South African Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival, Out in Africa (OIA), returns this year after it was closed down last
year due to financial woes. It will hold from Wednesday, May 28 through Sunday,
June 1, at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, Johannesburg and The V&A Waterfront
in Cape Town.
The festival, which celebrates the
fight against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, is supported
by the country’s National Film and Video Foundation, the Goethe-Institute and
Graton Guest House, 6 Spin Street Restaurant as well as 8333 members and 700
MySchool contributors.
HVP gathered that German Director,
Jan Soldat will be in attendance to present his documentaries, “Weekend in
Germany” and “The Incomplete.” Soldat invites audiences to venture behind
closed doors with a touching documentary double-bill which explores people’s
deepest fears and desires.
“Kill Your Darlings” is slated to
open the festival. It’s a biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the gay
Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Directed by John Krokidas, the film follows the story
of a murder investigation involving Ginsberg, his classmate Lucien Carr and
fellow poet William S. Burroughs.