TFC Films at Outfest!
Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America • Vision Portraits • Sell By • Gay Chorus Deep South • Good Kisser • Changing the Game • The Garden Left Behind • Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street |
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Dear Programmers:
TFC is proud to build upon our unflinching dedication to immigration and refugee issues with our newest film, UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN AMERICA (World Premiere 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival). Powerfully and heartbreakingly detailing the process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US, Tom Shepard’s (Scout’s Honor) inspiring new documentary profiles brave individuals from Syria, Angola, and the Congo willing to go to great lengths to save their own lives, even in an environment that is not always welcoming.
In addition, we’re thrilled to announce our slate of films for OUTFEST 2019, the annual queer film festival in the Hollywood Heart of the world’s film capital. In addition to UNSETTLED, also featured this year are Vision Portraits, Sell By, Gay Chorus Deep South, Good Kisser, Changing the Game, The Garden Left Behind, and a special preview presentation of Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, highlighted by in-person appearances by members of the original Nightmare cast, including Robert Englund himself!
Please email us for screeners for these films or anything else on our slate at festivals@thefilmcollaborative.org.
All best,
The Film Collaborative |
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2019 | USA | 84 min.
Director Tom Shepard
Producers Tom Shepard, Jen Gilomen
Supervising Producer for ITVS Michael Kinomoto
Executive Producer Stu Harrison
Executive Producer for ITVS Sally Jo Fifer
Editor Eva Brzeski
Consulting Editor Jim Klein
Cinematographers Andrew Black, Jen Gilomen, Mike Seely
Music Justin Melland
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ABOUT THE FILM:
UNSETTLED is a feature-length documentary revealing the untold stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution from their home countries and who are resettling in the United States. As new leadership in America continues to demonize immigrants and drastically restrict the flow of refugees and asylum seekers into the U.S., UNSETTLED humanizes a group few people know who are desperately trying to create new and safer homes.
Subhi, a gay Syrian refugee, who, having survived multiple death threats from Islamic terrorists, beatings by a homophobic father, and a nation devastated by war, finds his voice as a leader for refugee rights in the U.S. Cheyenne and Mari, a lesbian couple from Angola, who, having faced brutal harassment from family and neighbors, seek uncertain asylum through the American immigration courts while pursuing their dreams of becoming musicians. Junior, a gender non-conforming gay man from the Congo, struggles to find even basic housing and livelihood while exploring a more fluid gender identity.
UNSETTLED takes place largely in the San Francisco Bay Area, historically a beacon for dislocated LGBT people in the U.S. While cultural narratives of a “queer promised land” still persist, the film asks whether Northern California is even practical as a place to resettle LGBT refugees, especially given the enormous gentrification, increased costs of living, and scarcity of housing in recent years—a set of problems present in many American cities. What are the costs persecuted immigrants pay for seeking refuge in America? And how are everyday Americans stepping forward to help those most in need?
FESTIVALS
2019: San Francisco International Film Festival (World Premiere)
AWARDS
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature (TLV Fest)
FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray
MORE INFO:
unsettled.film
Email us for screeners or streaming links.
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VISION PORTRAITS
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
SXSW (World Premiere), Frameline43 (Outstanding Documentary Jury Award)
VISION PORTRAITS is the personal story of filmmaker Rodney Evans (Brother To Brother, The Happy Sad) as he embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illuminating portraits of three artists: a photographer, a dancer and a writer, the film looks at the ways each artist was affected by the loss of their vision and the ways in which their creative process has changed or adapted.
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SELL BY
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Inside Out Toronto (World Premiere), Frameline
In a city of 8 million people, everybody has a love story. Scott is mired as a ghost painter for a famous artist, while his boyfriend is rocketing to stardom as an Instagram fashion icon. Featuring Scott Evans, Augustus Prew, Kate Walsh, and Patricia Clarkson, SELL BY asks the timeless questions…how do you know who’s right for you, and how do you know when to let go?
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GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH
AWARD WINNER!
Tribeca – Audience Award, Best Documentary; NorthwestFest – Audience Award, Best Documentary; Jury Prize, Best Music Documentary; Pink Apple Zurich – Audience Award, Best Documentary
The film is an instant-classic human rights film, detailing the efforts at community reconciliation undertaken by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus in the wake of the Trump election (trailer).
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GOOD KISSER
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Seattle International (World Premiere), Inside Out Toronto
Jenna agrees to a sexy weekend fling with her materialistic girlfriend Kate and the worldly Mia, but as the night unfolds, Jenna notices discomfiting details about them, and the love triangle starts to crack.
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CHANGING THE GAME
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Tribeca, Telluride Mountainfilm, Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
A groundbreaking documentary that takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens (trailer).
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THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND
AWARD WINNER!
Audience Award—Visions (SXSW), Audence Award—Narrative Feature (Wicked Queer Boston), Audience Award for Best Feature Narrative (Translations), Best of the Fest (Bentonville)
This powerful narrative feature traces the relationship between Tina, a young Latinx trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina's transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.
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SCREAM QUEEN!
MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Cleveland International (Special Advanced Screening), QDoc Portland (Sneak Preview), Inside Out Toronto (Special Sneak Preview), Frameline43 (Special Advance Screening)
Campy and homoerotic, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 has often been called the gayest horror film that Hollywood's ever made. For one young actor, it was a true nightmare, as the homophobic backlash effectively ended his film career—and banished him into Garbo-like exile. This defiant documentary tells the triumphant tale of the "revenge of first male scream queen," while also cautioning today’s LGBTQ community that the nightmare isn’t over (trailer).
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