Here’s the lineup for day 8 of the 31st annual Boston LGBT Film Festival – three great features, including one Oscar-nomnated smash!
THE IMITATION GAME – free screening. Directed by Morton Tyldum. 114 min. UK. Bright Family Screening Room, Paramount Theatre. 7:00 PM
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Language: English
YOU AND I. Directed by Nils Boekamp. 85 min. Germany. Museum of Fine Arts, Remis: 7:PM
Summer in Berlin. Jonas is planning a trip through the little known area of the Uckermark in preparation for a photography project. He invites his best friend, Phillip, to come along. They haven’t met since the time they spent together in London. So they pack up their Mercedes camper and take off across uncharted territory, stopping whenever they see something they like, taking pictures and generally enjoying a laid-back road trip. The fact that Phillip is gay has never been an issue for either of them. When they pick up a hitchhiker named Boris, however, who shows Jonas some interesting spots and starts to make moves on Phillip, the friendship of the two starts to fray. Maybe three’s a crowd after all? By the end of the summer, things between Jonas and Phillip won’t ever be the same again. Language: English/German/Polish
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. 90 min. USA. Brattle Theatre 8:00 PM
For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine. Language: English
Above writeups are from the official festival press release. For complete info on the fest, including the full schedule, ticket and venue info and more, check out the official website at http://bostonlgbtfilmfest.net