Special Guests
We welcome special guests of the Festival at these film programs.
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Nocturnal
Alfonso Guevara / Special Guests / Mexico / 2017 / 16 mins
Rochester photographer and professor Joe Ziolkowski reflects on his life as an artist and his artworks on the eve of a retrospective solo exhibition.Precedes: Program 26: After Louie
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Program 01: Princess Cyd
Stephen Cone / Narrative Feature, Special Guests, Friday, Oct. 6 / USA / 2017 / 96 mins
When 16-year-old Cyd (Jessie Pinnick, in what should be a star-making turn) comes to stay with her aunt Miranda (Rebecca Spence) at her Chicago home for the summer, she’s looking for an escape. With a depressed father back at home in South Carolina, Cyd is ready for some time on her own.Program 01: Princess Cyd
Little Theatre 1
October 6, 2017 6:30 pm Buy Tickets
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Program 05: Anatomy Of A Male Ballet Dancer
David Barba & James Pellerito / Documentary Feature, Special Guests, Saturday, Oct. 7 / USA / 2017 / 83 mins
Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer is an intimate look into the life of Marcelo Gomes, one of the premier ballet dancers of his generation. As a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater (ABT), Gomes has appeared on the biggest and most glamorous stages in the world. But once the stage lights go down, there is a man of tremendous grace and vulnerability. Like us, he worries about his health, wonders if he’ll find love, and tears up as he discusses family.Program 05: Anatomy Of A Male Ballet Dancer
Dryden Theatre (George Eastman House)
October 7, 2017 1:45 pm Buy Tickets
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Program 14: Speak Your Truth
Kris Erickson / Documentary Feature, Special Guests, Sunday, Oct. 8 / USA / 2017 / 84 mins
The average lesbian coming-out stories tend to look very similar: we were in our teens or maybe our early twenties. We fell for our best friend or had a crush on a teacher. We had to tell our parents. Our best friends. Our siblings. We’d felt that way for a long time, time, but finally decided to act on it and be who we are.Preceded by: A Circle of Diamonds
Program 14: Speak Your Truth
Little Theatre 2
October 8, 2017 3:00 pm Buy Tickets
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Program 15: Hello and Goodbye
Shorts Program, Special Guests, Sunday, Oct. 8 / 96 mins
These dramatic shorts show the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with connecting with another person.In This Program: Please Hold, TommyTeen18, Marz, Sunset, Visitor, Scar Tissue, Sisak
Program 15: Hello and Goodbye
Little Theatre 1
October 8, 2017 3:15 pm Buy Tickets
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Program 21: A Very Sordid Wedding
Del Shores / Narrative Feature, Special Guests, Monday, Oct. 9 / USA / 2017 / 109 mins
Writer-director Del Shores first gave us the wild and zany characters from his film, Sordid Lives, in 2000. Following that, Sordid Lives: the Series aired on LOGO. Now, Shores is back with another installment in the sordid saga, A Very Sordid Wedding.Program 21: A Very Sordid Wedding
Little Theatre 1
October 9, 2017 8:15 pm Buy Tickets
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Program 22: A Million Happy Nows
Albert Alarr / Narrative Feature, Special Guests, Tuesday, Oct. 10 / USA / 2017 / 80 mins
This deeply moving story of a couple confronting the realities of early-onset Alzheimer’s features a fantastic cast led by Crystal Chappell (Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live, and Guiding Light). Chappell stars as Lainey Allen, a soap opera star who’s retiring after 25 years in the spotlight. She and her beautiful partner, Eva (played by Jessica Leccia, One Life to Live, Guiding Light) move into an idyllic seaside home with plans to share the fruits of their labors together, removed from the stress and pressures of daily filming and celebrity life.Program 22: A Million Happy Nows
Little Theatre 1
October 10, 2017 6:00 pm Buy Tickets
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Sunset
Gary Jaffe & Katie Ennis / Special Guests / USA / 2017 / 15 mins
In spring 1942, a young duty-bound gay man must decide whether to serve overseas or stay in New York City with his streetwise lover.
