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Rainbow Reel Tokyo
Rainbow Reel Tokyo (Japanese language, Japanese: レインボー・リール東京 ''Reinbō rīru Tōkyō''), until 2016 known as Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Japanese language, Japanese: 東京国際レズビアン&ゲイ映画祭 ''Tōkyō kokusai rezubian to gei eigasai''), also known by the acronym TILGFF, is an international film festival for LGBT audiences, held annually in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. The Festival was established in 1992 and was held at Nakano Sun Plaza, 6th Floor (中野サンプラザ６F研修室). The next three were held at Kichijōji Baus Theater (吉祥寺バウスシアター). Since 1996, the Festival has been held in July at Spiral (building), Spiral Hall in the Aoyama, Tokyo, Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo. The 23rd Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival was held July 12~21, 2014, at Eurospace in Shibuya, and Spiral Hall in Aoyama. Awards Rainbow Reel Competition The Rainbow Reel Competition (レインボー ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiral (building)
Spiral, also known as the Wacoal Art Center, is a multi-use building in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, that was designed by architect Fumihiko Maki. It was commissioned by lingerie company Wacoal and completed in 1985. Spiral includes exhibition spaces, a multipurpose hall, cafes, restaurants and bars, beauty salons, and select shops. The defining feature of the building is a seemingly-floating spiral ramp (15 m in diameter) that encircles the rear gallery space and climbs to the second floor. The exterior facade of aluminum and glass reflects the jumbled nature of the surrounding streetscape. The building was selected by the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to s ... for the R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award in 1987. In 2012, the building received t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Bashore
Juliet Bashore (born 31 December 1956) is an American filmmaker. She is best known for her award-winning feature film '' Kamikaze Hearts'' (1986), a pseudo-documentary set in the Golden Age of Porn in San Francisco. Life Bashore studied English literature and film at the University of California, Santa Cruz and received a Master's degree in directing at the American Film Institute’s Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies. She has been nominated for a Guggenheim Fellowship. After her studies, Bashore worked as an intern on George Csicsery’s film ''Television, The Enchanted Mirror'' (1981). She also worked as a producer and associate producer in San Francisco at Target Video, Videowest and video collective Optic Nerve. Her film ''Kamikaze Hearts'' was shot in 1983 and released in 1986. It was based on the lives of two women lovers, Sharon Mitchell and Tigr Mennett, working in the pornography industry in San Francisco’s Golden Age. Bashore met Mennett while workin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for '' Miracle's Boys'', and her Newbery Honor-winning titles ''Brown Girl Dreaming'', ''After Tupac and D Foster'', ''Feathers,'' and '' Show Way''. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, by the Library of Congress, for 2018–19. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2020. Early years Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and lived in Nelsonville, Ohio, before her family moved south. During her early years she lived in Greenville, South Carolina, before moving to Brooklyn at about the age of seven. She also states where she lives in her autobiography, ''Brown Girl Dreaming''. As a child, Woodson enjoyed telling stories and always knew she wanted to be a writer. Her favorite books when she was young were Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together Alone (film)
''Together Alone'' is a 1991 drama film written and directed by P. J. Castellaneta and starring Terry Curry and Todd Stites. Plot Bryan meets a man called Bill in a bar. They go back to Bryan's home and have unprotected sex. Later, they wake up and talk. Bryan discovers that Bill's real name is Brian, and that he is bisexual. They spend hours talking, covering topics including AIDS, sexuality, feminism, role-play and Emily Dickinson. Cast *Terry Curry as Brian * Todd Stites as Bryan Production P. J. Castellaneta directed, wrote, produced, edited and even catered ''Together Alone''. It was made on a budget of $7,000 and shot on 16mm black-and-white film. It was filmed over weekends and evenings in Castellaneta's own apartment. Reception In 1991, the film won the audience award at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. The following year it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Art House Film award at the Berlin International Film Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Lambert
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek ''Sousanna'', from Latin ''Susanna'', from Old French ''Susanne''. Variations * Susana (given name), Susanna, Susannah * Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah * Susann, Suzan, Suzann * Susanne (given name), Suzanne * Susanne (given name) * Suzan (given name) * Suzanne * Suzette (given name) * Suzy (given name) * Zuzanna (given name) *Cezanne (Avant-garde) Nicknames Common nicknames for Susan include: * Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Poosan, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti In other languages * fa, سوسن (Sousan, Susan) ** tg, Савсан (Savsan), tg, Сӯсан (Sūsan) * ku, Sosna,Swesne * ar, سوسن (Sawsan) * hy, Շուշան (Šušan) * (Sushan) * Sujan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehiro Nakajima
Takehiro (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *Takehiro Honda (born 1945), Japanese jazz pianist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese speed skater * Takehiro Koyama, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese chef * Takehiro Mamiya (born 1989), Japanese music producer, better known as Yuyoyuppe , known professionally as , is a Japanese DJ, songwriter, producer, and singer, known for his Vocaloid music. Early life Takehiro Mamiya was born on September 25, 1989, when his parents were expecting a baby girl. He first learned to play the gu ... *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese motorcycle racer See also * 8737 Takehiro, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okoge (film)
is a gay-themed Japanese film written and directed by Takehiro Nakajima, released in 1992. It is also a common slang term. Cast Awards * 1992 Hochi Film Award: Best Actress (Misa Shimizu), Best Supporting Actor (Takehiro Murata) * 1993 Kinema Junpo Award: Best Supporting Actor (Takehiro Murata) * 1993 Mainichi Film Award: Best Supporting Actor (Takehiro Murata) * 1992 The Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Newcomer (Misa Shimizu), Best Supporting Actor (Takehiro Murata) * 1992 Yokohama Film Festival: Best Actress (Misa Shimizu) * 1993 Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor nomination (Takehiro Murata) See also * |
Constantine Giannaris
Constantine Giannaris, also Constantinos Giannaris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γιάνναρης; born 1959), is a Greek film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ..., photographer, actor and author. He is best known for his award-winning feature films ''From the Edge of the City'', ''Hostage'', and his early queer work in Britain. Filmography References External links * 1959 births Living people Greek film directors Greek screenwriters Film people from Athens {{Greece-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Finch
Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch (1 August 1949 – 14 February 1995) was an English film director and filmmaker whose career influenced the growth of British gay cinema. Biography Nigel Finch was born in Tenterden, Kent, the son of Graham and Tibby Finch, and raised in Bromley, south east London. He studied art history at the University of Sussex. Finch began working as co-editor for the BBC television documentary series ''Arena'' in the early 1970s. He produced and directed many notable programs including ''My Way'' (1978), and ''The Private Life of the Ford Cortina'' (1982). He rose to prominence with the documentary ''Chelsea Hotel'' (1981), which profiled the famed New York hotel and its legacy of famous gay guests, including Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, William S. Burroughs, Quentin Crisp and Andy Warhol. His documentary subjects include artist Robert Mapplethorpe (1988), filmmaker Kenneth Anger (1991), and artist Louise Bourgeois (1994). Finch went on to direct films such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Language Of Cranes (film)
''The Lost Language of Cranes'' is a 1991 British made-for-television drama film directed by Nigel Finch. It was adapted for television by Sean Mathias, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by David Leavitt. The film was produced by the BBC for their ''Screen Two'' series, and aired on 9 February 1992. It stars Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker, Cathy Tyson, John Schlesinger, René Auberjonois, Ben Daniels and Nigel Whitmey. Cox was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Synopsis Philip Benjamin is a 20-something middle-class Londoner who works in publishing. Unbeknownst to his parents, Philip is gay and he decides to "come out" to them. His parents are taken aback by the news and his mother, Rose, says that she will need time to come to terms with it. However, the revelation has a far greater impact on his father, Owen, who at first seems accepting of his son's revelation but later begins to cry. Although he has been marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Stigliano
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun Down There
''Fun Down There'' is a 1989 drama film directed by Roger Stigliano. It stars Michael Waite, who co-wrote the script with Stigliano. It premiered at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. It was released onto DVD by Frameline. Plot Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City. Cast * Yvonne Fisher as Sandy * Martin Goldin as Angelo * Nickolas B. Nagourney as Joseph * Jeanne Smith as Judy Fields * Gretchen Sommerville as Greta * Betty Waite as Mrs. Fields * Harold Waite as Mr. Fields * Michael Waite as Buddy Fields Reception Writing for ''The New York Times'', Vincent Canby Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in ... called the film "careful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
