FRUIT FLY plays in Singapore from 7/7 to 7/13!
Wow. It’s a kind of run. Not quite a festival. So exciting to be back in Asia, again. http://www.fridae.com/agenda/4422
FRUIT FLY selected for MIX Mexico
Awesome! MIX Mexico? Damn, I wish I could go. Chucho Quintero of MIX Mexico is translating the movie, right now, which I find super fucking cool. (Have I ever used profanity on this blog? Probably not. Oh, well…) http://www.festivalmix.com.mx/Festival_Mix_Mexico/Horarios.html
FRUIT FLY selected for Newfest: The New York LGBT Film Festival
“Move over, Glee. There’s a new, gayer musical making the rounds.” – Newfest Man, I wish I could go, but I’m stuck with work (which isn’t a bad thing…) and I’ll be going to New York in a couple of months, anyway. http://filmguide.newfest.org/tixSYS/2010/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=1035
FRUIT FLY selected for the Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Wow. The Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. To have a LGBT film fest in Mumbai is a huge deal. What’s ballsy, too, is to call it a queer festival (which I prefer to LGBT). I wish I could be there to see Fruit Fly play in Mumbai. http://www.mumbaiqueerfest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=39&Itemid=64
FRUIT FLY programmed for Closing Night of DisOrient Film Festival
Awesome! One of my favorite festivals took me again for Closing Night (I was there in 2007 for Colma: The Musical when it was also the Closing Night film). I’ve been raving about how forwardly active and aggresively social the festival is to the Colma gang, so I’m glad to be able to attend DisOrient [...]
FRUIT FLY selected for Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival!
Again, I’d go, but I think I might be done going to film festivals until I make a little more money. Until then, I’m a corporate whore. http://tickets.timeoutsydney.com.au/event/5218/Fruit-Fly-23-Feb
FRUIT FLY selected for Reelout 11 Queer Film Festival of Kingston, Ontario
I wish I could go back to Canada for another screening of Fruit Fly, but I’ll have to go some other time. I’ll be working. http://www.reelout.com/Reelout11/filmsEventsFruitFly.php
FRUIT FLY selected for The Kids are All Right: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture
“Infectious and unstoppable, Fruit Fly is all a buzz.” – Steve Seid, BAMPFA How flattering to be included in a program of musicals that chooses one movie per decade to represent youth in music. Here’s the line up: Paint Your Wagon Pennies From Heaven West Side Story Absolute Beginners Bye Bye Birdie Hair Pink Floyd: [...]
FRUIT FLY selected for Hong Kong Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Man, we ALL wish we could go. If I had the money, I’d buy tickets for all of us to go. I’m happy enough knowing we’ve gone into Asia. http://www2.cinema.com.hk/revamp/html/list_detail.php?lang=e&movie_id=4275
FRUIT FLY selected for Austin Asian American Festival
What’s exciting is the chance to reconnect with L.A. Renigen…again…igenagain… I have never met Masashi Niwano, but he sounds like a cool guy, and he’s asked us to perform a song from Fruit Fly, live. I’ll bring my melodica and see what L.A. and I can come up with. http://aaaff.bside.com/2009/films/fruitfly_aaaff2009
FRUIT FLY selected for Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
I have never been, and unfortunately I can’t go this time, either. But the people behind this festival are great and I hope they take my next work. http://rehoboth.bside.com/2009/films/fruitfly_rehoboth2009
FRUIT FLY selected for Chicago LGBT Film Festival
Yes! I’ve heard so much about this festival, and I’m so excited to go. I’m going to run into director David Kittredge (Pornography: A Thriller) and we can catch up since the time we met at Frameline. http://www.reelingfilmfestival.org/fruitfly.php
FRUIT FLY selected for Montreal LGBT Film Festival
“A perky, polished and post-cool operetta with a killer soundtrack and witty lyrics for generation GHB” I wish I could go, if only to meet the person who said that I described myself as “Richard Simmons” meets “Sulu”. http://www.image-nation.org/2009/film-eng.php?date=2009-10-25
FRUIT FLY selected for Hawaii International Film Festival
Hawaii! Aside from the awesome experience of just being in Hawaii, it’s an awesome festival. L.A. will be going, and I wish I could go with her, but I’ll be in Milwaukee for their film festival when HIFF plays Fruit Fly. http://hawaii.bside.com/2009/films/fruitfly_hawaii2009;jsessionid=1868F67B2DC2436FBFAD835F66341612
FRUIT FLY selected for San Diego Asian Film Festival
This is going to be cool. Tricky, but cool. I’ll be flying from Milwaukee to San Diego to meet L.A., Aaron and Mike so we can hang with Mye, Michael and Lee Ann in San Diego. I hope I won’t be too hung over (assuming that I’ll be drinking in Milwaukee…and probably in Toronto, two [...]
FRUIT FLY selected for the Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival
Milwaukee! I’ve never been. I can’t wait to get there and hopefully do some sight seeing. Of course, it’s all the cheesy stuff that I want to do like take a picture with The Bronze Fonz and do some Laverne and Shirley sightseeing. http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/programs/film/lgbtfilm/october22/index.htm#11B
FRUIT FLY selected for Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival!
Yet another festival I can’t attend. Ah, well. Money’s tight, but I’m happy to just get into this festival. http://closetcinema.bside.com/2009/films/fruitfly_hpmendoza_closetcinema2009
FRUIT FLY selected for Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival!
TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL I can’t wait to get to Toronto so I can hang with Romeo Candido, Filipino director of Lolo’s Child and Ang Pamana. I haven’t seen him since HIFF 2006. http://www.reelasian.com/index.php/component/k2/item/31-festival-sneak-preview
FRUIT FLY selected for Savannah LGBT Film Festival!
Damn! I wish I could go! I’ve never been, and it sounds like a fun festival! Plus, San Francisco hottie Joshua Klipp will be performing there. http://www.savannahgaylesbianfilmsociety.com/
FRUIT FLY selected for Fresno Reel Pride!
Fresno? Fres-YES! Ok, I’m cheesily quoting my Fresno friends, but I’m pretty excited to be traveling to Fresno with filmmaker David Lewis of Redwoods. http://www.reelpride.com/index.php?id=58
FRUIT FLY selected for Vancouver Queer Film Festival!
Vancouver! I’m excited to attend the Vancouver Queer Film Festival because the festival director, Amber Dawn, is a performance artist who, instead of programming a related short film before my feature, chose to program a real live performance art piece with two Asian female performance artists, Asa Mori and Little Woo. Awesome. http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/viewshowtime.php?stid=354
FRUIT FLY selected for Rhode Island International Film Festival
RIIFF. The Rhode Island International Film Festival. I remember when Colma went here, it played in an IMAX theater to about seven people (five of whom, I knew) so I’m wondering how Fruit Fly will play. Mind you, I was stoked that Colma played in an IMAX theater. I was just shocked to see next [...]
FRUIT FLY programmed as Closing Night film for NYAFF!
I’m never going to get used to this whole Opening/Closing Night/Centerpiece presentation thing. That must sound arrogant, but it’s from pure humility. I never expected this much attention. I’m overwhelmed! http://www.aaiff.org/2009/06/17/fruit-fly/ I’m excited to attend the NY fest because I get to visit a bunch of old friends that I used to live with. I’m [...]
FRUIT FLY programmed as Centerpiece at Philadelphia QFEST!
Another Centerpiece Presentation! http://www.qfest.com/film-details.cfm?c=225&id=8906 I’m excited about this because I get to go to Philadelphia and see my old friends and family. I wonder if my niece and nephew will remember me. I’m also excited because they told me, on the phone, that I’d be receiving the 2009 Rising Star Award before the first screening [...]
