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PRESENTING SPONSOR:
PENSACOLA FOO FOO FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL DATES - SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 1, 2023
SATURDAY, NOV 13
TO DECADENCE WITH LOVE [R]
Stuart Sox
Queer, Documentry
This documentary film follows the lives of drag queens Laveau Contraire and Franky Canga as they prepare for a weekend of New Orleans' queer celebration of identity, Southern Decadence. While getting a behind-the-scenes view of "gender fuckery art," we see queer performers challenging social norms and the boundaries of self-expression all while being a part of a rich community of artists.
Brief male nudity and sexual content.
PABLO'S LETTERS
Alberto Suárez
Gay, Drama
Alejandro is a divorced man who lives alone in his apartment. He has a daughter and apparently has or had a relationship with a woman named Mercedes; but he goes trough his quarantine for the pandemic all alone...
Until Pablo's abrupt arrival ...
UNCOVERED: ALL CUNTS ARE BEAUTIFUL
Gio Formenti
Queer, Claymation
UNCOVERED: All C*nts Are Beautiful explores issues such as gender identity, body image, and anatomy, these having been largely misrepresented in mainstream media aimed at cis-het-white men.
FCK: FRIENDS CAN'T KISS
Sarah Young
Queer, Drama, Comedy
When two gay best friends, Ben and Matthew, accidentally sleep together, are they dating? Are they still friends? What’s supposed to happen next? Meanwhile, Leigh’s been doing everything to coerce her long-term girlfriend, Julia, into allowing a third into the bedroom. Unfortunately, Julia’s waited until the last moment to confront her girlfriend about it.
Catfish
Nicholas Linnehan
Gay, Drama
Two men meet up for a casual encounter but what happens when one of them is in a wheelchair and does not disclose this to the other able-bodied male prior to their meeting.
SOMEONE WAITS FOR ME
Council on Aging of West Florida
Queer, Documentary, Romance
The story of five gay and lesbian seniors in the Northwest Florida region as they navigate coming out, identity, politics, and the challenges and victories inherent in the gay experience. The film weaves together interviews with fictionalized interludes of magical realism that capture their experiences and feelings.
JESSE JAMES
Josef Steiff
Gay, Drama
Jesse James traces the moments between a neighbor's phone call and the arrival of the police, when Jesse and his lover test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face not just with what they are losing but with what they have already lost -- when Jesse can no longer save his relationship but only himself.
I AM LOVE
Guilherme Pedra
Bisexual, Drama, Romance
As he struggles to finish an original composition, a young and self-doubting New York musician develops feelings for two other artists of different genders and questions if it’s possible to love more than one person at the same time.
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
Craig Bettendorf
Queer, Documentary
Every day people are born and every day people die. What we’re able to accomplish in our relatively short lives can have a profound effect on others and even on society and the world. These are the stories of some of those who contributed greatly and for whatever reason aren’t exactly front-of-mind in our collective consciousness.
ALONG CAME WANDA
Jan Miller Corran
Lesiban, Drama, Romance
A memory jogged by a teapot from an old lover quickly turns into an adventure of discovery for Mary Beth Higgins and her new found friend Wanda as they hit the road in Wanda's RV/Soup Truck. Along the way they meet guru Daiku and the enticing Laura, a psychic named Davina Moonbeam, a ranch hand Karl and his horse Blaze all the while two friends are falling in love.
SPARKS
Netta Shalev
Gay, Drama
Set in 1994, homophobic Amit returns home; a year after the death of his twin brother, Yoni, who died of AIDS. Amit is surprised to find that his family and Yoni’s former partner are going to a drag show in Yoni's memory.
BEFORE THE ERUPTION
Roberto Pérez Toledo
Transgender, Drama
Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming.
COMPLICATED
Isak Kohaly
Gay, Drama
Itamar, a chubby and depressed young man, returns to his childhood home in the suburbs following a mental breakdown.
As he struggles to get better under the care of his quirky and overprotective mother, old tensions about his sexual orientation arise - especially when he meets Ronen, a handsome lifeguard who leads him to confront his body image issues.
EIGHT MONTHS LATER
Chris McNeany
Gay, Drama
A recently widowed father gets ready to pick up his younger boyfriend at the airport, if he can survive lunch with his son.
Director Panel Discussion
#JUSTANOTHERDEADTRANSWOMAN
Riley Del Ray
Transgender, Documetary
A direct action documentary that addresses the violence and discrimination, with some of the highest homicide and suicide rates in the transgender community.
Director Panel Discussion
SIMPLE AS THAT
Luciana Bitencourt
Gay, Drama, Comedy
Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy's father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
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