Gay Film Festival Research Articles

Western-Centrism and the Global Queer Film Festival Circuit

Since they emerged in the late 1970s, queer film festivals have turned into a global cultural activity. A complex worldwide network of queer film festivals has also formed. This article establishes the framework of the global queer film festival circuit to examine the hegemonic relationships it produces. The global queer film festival circuit comprises top-tier film festivals and second-tier queer film festivals. As the first queer-themed film festival in Asia, the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (HKLGFF) is situated in a subordinate and passive position. Aiming to emphasize the unbalanced relationship among queer film festivals on a global scale, this article argues that due to commercial considerations and the lack of festival resources, the HKLGFF’s programming is dominated by the choices of top-tier film festivals and thus reproduces Western-centrism. Through the analysis of the HKLGFF’s programming process and criteria, it also demonstrates how top-tier film festivals influence the programming of second-tier queer film festivals by dominating the global market of queer films. Overall, this article expands the concept of the queer film festival circuit, addressing the significance of small-scale queer film festivals in the global South to worldwide queer culture as well as the global circulation of queer films.

A Waning Queerscape: The Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

Research Article| October 01 2019 A Waning Queerscape: The Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Qin Qin Qin Qin QIN QIN is a postdoctoral researcher in the Graduate School of Humanities at Nagoya University, where she received a PhD in humanities in 2018. Qin’s research interests are in the areas of film festival, queer theory, and urban studies. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Film and Video (2019) 71 (3): 35–49. https://doi.org/10.5406/jfilmvideo.71.3.0035 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Qin Qin; A Waning Queerscape: The Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Journal of Film and Video 1 January 2019; 71 (3): 35–49. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jfilmvideo.71.3.0035 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Film and Video Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

"Temporary Organizing, Communities & Continuity: Enacting the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival"

This study is concerned with how continuity is achieved within the context of recurrent temporary organization. Our qualitative research, which takes a practice approach, focuses on the ‘London Les...

"Reel Companions: Contemporary Gay Cinema"

Reel Companions:Contemporary Gay Cinema Warren Sonbert [End Page 233] [End Page 234] [End Page 235] [End Page 236] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 14. Friendly Witness (Warren Sonbert, US, 1989) [End Page 237] Copyright © 2015 Wayne State University Press

Gay, Orthodox, and Trembling

In 2001, the documentary movie, Trembling Before God, was played in Jewish and gay film festivals around the world, provoking strong emotional reactions. Trembling Before God comprises interviews with Orthodox Jewish gay and lesbian persons who vividly and movingly describe their struggles to live their lives as observant Jewish people, being faithful at the same time to their sexual desires and their religious tradition. Almost all the people interviewed in the movie expressed mixed emotions: love towards their tradition and attachment to their community of faith, coupled with resentment against a community, which in their eyes failed to respond with understanding to their emotional needs, thus adding to their pain. This article aims to modify the picture portrayed in the movie. The dilemmas and struggles of gays and lesbians who live their lives in Orthodox Jewish communities are indeed real. Orthodox gays and lesbians experience a greater dissonance between their sexuality and the values of their community and therefore face more anxieties and inner turmoils than gays and lesbians who live in more permissive environments. The struggles of gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews, however, are not necessarily greater than those of gays and lesbians who live their lives in other conservative communities. In fact, while it is almost impossible to be a sexually active gay or lesbian and a practicing Southern Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, or Mormon, it is not impossible for gays and lesbians to live their lives in an Orthodox Jewish environment. Amazingly, since the 1970s, thousands of gays and lesbians have given up on liberal environments and joined the ranks of traditionalist Jewish congregations.

London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 29 March12 April 2006

London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 29 March12 April 2006

Queer Publicity: A Dossier on Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals Essays by B Ruby Rich, Eric O. Clarke, and Richard Fung, with an Introduction by Patricia White

The essays gathered here were presented at “Queer Publicity,” a panel organized in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (the New Festival) in May 1998. The panel was held at New York University under the auspices of the Queer Faculty Group conference “Queer Publics/Queer Privates.” This dossier is intended to make visible the critical and cultural work performed by the lesbian and gay film festival sector in a changing media culture.

The 9th New York City Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (The New Festival), June 5-15 1997

Journal Article The 9th New York City Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (The New Festival), June 5–15 1997 Get access Chantal Nadeau Chantal Nadeau Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Screen, Volume 39, Issue 1, Spring 1998, Pages 87–91, https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/39.1.87 Published: 01 March 1998

The organizational shaping of collective identity: The case of lesbian and gay film festivals in New York

Using information gathered during fieldwork on New York lesbian and gay film festival organizations, this paper argues that scholarship on identity has not paid sufficient attention to the organizational mediation of collective identity. The shape of collective identity—how internal instabilities and diversities are accommodated, in this case—depends not only on the emergent characteristics of the “collective,” but also on the resolution of challenges particular to organizational fields. Two very differently conceived lesbian and gay festival organizations, sites at which decision making about collective identity is ongoing and self-conscious, are examined. The analysis traces how each responds to two related tasks: maintaining community legitimacy, which requires racial diversification, and surviving within an altered institutional environment. Rather than imposition from “above” or construction from “below,” the adaptive responses by organizations (to changes in both community expectations and the resource environment) transform the collective identity formulations reaching public visibility.

Dreams of a chef

Critical QuarterlyVolume 37, Issue 3 p. 67-72 Dreams of a chef CHERRY SMYTH, CHERRY SMYTH CHERRY SMYTH is a joumalistlwriter living in London. ‘The Pleasure Threshold’ on lesbian pornography appeared in Feminist Revim, no. 34, Spring 1990. Her book Queer Notions (Scarlet Press, 1992) charts the rise of urban British queer politics. She is the co-director of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies including Vimgo New Poets (1993) and Frankenstein's Daughter (Stride, 1993), and her collection of short stones is forthcoming.Search for more papers by this author CHERRY SMYTH, CHERRY SMYTH CHERRY SMYTH is a joumalistlwriter living in London. ‘The Pleasure Threshold’ on lesbian pornography appeared in Feminist Revim, no. 34, Spring 1990. Her book Queer Notions (Scarlet Press, 1992) charts the rise of urban British queer politics. She is the co-director of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies including Vimgo New Poets (1993) and Frankenstein's Daughter (Stride, 1993), and her collection of short stones is forthcoming.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8705.1995.tb01073.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume37, Issue3September 1995Pages 67-72 RelatedInformation

Muriel

Critical QuarterlyVolume 36, Issue 1 p. 115-119 Muriel CHERRY SMYTH, CHERRY SMYTH CHERRY SMYTH is a journalistlwriter living in London. ‘The Pleasure Threshold’ on lesbian pornography appeared in Feminist Review, no. 34, Spring 1990. Her book Queer Notions (Scarlet Press, 1992) charts the rise of urban British queer politics. She is the co-director of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies including Virago New Poets (1993) and Frankenstein's Daughter (Stride, 1993), and her collection of short stones is forthcoming.Search for more papers by this author CHERRY SMYTH, CHERRY SMYTH CHERRY SMYTH is a journalistlwriter living in London. ‘The Pleasure Threshold’ on lesbian pornography appeared in Feminist Review, no. 34, Spring 1990. Her book Queer Notions (Scarlet Press, 1992) charts the rise of urban British queer politics. She is the co-director of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies including Virago New Poets (1993) and Frankenstein's Daughter (Stride, 1993), and her collection of short stones is forthcoming.Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1994 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8705.1994.tb01020.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume36, Issue1March 1994Pages 115-119 RelatedInformation