DAMN THESE HEELS! 2012 OFFERS 11 BREAKOUT TITLES
IN A NEW VENUE AND WITH NEW DATES
Below is the complete list of the 9th Annual Damn These Heels!: LGBT Film Festival titles:
CLOUDBURST – Saturday, June 14 @ 3:00 PM
2011 | USA/Canada | 93 min.
Written + Directed by Thom Fitzgerald
Stella and Dot, an aging couple, escape from a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia on a quest to be married legally. En route to Canada, they pick up a young hitchhiker, Prentice, a small-town boy turned modern dancer, returning to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother.
Principal Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Kristin Booth, and Ryan Doucette
EVEN HANDED (A Spy Hop Production)– Friday, June 13 @ 7:00 as part of Opening Night
Winner: Peoples Choice Award, Best Film + Best Screenplay – Atlantic Film Festival; Audience Choice Award Best Film – Cinéfest International Film Festival; Audience Award for Best Feature – Kingston Reel Out Film Festival; Most Popular Canadian Film – Vancouver International Film Festival; Best Canadian Film – Victoria Film Festival
2011 | USA | 6 min.
Directed by Samantha Highsmith + Gabriella Huggins
Directed by Samantha Highsmith + Gabriella Huggins
Even Handed tells the story of a straight teenage girl who tries to answer the question posed by another student about her Human Rights Commission sticker: "If you're not gay, why should you care?"
Samantha is currently a freshman at Seattle University and Gabriella is a senior at West High School.
Samantha is currently a freshman at Seattle University and Gabriella is a senior at West High School.
Winner: Best Educational Short – International Family Film Festival; Best New Filmmaker – Teen Truth Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival, Viewfinders Festival for Youth, San Francisco Film Festival, Westport Youth Film Festival, Fear No Film
Official Selection of: Newport Film Festival, National Film Festival for Talented Youth,
FACING MIRRORS (Aynehaye Rooberoo)– Sunday, June 15 @ 4:45 PM
Co-written + Directed by Negar Azarbayjani
2011 | Iran/Germany | 102 min. | In Farsi with English subtitles.
Rana is forced to drive a cab to pay off the debt that keeps her husband in prison. By chance she picks up Edi. At first Rana attempts to help, but when she realizes that Edi is transgendered, a dangerous series of conflicts arises. Facing Mirrors is the first narrative film from Iran to feature a transgendered main character.
Principal Cast: Shayesteh Irani, Qazal Shakeri, Nima Shahrokh Shahi, Homayoun Ershadi
Winner: Jury Award for Best Film – Montreal World Film Festival
Official Selection: Washington DC International Film Festival, Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
HIT SO HARD – Saturday, June 14 @ 9:00 PM
2011 | USA | 103 min.
Directed by P. David Ebersole
Hit So Hard is a pull-no-punches portrait of Patty Schemel, the hard-hitting drummer of Courtney Love’s seminal rock band “Hole.” Patty never dreamed she would one day have her picture on the cover of Rolling Stone. But she also never fathomed that she could lose it all. A survivor of what we call the “slacker” generation, Patty found herself, like her friend Kurt Cobain, embraced by the dark side.
Official Selection: SXSW, New Directors/New Films, Seattle International Film Festival, Frameline35, OutFest
OPENING NIGHT – Friday, June 13 @ 7:00 PM
GAYBY
2012 | USA | 89 min.
Written + Directed by Jonathan Lisecki
Gayby is an irreverent comedy about friendship, growing older, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose. Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their 30s. They decide to fulfill a youthful promise to have a child together—the old-fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they’ll hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood?
Principal Cast: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas
Principal Cast: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas
Winner: Audience Award for Narrative Feature + Jury Award for Best Acting Ensemble – Asland Film Festival; Special Jury Prize – Independent Film Festival Boston
Official Selection: SXSW
IN THE FAMILY – Sunday, June 15 @ NOON
2011 | USA | 169 min.
Written + Directed by Patrick Wang
In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six-year-old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to recover, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian.
Principal Cast: Patrick Wang, Trevor St. John, Sebastian Banes
Nominated: Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards
JACK AND DIANE – Friday, June 13 @ 11:00 PM
2012 | USA | 110 min.
Written + Directed by Bradley Rust Gray
Two teenage girls meet in New York City and spend the night together. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough-skinned heart. But when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week, she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly sparked sexual desire is awakening her lycanthropic tendencies.
Featuring animated sequences from by Quay Brothers and new music by Múm with Kylie Minogue.
Official Selection: Tribeca Film Festival
Principal Cast: Juno Temple, Riley Keough and Kylie Minogue
CENTERPIECE SCREENING - Saturday, June 14 @ 7:00 PM
JOSHUA TREE, 1951
2012 | USA/France | 93 min.
Written + Directed by Matthew Mishory
Leading up to James Dean’s breakthrough fame, Joshua Tree provides an enthralling, and often baffling, glimpse of the legend who entranced the world with his brooding demeanor and wild zest for life. This beautiful film, interspersed with poignant poetry and sharp insight, boldly addresses head on the controversial issue of Dean’s bisexuality. – Nancy Eaves
Principal Cast: James Preston, Dan Glenn, Daliah Rain, Robert Grant
Same-Day Premier with NewFest (NYC) and OutFest (LA)
CLOSING NIGHT – Saturday, June 15 @ 7:00 PM
NORTH SEA TEXAS (Noordzee, Texas)
2011 | Belgium | 93 min. In Dutch with English subtitles
Directed by Bavo Defurne
Pim must come to terms with his blossoming sexuality and his love for his childhood friend, Gino, whose family welcomes Pim as one of their own. When Pim’s promiscuous mother, Yvette, leaves him behind for a lover, Pim is forced into adulthood. Breathtaking cinematography, stylized art direction, and skillfully nuanced storytelling coalesce to create a sublimely engrossing cinematic treasure. – Nancy Eaves
Principal Cast: Ben Van den Heuvel, Mathias Vergels, Eva van der Gucht, Thomas Coumans
Official Selection: Palm Springs International Film Festival; Warsaw LGBT Film Festival
STUD LIFE – Saturday, June 14 @ 5:00 PM
2012 | UK | 93 min.
Written + Directed by Campbell Ex
JJ is a ‘Stud Lesbian.’ Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty-boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to choose between her hot new lover and her best friend.
Principal Cast: T’Nia Miller, Kyle Treslove, Robyn Kerr, Simon Savory
Official Selection: BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
TRANS – Saturday, June 14 @ 10:30 AM
2012 | USA | 92 min.
Directed by Chris Arnold
Trans is an extraordinary documentary feature about men and women, and all the variations in between. It is about the Transgender Community, perhaps the most misunderstood and mistreated minority in America and around the world. Inspired by the incredible story of Dr. Christine McGinn and her work as a transgender surgeon, Trans provides an up-close and very personal vision into the lives, loves, and challenges of a remarkable cast of characters of all ages and from all walks of life.
Winner: Best Documentary – Torino GLBT Film Festival
WISH ME AWAY – Saturday, June 14 @ 12:30 PM
2011 | USA | 96 min.
Directed by Bobbie Birleffi + Beverly Kopf
After a lifetime of hiding, Chely Wright becomes the first commercial country music singer to come out as gay, shattering cultural stereotypes within Nashville, her conservative heartland family and, most importantly, within herself. With unprecedented access over a two-year period, including her private video diaries, the film layers Chely's rise to fame while hiding in the late 90's with the execution of her coming out plan.
Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature – Los Angeles Film Festival; Outstanding Documentary Feature – San Francisco LGBT Festival; Audience Award, Best Documentary – Palm Springs International Film Festival; Audience Award, Favorite Documentary Film Jury Award, Best Documentary – Philadelphia Q Fest + seven moreDamn These Heels! is generously support by B.W. Bastian Foundation, Dancing Llama Foundation and the Weinholtz Family Foundation. Official sponsor: Utah Pride Center. Major Sponsor: Human Rights Campaign – Utah, KRCL 90.9 FM, City Weekly, Media One, SLUG Magazine and TheGayHotSpot.com.
Utah Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new audiences for film.
The Utah Film Center and its programs are made possible largely by funding from: The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Rio Tinto, the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Swartz Foundation, Zions Bank, and Zoo, Arts and Parks
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