2020 Q&A Sessions

This year’s festival features several Question & Answer (Q&A) sessions with filmmakers and actors from around the world! Be sure to check them out!

Saturday, October 3, 7PM – CICADA

Special Guests:

Matt Fifer – Writer, Co-Director, Lead Actor (Ben)
Kieran Mulcare – Co-Director
Sheldon Brown – Lead Actor (Sam)
Eric Schleicher – Director of Photography

View the Q&A here.

Click here to read the Chicago Tribune article mentioned during the Q&A session.

Saturday, October 3, 7PM – ALICE JUNIOR

Special Guests:

Gil Baroni (director, producer)
Luiz Bertazzo (writer)
Anne Motta (Lead Actor – Alice)
Emmanuel Rosset (Actor – Jean Genet)
Thais Shier (Actor – Viviane)
Surya Amitrano (Actor – Taisa)

View the Q&A here.

Sunday, October 4, 2PM – WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (Live Q&A after the film @ 3:50PM)

Special Guests:

David France (director)
Maxim Lapunov (subject, torture survivor in Chechnya)
David Isteev (head of the rescue operation in Chechnya)
Igor Kochetkov (activist, director of the Russian LGBTQ Network)

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Sunday, October 4, 7PM – MAKING SWEET TEA

Special Guests:

John Jackson, Jr. (director, executive producer)
Nora Gross (director, producer)
E. Patrick Johnson (subject, executive producer)

View the Q&A here.

Monday, October 5, 7PM – FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO

Special Guests:

Daniel Karslake (director, writer, producer)
Linda Robertson (subject)
Vico Baez (subject)

View the Q&A here.

Monday, October 5, 7PM – BOY MEETS BOY: GAY SHORTS 1

Special Guests:

SOUTH OF HEAVEN: Marco van Bergen (writer, director, producer)
ONE MORE PLEASE: Aleksei Borovikov (writer, director, producer)
NEXT LEVEL SHIT: Gary Jaffe (writer, director)

View the Q&A here.

Tuesday, October 6, 7PM – GIRLS STILL WANNA HAVE FUN: LESBIAN SHORTS 1

Special Guests:

ABBY AND EMILY GO TO PALM SPRINGS: Hellin Kay (writer, director, producer, editor)
FEMINIST THEORY AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE PATRIARCHAL DIVIDEND: Katie Oliver (director), Heather Brawley (writer, producer), Kirstie Munoz (writer), Matt Morillo (writer)

View the Q&A here.

Tuesday, October 6, 7PM – ‘CONNECTICUT CONNECTIONS’ SHORTS

Special Guests:

DIARY ROOM: Brett Epstein (writer, lead actor – Sam)
DREAM HOUSE: David Lally (writer, producer) + Jeff Bemiss (director, editor)
A SPIRIT IN FLIGHT: David Gaynes (director) + Eric Jurado-Diaz (subject)
MAGGIE MYSTERIES: Maggie Cassella (writer, executive producer, lead actor – Maggie)

View the Q&A here.

Wednesday, October 7, 7PM – AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Special Guests:

Jen Rainin (director)
Franco Stevens (Curve magazine founder)

View the Q&A here.

Wednesday, October 7, 7PM – BE TRUE TO YOU: TRANS/NON-BINARY SHORTS

Special Guest:

ORIN & ANTO: Michael Achtman (writer, director)

View the Q&A here.

Thursday, October 8, 7PM – A PERFECTLY NORMAL FAMILY

Special Guests:

Malou Reymann (writer, director)
Wendy Mitchell (interviewer, film festival consultant)

Thursday, October 8, 7PM – THE GIRLS ARE BACK! LESBIAN SHORTS 2

Special Guests:

SUMMER VACATION: Matthew Brennan (writer, director)
WAKE UP CALL: Sivan Noam Shimon (writer, director)
BUTCH: Zoe McDonald (writer, producer, lead actor – Gem) + Holly Austin (writer, producer, lead actor – Tiff)

View the Q&A here.

Thursday, October 8, 7PM – THE BOYS ARE BACK! GAY SHORTS 2

Special Guests:

YOU SAY HELLO: Lovell Holder (director, producer) + Daniel Talbott (writer)
ON THE RIDE: Jeremy Glazer (writer, producer, lead actor – Scott Long)
PUBLIC LIFE: Matthew Allen (director) + Matt Mitchell (writer)
ALTRUISTIC: Emma Edwards (director, producer)

View the Q&A here.