The festival highlighting the work of Ecuadorian queer cinema will take place in New York City on October 16th and 17th at the CUNY Graduate Center.
As in much of Latin America, queer visibility in cinema in Ecuador was mostly negligible during the 20th century. As the new century rolled in, a small but growing number of Ecuadorian filmmakers began weaving in stories where queer characters were the main focus. Often self-financed on micro-budgets under the sphere of stigma, the emergence of queer cinema in Ecuador became a transgressive cry for visibility as much as an artistic expression.
This festival aims to recognize the accomplishments of Ecuadorian queer filmmaking by featuring a line-up of short and medium-length films covering variety of genres such as documentary, narrative and experimental films.
Its line up includes:
Diana Varas (A imagen y semejanza)
Christian Rojas (Chigualo)
Calú Santillán (Inevitable)
Jorge Vega Reyes (El evangelio según Mateo)
Fernando Vieira ( Frenetic journey toward muddledness)
Felix Endara (Alquimia trans)
Daniel Moreno (Memoria 31 trans)
Taller de Comunicación Mujer, Sacha Manchi Escuela de Cine Comunitario, Amazonía de Colores (Intersecciones)
Queer Latitudes Ecuador (Renzo Esposito y Alexander Guano)
and MORE….