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Team Queen is screening at Image+Nation

Image+Nation 20
November 24 2007
Montreal, Canada

Image+Nation, Montreal’s premiere LGBT Film Festival, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

It’s Fall. Back to school, back to life. But just around the corner is some well deserved pleasure: image+nation 20! For two decades, the Festival has proudly presented a crop of the best LGBT-themed and inspired films from around the globe for 11 days of exciting and moving queer images. image+nation, held this year from November 15 - 25 will not disappoint, offering visual treats for all cinematic appetites.

This year’s festival pays homage to two decades of queer filmmakers and filmmaking. After 20 years, what has emerged is an incredible maturation within queer cinema. Now far away from the closet door, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual image-making are moving beyond affirmation to explore the multiple aspects and influences in our lives. image+nation 20 reflects and celebrates this, while taking stock and reveling in classics of the past.

This year our programming includes a roster of compelling and engaging international titles, from such countries as France, Israel, Belgium, Brazil, Hungary, Thailand, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Norway, Korea and Mexico. Some of the exciting highlights include the Québec premieres of :

THE BUBBLE by festival favourite, Eytan Fox (YOSSI & JAGGER)

COMME DES VOLEURS (À L’EST) by Lionel Baier (GARÇON STUPIDE) a graceful story that shifts between sex, family love and adventure with brilliant comic flair.

NINA’S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS, the first narrative feature by Pratibha Parmar, director of JODIE: AN ICON
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Another compelling feature from Jaques Nolot (LA CHATTE À DEUX TÊTES) titled AVANT QUE J’OUBLIE

ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE from Jamie Babbit (BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER)

VIVERE by Angelina Marccarone, director of image+nation 18’s award winner, UNVEILED

SPIDER LILLIES by Zero Chou, Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlin Film festival this year

NO REGRET (Leesong He-il), the first South Korean feature by an out queer director.

A JIHAD FOR LOVE produced by Sandi Dubowski, director of TREMBLING BEFORE G*D

A WALK IN THE SEA: DANNY WILLIAMS AND THE WARHOL FACTORY (Esther Robinson), a fascinating portrait of the Warhol factory and a little know member of the “family”.

ANGER ME (Elio Gelmino) - doc on Kenneth Anger

BLACK WHITE + GRAY : A PORTRAIT OF SAM WAGSTAFF & ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (James Krump)

JOHAN de Phillipe Valois (France_1975) a portrait of ‘70s Gay Paris

PARTING GLANCES de Bill Sherwood (USA_1986) Newly restored 35mm print