QFest
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people. The 2013 event featured an eclectic slate of contemporary LGBTQ-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Contact artistic director Chris Clark for additional details, questions, and the mega cool perks of sponsoring the event or a QFest film: chris@cinemastlouis.org or 314.289.4152.
Audre Lorde, a highly influential, award-winning black lesbian poet, lived in West Berlin in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. She helped ignite the Afro-German movement and challenged white women to acknowledge their...
Followed by a panel discussion.
This compelling documentary – which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival – provides a behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial...
Followed by a discussion led by ACLU of Eastern Missouri legal director Tony Rothert.
Over the past seven decades, actor and activist George Takei has boldly journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise and the daily news feeds of Facebook fans. Best known for...
Based on actual events, “The Circle” explores the fascinating universe of one of the first gay-liberation communities. Founded in the early 1940s, the group behind the magazine Der Kreis (The Circle) was the only gay...
The troubled-teen industry is a billion-dollar, worldwide business enterprise in dozens of countries. “Kidnapped for Christ” tells the shocking stories of American teenagers who were taken from their homes and...
“Getting Go” is an artful look at modern dating and honesty in the digital era. Doc, a shy and somewhat nerdy college student, invents a fake documentary project to get close to Go, a sexy male go-go dancer. A soon-...
An ambitious collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers, “Valencia” is a collective adaptation of the legendary ’90s lesbian memoir by Michelle Tea. Twenty different filmmakers – including Silas...
Shot over a period of six years, “Mr. Angel” chronicles the extraordinary life of transgender activist, educator and porn pioneer Buck Angel. Buck was born female yet always knew he was male. He has survived...
John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. Coming of age in the 1960s, his libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men. In August 1972, he...
An intensely erotic Hitchcockian thriller, “Stranger by the Lake” tells the story of Franck, who spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular gay cruising spot on the shores of a lake in...
Once an adventurous jet-setter and queen of night, Anna realizes that a life that seemed charming and adventurous in her 20s has turned desperate and dire in middle age. Currently living in her friend’s backyard tool...
A clever and hilarious crime caper, “Hot Guys with Guns” recalls “Lethal Weapon” but with younger, sexier gay ex-boyfriends as its leads. Danny is an aspiring actor who desperately wants a job on a popular TV cop...
Tickets
Individual tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students and Cinema St. Louis members with valid and current photo IDs. For more information, call 314.289.4152.
For information about slide advertising and sponsorship opportunities at the 2014 QFest, please contact artistic director Chris Clark at 314.289.4152 or chris@cinemastlouis.org. Download the official sponsor packet HERE.
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