CRA July 2005 Events


OutFest

Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Los Angeles

OUTFEST 05 AND CRA PRESENT:

- BUTTERFLY (WU DIE) -

- A Gay-themed New Feature Film From Hong Kong -

This Year, Like the Past, CRA is collaborating with Outfest, the Premiere L.A. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. This Is a Fabulous New Film From Hong Kong, Shown First Time in L.A. Area. Check Out www.Outfest.org for More Info. Let's Attend This Film to Show Support of This Festival and the Making of Great Films Such As This.

 

- Sunday July 10 @ Directors' Guild of America 3:30 pm

    7920 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood

    Parking: Street and DGA Parking Lots

- Sunday July 17 Gay & Lesbian Village 2:30 pm

    1125 N McCadden Place, Hollywood

    Parking: Street and its Lot

For More Info on Parking, Directions, Tickets, etc, Please check out OUTFEST.com or Call 213 480.7065 Mention That You Are a Member of CRA & Get a Discount

For CRA connections, call 562.697.7336


ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PRIDE COUNCIL PRESENTS:

FILMS AT OUTFEST

MEMBERS GET A $2 DISCOUNT (PLEASE MENTION THE COLLABORATING ORGANIZATION WHEN PURCHASING TICKETS TO GET THE DISCOUNT)

Please contact Outfest at by calling the Box Office: (213) 480-7065.

 

Formula 17
Date and Time Venue Tickets
Fri Jul 8, 9:30 pm DGA 1 $12.00  
 
DIR: D.J. Chen, SCR: Rady Fu, Taiwan, 2004, 35mm, subtitled, 93 min.

This rambunctious romance is set in a modern Taipei teeming with cute gay boys looking for love. Does new-kid-in-town Tien stand a chance with No. 1 heartbreaker Bai? All bets are off in this valentine to friendship and romance in a bubblegum world of invincible queer optimism.


AFTER-PARTY: Fubar

IN COLLABORATION WITH: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER PRIDE COUNCIL

SPONSORED BY: Residence Inn by Marriott Hotel

 
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Tropical Malady (Sud Pralad)
Date and Time Venue Tickets
Sat Jul 16, 7:15 pm DGA 2 $12.00  


DIR: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, SCR: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2004, 35mm, subtitled, 114 min.
Thai lovers Tong and Keng don’t always know where they stand with each other. When Keng travels into the wilderness, he encounters a ghost in the form of his naked lover who entices and endangers him. TROPICAL MALADY is an avant-garde, visually stunning fever dream of forbidden love you won’t easily forget.
 



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Butterfly (Hu Die)
 
Date and Time Venue Tickets
Sun Jul 10, 3:30 pm DGA 2 $12.00  
Sun Jul 17, 2:30 pm Village $12.00  
DIR: Yan Yan Mak, SCR: Yan Yan Mak, Hong Kong, 2004, 35mm, subtitled, 124 min.

This erotic and stunning melodrama follows the metamorphosis of Flavia, a beautiful 30 year-old schoolteacher who leads a comfortable life in Hong Kong with her husband and child. When she meets Yip, a sexy, free-spirited younger woman, her latent desire for other women is reawakened - along with the memories of her first love, a feisty lesbian activist.
 

IN COLLABORATION WITH: CHINESE RAINBOW ASSOCIATION
 


 

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The Journey (Sancharram)
 
Date and Time
Venue Tickets
Tue Jul 12, 9:30 pm Laemmle Monica $12.00  
Sat Jul 16, 11:00 am DGA 2 $12.00  


DIR: Ligy J. Pullappally, SCR: Ligy J. Pullappally, India, 2004, 35mm, subtitled, 107 min.

Beautiful and taut, this is the first Indian film since Deepa Mehta’s FIRE to seriously and sensitively portray a lesbian relationship. Kiran and Delilah become friends as children and, as young adults, find themselves undeniably attracted to each other. Courage and strength are the survival tools in their forbidden romance.
 


 
SANTA MONICA DINNER AND A MOVIE SERIES:
Border Grill, 7/12

IN COLLABORATION WITH:
ASTRAEA LESBIAN FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE and SATRANG