Reeling 2010: Across Lesbian Borders (shorts)

This international program features women from all over the globe entering new phases of their lives and exploring relationships they’d once considered foreign. From a posthumously-repaired mother/daughter relationship to a guerilla graffiti artist romancing a beautiful police officer, these newly forged paths in life are the least certain and the most exciting. Across Lesbian Borders Total: 80 min. Vellas (Carlos Prado Pampín, Spain, 2009): Love, passion and sex are not exclusively for the young. This is the story of a forbidden love between two women in their golden years in a small Spanish countryside village. After Lunch (Depois do Almoço) (Rodrigo Diaz Diaz, Brazil, 2009): While their husbands are busy with football, two wives share their fiery dreams with each other while locked away in a dark closet. Hyacinthus Lullaby (Pizmon LaYakinton) (Na’ama Landau, Israel, 2009): When a downtrodden daughter’s cold and distant mother dies prematurely, she makes one last attempt at reconciliation. Lady Pochoir (Petra Clever, Germany, 2010): Bike courier by day, graffiti artist by night, Yv decorates the walls of her dreary city—but her life becomes complicated by the competing interests of an art publisher and a policewoman. Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, is presenting 54 programs over 10 days from November 4-13, 2010. Advance sales are available until the day before the show. After that, tickets must be purchased at the theater box office on the day of the screening. Regular Screenings: $10 ($8 members), Matinee Screenings (before 5:00 pm): $8 ($6 members).

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