The 15th Annual CinemaQ Film Festival will be four days of the best in new and classic LGBTQ+ cinema from around the world presented to Colorado audiences.
Denver's queer film festival will run from Aug. 10-13 at the Sie FilmCenter (2510 E. Colfax Ave).
Full festival passes are $60 for Denver Film Members/$70 Non-Member, and individual film tickets are $12 for Denver Film Members/$15 Non-Member. Tickets and full festival passes are available at denverfilm.org beginning June 29 at 10 a.m.
The festival will be bookended by screenings of high school queer comedy "Bottoms" and the Emma Stone-produced surrealist comedy "Problemista."
Opening night will feature "Bottoms," a comedy about two girls who start a fight club in their mission to hook up with cheerleaders.
And the festival will conclude with a presentation of "Problemista," a surrealist comedy that follows an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual idea to life in New York City. The film premiered earlier this year and was written, directed and co-produced by "Saturday Night Live" writer Julio Torres.
"We're delighted to be opening and closing on such unique high notes in queer cinema this year, both providing solid bookends for what is an inquisitive and diverse lineup for the three days in between," said Sie FilmCenter Artistic Director and Festival Programmer Keith Garcia. "The queer voices and visions featured this year are some of the strongest we've ever had and our visiting guests will be some of the most interesting. All in all, a fantastic marker to celebrate 15 years of treating Colorado to the best in Queer cinema."
Q&A's with filmmakers will take place following the presentations of "Saint Drogo," "Queer Shorts Program," "Perpetrator" and "The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture."
There will also be in-depth panel discussions that will touch on the roots of Queer Horror, mental health in the digital landscape and finding faith in the LGBTQIA community.
There will also be a Scream Screen-presented double feature of brand new restorations of the Andy Warhol-produced '70s horror flicks "Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Blood for Dracula," both directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Udo Kier, who will appear in-person to discuss his storied career in between the screenings.
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