July 20, 2004

•  [#76] Tokyo International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Goldfish Memory Films

  
  

  Sexual minorities are the subject of celebration and reflection in the 13th annual Tokyo International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival that kicked off yesterday. With a selection of films that considers the diversity of sexuality, the event is intended not only for gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities, but as an introduction to alternative sexuality for the wider public as well. This year's program is divided into five sections: 'Humor', 'Romance', 'Touching', 'Packs a Punch!' and 'Sexy', with films by directors from Japan, North America, Europe and beyond. Ranging from light-hearted comedies to hard-hitting films such as Yossi & Jagger, a sensational 2002 Israeli movie about unintended romance in the armed forces, all films are screened with either Japanese or English subtitles.

  
  

  
  

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  This is what Metropolis said about last week's L&GFF. I spent 2 days and a half there in the theatre experiencing this wonderful cinema paradiso and I felt like WOW! I'm walking on clouds 9! I never watched movies so intensely in my life, good movies, one after one and sometimes I was laughing to death and sometimes crying throughout the whole movie whilst the cast list rolling up untill the next movie is on (of course that was one of the shorts)! And some movies are on DVDs already so I will definitely keep two eyes on that! Check out the site here for Japanese or  here for English, hope you'll have fun there.

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