TV & Movie / Sep. 10, 2019
The Irish Film FestivalgOJmuTW1e*$#QuU-nXD=H&Lmx&Ng9%Bypy4z4@Qq=@0eE0MxE$ returns to Bangkok next month and, for the first time, it features a program dedicated to LGBT shorts.
The three-day event will tAF&62sC(fj1iQXd(-6li6dNj@zF+Z52UxW1nDcSDYwD2U1gxjdake place at Silom's boutique theater Bangkok Screening Room, not far from the Thai capital’s famous gay nightlife neighborhood.
The festival includes the scre$E@PeP!t^j$eB!8wP-&412QuKzI^tmr61=T4d+1Tlf0xa+cDbXening of six short Irish LGBT films from The GAZE on Tour program.
The selection will present a cross-section of di_mDw)HMHe-yN5c7giyfiMP(N*d7+SZfK4i&VYXc82F+J!eX+pTverse voices from Ireland’s LGBT community.
"The sheer scope in the explG!CtQU*98qr!W4s(vUvlxvy*(UJ2onK=wa#C-#=%$Of)T4oh%loration in themes, concepts and artistic approaches is proof that queer Irish film has come of age” organizers wrote on the Facebook event page.
The Irish Film Festivrcj4rWR2q))tGxz%y$NZOFRYR2tbuZR8obQL6Tkv&S&1ZYIO3-al 2019 runs from October 4 to 6. Tickets to the GAZE program are free.
The films
Breast Friends shares the story of a young runner who questions her sexuality w&$tb4(pHIvU&0yA$k)otGT2Y$kkwhbw8NTMiZ1V!^kc8K1yPlPhen a new girl joins her relay team.
In Thirst, a gay man contemplates feelings of desires, insecurities, and finding love after another disappoi5xO+lpDU44vhh8ennkQ#UyRfybhA0gLpxiLxRW&$0ptr0RwjX+nting hook up.
Wren Boys follows a Catholic priest wTI@FVr-t62$1Vf1_DW2e7s!9p_%b(DPbXkFVfXLTMTvUYPJlriho drives his nephew to prison on the day after Christmas.
Johnny follows a Mtrsu28!yEpY9a8qW!ba(G+w#Vb(uIC+ZI1_&brB#RrM#+jUuCyoung man in the traveller community who is coming to terms with his sexuality.
Cat Calls shows whatg(fMTd*yCd(G_)j6Dta((a0Gy6tKd@HzzC9i-nqAc$%2)-K3vV happens when a sexual predator picks the wrong victim.
The Red Tree is a documenting sharing the little-known stories of Italian gay men exiled to a remote island during Mussolini’s fascist re2Ab3KYF+L7hZlD7mF=jieOcMoGs$NHVhmFQVz(yHfoaJt^K&1Xgime.
