Event: gb Film Festival - Sept 2004 -  the 12th festival so far 

Date : Sunday, 5th Sept. 2004

Time: Starts around 1:30 - 1.45 pm

Venue: 
Conference Room,
National College,
Linking Road,
Bandra West
Mumbai 400 050

Directions
It is about 10 minutes walk from Bandra Station or minimum rickshaw fare. Almost at the beginning of Linking Road, Opp Pamposh Restaurant.

Contribution : Entry is free. The event is entirely sponsored by GayBombay. However individual voluntary contributions are welcome. 

FILMS to be SCREENED : 

Boys Life 4 : FOUR PLAY - 40 min / US / 2003
This popular series of compiled short films about modern gay life gets its fourth installment with BOYS LIFE 4: FOUR PLAy. From this collection we screen 2 short films of a combined duration of around 40 min.
(a) Brian Sloan's BUMPING HEADS - a bittersweet tale about an older man who gets involved with a troubled twentysomething. 
(b) Eric Mueller's THIS CAR UP - an imaginatively filmed exploration of the budding attraction between two opposites in an office building elevator

        &

Many People Many Desires - documentary by V.Jaishri for Sangama / 40 min
The film is really comprehensive - we get a full picture of the queer community (mostly, though not all Bangalore based) from lesbians, gays, transgendered people, hijras, kotis. The communities shown also cut across all classes and language groups.
A very pleasant surprise is how many of the people shown let themselves be filmed openly . . . .
For the full review by Vikram click here  

       ~~~  1st Tea Break - 15 min ~~~

Strawberry & Chocolate -  105 min / Cuba- Spanish / 1993
This acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film set in Cuba follows the unlikely friendship between David (Vladimir Cruz), a naive young college kid, and Diego (Jorge Perrugoria), a flamboyantly gay writer. At first David balks at Diego's anti-Castro leanings (which have grown especially strong in the light of the government's suppression of homosexuality), but finds irresistible Diego's access to American contraband (magazines, alcohol, etc.). As the friendship develops, however, he emerges from his uptight conservative background to acquire a broader, more liberating view of life. 
Combining drama with a bit of humor, this film provides a light, but realistic look at the Cuban Revolution, government persecution of marginalized groups, and the tendency of human kindness to overcome hardship.

NOTE :

1. The films will are excellent original copies on DVD & VHS.
2. The films are NOT pornographic. Only good, clean gay films.
3. GB as a support group, has created this comfort space/event for gays, many of whom may be "newbies" (those still coming to terms with their sexuality and who have mustered courage to come for such a meeting for the first time). So we request you to be sensitive to the comfort levels of others attending this event and behave and dress accordingly.