Special Events

Opening Night With Tom Tykwer's New Film "3"

May 5, 2011 - 6:30pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
From the renowned director of Run Lola Run, Perfume, and The International comes a raw and engaging look at a love triangle. 3 is a film that marks Tom Tykwer’s return to German cinema and his home territory of Berlin and it is clear that it has done him a world of good. Please join us for the New England Premiere of this remarkable film.

This screening will be taking place in REMIS AUDITORIUM.

Co-presented by The Goethe-Institut Boston More info

eCupid Cambridge Opening Night Film.

May 6, 2011 - 6:00pm, Brattle Theatre
We are proud to present the world premiere of J.C. Calciano's new film eCupid. J.C.'s last feature film Is it Just Me? was a smash hit at last year's festival and we are honored to be hosting the world premiere of his new film at the Brattle.

We are also celebrating our Cambridge opening night with the city mayor, the Honorable David P. Maher, will be in attendance. Filmmaker and actors will be present as well. And please join us at OM after the screening to celebrate the start of the festival! OM is at 92 Winthrop Street in Harvard Square. More info

A Queer History of the United States: Michael Bronski Lecture

May 8, 2011 - 12:00pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Local author Michael Bronski will give an hour-long talk on his new book A Queer History of The United States. Please join us for this pre-release event.

Michael Bronski is senior lecturer in the Women's and Gender Studies Program and in the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications. His book Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps won a Lambda Literary Award in 2003.

This screening will be taking place in ALFOND AUDITORIUM.

This event is free and tickets are first come, first served. Books will be available for purchase More info

A Very Special Sneak Preview of Mike Mills' Beginners

May 8, 2011 - 6:30pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Please join us for this very special sneak preview screening of Beginners.

This screening will be taking place in REMIS AUDITORIUM.

Director Mike Mills will be in attendance. Check out the director's blog here More info

Go Go Crazy

May 11, 2011 - 6:30pm, Machine
How far will you go for $1000? These contestants will stop at nothing to win the hottest Go Go boy contest in Philadelphia. From the producer, director, and writer of THE BIG GAY MUSICAL comes this crazy mockumentary about a GO GO boy contest to beat all contests! You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll want to head to the bar for a cocktail!

We are very excited about our inaugural screening at Machine! Join us on Go Go Wednesdays for a little go go action on screen and then in real life! TICKETS FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE $10 AT THE DOOR! More info

Closing Night Film: A Special Screening of The Night Watch

May 15, 2011 - 6:30pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
We close out the 27th annual festival with a very special New England premiere screening of the BBC adaptation of Sarah Water’s acclaimed novel Night Watch, a tale of lost young Londoners whose lives are inextricably linked via their wartime experiences.

This screening will be taking place in REMIS AUDITORIUM.

Our closing night screening is co-presented by the History Project. They will be projecting scenes of LGBT Bostonians during WWII on screen prior to the films screening. More info

The Green: Celebrating Contemporary Cinema at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

September 23, 2011 - 6:30pm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plese join us for a very special screening of The Green to celebrate contemporary cinema and the opening of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. More info

Special Halloween Screening! Area Premiere of Unhappy Birthday

October 24, 2011 - 7:00pm, Brattle Theatre
Join us on October 24th for a special Queer Halloween! We'll be screening the area premiere of Unhappy Birthday directed by Mark Harriott and Mike Matthews.

Inspired by British horror cult classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror!

British TV hunk David Paisley co-stars in this sexy, creepy tale of a young man and his secret gay lover who conspire to surprise their friend Sadie on her birthday. Arriving for their getaway on the remote isle of Amen — Rick, Jonny and Sadie meet the mysterious Corinne. This wild queer British thriller has been compared to such cult classics as The Wicker Man and Let’s Scare Jessica To Death

Filmed entirely on location in Northumberland in the North East of England and on the stunning tidal island of Lindisfarne, Unhappy Birthday is led by a young British cast, including David Paisley (Holby City, Casualty) Jill Riddiford (Our Friends in the North), Christina De Vallee and Jonathan Keane, with a cameo by trash horror legend David McGillivray. More info