The 7th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival will be held 9-16 June, 2012.

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For only one night Tel Aviv Cinematheque will become colorful
Tel Aviv’s leading Drag-Queens:
Kay Long, Ziona Patriot, OSH-REE, and Dorothy Dut
In an unforgettable performance inspired by the film.

We will also hold a costume contest inspired by the world of Cabaret and Burlesque:
The audience is invited to arrive dressed as Burlesque dancers,
a team of judges from the fashion industry will choose a winner based on best costume and performance.
Judges are: fashion journalist Itay Yaacov, fashion designer Yoav Meir, celebs make up artist Yoni Shain, DJ Avital Barak and Tel-Aviv LGBT ICON – Gila Goldstein.

Wednesday, Feb 29, 22:00, Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Advanced tickets are 35 shekels; 40 shekels on day of show
Advance purchase is recommended!
Tickets are available at 03-6060800 ext 0
or at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque Box Office
2 Sprinzak st, Tel-Aviv

Following the contest we will screen the past year’s musical hit “Burlesque.”
Burlesque
Dir: Steve Antin
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Eric Dane, Alan Cumming, Cam Gigandet, Peter Gallagher, Dianna Agron, Julianne Hough

Nominated for 3 Golden Gold awards and winner of best original song. Larger than life divas, Cher and Christina Aguilera join forces for the first time in this cinematic and musical collaboration. Tess is an ex- dancer and the owner of the sexy theater Burlesque. She struggles with an array of economic and artistic challenges to keep the theater alive. Ellie is a young and naive deep voiced girl from a little town in Iowa that dreams to make it big in Los Angeles. She starts working as a waitress but quickly falls in love with the dancing and singing of Burlesque and wants to try her luck out on stage. Will Tess and Ellie manage to save the club from a rich man who is trying to take it over?

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