New TFC Films from Sundance | Berlinale | SXSW
Interior. Leather Bar. • I Am Divine • A River Changes Course • Pitstop
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Dear Programmers,
We’re thrilled to offer an exciting new line-up of films from the top International Festivals kicking off the new year. From James Franco and Travis Mathews much buzzed-about Sundance film INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. to Kaylanee Mam’s cinema verité-style doc A RIVER CHANGES COURSE (winner of the Sundance World Cinema Jury Award), this is a collection of boundary-pushing films that challenge form, style and in some cases—the limits of good taste (I AM DIVINE).
Email us for screeners here.
All best,
Jeffrey
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2012 | USA | 60 min. Directors
Travis Mathews, James Franco
Writer
Travis Mathews
| | Interior.
Leather Bar.
Co-Directed by and Featuring
James Franco ABOUT THE FILM:
The 1980 film Cruising (starring Al Pacino as an undercover cop investigating a murder in the NYC gay leather bar scene) was plagued with controversy, and its director was allegedly forced by the MPAA to cut 40 minutes of sexually explicit material. Those 40 minutes have never been screened publicly. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews set out to reimagine what might have transpired in those lost scenes in this intriguing film about the making of a film.
The cameras roll as Franco assembles a mix of gay and straight men, including the likeable Val Lauren in the lead role. What emerges is a portrait of the fascinating dynamics that drive the filmmakers’ need to challenge normalcy, the interplay of celebrity and experimentation, and the dilemma faced by actors struggling to reconcile who they are with the idea of performing in a sexually explicit, gay, S&M film. The result is a provocative exploration of the importance of the radical and transgressive in society and the value of engaging with things that scare us. FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance, Berlinale FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World Click here to watch the trailer. WEBSITE:
interiorleatherbar.com | | | |    
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2013 | USA | 86 min.
Director
Jeffrey Schwarz
| | I Am Divine
ABOUT THE FILM:
I AM DIVINE is the story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth to internationally recognized drag superstar through his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine was the ultimate outsider turned underground royalty. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture. I AM DIVINE is a definitive biographical portrait that charts the legendary icon’s rise to infamy and emotional complexities.
FESTIVALS
2013: SXSW (World Premiere) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World Click here to watch the teaser. WEBSITE:
divinemovie.com | | | |  
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213 | USA | 80 min. Director
Yen Tan
Writers
Yen Tan, David Lowery
| | Pit Stop
ABOUT THE FILM:
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. Far from the gay centers of the world, director Yen Tan explores the complex and oft-forgotten lives of gay men in small-town America. The understated, contemplative nature of Ernesto and Gabe’s story is told from the perspective of an observer, allowing us—even if just for a moment—to understand what it means to be an outsider. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. In a refreshingly quiet film, Tan’s protagonists never try to run away from their relatively hollow surroundings, but opt to fill life’s deepest voids with their tenacious confidence.
— TOBY BROOKS [Sundance Film Guide] FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance, SXSW FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World Click here to watch a clip from the film. WEBSITE:
pitstopthemovie.com | | | |    
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2012 | Cambodia/USA | 83 min.
Director
Kalyanee Mam
| | A River Changes Course
ABOUT THE FILM:
Twice a year in Cambodia, the Tonle Sap River changes course, while life for the Cambodian people continue to flow in a perpetual cycle of death and rebirth and of creation and destruction.
Working in an intimate, verité style, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam (Director of Photography for the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job), spent two years in her native homeland following three young Cambodians as they struggled to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt.
A breathtaking and unprecedented journey from the remote, mountainous jungles and floating cities of the Cambodian countryside to the bustling garment factories of modern Phnom Penh, A RIVER CHANGES COURSE traces a devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.
FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance (World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
United States Click here to watch the trailer. WEBSITE:
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