Chicago, IL - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Pride Films and Plays' ninth monthly festival of LGBTQ independent films will be screened on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. The theme for this 91-minute program of ten films is "Summer Shorts." The ten films to be screened were chosen from 105 submissions.
The screening will be held in The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago, beginning at 7:30 pm.
Following this June 12 screening, the festival will go on hiatus and resume in November.
Film titles and descriptions:
HOPELESSLY
Directed by Tony Clemente Jr., USA, 6 min.
Darren is determined to find a connection, no matter how many people he must go through. Explore the day in the life of a queer, polyamorous relationship, in all its awkward beauty.
LONG DISTANCE TRAIN
Directed by Lydia Fama, USA, 5 min.
A living girl and a ghost balance their long-distance relationship.
AT NIGHT
Directed by Nais Graziani, France, 8 min.
A portrayal of two lovers of the night who come to life as night falls.
UNIFORM
Directed by Jeffrey James Keyes, USA, 11 min.
Parents are at odds with what to do when their 6-year old son is sent home from school for wearing a dress.
A STRANGER TO MYSELF
Directed by Jannik Gensler, Germany, 12 min.
A young man attempts to fill his life with sex with strangers.
THE WORLD CAN WAIT
Directed by Deborah Espect, France, 8 min.
Vic is a popular lesbian character in a hit television series. But when the Executives in charge of the show gather to decide her fate, she finds herself having to fight for her survival.
DIX ( TEN )
Directed by Franck Villette, France, 10 mn.
One little guy decided to meet Prince Charming, and then there were two. Then three, then…
SLUT ( PILOT )
Directed by Jose Useche, USA, 6 min.
A promiscuous dancer, tired of his lackluster life, moves from NYC to the Midwest, and finds that the hookup culture he left behind might be very different than the one in his new environment.
RAGE
Directed by Etamar Kadushevitz, Israel, 19 min.
Three stories of gay rage.
NOBODY'S WATCHING
Directed by Emma Hutton, Australia, 6 min.
NOBODY'S WATCHING takes a glimpse into the daily life of a repressed prison warden, until an unexpected turn of events which changed the course of his life.
Monthly series June screening, Tuesday June 12 2018, 7:30 pm
Reserved VIP seats $15.00, General Admission $10.
Tickets available at www.pridefilmsandplays.com or by phone. Tickets available at www.pridefilmsandplays.com or by phone at 773 857 0222 or 866 811 4111.
The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago
ABOUT PRIDE FILMS AND PLAYS
Pride Films and Plays changes lives through the generation of diverse new work ( or work that is new to Chicago ) with LGBTQ+ characters or themes that is essential viewing for all audiences. We accomplish this mission through fully-staged productions, writing contests and staged readings, film screenings, and special events. We foster long term relationships with artists to create programming that is as diverse, unique, and complex as the community we represent. In 2015, Huffington Post called PFP "A powerful and empowering entity." The company acquired its two performance spaces at 4139 and 4147 N. Broadway in July 2016, renaming the spaces the Pride Arts Center.
Pride Films and Plays is supported by The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard Driehaus Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, City of Chicago's City Arts Fund, the Elliott Fredland Charitable Trust, Proud to Run, the AmazonSmile Foundation, Arts and Business Foundation, Tap Root Foundation and Alphawood Foundation.
PFP is a member of the Smart Growth Program of the Chicago Community Trust. Pride Films and Plays is a member of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and The League of Chicago Theatres.
For more information, visit www.pridefilmsandplays.com or call 1.800.737.0984 .
ABOUT PRIDE ARTS CENTER
Pride Arts Center ( PAC ), operated by Pride Films and Plays, opened in 2016 and consists of two performance spaces: The Buena at 4147 N. Broadway which has 50 seats and The Broadway at 4139 N. Broadway which has 85 seats. PAC has become an important part of the arts environment in the Buena Park neighborhood and beyond by hosting events including After Orlando, Bechdel Fest, SheFest and the 525,600 Minutes Cabaret. Additional tenants in 2017 include Walkabout Theater, New American Folk Theater, Cor Productions, Underscore Music Theater, 20% Productions, About Face Youth Theater, Another Door Productions, and of course Pride Films and Plays.
For more information about space at Pride Arts Center, visitwww.pridefilmsandplays.com .