Guests
Alan Cumming to attend Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Eclectic Tony Award winning actor Alan Cumming (www.alancumming.com), trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and is currently enjoying one of the most fruitful and creative periods in his prolific professional career.
In 2006, Alan returned to London’s West End in Martin Sherman’s Bent, which earned him a Best Actor nomination at the What’s On Stage People’s Choice Awards. Back in the United States he won the Best First Feature at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards for Sweet Land, which he produced and starred in. He also co produced and appeared in Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway which recently hit theaters. Alan’s latest film as a director and star, Ghost Writer, is causing a sensation on the festival circuit, with Alan winning awards at the Phoenix, Birmingham and Provincetown film festivals.
Cumming is also no stranger to Broadway, recently starring as Mac the Knife opposite Cyndi Lauper The Threepenny Opera. Previously on the New York stage Alan played the Pope in Jean Genet's Elle, which he also adapted, and for the Roundabout he has appeared in Noel Coward’s Design for Living and Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, for which he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World, New York Press, FANY and New York Public Advocate’s Awards. In London: Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse (for which he won the TMA Best Actor Award and a Shakespeare Globe nomination), Cabaret (Olivier award nomination), La Bete (Olivier nomination), Conquest of the South Pole (Olivier nomination) and seasons with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre, where he won an Olivier Award for his performance in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (which he also co-adapted).
Among his extensive film work, Cumming wrote, directed, produced and acted (with Jennifer Jason Leigh) in The Anniversary Party, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won a National Board of Review Award and two Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Other films include: X Men 2, the Spy Kids trilogy, Eyes Wide Shut, Emma, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Urbania, Nicholas Nickleby, Titus, Goldeneye, Midnight Snack on the Sundance Channel and Circle of Friends. He can currently be seen starring in the successful miniseries Tin Man on the Sci-Fi Channel. Cumming’s television work includes The L Word and Reefer Madness on Showtime and Sex in the City on HBO. In Britain he wrote and starred in the cult sitcom The High Life as well as many other films for the BBC including Bernard and the Genie for which he won a British Comedy award.
Alan’s activism and charity work for various civil rights and sex education causes has earned him several humanitarian awards including two Human Rights Campaign awards and GLAAD’s Vito Russo media award. He is also the author of a book, Tommy’s Tale, and has recently launched a successful fragrance and body line called - what else? - CUMMING, available at www.cummingthefragrance.com.
Alan recently starred in the Sci Fi Channel mini Series Tin Man, an adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in which he played the character based on the Scarecrow, Glitch. The series debuted to a huge audience, making it not only the top cable mini-series in 2007 but also the most watched event in Sci Fi history! He can currently be seen off-Broadway in the Classic Stage Company’sThe Seagull, starring opposite Dianne Wiest. Alan will next be seen on stage this summer at The 2008 Lincoln Center Festival in the North American Premiere of National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Euripides’ The Bacchae, directed by John Tiffany. Alan will be reprising his role in 13 performances between July 2 – 27th as the seductive, androgynous god Dionysus, son of Zeus and the mortal Semele, which he originated last year in his first return to the Scottish stagein 16 years for the National Theatre of Scotland at the Edinburgh International festival.
Alan Cumming will be visiting Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival with his latest film, Ghost Writer (aka Suffering Man’s Charity), directed by and starring Alan Cumming himself. Also starring: David Boreanaz, Anne Heche, Henry Thomas, Jane Lynch and Carrie Fisher. Ghost Writer is receiving praise from festivals all over the world, and has so far won awards in Phoenix, Birmingham and Provincetown. Read more about Ghost Writer on the film's official site.
We're thrilled to welcome Alan Cumming to Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival!
Brent Gorski and Jay Brannan to attend Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Brent Gorski and Jay Brannan will be visiting OGLFF with their latest film Holding Trevor; a beautiful, funny and compelling tale of love, sacrifice and finding your true self. Read more about Holding Trevor on the film's official site and on Jay Brannan's official site.
Brent Gorski wrote and co-produced the feature film Holding Trevor, in which he also stars as the title character.
He majored in theatre at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, which he followed with a two year stint at the University of Cincinnati’s Arts Conservatory, CCM.
After performing in theatre productions around the globe, including Germany and Japan, Brent moved to LA where he began the transition from stage to screen by starring in a number of independent short films before following in Matt Damon’s footsteps by writing himself a lead part in Holding Trevor.Holding Trevor is set for cinematic release in the US, Germany, France and the UK in the fall of 2008.
Jay Brannan is a singer/songwriter perhaps best known here in Norway as ”Ceth” in John Cameron Mitchell's film Shortbus.
Jay writes and performs his own music, mixing folk and rock with a hint of pop, and writes about hope and bitterness, courage and insecurity, honesty and denial.
He is quickly becoming an internet phenomenon through pages like MySpace, YouTube og Facebook, and he has performed in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cape Town and Tel Aviv. His first album, Goddamned, is set to be released in the summer of 2008.
Holding Trevor is Jay's second feature film, and the character ”Jake” is partly inspired by Jay himself.
We're thrilled to welcome Brent Gorski and Jay Brannan to Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival!
Events
An intimate concert with Jay Brannan
Jay Brannan is perhaps best known here in Norway as one of the lead actors in the fantastic Shortbus, and we are thrilled to have Jay as one of our guest during this year's OGLFF where he'll be presenting his latest film Holding Trevor with Brent Gorski. But Jay is primarily a musician, and we are very excited to be hosting his first concert in Norway!
Jay writes and performs his own music, mixing folk and rock with a hint of pop. He is quickly becoming an internet phenomenon through pages like MySpace, YouTube og Facebook, and his debut album, Goddamned, is set to be released in the summer of 2008.
When: Tuesday June 24 at 9 p.m.
Where: MS Innvik, Langkaia in Bjørvika (opposite the Opera House)
Tickets: NOK 100,-
Tickets available at the Cinematheque in Filmens Hus starting June 19, or at the show an hour before showtime.
For more info: www.jaybrannan.com
Jury
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HEAD OF JURY Ellen Michelsen Ellen Michelsen is a well-known casting director in Norwegian film industry, and has worked with such films as 5 Lies, Pedersen: High School Teacher, Sons, Next Door, I Am Dina, Just Bea og Mirush. |
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Jason Plourde Jason Plourde is the programming director for Three Dollar Bill Cinema which organizes Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Seattle Transgender Film Festival and other film events. Jason Plourde has also directed the documentary Harold´s Home Movies with Sean West. |
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Wibecke Rønseth Wibecke Rønseth has worked as a film editor for 6 years. She has her education from the US and from The Norwegian Film School. Wibecke Rønseth has worked on such films as Max Manus, The Beautiful Country, Izzat og Lønsj. |
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Morten Rudå Morten Rudå has his education from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York and has a degree as a theatre pedagogue from the Oslo National Academy of Arts. He has performed in several plays and musicals in both Norway and the US, and in Bent Hamer's newest film O’ Horten. |
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Per Jørgen Østby Per Jørgen Østby has worked for several years as a producer of reality shows, and recently produced his first feature film; Respekt directed by Johannes Joner. |
THE JURY AWARDS
For the sixth consecutive year Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will be presenting awards for Best feature film/documentary and Best short film. Our jury concists of five film workers who will make their choice among a selection of films in this year's festival. The winners will receive a diploma along with a check for 1000 Euro for Best feature film/documentary and 500 Euro for Best short film. The jury awards will be presented during a ceremony in assosciation with the closing film Savage Grace Wednesday 25 June at 9 p.m.
The following films are in competition:
FEATURE FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:
Love and Other Disasters
Clandestinos
Breakfast with Scot
Vivere
Savage Grace
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Holding Trevor
Ghost Writer
Gender Me
For The Bible Tells Me So
Be Like Others
Spinnin'
SHORT FILMS:
The Saddest Boy In The World
Mommy's House
For the Love of God
Sarah83
The Red Dress
Souljah
THE AUDIENCE AWARD
For the thirteenth time Blikk Magazine is presenting the audience award. Vote for your favourite films! The winner films are presented during the parade show Saturday 28 June at 5.30 p.m. in Pride Park.
