SPECIAL EVENTS

QFest partners with MFAH Films and Rice Media Center to present QFest 2011: the 15th Anniversary GLBTQ International Film Festival. Showcasing an inspired selection of shorts and features from around the world, QFEST 2011: the 15th Anniversary GLBTQ Festival celebrates its "Queerceañera" beginning Thursday, July 28 and concluding Monday, August 1.

Screenings at MFAH:

Gun Hill Road
2011
Directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green
Thu, Jul 28 7:00 PM

An ex-con newly released from prison trying to integrate back into family life is confronted by the revelation that his teenage son is transsexual. Preceded by a tribute to John Kellett and The John Steven Kellett Foundation for their continued support of the festival over the last 15 years.

2 Frogs in the West
2 Frogs dans l’ouest
2010, in French with English subtitles
Directed by Dany Papineau
Fri, Jul 29 7:00 PM

A young woman’s trek across Canada to find herself takes her to a lavish resort ski town where she befriends—and moves in with—a former champion skier, his sexually provocative ex-girlfriend, and their gay best friend.

Outfest at QFest: Girl Shorts
2010-2011
various filmmakers
Fri, Jul 29 9:00 PM

A compilation of the best short films from the “Girl Shorts” program featured at Outfest Los Angeles. Titles include For Such a Time as This (2011; USA; 10 min.); Cried Suicide (2010; USA; 14 min.); You Move Me (2010; USA; 12 min.); After Lunch (Depois do almoço) (2009, Brazil, 13 min.); Public Relations (2010; USA; 17 min); Birthday/Födelsedag (2010; Sweden/Poland; 18 mins; Swedish with English subtitles).

Making the Boys
2009
Directed by Crayton Robey
Sat, Jul 30 3:00 PM

The remarkable story of how Boys in the Band became the first play depicting the lives of gay men, and its historical impact upon the world of theater.

Outfest at QFest: Boy Shorts
2008-2010
various filmmakers
Sat, Jul 30 5:00 PM

A compilation of the best short films from the “Boy Shorts” program featured at Outfest Los Angeles. Titles include Gayby (2010; USA; 12 min.); Gaysharktank.com (2010; USA; 14 min.); The Very Best of Pretty Things, season 2 featuring "Popcorn," "Treble & Timbre," and "Hairbox Thrillers." (USA; 20 min.); The Queen (2010; USA; 8 min.); Billy & Aaron (2010; USA; 10 min.); George & Brad in Bed (2009; USA; 5 min.); The Armoire (2009; Canada; 22 min.); raw love/Amor crudo (2008; Argentina; 15 mins; Spanish with subtitles).

A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor: National Velvet
1944
Clarence Brown
Sun, Jul 31 1:00 PM

Elizabeth Taylor’s star-making debut as a young lass who wins over a wild stallion and take a shot at winning England’s Grand National Sweepstakes.

Short Films by Kenneth Anger
1947-1965
Kenneth Anger
Sun, Jul 31 3:30 PM

Legendary, iconic director Kenneth Anger’s most memorable work is featured in this timeless collection of recent 35mm restorations from The UCLA Film and Television Archive. The program consists of Kustom Kar Kommandos, Rabbit's Moon, Fireworks, and Scorpio Rising. 35mm preservation prints courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funded by The Film Foundation.

Poison
1991
Todd Haynes
Sun, Jul 31 5:00 PM

20th Anniversary Presentation Oscar-winner Haynes’ feature debut is an unforgettable triptych combining drive-in sci-fi horror, a disturbing family documentary, and a seedy prison melodrama that is a provocative take on gay identity, gay politics, and gay sexuality.

A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor: Boom
1968
Joseph Losey
Sun, Jul 31 7:00 PM

From the director of Secret Ceremony and Mr. Klein comes this brilliantly underrated, over-the-top adaptation of Tennessee Wiliams’ play The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore.