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Final day for Kaleidoscope Film Festival first year

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FSLR Kaleidoscope 2015This is the final day of Kaleidoscope, but there is still plenty to see.

At 12:15 at The Studio Theatre, the film Androids Dream (Suenan los Andoides) will be presented by Fantastic Cinema.  A lo-fi spin on Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” famously adapted by Ridley Scott in Blade Runner.  It is the year 2052, on Earth, in Spain, and the final days of almost everything. The city is a string of abandoned construction sites. Everyday there are fewer people and not all of them are human. A sheep costs four and a half million pesetas and you have to spend a lot of bullets to pay for one.

At 1:30 in The Lobby Bar, the “Time Change: Narrative Shorts” block will be shown.  Included are “Lady of the Night,” “My Personal Art History,” “Nothing,” “You.Me.Bathroom.Sex.Now,” “The Last Girl,” “Intrinsic Moral Evil,” “Life in Colors,” and “Devin.”

The film Driving Not Knowing will be shown at The Studio Theatre at 1:30.  Lee, a drug-addled yet sensitive musician, is in love with Will, an ambitious poet. Volatile and intense, Will is hesitant to make himself vulnerable to Lee’s affection. After a year apart, the two reunite for a weekend at Lee’s home in the country. Not knowing how to be free and connected at the same time, the men struggle to find what they are driving towards.

At 3:45pm at The Studio Theatre, the Center for Artistic Revolution/ Final Draft Student Short Film Prize block will be presented. Included in this are “Some Rainbows Never Gery,” “Water,” “Border Woods,” “Plunge,” “Falling Angels,” “A Kiss From Your Lips,” and “Southern Pride.”

The final film is S&M Sally which will be preceded by the short “Bad at Dancing.” These will be shown at the Studio Theatre at 6pm.  When Jamie finds out her girlfriend Jill has spent time exploring BDSM, her insecurities about falling behind in the bedroom push her to propose that they start going to underground clubs. Identifying as the butch one in a traditional butch/femme couple, Jamie assumes she will take the dominant role in their escapades, with Jill as her submissive, but Jill has ideas of her own. A provocative and hilarious ride, S&M Sally details the unexpected journey that happens when your insecurities push you outside of your comfort zone.

At 8pm, there will be a final party with a champagne toast in the Lobby Bar.

Day Two of Kaleidoscope Film Festival

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THOSE PEOPLE

THOSE PEOPLE

Kaleidoscope continues today with films at two different venues.

At 5pm, the film Those People will be shown at The Studio Theatre.

On Manhattan’s gilded Upper East Side, a young painter, CHARLIE (Jonathan Gordon), finds the man of his dreams in an older pianist from across the globe, TIM (Haaz Sleiman). If only Charlie weren’t secretly in love with his own manipulative best friend, SEBASTIAN (Jason Ralph), who is embroiled in a financial scandal. In the wake of Sebastian’s notoriety, their tight-knit group of friends must confront the new realities of adulthood.

At 6pm at Club Sway Peter de Rome will be screened.
DOCUMENTARY – Pioneering erotic filmmaker Peter de Rome tells his astonishing life story with humour and charm in this surprising and heart-warming documentary – the feature debut of director Ethan Reid.  Spanning more than eight decades of gay experience in Britain and the US, the film charts its subject’s journey from cinematic outlaw to celebrated film icon with contributions from friends and collaborators.  Must be over 18 to attend this screening.

At 7pm, back at The Studio Theatre, the HRC Arkansas Spotlight Feature Game Face will be shown.
The award winning documentary GAME FACE tells the parallel story of Fallon Fox, MMAs first transgender pro fighter, and Terrence Clemens, a young, ambitious and talented college basketball player in Oklahoma, who happens to be gay. Both realize that coming out will be necessary for their own sense of integrity and peace of mind, but the lack of a clear roadmap and the unpredictable consequences instill understandable anxiety and caution. NBA player Jason Collins, NFL player Wade Davis, NCAA Division 1 basketball player Kye Allums and triathlete Chris Mosier also appear in the film.

From 9pm to 10:30pm, the HRC Arkansas Friday Night Party will take place at The Lobby Bar.

At 10:30pm at The Studio Theatre, The night ends with the camp-horror movie You’re Killing Me, which is presented by Fantastic Cinema.

Indiewire called it “a gay horror camp classic in the making.” An intriguing mix of horror, camp and romantic comedy, YOU’RE KILLING ME demonstrates what happens when narcissistic, wannabe Internet star George meets Joe, a monotone serial killer.