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SUMMARY:Skin Deep (29th Anniversary Retrospective)
DESCRIPTION:Out of the Archive: Canada’s Lost Lesbian Decade\, 1990-1999 \n The 1990s saw a flourishing of queer filmmaking in Canada\, including more than a dozen feature films being released centering lesbian storylines. “Out of the Archive” presents two lesser-known titles from this moment that both demonstrate the power and complexity of queer communities. Dreamers of the Day (1990)\, a narrative feature that would not be possible without help from the Kingston community\, is about the ingenuity\, perseverance\, and comradery needed to put lesbian stories on screen. Another film about filmmaking\, Skin Deep (1995) explores themes of obsession\, pain and pleasure\, as well as offering an early portrait of transmasculinity within queer spaces. Though representations may have evolved and changed\, each film provides an opportunity to revisit the generative historical contexts and ongoing legacies of 1990s queer Canada. \n This screening series is part of a larger research project by Queen’s Film and Media professors Tamara de Szegheo Lang and Dan Vena. It is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund. \nSkin Deep  dir. Midi Onodera/CANADA/85:00/1995 \nSkin Deep leads us into worlds where people are never what they appear to be. It is a riveting psychological drama about obsession\, relationship and sexuality. As Alex Koyama prepares to shoot an exploitation film about tattooing and the culture of pleasure and pain\, the world around her exists only to serve her film. She initiates a dangerous and threatening game when Chris Black responds to her ad in a tattoo magazine. For Alex\, this is living research\, and she ignores the fact that Chris is deeply disturbed and gender-disoriented. This denial escalates into a psychological battle between Alex and Chris which alters their lives forever – because in a world of illusion\, reality is the biggest lie. \nFeaturing a post-screening with Filmmaker Midi Onodera \nMidi Onodera is an award-winning filmmaker and media artist who has been making films and videos for more than 35 years. She has produced over 25 independent shorts\, ranging from 16mm film to digital video to toy camera formats. In 2018 she received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. Skin Deep (1995)\, her theatrical feature\, screened internationally at festivals including the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Her film The Displaced View (1988) was nominated for Best Documentary at the Gemini Awards. \nHer experimental narrative project ALPHAGIRLS (2002) was the first Canadian interactive performance art DVD\, and since 2006 she has made over 500 vidoodles (defined as bite-sized 30-second to 2-minute video doodles). From 2006–07 she published one a day for 365 days and has since released a video project each year\, addressing themes of language\, media\, politics and everyday life. In 2017 she published an interactive narrative developed from her experience in Afghanistan as a Canadian Forces Artist in 2010. \nOnodera’s work is held in collections around the world\, and she has given lectures and workshops at galleries and institutions across North America and Japan. She currently teaches and continues to work on experimental media projects in Toronto. \nCommunity Sponsors: Queen’s University Film and Media Department & The George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund
URL:https://www.reelout.com/event/skin-deep-29th-anniversary-retrospective/
LOCATION:The Screening Room\, 120 Princess Street\, Kingston\, Ontario\, K7L 5M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:ReelOut25,ReelOutintheDark,Thriller
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SUMMARY:Howdy\, Neighbor! + short film She's a Sensation
DESCRIPTION:Howdy\,Neighbor!  dir. Allisyn Snyder/USA/1:20:00/2023 \nWhen former child actor\, Benjamin (Matthew Scott Montgomery)\, is recognized by his new neighbor (Grant Jordan)\, the lines between friend and fan become blurred\, turning his number one fan into his number one nightmare. With no help from law enforcement\, Benjamin begins investigating the oddly familiar man with his best friend Harley (Debby Ryan). \n“If you’re looking for a gripping\, innovative take on the found footage genre with outstanding performances and a story you won’t want to tear your gaze away from\, check Howdy\, Neighbor! out. It deserves all the attention it can get.” – Steph Cannon\, Horror Buzz \n[reelout-clear] \nPreceded by the short film: \nShe’s a Sensation – dir. Manu Fernández/Spain/15:00/2023  \nÁngelo\, a boxing trainer\, prepares Irene – La Perla Torres – to fight for a world title. La Perla tattoos a word on her heart\, convinced that this will give her special power in combat. Things get complicated when everyone discovers that her rival has also tattooed her heart. [reelout-clear] \nCommunity Sponsor: Westport Pride \n 
URL:https://www.reelout.com/event/howdy-neighbor-short-film-shes-a-sensation/
LOCATION:The Screening Room\, 120 Princess Street\, Kingston\, Ontario\, K7L 5M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:horror,ReelOut25,ReelOutintheDark
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SUMMARY:The Judgment + short film EITR
DESCRIPTION:This program features two very different films but each linked to intersections between sexual orientation/Islam/and Egyptian cultures (here in Canada and in Egypt itself).  The short\, Canadian film EITR directed by Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller (in attendance) will start us off and then the mood shifts from rom/com to psychological horror in the impressive horror feature The Judgment by Marwan Mokbel. While the feature is very much a horror movie\, we do hope that audiences who usually veer from the genre\, might give this one a chance because of its rare depiction of a modern Egypt and the generational divide when it comes to the topic of homosexuality.  This also promises to not end the way you fear and in fact\, may fill you with emotions you weren’t expecting and will most-likely welcome. [reelout-clear] \nThe Judgment dir. Marwan Mokbel/111:00/EGYPT/LEBANON/USA/2023 \nMo and his boyfriend Hisham\, a gay Egyptian couple\, return from the U.S. to Egypt for a family emergency\, but they need to pretend to be just friends in order to stay safe in Egypt’s very homophobic environment. Coming back to Egypt\, however\, leaves Mo especially anxious and uneasy\, because someone knows his secret. They leave witchcraft at his door so that he feels threatened and ashamed. Although he pretends to be a modern American atheist\, and therefore free from the superstitions of his religion and culture\, Mo is terrified. Stepping back into the world of witchcraft has revived childhood terrors and deep religious fears\, and he is afraid that his shame will be exposed to Hisham\, who doesn’t know that Mo still views their relationship as sinful. Little by little\, the judgment day he always feared\, the god he always hated\, the mother who stood against him\, and the sins accumulating begin to quite literally haunt him through witchcraft\, leading to the confrontation Mo always feared. Will he be strong enough to fight back and eventually be liberated? \nWatch TRAILER \n[reelout-clear] \n  \nPreceded by the short film: \nEITR dir. Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller/14:40/Canada/2023  In Eitr\, Mohamed’s fear of his true desires will be tested as he is caught off guard by the power of being seen\, but can this connection break him out of his performative shell\, even for a lingering moment? [reelout-clear] \nFateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller is a Queer mixed-race Palestinian-Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. Her work explores themes of fragmented identity\, isolation and connection through grounded “oh no\, should I laugh?” comedy. Fateema’s background in improvisation and clown greatly influences all of her work as she strives to create with integrity\, depth and a sense of humour. She is particularly passionate about bringing to life nuanced and humanizing representations of Arabs and Muslims for the screen and prioritizes building spaces for marginalized voices to thrive both in front of and behind the camera. Fateema’s short film EITR was one of 8 world-wide recipients of InsideOut’s RE:Focus Fund\, she is a Women in the Director’s Chair alumni and is currently in development for her first feature film\, coming-of-age dramedy\, Waves/ ‘Amwaj. [reelout-clear] \nCommunity Sponsor: The Queer Muslim Collective \n 
URL:https://www.reelout.com/event/the-judgment-short-film-eitr/
LOCATION:The Screening Room\, 120 Princess Street\, Kingston\, Ontario\, K7L 5M6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:horror,ReelOut25,ReelOutintheDark
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