Which is exactly what I did, spending most of last week watching every single one of Sundance's queer offerings (and even a few of its straight ones!).Ĭatalina Saavedra (left) and Jordan Firstman in Rotting in the Sun. But while I am certainly an advocate for a cinema being the ideal place to watch a movie (and am so glad Sundance was able to return to in-person), I was very grateful that the festival also continued its virtual element, allowing press unable to make the trek to access almost its entire lineup from home. Screening in front of live audiences in Park City, Utah this year, it was the first time the festival was able to do so since before the pandemic started. There were a whopping 18 feature films at the festival centred on LGBTQ stories, which accounted for roughly one fifth of its entire program. It was literally the birthplace of New Queer Cinema in the early 1990s, and has since been the first place audiences have laid eyes on films like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Kids Are All Right, Tangerine and Call Me By Your Name (among so many others).īut even for Sundance, this 2023 edition seemed e xtra queer. Sundance - generally considered the world's ultimate showcase for independent film - is no stranger to premiering great LGBTQ movies. Here & Queer We're here, we're queer and we're everywhere, dear: A celebration of the year in LGBTQ culture
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