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March 2017
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? – SJFF Gay Gezunt! LGBTQ Film
About the Film: A gay Israeli is torn between freedom in exile in London and returning home. Special Guest: Director Barak Heymann live Skype intro/Q&A. Pre-film Performance by members of the Seattle Men’s Chorus (10 min) Having been barred from his conservative kibbutz in his wilder youth, Saar, a gay Israeli from a religious family, took refuge in London, where he lives and loves freely. Now 40, he’s has a good job, a loving boyfriend, and has found a supportive…
Find out more »October 2017
BPM screening at TWIST Film Festival
A blaring air horn signals an immediate sense of urgency at the start of writer-director Robin Campillo’s epic, heart-wrenching love story of courageous, resilient people who fought for our very existence. Based on his life as an ACT UP activist in the early ’90s, Campillo draws on his personal relationships and experiences fighting pharmaceutical companies for the release of new life-saving protease inhibitor drugs against the backdrop of fear and indifference from thegeneral public and government. The camera whirls from…
Find out more »Alaska is a Drag Screening at TWIST Film Festival
When Leo (Martin L. Washington Jr.) isn’t throwing fish guts at his day job in a cannery or caring for his twin sister Tristen (Maya Washington), he moves gracefully from stage to ring as both an aspiring drag queen and promising boxer. Set against the scenic backdrop of rural Alaska, writer-director Shaz Bennett’s feature debut builds on her festival-favorite short film of the same name. With entertaining musical interludes and a strong supporting cast that includes Matt Dallas, Christopher O’Shea,…
Find out more »Saturgay Morning Cartoons at Twist Film Fest
Wear your onesies, bring your blankies, and come early to enjoy the vegan-friendly cereal bar for an assorted mix of adorable and passionate animated films. Screening: IN A HEARTBEAT THE NIGHT CLEANER VIOLET AND JUNE TITS. OPEN RECESS HALF A LIFE QUEER HEROES BLACK ENUF* HI, IT’S YOUR MOTHER FOR THE BEST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Find out more »Three Dollar Bill Cinema Showcase at TWIST Film Festival – Free!
Check out the latest work from our Reel Queer Youth summer filmmaking program, the TWIST 3-DAY Filmmaking Challenge, and the inaugural edition of the Blanket Fort Films Motion Picture program. Guests in attendance! Total running time: approximately 60 min. with filmmaker Q&A to follow. This event is FREE. There will be no tickets sold. Seating is first-come, first-serve. More info: http://3dollarbillcinema.org/twist2017-calendar/2017/9/15/three-dollar-bill-cinema-showcase CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS Films playing in this showcase: RQY BEHIND-THE-SCENES: SEATTLE & TACOMA…
Find out more »Closing Night! Freak Show at Twist Film Fest
“Transvisionary gender obliviator” Billy Bloom (a pitch-perfect Alex Lawther, THE IMITATION GAME) decides to run for homecoming queen, despite hordes of conservative classmates at his high school devoted to football and Jesus. Nothing will stop his wardrobe and sense of style from being utterly fabulous, as much as everyone might try. Squeaky-clean cheerleader Lynette (Abigail Breslin, Scream Queens), in particular won’t let up on her religious tirades. Billy’s inspirational mom (Bette Midler) used to encourage his quirks and eccentricities, but…
Find out more »December 2017
An Evening with Auntie Mame!
Three Dollar Bill Cinema makes the yuletide gay with the return of this fabulous holiday tradition! Soiree begins at 6:30pm, and the film starts promptly at 7:30pm! ("Don't tarry, or you shall be late!") Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse will set the festive spirit, as you enjoy a sparkling beverage, delightful bites, music, photo opportunities, and a special performance before the film. Celebrate the season with AUNTIE MAME, the beloved 1958 film starring the incomparable Rosalind Russell. Always armed with a colorful…
Find out more »March 2018
Opening Night Gala “Maktub” מכתוב #SJFF
Two Jerusalem mob enforcers turn into unlikely secret angels after surviving a bombing at a restaurant they were shaking down. Reformed, they begin fulfilling the wishes of people’s purloined notes in the Western Wall while evading their suspicious mob boss in this funny and touching caper. • 7:30 PM Doors and Happy Hour (cash bar) in the AMC lobby before the show. • 8:30 PM Welcome & Film: General Admission • Post-film Tom Douglas Dessert Party
Find out more »The Cakemaker האופה מברלין LGBT Screening #SJFF
Kol HaNeshamah has long been a proud sponsor of films at the annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival. This year, we present "The Cakemaker:" A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem after his Israeli lover dies. Once there, he gets a job as the pastry chef at a café owned by his lover's widow, who has no idea that they share an unnamed sadness over the same man. Thank you for supporting this celebration of Jewish and Israeli life, culture, identity,…
Find out more »October 2018
TWIST 2018: The Most Dangerous Year
THE MOST DANGEROUS YEAR Vlada Knowlton; 2018; USA; 90 min. Did you know that The Advocate proclaimed 2016 as the most dangerous year for transgender Americans? That year, anti-transgender laws known as “bathroom bills” were on the ballot in our very own state, throwing the safety of the transgender community—and public ignorance surrounding their identities—into the spotlight and into the voting booth. Seattle-based filmmaker Vlada Knowlton, whose youngest daughter is trans, teamed up with Gender Diversity, a community organization supporting…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Tracing Desire Shorts Program
2018 TWIST: TRACING DESIRE SHORTS PROGRAM Desires rise to the surface in this eclectic collection of provocative and at times explicit queer short films from around the world. Deaf Friendly Films: MARGUERITE Marianne Farley; 2017; Canada; 19 min.; in French with English subtitles A diabetic woman in her seventies learns to make peace with herself and her repressed sexuality after befriending her caretaker. --- JUST PAST NOON ON A TUESDAY Travis Mathews; 2018; Brazil/USA; 22 min.; in Portuguese with English…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Shakedown
SHAKEDOWN Leilah Weinraub; 2017; USA; 71 min. Leave your inhibitions at the door as the queens of SHAKEDOWN break it down for you in this festival circuit favorite. For 15 years, LA’s underground nightclub Shakedown created a haven for African-American lesbians to worship at the altar of Egypt, Jazmyne, and a team of gorgeous dancers assembled by founder Ronnie Ron. Director Leilah Weinraub’s mixtape-inspired love letter blends over a decade of explicit performance and backstage video footage with present-day intimate…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: #20GayTeen Shorts Program
TWIST 2018: #20GAYTEEN SHORTS PROGRAM Whether you’re in the city or the country, whether you’re rich or poor, we all share the experience of growing up queer. Films: SHARE Barna Szász & Ellie Wen; 2018; USA; 13 min. Tim, an 18-year-old Instagram influencer with thousands of followers, still struggles to come out to his family. --- POP ROX Nate Trinrud; 2017; USA; 14 min. On the night that Jesse is going to reveal her crush to her best friend Roxanne,…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Mapplethorpe
MAPPLETHORPE Ondi Timoner; 2018; USA; 102 min. Guest in attendance: Director Ondi Timoner Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith (Prince Philip of The Crown and Dr. Who) traces Mapplethorpe's rise to fame —his life, loves, friendship with Patti Smith, and endless passion for photography and his subjects. Robert Mapplethorpe’s photos of New York’s underground gay male BDSM scene, male nudes, female bodybuilders, and bound-up penises helped fuel the notorious culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s. Bold and beautiful, this biopic follows…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: White Rabbit
WHITE RABBIT Daryl Wein; 2018; USA; 71 min. Vivian Bang (YES MAN, Sullivan & Sons) delivers an extraordinary performance as Sophia, a Korean-American performance artist living in LA and struggling with her recent breakup. When she meets free-spirited photographer Victoria (Nana Ghana), she discovers a strong connection developing. The only problem is…are her feelings reciprocated? This quirky dramedy based on Bang’s own performance work burrows into the rabbit hole of love and self-expression. https://www.facebook.com/events/1543909885710430/
Find out more »TWIST 2018: The Drag Roast of Heklina (film)
THE DRAG ROAST OF HEKLINA (film) Co-Presented by Five Senses Reeling & REVRY Cheyenne Picardo; 2018; USA; 78 min. Heklina scheduled to attend! Enjoy or flee this filmed insanity, where the queens are bringing down The Queen herself. Starring Heklina aka Stefan Grygelko, founder of San Francisco’s infamous drag show Mother (formerly known as Trannyshack), this filmed roast is a no-holds-barred catfight. The panel includes Jackie Beat as the host and other terribly bad dragons, including Julie Brown (CLUELESS), Peaches…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Two in the Bush: A Love Story
TWO IN THE BUSH: A LOVE STORY Laura Madalinski; 2018; USA; 97 min; Northwest Premiere Guest in attendance: Laura Madalinski After a painful breakup and sudden unemployment, bisexual Emily is looking for a new life. She moves in with her best friend Rosa and finds a job working for a local dominatrix, the very hot Nikki. Not only is Nikki a curiosity but so is her boyfriend Ben, and it dawns on Emily that she wants to date both of…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: The Gentleman Bank Robber
THE GENTLEMAN BANK ROBBER: THE LIFE STORY OF BUTCH LESBIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER RITA BO BROWN Julie Perini; 2017; USA; 46 min. ; Northwest Premiere Imprisoned for petty theft, rita “bo” brown was radicalized in prison. Once released, she robbed banks in Seattle as a member of the George Jackson Brigade, a Pacific Northwest underground revolutionary group, evading capture by being continually misidentified as a man. Chronicling her life and work as a political and prison reform activist, this captivating portrait…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Saturgay Morning Cartoons Shorts Program
TWIST 2018: SATURGAY MORNING CARTOONS Get your jammies on and pour yourself some Froot Loops for this adult-oriented collection of animated shorts that will entertain and inspire. Guests in Attendance! Content Warning: Non-Explicit Sexual Situations and Nudity Films: BUTTON OUT! Kathleen Mullen; 2018; Canada; 4 min. The history of the LGBT movement, as told by activists. --- FLASH FLOOD Alli MacKay; 2017; Canada; 6 min. Thoughts on the transgender experience—from those who know it firsthand. --- MANIVALD Chintis Lundgren; 2017;…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Evening Shadows
EVENING SHADOWS Sridhar Rangayan; 2018; India; 102 min.; in Hindi with English subtitles; Northwest Premiere Guest in Attendance: Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali A mother’s love for her son is the glue that holds this moving family drama together, despite strict social mores and a bigoted father that threaten to tear them apart after Kartik is pressured into coming out. Old traditions still thrive in small-town southern India, and Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code made homosexual acts punishable by…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Strowlers
Ben Dobyns & L. Gabriel Gonda; 2018; USA; 40 min. In this open-source series filmed in Seattle, magic is real—and it’s getting stronger. Some fear it; others risk their lives for it. Our heroine Whit enlists the help of “strowlers” (who want to keep magic free) to protect a charmed young girl. Meanwhile, her girlfriend Amanda is developing a magic-hunting device for the government! Can true love survive such unlikely circumstances? Filmmakers and fans worldwide have contributed to this unique…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Paternal Rites
PATERNAL RITES Jules Rosskam; 2018; USA; 82 min.; Northwest Premiere Part road movie, part experimental animation, part found-footage collage, PATERNAL RITES takes its inspiration from podcasts like This American Life and Radiolab and filmmakers such as Jenni Olson and Marlon Riggs to deeply explore the American family and its false dreams of normalcy. By painting a portrait in fragments, filmmaker Jules Rosskam creates an extraordinarily intimate examination of the relationship between trauma and memory, the structuring power of absence, the…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: 50 Years of Fabulous
50 YEARS OF FABULOUS Jethro Patalinghug; USA; 2018; 82 min.; Seattle Premiere The Imperial Council, founded in San Francisco in 1965, is one of the oldest, most influential LGBTQ organizations in the world, played a pivotal role in advocating for LGBTQ rights and shaping gay culture. Unfortunately, most LGBTQ people are unaware of these brave men and women, including Imperial Council founder, activist and performer José Sarria, who fought for the rights they enjoy today. In 50 YEARS OF FABULOUS,…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Anchor and Hope
ANCHOR AND HOPE Carlos Marques-Marcet; 2017; Spain; 112 min.; in English and Spanish with English subtitles Living on a riverboat on London’s picturesque Regent’s Canal, a bohemian lesbian couple—boat remodeler Kat (Natalia Tena of the HARRY POTTER series) and part-time salsa instructor Eva (Oona Chaplin of Game of Thrones)—find themselves on a bittersweet journey of love when they decide to start a family. They ask Roger, an itinerant old college friend from Spain, to donate his sperm. One problem: no…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: The Coming Back Out Ball
THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE Sue Thomson; 2018; Australia; 82 min.; US Premiere Go down under in this grand tribute to LGBTQI seniors as they are invited to a celebratory ball in their honor during the contentious marriage equality debate in Australia. Often forced back into the closet in care facilities—or simply assumed to be heterosexual after they turn grey—this cast of wildly colorful characters share their fascinating life stories with insight and humor. Determined to come back out…
Find out more »TWIST 2018: Still Waiting in the Wings
STILL WAITING IN THE WINGS Q. Allan Brocka; 2018; USA; 109 min.; Northwest Premiere There’s no business like show business in this extravagant sequel to WAITING IN THE WINGS: THE MUSICAL. Q. Allan Brocka (BOY CULTURE, EATING OUT) revives all the camp and whimsy of his prior films, showcasing starving actors (returning WAITING stars Jeffrey A. Johns, Adam Muss, and Lee Meriwether, as well as Joe Abraham) still trying to hit it big and make the leap from The Café…
Find out more »December 2018
An Evening with Auntie Mame
Don your gay apparel and join us for AN EVENING WITH AUNTIE MAME, a fundraiser for Three Dollar Bill Cinema! 6:00 PM | Screening of AUNTIE MAME at AMC Pacific Place 8:45 PM | Holiday After Party at EVEN Hotel Seattle Come make merry after the film with us at EVEN Hotel Seattle’s courtyard terrace, where you will enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer, and cider. Signature jello shots featuring Tito's Vodka will be available for purchase. Golden Ticket, Wine…
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