Gay Sex in the 70s
Screening with Reporter Zero

Sunday 21st October, 4.30pm at FACT in Liverpool

Dir. Joseph Lovett. USA 2005. 67 mins (+ 25 mins).
Featuring Tom Bianchi, Larry Kramer, Robert Alvarez

Life after Stonewall and before AIDS was different, of course, and as the documentary Gay Sex in the 70s makes explicitly clear, life in New York City was a ball, a blast and a hedonist’s paradise! It may seem like Life on Mars to us now, but this was once our future, a future that involved nothing more than sex, drugs - and more sex. Taking us through the excesses of those years are, among others, erotic photographer Tom Bianchi and veteran political activist Larry Kramer, with archive footage of our lost Age of Innocence complimenting their memories and reflections. … Screening with Reporter Zero, Carrie Lozano’s short film about the lateRandy Shilts, author of the classic and impossible-to-ignore And the Band Played On.

Check out the movies at:
http://www.gaysexinthe70s.com/
and,
http://www.reporterzero.com/


Boy Culture [15]

Sunday 21st October, 8.30pm at FACT in Liverpool

Dir. Q. Allen Brocka. USA 2006. 88 mins.
Starring Derek Magyar, Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens

Based on the bestselling novel by Matthew Rettenmund, Boy Culture is the “confession” of a highly-paid but emotionally cold hustler going by the name of ‘X’ (Derek Magyar). His latest client, the older, reclusive Gregory (Patrick Bauchau), doesn’t want sex however. On the contrary, what he wants - what he pays for - is to tell X a strange, true love story spanning fifty years or more. And as X listens, his difficult relationship with his only friends, flatmates Andrew (Darryl Stephens) and Joey (Jonathan Trent), begins to come into focus… Boy culture is a moving, sexy film dealing with the relative place of sex and love in our lives, and a big, clever, cool step forward for director Q. Allen Brocka (Eating Out and Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds).

Check out the movie at:
http://www.boy-culture.com/
http://boyculture.typepad.com/


Whole New Thing

Sunday 28th October, 6.30pm at FACT in Liverpool

Dir. Amnon Buchbinder. Canada 2005. 92 mins.
Starring Aaron Webber, Daniel MacIvor, Robert Joy

The winner of 11 awards at lesbian & gay film festivals around the world, Whole New Thing is a funny, intelligent take on teenage sexuality set in a remote part of Nova Scotia. 13-year-old Emerson (Aaron Webber) has been home-tutored all his life by his hippie parents and now finds it hard to fit in at his local high school. But when openly gay English teacher Don Grant (Daniel McIvor) tries to give the boy some helpful advice, he’s totally unprepared for Emerson’s daring (and dangerous) response. Despite the subject matter, director Amnon Buchbinder has made a film of admirable purity – and what actually follows Emerson’s revelation is a sweet comedy about infidelity and heartache in which the 13-year-old’s ‘innocent’ desire is the catalyst for life-changing events all round.

Check out the movie at:
http://www.wholenewthing.com/


Closing Night:
Poltergay [18] – UK PREMIERE
Screening with Bugcrush

Thursday 1st November, 8.30pm at FACT in Liverpool

Dir Eric Lavaine. France 2006. 93 mins (+ 25 mins).
Starring Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski

It’s the end of the festival, post-Halloween, and time for some wonderful silliness. Newlyweds Marc (Clovis Cornillac) and Emma (Julie Depardieu) move into a derelict house with the intention of making it their dream home. There just one problem, however: back in the 70s the basement used to be a gay disco, and sometimes at night Marc thinks he can hear the sound of Boney M’s Ra Ra Rasputin coming from below stairs. Investigating further, Marc finds himself being haunted by 5 dead-but-still-horny gay guys – and questioning his own sexuality as a result. How will he explain this to Emma? Will the ghosts ever leave him alone? What on earth is Mikhail Baryshnikov doing in a gay club?… Screening with Carter Smith’s genuinely creepy short film Bugcrush.

Check out the movie at:
http://www.poltergay-lefilm.com/accueil.htm


Online booking for all events and the full festival programme (including links to the official sites and trailers for most of the movies) are available at www.outsiders2007.com.