THE FABULOUS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Burns Court Cinemas, Friday, August 22, Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24, 2014.
Scheduled to be held at Burns Court Cinemas in downtown Sarasota, on Friday, August 22 through Sunday, August 24, the fourth annual Fabulous Independent Film Festival will celebrate diversity in the LGBT community with 3 days of the best in world cinema. In association with the Harvey Milk Festival, a non profit organization, the festival is organized by broken rules productions. Tickets are $8.50, opening and closing night films are $10, will be available on www.fabulousiff.com starting Wednesday, July 30 and at Burns Court Cinemas on the days of the festival.
Films scheduled are THE WAY HE LOOKS presented by Watermark Media, the festival opens with this warm and funny film about teenage love and friendship, telling the story of a blind boy named Leo, his best pal, Giovana and the new kid in school whom they both develop a crush on. In the dry comedy, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR by writer, director and Sundance darling Desiree Akhavan, we follow a semi-closeted bisexual Persian American trying to live up to her family’s ideals and traditions while going through a breakup, navigating Brooklyn’s dating scene with both men and women, and figuring out what to do with the rest of her life. BORN TO FLY illustrates what happens when you cross postmodern dance with Evel Knievel. This intimate portrait makes it clear, you get New York choreographer Elizabeth Streb, a Mac Arthur “genius” grant recipient, whose Extreme Action Company draws on both sources to craft a unique style of high-flying, high-impact, dare-all contemporary dance. BOY MEETS GIRL is a sexy, funny and provocative coming of age comedy about three twenty something living in Kentucky, Robby, Francesca and Ricky, a gorgeous transgender woman. This romantic comedy vividly captures the giddy excitement, sexual heat, and inherent heartache of “non-traditional” love in a small town. THE CIRCLE seamlessly combines a narrative with a documentary love story. The Circle is the astounding true tale of Switzerland’s 1940s–1960s magazine of that name—and the network of friends and lovers that formed around it, becoming one of the world’s first homophile societies, a 2014 Teddy Award winner. CUPCAKES, the latest by award winning Eytan Fox, is a campy, comic confection telling a tale of six friends who unexpectedly find themselves representing Israel in a Eurovision-style international song contest. It’s sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! QUEERITUALITY is Tom Murray’s last film, one of our own boy wonder who left us too soon, 4 years ago. Gaylon Emerzian from Chicago is actively completing the editing. This last film was a labor of love for Tom who throughout his films had always been spiritually inquiring. It is a great honor to present his last film as a world premiere and to conclude his beautiful cinematographic journey where he started it years ago. TO BE TAKEI celebrates the Star Trek legend, the marriage-equality advocate, the spokesperson for Japanese Americans imprisoned in internment camps during World War II and the Facebook phenomenon (with nearly 7 million fans). Each film on Saturday and Sunday will be preceded by a short: BARRIO BOY, DINNER AT 40, FIRST CLUE, A LAST FAREWELL, ONE NIGHT STAND, SECRETS & TOYS and WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Sarasota Film Society, Watermark Media, Janice & John Shelton, Embracing Our Differences, Planned Parenthood, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota, RCMoore Construction, Theodore A. Gollnick, PA, Throb, Ken Shelin, Chapter 1 Wellness, Wolfe on Demand are among the Fabulous IFF sponsors making this festival a reality. M.A.D.E., Throb and Caragiulo’s are our hosting sponsors. The complete list of sponsors is featured on the Fabulous IFF web site, www.fabulousiff.com.
The Fabulous Independent Film Festival
Burns Court Cinemas (506 Burns Lane, Sarasota, FL 34236)
Friday, August 22, 2014
7:30 PM Watermark Media presents THE WAY HE LOOKS ( Brazil, in portuguese with english subtitles, 96 min.)
Saturday, August 23, 2014
1:15 PM BORN TO FLY (USA, 82 min.) preceded by FIRST CLUE (USA, 6 min.)
3:15 PM THE CIRCLE (Der Kreis) (Switzerland, in german with english subtitles 102 min.) preceded by A LAST FAREWELL (Sweden, in swedish with english subtitles, 12 min.)
5:45 PM BOY MEETS GIRL (USA, 95 min.) preceded by FAIT PAS GENRE (Who Do You Think You Are?) (France, in french with english subtitles, 6 min.)
8:00 PM World Premiere QUEERITUALITY (USA, 90 min.) preceded by BARRIO BOY (USA, 6 min.)
Sunday, August 24, 2014
3:15 PM APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR (USA, 83min.) preceded by ONE NIGHT STAND (USA, 5 min.)
5:15 PM TO BE TAKEI (USA, 90 min.) preceded by SECRETS AND TOYS (USA, 12min.)
7:30 PM CUPCAKES (Bananot) (Israel, in hebrew with English subtitles 90 min.) Closing Night Film, preceded by DINNER AT 40 (USA, 18 min.)
Opening Night Cocktail Party
M.A.D.E. (1990 Main St., Sarasota, FL 34236)
Friday, August 22, 2014
9:30 PM
Opening Night Dance Party
THROB (2201 Industrial Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236)
Friday, August 22, 2014
11 PM
Closing Night Reception
CARAGIULOS (69 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236)
Sunday, August 24, 2014
9:30 PM