Queer Film Nights - Spring 2010

identities brings back its popular monthly screenings in the festival's 'off' year'.

Continuing the last year's festival focus on Spanish queer filmmaking the Queer Film Nights present three Austrian premieres of new and exciting filmmaking from the Iberian peninsula.

In February Nacho G. Velilla's CHEF'S SPECIAL allows for a fun exploration of the chaotic goings on in a trendy restaurant in Madrid's La Chueca.

Maxi is a master chef who wants a Michelin star so badly he can taste it. After years of toiling in his chic Madrid restaurant, he feels he’s on the brink of culinary superstardom—that is, until Maxi’s two estranged children show up on his doorstep. Not only are the children grieving over the recent death of their mother, they must now come to terms with their father’s openly gay lifestyle. To complicate matters further, Horacio, a sexy Argentine ex-soccer star, moves in next door, diverting the attentions of both Maxi and Alex, the restaurant’s unstable maître d’. First-time director Nacho G. Velilla’s frothy mix of anarchic comedy and melodrama has earned him favorable comparisons to fellow Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar. Velilla explores dramatic themes of jealousy and fatherhood but leavens most scenes with the farcical antics of Maxi’s stressed-out kitchen staff. Actor Javier Cámara, familiar to American audiences as the nurse in Almodóvar’s Talk to Her, demonstrates extraordinary range with his portrayal of Maxi as a comfortably out-of-the-closet character who tackles complex family issues that transcend mere sexual orientation. After earning raves at its premiere at last year’s Málaga Film Festival, Chef’s Special has become a huge box-office hit in Spain.

Queer Film Nights at the Top Kino
25 - 28 February 2010
at 9 p.m.
Spanish OV with German subtitles

Top Kino Wien
6th district, Rahlgasse 1 (corner of Theobaldgasse)
www.topkino.at

CURRENT RELEASE

[Keine Beschreibung eingegeben]

identities extends its arthouse distribution activities

DISTRIBUTION

identities. DISTRIBUTION, the festival's boutique arthouse distribution arm, is extended it's activities.

The most recent successfull and celebrated release is Katharina Lampert's and Cordula Thym's wonderful documentary
verliebt, verzopft, verwegen
(amorous, antiquated, audacious).
A 2009, 64minutes, German OV and OV with English Subtitles.

A unique and very entertaining exploration of the invisible and untold stories of lesbians living in Vienna in the 1950s and 1960s, and a topic that has never been delt with or shown on screen in Austria's film history.

Awards.
identities 2009. Audience Award - Best Documentary
Special Mention Documentaries Jury Award - QueerLisboa13
Second Place Dokula Audience Award - Lesbian and Gay Film Days Hamburg

Next screenings.
DIAGONALE 2010 - Festival of Austrian Film - in Competition - March
Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - in Competition - April
Intl Women's Film Festival Seoul - April

REPERTOIRE.
Still available for bookings are the following festival titles:

TO FARO (Mein Freund aus Faro), Germany 2008, 35mm, OV
FOOTBALL UNDER COVER, Germany/Iran 2008, 35mm, OV with German ST
KATZENBALL, Switzerland 2005, 35mm, OV with German ST

BOOKING AGENT.
DV8-FILM also handles all PRO-FUN MEDIA titles for Austria. For information on titles please consult www.pro-fun.de

More NEWS coming soon. And the webpage for our distribution section will be available soon.

identities. DISTRIBUTION
DV8-FILM
PO BOX 282
A-1071 Vienna
AUSTRIA/EUROPE
T. +43 1 524 62 74
F. +43 1 522 98 74
distribution@identities.at
www.identities.at