2nd Annual cineGLAAD at Sundance Film Festival

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, recently announced its panels and events for the 2nd Annual cineGLAAD program presented by Abreva, RÖKK Vodka and Bud Light, taking place at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

This marks the second year that GLAAD will be an Institute Associate for the festival, a category of support populated by organizations with mutually aligned missions that nurture independent vision and thought. At select times during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, GLAAD will host cineGLAAD at the Sundance Film Festival’s Filmmaker Lodge located on the second floor of the Elks Building (550 Main Street) in Park City. Through educational panels and networking events, cineGLAAD will raise awareness about films with LGBT content and amplify the voices of filmmakers who highlight the LGBT experience. A complete list of those films will be available at www.glaad.org/cineGLAAD.

"When moviegoers see lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and characters on film, they come to understand the common ground we all share," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "Sundance Institute is a leading force in the film industry and GLAAD is proud to take part as an official Institute Associate of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where we will help amplify stories of LGBT people that spark dialogue, raise awareness and increase support of our community."

Panel Discussions for cineGLAAD are free and open to the public.

Check out a list of events after the jump.



 * The E-Cinema Migration: Is the Internet Reshaping Film? - Friday, January 21, 2011 – 4pm-5pm
Panel will focus on how making movies with an online audience in mind is changing the way some filmmakers create and many production companies do business. Guests will include Christine Vachon (Producer, Killer Films), Joe Swanberg ( IFC.com, Writer/Director Uncle Kent), David Courier (Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer), Madeleine Olnek (Writer/Director, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same), Bryan Safi (Current TV), Mark Friedlander (SAG, National Director of New Media).

* Generation in Crisis: LGBT Youth in Film and the Media - Monday, January 24, 2011 – 3:30pm-4:30pm
Panel will examine depictions of LGBT youth in several of this year's Sundance Film Festival films and expand on how those stories relate to the recent media attention of suicide and LGBT youth in crisis. Guests will include Greg Araki (Director/Writer, Kaboom), Dee Rees (Director/Writer, Pariah), Erica Dunton (Director/Writer, to.get.her). Moderated by Rashad Robinson (GLAAD, Senior Director of Media Programs)

* TRANS-Lucent: The Ongoing Evolution of Transgender Images - Tuesday, January 25, 2011 – 4pm-5pm Panel will discuss current depictions of transgender people in pop culture and the media, including the new documentary Becoming Chaz. Guests will include Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Directors/Executive Producers, Becoming Chaz). Moderated by Marc Malkin (Senior Editor/Columnist, E! Entertainment)

Panels will be held at the Sundance Film Festival's Filmmaker Lodge located on the second floor of the Elks Building (550 Main Street) in Park City.

* Cocktails with cineGLAAD
GLAAD will also host a cocktail reception as a networking opportunity for LGBT filmmakers and allies. 'Cocktails with cineGLAAD' will be held at Downstairs (625 Main Street). Attendees will receive a one-year membership to GLAAD and hosted cocktails, courtesy of Bud Light and RÖKK Vodka.


2010 Sundance Film Festival: cineGLAAD

cineGLAAD held a series of panels at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to raise awareness about films with LGBT content and elevate the voices of filmmakers, all towards the goal of bringing these important LGBT stories to wider audiences.

cineGLAAD congratulates the LGBT filmmakers and films with LGBT content that received honors at this year’s Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. cineGLAAD worked to build visibility for films by LGBT filmmakers or featuring LGBT content which were shown at the Park City film festivals.

More info after the jump.

LGBT filmmakers from films such as '8: The Mormon Proposition', 'Contracorriente (Undertow)', 'Howl, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within', and 'Sweet, Sampled and LeftOva' participated in the panel discussions hosted by cineGLAAD at the Sundance Filmmaker Lodge. Many media industry professionals and top-tier press attended and reported on the panels and films involved. Clips from a panel on the film 8 as well as LGBT Mormons and allies featured in the film were also shown on Salt Lake City’s Channel 5 evening nightly news broadcast.

“From documentaries like 8 which highlighted Mormon families embracing their gay and transgender neighbors to stories of LGBT people across the world such as Contracorriente, the images seen in Park City this year will inspire and change perceptions,” said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. “We are hopeful that our work in raising visibility for these and other films will bring more inclusive images to broader audiences.”

The program’s comprehensive listing of more than 20 films by LGBT filmmakers, in addition to all Sundance films featuring LGBT content shown at the Park City film festivals is available at www.glaad.org/cineglaad/films.

Sundance cineGLAAD schedule announced

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization has announced its panels, events and programs for cineGLAAD, a program presented by Abreva and Bud Light, which will take place during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Through these panels, cineGLAAD will raise awareness about films with LGBT content and elevate the voices of filmmakers, all towards the goal of bringing these important LGBT stories to wider audiences.

cineGLAAD has released a comprehensive listing of the more than 25 films with LGBT content or created by an LGBT filmmaker that will be screened during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival.

“Our presence at this major industry event will help amplify the stories of LGBT people that spark dialogue and raise awareness, support and understanding of our lives,” said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. “With networking opportunities and educational panels, we hope that these filmmakers and their stories will bring their works from Park City to the world - and give film audiences a window into the common ground we all share."

cineGLAAD at Sundance

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has partnered with the Sundance Institute for a multi-day programmatic event, cineGLAAD, presented by Bud Light and Abreva, which will take place during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

“LGBT inclusive films and LGBT filmmakers play important roles in bringing images to our culture that educate people about our lives and the diversity of our community” said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. “cineGLAAD will work to bring these stories to Americans by amplifying the voices of LGBT filmmakers and films with LGBT images at this integral film industry event.”

cineGLAAD will be part of the LGBT presence at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Recognizing the importance of advocating for LGBT images at this major industry event, GLAAD with the help of volunteers and staff, including the founder of Queer Lounge, Ellen Huang, will organize and host panels addressing LGBT issues in film and produce some of the signature elements of the Queer Lounge, including a guide to festival films in Park City by LGBT filmmakers or that include LGBT content.

cineGLAAD will act as a forum to the public and press, creating awareness of LGBT films and filmmakers and a central meeting place for LGBT and LGBT-inclusive professionals to make lasting professional connections.
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Previous panels have included Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor (cast, 'I Love Your Phillip Morris'), Christine Vachon (producer, 'Boys Don’t Cry'), Rob Epstein (Oscar-winning director, 'The Times of Harvey Milk'), Lee Daniels and Gabby Sidibe (Director and cast of the acclaimed, 'Precious: Based on the Novel, Push by Sapphire').