Event: gb Film Festival - the 19th festival so far 

Date : Sunday, 30th April 2006

Time: Starts at 2:00 pm
(please be at the venue by 1:45 pm to ensure that you get a good seat and that you are not locked out once the film begins. The auditorium doors are locked once the film starts. )

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, Enter lane opposite Pamposh / Barista.

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

              The PROGRAM

2:00 pm

Mysterious Skin
"The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life.
Five hours, lost, gone without a trace..." These are the words of Brian
Lackey (Brady Corbet), a troubled 18 year-old, growing up in the stiflingly
small town of Hutchinson, Kansas. Plagued by nightmares, Brian believes that
he may have been the victim of an alien abduction. Local Neil McCormick
(Joseph Gordon Levitt) however, is the ultimate beautiful outsider. With a
loving but promiscuous mother (Elisabeth Shue), Neil is wise beyond his
years and curious about his developing sexuality, having found what he
perceived to be love from his Little League baseball coach (played by Hal
Hartley veteran Bill Sage) at a very early age. Now, ten years later, Neil
is a teenage hustler, nonchalant about the dangerous path his life is
taking. Neil's pursuit of love leads him to New York City, while Brian's
voyage of self discovery leads him to Neil - who helps him to unlock the
dark secrets of their past. Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim,
"Mysterious Skin" explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys
who come to find the key to their future happiness lies in the exorcism of
their collective demons.

The film has won 4 Awards for Direction including
Rotterdam International Film Festival,
Seattle International Film Festival &
Bergen International Film Festival

Summary by Sujit R. Varma for IMDB

Directed by: Gregg Araki / 2005 / 1hr 40 min

for reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mysterious_skin/

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Tea Break 

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4:00 pm

Happy Hookers

Directed by Ashish Sawhney / 55 min  / Hindi

Happy Hookers is an independent documentary film (53mts/DVD) exploring
the secret world of male sex workers in Bombay, India.
The film enters the lives of 3 young men who live and ply themselves as sex
workers in Bombay. Bisexual Shakeel has left his rural village and migrated
to Bombay, where he works as an extra in Bollywood, and through his sex
work, seems to have created a new lifestyle. Vicky is effeminate and enjoys
being a woman in the Marathi folk 'tamasha' that he dances in, when he is'nt
being sent by his pimp to customers; Imran is married, works part-time at a
tailoring shop and cruises his neighboring Bandra station for some easy cash
to take home to his family.

The film explores social taboo's regarding homosexuality and the
commodification of sex, as well as throw's light on the fact that men in sex
work occupy an entirely different universe to that of female sex workers.
The differences between the two genders is enormous and reflects on the
spaces that men and women occupy in a patriarchal 'man's world'.
Technically, the film is shot on DV in Mumbai both indoors and outdoors at
varied locations.

Make Ups

a short film by Jehangir Jani - 9 min

The film is about snatches of the lives of three characters living in
Mumbai. It stars Vishwas Kulkarni as Jignesh, a gay man, Preetii Jaiin  as
Aaliya, a prostitute and Zeenat Aman as Nazia, an ageing actress.

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We are happy to inform you that Jehangir Jani and Ashish Sawhney will be there
to present their films and respond to any questions after the screening of their films.
 

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Tea & Samosa Break

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5:45 pm

My Life in  Pink - The film could not be screened because of DVD malfunction

Directed by Alain Berliner/ 1997 / 1 hr 30 min / French with Eng Subtitles

Ludovic is a young boy who can't wait to grow up to be a woman. When his
family discovers the little girl blossoming in him they are forced to
contend with their own discomfort and the lack of understanding from their
new neighbors. Their anger and impatience cave and Ludovic is sent to see a
psychiatrist in the hopes of fixing whatever is wrong with him. A movie that
addresses trans-gender and gender issues in general through the eyes of a
child.

Synopsis by Lenna for IMDB

The film has won 12 Awards including
the Golden Globe
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival


for reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ma_vie_en_rose/
 

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NOTE :

1. The films 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.

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This is a GayBombay (gb) organized event

Rights of admission reserved.