Pride Film Fest – providing year-round LGBTQ film programming presented in streaming and occasionally in-person formats in Chicago – has announced its programming for late February through early April. The slate for this five-week period will include two dramatic features, a documentary feature and two programs of shorts. The festival website is at http://pridefilm.org/
Streaming from February 22 through March 5 will be the feature-length German documentary TUNTEN ZWECKLOS, which delivers a look into gay life in Germany over the past 40+ years through the history of an activist group called the Hamburg Bollenmädels. The next offering, from March 1-12, will be YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER, a dramatic feature from Canada that is the story of a teenage girl sent to live in a Jehovah’s Witness community who falls in love with a devout Witness girl. From March 8 -19, Pride Film Fest will offer five winning short films from the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival of India.
The offering for March 15 -26 will be the 2022 feature BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS, from Hong Kong. In it, a wealthy breeder of horses faces changes in all aspects of his life as he pursues a dream of becoming a filmmaker but finds his most dramatic change will come as he begins to recognize the truth of his relationship with the chauffeur who has been his most loyal friend. The final program of the month will be BESTS OF THE FESTS – a collection of award-winning shorts from LGBTQ festivals around the world.
Access to the films is $12.00 per film. Monthly memberships are also available for $10.00 per month which entitles the purchaser to view short and mid-length programs for no additional charge and to view the feature length films for $7.00 per film. Tickets for the individual programs are now on sale at https://www.goelevent.com/
