THE 8th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN & GAY FILM &
VIDEO FESTIVAL
1999. 07. 15 (Thursday) - 07.20 (Tuesday) , SPIRAL HALL, AOYAMA, TOKYO
Welcome to the 8th Annual Tokyo International Lesbian &
Gay Film & Video Festival.
With our new dates in July, this year's festival hums with the
heat of summer, from sunshine and tanlines to lazy, free-spirited
afternoons. Whether gay classics from the 1960s and 70s or features
hot out of the editing room, this year's lineup of films radiates
sexiness, romance and the adventure of summertime, and the mood
continues with the festival free bar in the lobby and@the Grand
Bal on Saturday night. For this year's festival, we've planned
a lush, luxurious celebration of lesbian and gay culture, We
hope you enjoy it!
Takao Kawaguchi,
Festival Director |
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Hot summer days and
cool summer nights... This year's Tokyo International Lesbian
& Gay Film Festival combines the best of hot and cool, with
a double-bill of award-winning features from the cutting edge
of Hong Kong cinema, a retrospective of Spanish films from the
1970s and 80s, most never before seen in Japan, tributes to some
of queer cinema's most innovative directors, steamy, sizzling
summer shorts and a peek into the wild and wonderful world of
the men's public toilet.
Now in our eighth year,
the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is the
largest and oldest lesbian & gay film festival in Asia, and
saw a combined audience of 8,000 in Tokyo and our sister festival
in Osaka at our 7th annual festival in 1998. Films screened last
year at our Aoyama venue included Werner Schroeter's LOVE'S DEBRIS,
Zhang Yu's EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE (Japanese premiere), Yvonne
Rainer's MURDER and murder (Asian premiere), Su Friedrich's HIDE
AND SEEK (Asian premiere) and Muraishi Masuya's FATHERLESS, currently
playing at Eurospace. The festival has also hosted the Japanese
premieres of such films as JEFFREY, WATERMELON WOMAN and HUSTLER
WHITE, all of which have gone on to theatrical release in Tokyo.
Following on last year's
suite of premieres and filmmaker tributes, this year's festival
brings a strong lineup of lesbian, gay and transgender features
and shorts onto the screen at Spiral. After ringing off with
the powerhousedouble bill of Hong Kong Academy Award-winning
PORTLAND STREET BLUES and BISHONEN, which entranced audiences
at its international premiere at the BerlinFilm Festival this
February, special programming continues with a quartet of Spanish
lesbian and gay features from the decisive years of the 1970s
and 80s, including rarely seen early work from Pedro Almodovar.
Our filmmaker focus series turns the spotlight on directors Sadie
Benning, Oki Hiroyuki (HEAVEN-6-BOX) and Bruce LaBruce (SUPER
8 1/2), last seen in Tokyo at the TLGFF 1997 premiere of HUSTLER
WHITE. Other highlights include the Japanese premieres of Deepa
Mehta's FIRE, which made headlines late last year for its over
whelming reception from Indian women and protests from conservative
groups, new Korean work from the Seoul Queer Film Festival, and
shorts from directors like Mark Christopher (54) and Tokyo's
own Donald Richie.
Venue Support
Spiral/Wacoal Art Centre
Sponsors
United Arrows
AOL Japan
Kirin Seagram
Cooperation
Stance Company
Image Forum
L'Athenee Francaise
White Line
Endorsed by
The Embassy of Spain
The Embassy of Canada
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