billy Clift, Jerome Joseph Gentes.

FRI

22-Sep

NOON THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMATION (56 min)

Aikane, An Heir and a Spare, Paradise, The Butch and the Baby Daddy

12:15PM THEATRE TWO:

SHORTS SET: COMING OUT IS NEVER EASY (85 min)

August, Marimacha, And What If I Am, Before He Gets Back, Bruno, Happy Birthgay, Head, Seven Minutes

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: FEMALE TALES (75 min)

As I Lay Still, Dancing Heart, Charity (World Premiere), First(ish) Date, Just a Friend

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: MAXETE (50 min)

(Spanish with English) Kevin, a country boy from the remote mountains of Oaxaca, is confused when his companion Aurelio flings a machete at his feet. He never learned that this is an old mountain tradition indicating one man’s interest in another. Not knowing what to do, he abruptly leaves his village and heads blindly for the coast. By mistake, he finds himself in playa Zipolite, encountering for the first time both casual nudity and handsome Cuauhtémoc, a famous fashion photographer from the big city.

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: A BETTER PLACE (47 min)

(English, Hindi, Swahili) "A Better Place” is an in depth look at the toxic legacy of British colonial-era laws, which criminalize consensual same-sex love, while at the same time allowing perpetrators of sexual violence to go unpunished. More than 70 countries still criminalize gay sex. In over 30, rape within marriage is still legal. Behind these statistics are the people whose lives are paralyzed by these archaic laws. (Screens with the short documentary, Lavender.)

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: BARRIO BOY (82 min)

(English, Spanish) A Latinx barber in a macho world faces a tough road ahead when an attraction develops for a handsome stranger during a hot and sweaty summer in Brooklyn. This is the feature length remake of the short by the same name Cinema Diverse screened in 2014.

4:45PM THEATRE ONE: FIREWORKS (STRANIZZA D’AMURI) NOTE START TIME (138 min)

(Italian with English Subtitles) 1982, in the heat of a Sicilian summer, two teenage boys, Gianni and Nino, meet and fall in love. The relationship soon becomes a topic of gossip in the small town and despite their families’ objections the boys dream of living together - something the community is determined to stop.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: TRANSCENDENCE (50 min)

(English) A sisterhood of Trans women who meet during the 2020 protests, prepare for the first TGNC Gala in New York city. They soon discover that the power of their sisterhood moves mountains. (Screens with the short documentary, Love, Jamie)

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS DEJA VIEW (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: LIE WITH ME (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (98 min)

(French with English Subtitles) Novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery, even though he doesn't drink alcohol. After meeting the son of his teen lover, his memory is flooded with thoughts of his first love, Thomas.

7:45PM THEATRE TWO: LOVE, REWIND (69 min)

(English) "Penny and Althea (Ali) promised to be together forever, despite opposition from their families, society and the law. They defined their own rules of a committed relationship. Seventeen years later Australia is preparing to vote on same-sex marriage, but their relationship is shifting. Penny wants to revive their love but when Ali suffers a stroke and her hidden affair is revealed, Penny is forced to discover what true love means to her. A story of triumph of love and hope.

SAT

23-Sep

10AM THEATRE ONE: THREE: NIGHTS A WEEK (103 min)

Sponsored by The Desert Film Society (French with English Subtitles) Baptiste first meets drag performer Cookie Kunty on the streets while volunteering at a public-health clinic alongside his girlfriend, Samia. Trapped in a dead-end retail job while trying to develop his photography portfolio, Baptiste is in search of a subject for his art—but the choice to follow Cookie and document the rituals of the drag world ultimately leads him on a profound journey of self-discovery.

12:15PM THEATRE TWO

SHORTS SET: LESBIANS LIKE US (74 min)

GROM, Love Me Lex, Marimacha, Maverick, Meet Me at our Spot, Pancakes

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: NB (NON-BINARY) (74 min)

Sunflower Nicky, Honey & Milk, Remember It’s Christmas, Sparkle, Spirit Day

1:00PM THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: THE KINGS (40 min)

Kingdom, Kings of Taiwan

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: DRIFTER (79 min)

(English/German) Moritz has moved to Berlin to be with his boyfriend, but their relationship soon ends. Facing an ucertain future, the 22-year-old embarks on a journey filled with kinks, metamorphoses and self-discovery amidst the depths of Berlin's party scene.

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: THE BUTTERFLY QUEEN (77 min)

(English) Casey (a sheep farmer/cartoonist) and Robin (basically a vagabond) are lost in a magical forest, struggling to find Casey’s sketchbook so they can get the hell back home. Unfortunately, The Butterfly Queen wants the sketchbook too, and A) she’s clever, B) she’s desperate and C) she makes the rules.

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: ART & PEP (88 min)

(English) Art Johnston took Pepe Peña home one night in 1972 and he never left. Together, they opened Sidetrack, a small bar that’s become a 16,000-foot pillar of Chicago’s gay business district. At Sidetrack, the community sings show tunes on Sundays and helps elect progressives on Tuesdays. From being on the frontlines of the AIDS crisis to co-founding Equality Illinois, Art and Pep have been leading the fight all along, making Illinois one of the most progressive protectors of LGBTQ+ rights in the country.

5:00PM THEATRE ONE: BODY ELECTRIC (70 min)

(English) In the enlightening journey Body Electric, filmmaker Nick Demos examines body image in the LGBTQ+ community and his own journey through dysmorphia. This 75-minute documentary traces the history of queer culture and its fixation on the body. It explores steroid use & plastic surgery and investigates the impact of the AIDS crisis, while hearing inspiring stories from Leslie Jordan, Judy Gold, Bruce Vilanch, Rajee Narinesingh and others.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: JESS PLUS NONE (101 min)

(English) A reluctant maid-of-honor must attend her best friend’s off-the-grid wedding in the woods, where she's forced to confront her ex-girlfriend, all her more successful college friends, and every bad choice she’s made in her life so far. But when someone in the wedding party goes missing, a mysterious park ranger drags Jess into the woods to search for him and Jess discovers that the strongest force of nature at this wedding...might be her.

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS ALL NEW SHOWS! (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: GLITTER AND DOOM (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (113 min)

(English) 01:53:00 A fantastical summer romance musical told with the iconic tunes of INDIGO GIRLS. A musician who wears charisma as camouflage & a carefree kid about to run away with the circus fall in love at first sight. But will 29 days be enough time to fall in love forever? G&D stars out LGBTQ discoveries Alex Diaz (Philippines) & Alan Cammish (UK) along with Missi Pyle, Ming-Na Wen, Lea DeLaria, Tig Notaro, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Beth Malone & Kate Pierson. A USA/Mexico co-production.

7:45PM THEATRE TWO: ON MARRIAGE: BOOK OF BAYES (94 min)

(Chinese, Mandarin Chinese with English Subtitles) Jie and Xuan are a happy same-sex couple but Jie is having an affair; she is torn between her recent love-at-first-sight “true love”, and her lifelong partner whom she’d sworn to grow old with. So, the real question is: who is her meant-to-be Ms. Right – predicted by the almighty algorithms?

SUN

24-Sep

NOON THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: HOOKING UP! (70 min)

At Lucy’s Last Night, Check Please, Come Clean, Dog Friend, Shafted

12:15PM THEATRE TWO:

SHORTS SET: BEST RELATIONS (72 min)

Guys Like You - Benji, Lena’s Dance, Not Walter Jenkins, Toe Tag

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: DARN GOOD DOCS! (98 min)

Big Sur Gay Porn, Campfire, Encuerados, Lavender, More Than A Feeling, What Happened to David Burkett?

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: LEGENDARY CHILDREN: [All of Them Queer] (51 min)

(English) Legendary Children [All Of Them Queer] follows many of the original Gay Liberation Front pioneers of the 1972 and first European Pride March during events over the summer of Pride 50 when the UK marked its 50th anniversary in spectacular style. The headline cast encompasses some genuinely influential figures in LGBTQIA+ rights activism and its history, there at the very start when Pride took its first steps in Europe. We won't quite see their like again. (Screens with the short documentary, Stonewall Postal Action Network)

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: IN THE MEAT RACK (79 min)

(English) There are events and places that have become iconic in queer culture…and the Meat Rack on Fire Island is arguably the most (in)famous gay male cruising spot in recent history. Though there have been destinations for carnal desires throughout time, none have been more glamorized or stigmatized than this exquisite stretch of land just outside New York City. Directed by photographer koitz (Gay Fire Island) and filmmaker Parker Sargent (The Panzi Invasion), IN THE MEAT RACK documentary explores the long history of this queer haven.

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: HOWDY, NEIGHBOR (80 min)

(English) When former child actor, Benjamin (Matthew Scott Montgomery), is recognized by his new neighbor (Grant Jordan), the lines between friend and fan become blurred, turning his number one fan into his number one nightmare. With no help from law enforcement, Benjamin begins investigating the oddly familiar man with his best friend Harley (Debby Ryan).

4:00PM THEATRE ONE: UNFIX (102 min)

(NOTE START TIME )

(English) At the young age of 11, Ari was forced into conversion therapy following a brief encounter with another boy. Now Ari is 35 years old and “fixed.”

NOTE: Screening will be followed by a panel discussion on Conversion Therapy.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: OPEN TO IT: THE SERIES (93 min)

(English) A loving gay couple experiments with becoming a hot gay throuple. But threesome sex and open relationships come with more complications than limbs.

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS LONG SHORTS (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: COMMITMENT TO LIFE (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (115 min)

(English) Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS - doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic. In the city of Angels, love was greater than AIDS.

THU

28-Sep

1:00PM THEATRE ONE: SHORTS SET: I’M COMING OUT!

I Wish There Was A Guy Term For I Love You, Light Leak, Mikey’s Army, Opening Night, Soft Sign

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: STUCK IN GREECE: an LGBT Refugee Crisis (99 min)

(English) When brought to Athens, Greece in 2016 for a screening of his film DADDY, filmmaker Gerald McCullouch unexpectedly meets a group of LGBT refugees fleeing persecution from their communities, their governments and their own families who now find themselves trapped in Greece. Confounded by their circumstances, he is compelled to document his education of a crisis facing countless members of his community who came to Greece under desperately different circumstances.

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: OUTRAGEOUS: THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TV (60 min)

(English) WINNER OF BEST FEATURE FILM AT TORONTO LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL! Every LGBT milestone happened on Australian TV in the 1970s, years before the rest of the world. And nobody ever saw it, because the nudity, adult stories and queer themes from these TV series could never have been tolerated on commercial TV anywhere outside of Australia. This documentary event, which includes a specially edited episode of Number 96 to highlight several queer stories, will finally set the record straight.

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: OUTED (87 min)

(English) Oliver, a recent high school graduate, is kicked out of his house after his parents find out he is gay. He struggles to make it on his own as he tries to find a way to pay for college.

5:00PM THEATRE ONE: IMPRESARIO (61 min)

(English) The indomitable Marc Huestis has given gay San Francisco plenty to talk about in the five decades that he has been a force in the city, and director Lauretta Molitor artfully captures a simultaneously sweeping and intimate view of his impact on community and culture in this feature-length documentary. Beginning in the 1970s when Super 8 films developed at Harvey Milk’s shop became Frameline01, we are taken on a ride through gay San Francisco’s major and minor moments through the lens of Marc’s art and event curation. It is a ride that is every bit as passionate, political—and yes, sometimes challenging—as Marc himself.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: BELONGING: A TRANS IMMIGRANT STORY (60 min)

(English, Hindi, Telugu) Anjali Rimi shares her gender journey as a trans, immigrant woman, and the challenges she faces in leading United State's first and only Transgender-led South Asian Organization called Parivar (Family). While creating Transgender centering spaces with a focus on Global South Immigrants in San Francisco Bay Area, Anjali's fight for acceptance and equal opportunity is not confined to the United States. She helped countless trans, hijra and kinnar folks in India during and after the pandemic. (Screens with the short documentary, LOVE, JAMIE)

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: TWO: LIVES IN PITTSBURGH (88 min)

(English) Confronted by his mother’s illness and his child’s exploration of gender, a traditional blue-collar guy is torn between who he has always been and who his child needs him to be.

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: THE MATTACHINE FAMILY (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (98 min)

(English) Thomas and Oscar are a couple very much in love, but after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find they have different ideas about what it means to make a family.

7:45PM THEATRE TWO: MY PARTNER (98 min)

(English, Hawaiian, Tagalog) My Partner is a story of two high school seniors in rural West Maui who seemingly live in different worlds coming to learn that they aren't so different after all. Pili (Kaipo Dudoit), an extroverted Hawaiian jock, and Edmar (Jayron Muñoz), an introverted Filipino gamer, are part rival friend groups and dislike each other. Things get interesting when Pili and Edmar's social studies teacher assigns the boys, who are in different class periods, to work on their semester project together. Things come to a head when their friends get into a big fight at school.

FRI

29-Sep

NOON THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: LIVING “T” (102 min)

Born this Way, Dilating for Maximum Results, Love, Jamie, My Senior Summer, Stone, Sweet Star Grief

12:15PM THEATRE TWO:

SHORTS SET: A MIGHTY MIX (70 min)

Pride of Puglia, Pride Series, Red Ribbons of Love, Toe Tag

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: FUNNY FILMS! (81 min)

Worst Date, Best Date, What About Dennis, House Husbands, Lavomatique, Linda Evans is my Spirit Animal

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: THE LOST BOYS (Le Paradis) (88 min)

French with English Subtitles) Joe, 17, is about to be released from a youth detention center. Should the judge approve his liberation, he will be allowed to live on his own. But when a new detainee arrives in his facility, Joe starts to question his desire for freedom.

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: LEILANI'S FORTUNE (80 min)

(English) “Leilani's Fortune” is a feature-length documentary on an intimate journey with queer, immigrant Ethiopian-Eritrean artist, Witch Prophet as she navigates newfound momentum and stands true to her voice. After a decade in the industry and on the heels of major critical acclaim and nominations, Witch Prophet is finally getting the validation and support she needs to create the album of her prophecies.

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: ALIGNED (77 min)

(English, Modern Greek with subtitles) Aligned is an intimate exploration of self-discovery, love, desire and pain. Set against a backdrop of beautiful music, dance and photography. Two male dancers with shared cultural heritage, though worlds apart, find a deep unexpected connection. This intimate tale reveals the beauty that lies within us all and the transformative power of self-love.

5:00PM THEATRE ONE: SHADOWS IN MIND (89 min)

(English) A race-against-time thriller that highlights the potentially darkest sides of the social media phenomenon. Jaded by the job of managing an LGBT crisis line, Simon (Corey Jackson) finds that most of his callers are using the service for reasons that would qualify as being certainly less than a crisis. That all changes when he gets a call from Danny (Christian Gabriel) who says he is in the process of killing himself. Instantly gripped by his first real case, Simon does his best to connect with Danny and find out why he has come to consider such a drastic action. As the tale of Danny's journey is unraveled, we discover a young romance, a troubling network of individuals, and dark secrets.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: BABY STEPS (92 min)

(English) A year after the death of their beloved Lily, Beau and Caden learn that she froze some of her eggs and they must decide whether they are ready to take the next step in their relationship and become parents. This is a sequel to the 2019 movie "Say Yes."

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS DEJA VIEW (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: THE JUDGMENT (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (111 min)

(English/Egyptian An Egyptian gay couple return from the U.S. to Egypt for a family emergency and have to force themselves back into the closet and pretend to be just friends. When they fall prey to witchcraft as punishment for their “homosexual sins,” one of them falls into religious terror and exposes his unhealed past.

7:45PM THEATRE TWO: COMING AROUND (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (75 min)

(English) Coming Around follows 28-year-old second-generation Palestinian-Egyptian Brooklynite Eman as she grapples with the decision to come out to her devout mother. Along the way, she makes a decision to marry her male partner to evade silent disapproval. When that fails, she struggles with various ways to be herself AND, somehow, maintain the tight bond she has with her mother and sister.

SAT

30-Sep

NOON THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: RELATIONSHIP REALNESS (62 min)

Book of Dan, Dream Therapy, Happy for You, Révérence, The Romance of Unrequited Love

12:15PM THEATRE TWO:

SHORTS SET: FRIGHT FEST (89 min)

Don’t Turn Off The Ghost Light, Heart of Stone, He Watches, The Haunted Baby Carriage from Hell, The Third, The Witching Hour, Trip Upstate

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD (80 min)

Queerfully Departed, Sally Leapt Out of a Window Last Night, Split Ways, Swimming in the Dark, Gayish

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: NELLIE AND NADINE (93 min)

Sponsored by the LGBTQ+ History & Archives and Straight Knot (French with English Subtitles) On Christmas Eve, 1944, Belgian prisoner and opera singer Nelly Mousset-Vos is sked to sing Christmas carols in one of the barracks at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. After she meets Nadine Hwang, the pair begin a secret relationship.

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: ART & PEP BONUS SCREENING (Our judges LOVED this film, so we’re including a bonus screening just in case you missed it the first time!) (88 min)

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: BLUE ID (85 min)

Turkish with English Subtitles) Rüzgar Erkoçlar received his first testosterone injection on October 4, 2012, marking an important step in his gender affirmation. He never imagined that traditional Turkey would make him front-page news because he was formerly a well-known actor. The entire process, a path paved with frustration, humiliation, and endless waiting, is captured in home movie-esque observations and self-assured phone videos. An intimate report of a struggle with self-realization and acceptance in a traditional society, under intense media scrutiny.

5:00PM THEATRE ONE: NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS (83 min)

Hungarian A young gay Romani couple from a remote village in Hungary has a dream so absurd that it seems impossible: making a musical ﬁlm based on their lives. Against all odds, they move to Budapest just as the Hungarian government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and hostile towards LGBTQ+ people.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: HEALED (92 min)

(English) HEALED follows a celebrity lesbian couple - former pop icon Jazz Powers and her pregnant wife as they attend an intimate meditation retreat. Little do they know; they are unknowing participants in an experiment that could change their lives forever.

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS ALL NEW SHOWS! (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: I LOVE YOU MORE (CENTERPIECE FEATURE) (93 min)

US Premiere (English) After a year of online pillow-talk, Ben, a shy Kosovar teen, is exhilarated to finally meet his first (but secret) love, Leo. Consumed with passion, Ben carefully weaves the plans and cover-story for his much-desired romantic tryst with Leo who is arriving from Germany in just one month. Everything must be perfect. Great news, Ben’s mother surprises him and the family with a life changing opportunity, but he just can’t take it yet. He must meet Leo.

7:45PM THEATRE TWO: #LOOK AT ME (105 min)

(English) When teenagers Sean and Ricky are invited to attend church with Sean’s girlfriend, they are treated to an Evangelical rock concert capped by a searing anti-LGBTQ sermon. Sean, a Youtuber, soon gets into trouble for dropping an outrageous video lampooning the megachurch’s pastor. As Sean descends into near madness in prison, his gay twin brother, Ricky, gains prominence as a LGBTQ activist. Both find themselves at the heart of a culture war that spills out from social media into the real world.

SUN

1-Oct

NOON THEATRE ONE:

SHORTS SET: MAKES YOU THINK (70 min)

Brother, Candice, EITR, Making Up, The Break Out

12:15PM. THEATRE TWO:

SHORTS SET: LIFE CAN BE HARD (103 min)

He Won’t Belong, ba•la, Distressed, Forgiving Charity, Get Free, Live on Without Me

12:30PM THEATRE THREE:

SHORTS SET: POT POURRI (POT OF GOLD) (67 min)

Morning Dance, More than a Feeling, Our Males and Females, Gay Proofing, Lellebel, Pecadillo, Retreated

2:30PM THEATRE ONE: THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL (78 min)

(English) What do you get when you throw an outrageous Drag Queen, her bestie, a smoking hot gigolo and a porn star in to a blender? The most hilarious, sexiest, Aussie film since ‘Priscilla’ of course! ‘The Winner Takes It All’ sees drag megastar Maxi Shield embark on a crass crusade of revenge after her best friend finds her super hot, maybe not so straight (ok, he’s super gay), husband cheating on her. What follows can only be described as the most insane, hysterical and unashamedly steamy saga ever set to celluloid!

2:45PM THEATRE TWO: THE MATTACHINE FAMILY BONUS SCREENING (Our judges LOVED this film, so we’re including a bonus screening just in case you missed it the first time!) (98 min)

(English) Thomas and Oscar are a couple very much in love, but after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find they have different ideas about what it means to make a family.

3:00PM THEATRE THREE: THE FLOATING MAN (77 min)

(English) As anti-trans and drag queen rhetoric in a new wave of rightwing gender wars rage across the globe, Michael V. Smith's intimate documentary unpacks his journey as a radical drag performer and genderqueer. Inspired by Agnès Varda, The Floating Man is a unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and video poem. In this intimate self-portrait by a self-described sissy, The Floating Man sources Smith's provocative art practice, to examine a lifetime of untrue stories about his body.

5:00PM THEATRE ONE: TINA TOWN (93 min)

(English) Two young gay men struggle to decide if they are going to try and escape from Tina Town, where crystal meth addiction runs rampant, and young men are sexual prey, or give in to their addictions and risk paying the ultimate price. At the heart of the film, Tina Town is a love story about two men who must try and save themselves in order to save each other.

5:15PM THEATRE TWO: NORWEGIAN DREAM (97 min)

(Norwegian with English Subtitles) Robert travels from Poland to begin work in a salmon processing plant off the Trøndelag coast in Norway. Isolated and far from home he plans to keep his head down and work hard, seeking financial security for him and his mother. However, his focus shifts when he begins spending time with colleague, and aspiring drag queen, Ivar. Robert’s budding relationship and loyalty to his fellow workers is tested when a strike breaks out and his employer offers him a solution for his financial troubles. Will he choose the security he has sacrificed so much for or a chance at love with Ivar?

5:30PM THEATRE THREE: REELKEV PRESENTS LONG SHORTS (90 min)

7:30PM THEATRE ONE: SHOULDER DANCE (CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE) (103 min)

(English) Best friends Ira and Roger haven’t seen each other in 24 years. When Roger arrives unexpectedly for the weekend, long suppressed desires dangerously resurface. As the boundaries of friendship, love, and sex collide, the strength of Ira’s long-term relationship with Josh is tested as never before in the romantic drama "Shoulder Dance."