We’re excited to premiere Keep The Lights On‘s amazing teaser trailer in advance of our Sundance World Premiere on January 20th in Park City. Eagle eyes may also notice the Berlin Film Festival laurels at the beginning of the trailer, of course. Keep The Lights On will make its European premiere in the Panorama section of the long-running and very prestigious German festival. Since the Berlin Film Festival makes an appearance as a setting in the film, it’s only fitting. We hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Yearly Archives: 2012
American Realness by
For fans of cutting-edge performance and theater, it’s a great time to be in New York, with multiple festivals around town presenting risk-taking new work. Tonight, American Realness, a ten day festival featuring dance, music, performance art, theater, and everything in between, kicks off at the Abrons Arts Center on the LES with Unreal, a show of photography by Michael Hart. Hart has been capturing the lives and performances of many of the artists featured in the festival for nearly a decade. Unreal will also feature a text piece by writer and performer Ryan Tracy in conversation with the photographer. Above, choreographer Jack Ferver, whose show Me, Michelle is one of the highlights of the highlight-filled festival.
Though his portrayal of gay characters is problematic, I still want him to walk me around on a dog leash in his mansion in Atlanta.
—writer, poet, and rock star Brontez Purnell on director Tyler Perry, via Lambda Literary
Director’s Commentary: Ira Sachs on Queer Film by
To my admittedly biased mind, the overlooked movie news story of last year was the return of queer films to some semblance of public (read: crossover) consciousness. Andrew Haigh’s Weekend led the charge, but was equally well-matched by Dee Rees’ Pariah (in theaters now!), Rashaad Ernesto Green’s Gun Hill Road, Maryam Keshavarz’s Circumstance, and Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy. All of these films made a critical and popular splash upon their arrival in theaters this year to the thrill of queer film enthusiasts and filmmakers. Though one might be quick to connect these films’ success to the frequent news stories about gay prejudice, bullying, and human rights, one can’t overlook the fact that each of these films are also well made, stylistically consistent, and created by filmmakers unafraid to tell honest stories that reflect the real lives LGBT people live every day. With Keep the Lights On premiering in just over 2 weeks at Sundance, we’re hoping that this trend continues. Above, KTLO director Ira Sachs discusses the state of queer film today and the link between capitalism and telling queer stories. We’d love to hear your take on the state of queer film today in the comments below!