Ira Sachs directs “Passages,” a film starring Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Franz Rogowski, about a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them begins a passionate affair with a younger woman. It will feature a range of feature fiction and documentary films, as well as a program of U.K.-produced short films and a retrospective of radical American filmmaker Gregg Araki, whose filmmaking is closely associated with the New Queer Cinema movement.Īraki will be in London to attend the screenings and Q&A sessions for “The Doom Generation,” which has been remastered in 4K for an uncensored director’s cut and follows two troubled teenage lovers (Rose McGowan and James Duval) who pick up a drifter (Xavier Red) and embark on a journey full of sex, violence and convenience stores “Three Bewildered People In The Night” follows a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in late-night coffee shops and “Mysterious Skin,” which tells the story of two pre-adolescent boys who both experienced sexual abuse and one becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), while the other (Brady Corbet) retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.Įlsewhere, the festival will present work by filmmakers who explore modern love and identity. Curated by Picturehouse and the Sundance Institute, the 10th edition of the festival is set to take place from July 6-9 July at Picturehouse Central and will showcase 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort in January.
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