The Latino/a Queer Arts & Film Festival (LQAFF), presented by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the LQAFF Advisory Board, is proud to announce its first inaugural full lineup for the dates of April 10-April 13, 2014. The 2014 program includes documentaries, U.S. and international shorts, a feature length film, art installations, and a series of performance pieces that map the intersections and complexities of Latina/o, queerness, bodies, and desire.
Alongside the films, art, and performances, t...
The Latino/a Queer Arts & Film Festival (LQAFF), presented by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the LQAFF Advisory Board, is proud to announce its first inaugural full lineup for the dates of April 10-April 13, 2014. The 2014 program includes documentaries, U.S. and international shorts, a feature length film, art installations, and a series of performance pieces that map the intersections and complexities of Latina/o, queerness, bodies, and desire.
Alongside the films, art, and performances, this four-day celebration of art and film will include a launch party, food, music, networking opportunities, and Q&As with filmmakers and featured cast members. Films selected to screen at the LQAFF will be shown out of competition. Our festival is made possible by contributions by HBO, The Latino Print Network and Frame Monster.
LQAFF is dedicated to showcasing the stories of queer, trans, two-spirited, Latin@, Chican@, and brown identities through film and visual arts in a space that builds on our rich and diverse cultural history, so we are excited to present the extraordinary selections we have received this year.
Our selections for the 2014 Latino/a Queer Arts and Film Festival are as follows:
The art portion of the festival is titled “Primary Source: Artifacts of Contemporary Queer Latin@ Performance Art.” It will run from April 10-May 10, 2014, and will feature the following artists: Cathy De La Cruz, Karen Anzoategui, Dorian Wood, Sam White, Reyna the Ripper, Raquel Gutierrez, Rafa Esparza, Jeff Galvan, Cyn The Poet, Avelardo Ibarra, Isaac Ledesma, Alice Cunt, and Yoyo Negrete. Friday will have feature performance by Magaly Meza’s piece LA VOZ DE ORO. The performances will continue on Saturday night presented by COOL WORLD and will feature Fanciulla Gentile, Jeffzilla, Reyna the Ripper, Julius Smack, and DJ Crasslos.
The festivals film lineup will be split up by genre. Saturday and Sunday afternoon will be dedicated to short films divided into SHORTS Program 1 and SHORTS Program 2.
Saturday’s shorts will be as follows: SCAFFOLDING by Mexican director Juanma Carrillo, WITH CONVICTION by U.S. director Dulce Garcia, O PACOTE (THE PACKAGE) by Brazilian director and writer Rafael Aidar, LOVING THE BONY LADY by U.S. director Scott Elliot, KISS ME by Jules Nurish, VECINAS by Spanish writer and director Eli Navarro, and WANDERING CLOUD by Mexican director Julián Hernández.
Sunday’s shorts lineup will be: EL ACOMPANANTE (THE COMPANION) by Peruvian director Alvaro Delgado Aparicio, IN MY SKIN by U.S. director Miguel Ruelas, OJOS QUE NO VEN/EYES THAT DO NOT SEE by U.S. director and writer Patricia C. Ovando, LA SANTA by director Mauricio Cutto Lópes Fdez, BEFORE GOD: WE ARE ALL FAMILY, and DOS ALMAS by U.S. director Danielle Villegas.
Friday and Saturday night will be dedicated to feature documentaries. On Friday with TRANSVISIBLE: BAMBY SALCEDO’S STORY directed by Dante Alencastre and Saturday with BABY CRIES by Mario Novoa and GAY LATINO LA: COMING OF AGE by director Jonathan Benavidez. On Sunday the entire festival will close with the screening of the feature film LA PARTIDA (THE MATCH) by Cuban director Antonio Hens with an encore performance by Candi Sosa with Victor Cegarra in the courtyard afterwards.
