TILGFF celebrates its 22nd anniversary this year. Ahead of the festival in July, there will be “TILGFF One-Day Screening in Spring” during Tokyo Rainbow Week 2013. Come and join us on this special occasion!

■Date
Mon, Apr. 29, 2013

■Venue
Tokyo Women’s Plaza Hall
5-53-67, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
http://www.tokyo-womens-plaza.metro.tokyo.jp/contents/map.html

■Program
●Were the World Mine
Dir.: Tom Gustafson / 2008 / USA / 96min / Language: English (with Japanese subtitles)

Love, real or magical, has never travelled a smooth road
Timothy’s lush musical daydreams are an escape from his miserable high school life. But his fantasies leap to new heights when he’s cast as Puck in the school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and discovers the famous purple pansy love potion. Timothy sees his chance to reshape the world, and make the school rugby jock fall in love with him. Shakespeare becomes a little Shakesqueer when Timothy ensnares everyone around him in musical comedy and errors. With a pop-rock and Broadway soundtrack, and a first-rate cast, Were the World Mine is based on the award-winning short film Faeries by SPEAKproductions.

●Wish Me Away
Dir.: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf / 2011 / USA / 93min / Language: English (with Japanese subtitles)

All her life, Chely Wright hid and suffered. Then she bravely shared her story with us.
Feature-length documentary Wish Me Away is a personal and intimate look at Chely Wright, the first country music star to come out as gay. After a lifetime of hiding, she shatters cultural and religious stereotypes within Nashville, her conservative heartland family, and most importantly, herself. Over a three-year period, award-winning filmmakers Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf followed Chely’s struggle? some of which was recorded on private video diaries? and her unfolding plan to come out publicly. Finally, the film chronicles the aftermath of that decision in Nashville, her hometown and within the LGBT community.

●Japan & Asia Short Cuts

・Quite Ordinary
Dir：Studio LUNCHBOX
2011 / Japan / 16min / Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)

A school boy confesses his romantic feeling for another boy to a highschool teacher, who is a gay.

・ENCORE
Dir：Anthony Lian / 2011 / Taiwan / 32min / Language: Mandarin (with Japanese & English subtitles)

Wishing upon the final stage in his school, a boy tries coming out to his mother.

・TSUYAKO
Dir：Mitsuyo Miyazaki / 2011 / Japan, USA / 25min / Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)

A life story of a director’s grandmother. The film has been screened about 50 film festivals all over the world and awarded 25 prizes.

■Schedule
10:30am-12:00pm  Wish Me Away
12:45pm-14:00pm  Japan & Asia Short Cuts
14:30pm-16:05pm  Were the World Mine

■Prices
Single tickets ￥1,000
Students ￥800
Three-screening tickets ￥2,500

■How to purchase tickets
Advance tickets are available at Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2013 at Yoyogi
Park on Sun, April 28.
Tickets at door are available from 9:30 am at reception in Tokyo
Women’s Plaza Hall.

Participating Artists and Galleries

Cookieboy (cookie artist) / Dokkin Laboratory Gallery / The Nakamura
Keith Haring Collection / Gallery Naruyama / PATER’S Shop and Gallery
/ artist-calligrapher Maaya Sho / photographer Leslie Kee / the
Musical “Rent”

Hours: Sept. 14, 11:00am to 4:00pm
Sept. 15 -17, 11:00am to 8:00pm

Venue: Spiral Garden (1st Fl. of Spiral Bldg.)

Admission: Free

Organized by LGBT ART 2012 Executive Committee
Sponsored by Alfa Romeo
In cooperation with Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Steering Committee, NPO Good Aging Yells

http://jp.alfaromeo-jp.com/campaign/lgbt.html

Consul Linehan married his male partner Emerson Kanegusuke in Canada in 2007 and has often spoken to the media as a representative of LGBT interests.He has also extended to the festival a powerful message of support.
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Film presenter Yumi MATSUSHITA will host the event.
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Ms. Matsushita, who has written on queer films from Southeast Asia in her book In the Forest of Asian Films: a Cinematic Map of the New Century and who, as director and curator of Sintok Singapore Film Festival Tokyo, has brought many LGBT films before the public, will ask Consul Linehan about his reaction to the film and about life in America during the time of Vito Russo.

You won’t want to miss the film or the talk!

For more information on Vito: Program

“Asian Boys Shorts”―these films are youthful and poignant. We’re
putting on screen a handful of short films by Asia’s young,
cutting-edge directors.
Check here for details: Asian Boys Shorts

“Rainbow Reel Competition”―this short-film competition uncovers new
Japanese talent. The top film will be decided by audience voting! Be
sure to come out and participate!
Check here for details: Rainbow Reel Competition

We have previously received messages of support from all kinds of
people and organizations,
but now manga writer and gay erotic artist Gengoroh Takame have added their
names to our list of supporters. Take a look at their messages here.

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We’ve been receiving many messages of excitement and anticipation about this year’s festival, and the organizers of the TILGFF would like to thank you for all your letters of encouragement.
TILGFF would like to ask all the fans and supporters to consider making a donation to help realize this film festival.
The festival has been held 21 times, and is aimed at raising the visibility of LGBT people and spreading the joy of LGBT culture.

The financial struggle to continue holding the TILGFF has always existed. Though dedicated volunteers have been a great help with running the festival and reducing the costs, a certain amount of cost is inevitable. In fact, the TILGFF has been struggling to break even each year.

In order to build up a stable foundation, the organizers are reviewing how to raise funds. One of the challenges this year has been opening a web page to accept donations from fans and supporters. Your contribution will be strictly used to hold the TILGFF, which we hope will be more fun and encourage more participation than ever.

The target goal for this year is 500,000 yen.

Please help spread the word to your friends and the world! Your contribution is needed for the film festival to continue to be able to bring films to make us laugh, make us cry, and finally make us think. Progress toward the fundraising target will be announced on Twitter.

Let’s come together to create a wonderful TILGFF 2012!!
Please see the details below.
How to make a donation … Become a supporter of the TILGFF!!!
We really appreciate your generous contribution and support.

Sincerely,

TILGFF Committee

The schedule has officially announced already. Let’s start planning which the programs you would like to watch.

We are waiting for you coming to the theater.

◇Ticket Pia（Single and Four-screening ticket：8/14～9/12 Spiral pass coupon：8/1～9/12）
　・Website：http://t.pia.jp/cinema/
　・Phone:0570-02-9999
　・Inquiry:Phone:0570-02-9111
You can also purchase at Circle K, Thanks, and Seven-Eleven.

■P code
◇Single ticket：550-180
◇Four-screening pass：464-060
◇Spiral coupon pass ：464-036
※Tokyo International L&G Film Festival is name of the festival at Ticket Pia, not Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

Two comedies that will have you laughing out loud!

“Cloudburst”
The road trip of aging lesbian couple.This witty and romantic comedy explores themes of life, death and love.

“Margarita”
Illegal immigrants as working a nanny in Canada, Margarita, fired and then must go back to Mexico. But she has a girlfriend in Canada. How can she get back her life?

Selections for this year’s 21st Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival are under way!
For details, see “FILMS” on our homepage.

>>>“Cloudburst” 
>>>“Margarita”