Duration: 82 mins
At the end of the screening, a Q&A will be held
Israeli Short Films Competition B
Israeli Short Film Competition D
Duration: 84 mins
Israeli Short Films Competition A
Duration: 65 mins
At the end of the screening, a Q&A will be held
In Conversation with Debra Messing and the Closing Ceremony
20:00 – Red Carpet and Cocktail Reception for ticket holders only, sponsored by Mont Blanc Vodka.
21:00 – Gathering and Conversing with Debra Messing.
Debra Messing is an Emmy Award-winning actress, producer, and human rights advocate, best known for her role as Grace Adler in NBC’s Emmy-winning comedy series “Will & Grace.”
Messing has been honored as one of the world’s greatest supporters of the LGBTQ+ community, both on and off-screen.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has received the GLAAD Media Award of Excellence, the Women in Film Lucy Award, the Gracie Allen Award, and the American Comedy Award.
Messing has been nominated for over 50 international awards, including a Golden Globe nomination.
At the closing ceremony, Debra Messing will be in conversation with Aleeza Chanowitz, discussing her extensive career, her strong connection to the LGBTQ+ community, and her activism.
Host: Gil Naveh
(Approximately 90 minutes, Dress code: Cocktail Attire)
“Holy Wigs” Do Hollywood
Musical show by the famous drag group “Holy Wigs” (Peot Kdoshot), featuring Ido Rosenberg.
Celebrating 20 years anniversary to the TLVfest festival.
Born for You
Please be aware – the screening is NOT in Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.
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A film adaptation of a book by the same name, based on a true story.
We invite you to this moving new Italian film that is also very relevant to the current Israeli reality.
Luca Trapanese is a single Catholic gay man, who in 2017 wants to adopt Alba, a baby with Down Syndrome, who was abandoned at the hospital at birth. In the past, the Italian authorities have denied Luca’ requests to adopt a child or a baby. Alba was left at the hospital while 30 heterosexual families had rejected her. A meeting with a human rights lawyer encourages Luca to appeal to the court in hope they will agree to let him adopt Alba.
Today, thanks to the precedent set by Luca and Alba’s case, Italy allows single men to become foster families. Luca was the first single gay man in Italian history that managed to adopt a child. He didn’t do that to be a groundbreaker or to fight the authorities, he just wanted a family.
In 2017 TLVFest had screened an earlier film by director Fabio Mollo – “Il padre d’Italia”
Clown in a Cornfield
The residents of Kettle Springs can’t catch a break. Nothing has ever been the same since the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down and now a mysterious, grinning figure has emerged from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.
In Eli Craig’s (“Tucker & Dale vs Evil”) newest outing, the real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
Somewhere In Love
After a divorce and a layoff from a prestigious job, 52-year-old Nicole’s life is far from what she imagined. She moves from a bourgeois neighborhood to a poor immigrant housing estate in the far suburbs of Paris and the only light in her life is her 19-year-old son, Serge, but he is fed up with his needy mother whom he can no longer tolerate. Nicole’s situation worsens when her checkbook and credit card are canceled. A meeting with Nora, the owner of the local bar, finally provides Nicole with some comfort. But can Serge cope with the change his mother is going through?
French/Italian cinema icon with Jewish roots, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (star of François Ozon’s films: “The Time That Remains”, “Summer of ’85”, “5X2”) plays Nicole with great passion, while Lubna Azabal (“The Blue Caftan”, “Incendies”) as Nora plays a character full of insight and wisdom.
Gay USA
A restored copy of the first full-length American documentary made by LGBT people about Pride parades in the United States.
In 1977 one of the pioneers of gay cinema filmmakers, Arthur J. Bressan Jr., recruited film crews across the country to document Pride parades in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, and Philadelphia.
The film also includes rare footage from the first New York Pride parade in 1970 and the first San Francisco parade in 1972, as well as interviews with activists and participants. The film illustrates the anger of the LGBT community in the wake of Anita Bryant’s homophobic campaign and the hate crimes against the community that followed. At the same time, the film also illustrates the immense power and importance of the parades.
“Gay USA” offers a spectacular, vibrant, and beautiful collage of an incredible year in history of the gay community. The film conveys a strong message of hope and also of the victorious power of love.
