KIKI
Co-writer, Participant | Feature Documentary | 2016 | Story, Hard Working Movies
A group of LGBTQ youth who comprise the "Kiki" scene prepare for and perform at fierce and exuberant ballroom competitions in NYC.
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FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2016 Sundance Film Festival (Official Selection, US Documentary Competition)
2016 Berlinale (WINNER of the Teddy Award for Best Documentary and Essay Film)
2016 Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm (Opening film)
2016 Goethe Institute, Lagos, Nigeria
2016 Sarasota Film Festival, Florida
2016 Ambulante Film Festival, Mexico
2016 Full Frame Festival (New Docs Selection, WINNER Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights)
2016 Montclair Film Festival, NJ
2016 Red Bull Music Academy Festival, NYC (Opening Film)
2016 Luminor, Paris, France
2016 Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2016 Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival
2016 Transatlantyk Festival, Lodz, Poland
2016 CPH DOX, Denmark
2016 Torino LGTB FF, Italy
2016 Documentarist Istanbul Docu Days, Turkey
2016 TLVFest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
2016 TLV Fest, Tel Aviv
2016 Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto (Closing film and gala)
2016 Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
2016 Sheffield Doc Fest, UK
2016 Frameline, San Francisco (Opening Film)
2016 BAM Cinemafest, NYC (Official Selection, Special Event, Outdoor Screening)
2016 Sidney International Film Festival, Australia
2016 Ciclo Rosa, Cinematheque Bogota, Colombia
2016 Durban IFF, South Africa
2016 Frameline LGBT, San Francisco, USA
2016 Transatlantyk Film Festival, Lodz, Poland
2016 Festival MIX Milano, Italy
2016 Outfest, Los Angeles (WINNER Emerging Filmmaker Award; Centerpiece film)
2016 Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland
2016 Outfest, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Melt! Festival, Ferropolis, Germany
2016 GAZE Films Festival, Ireland
2016 Melbourne IFF, Australia
2016 Damn These Heels Festival, Utah
2016 QFest Houston
2016: Sidewalk Film Fest, Birmingham AL (WINNER Best SHOUT! Documentary)
2016 Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2016: Long Beach QFilm Festival (WINNER Best Documentary)
2016 Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Hong Kong
2016 Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland
2016 Wotever Film Festival, London, UK
2016 Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
2016 Nürnberg das Internationale Filmfestival der Menschenrechte, Germany
2016 Luststreifen – Queer Film Festival Basel, Switzerland
2016: aGLIFF, Austin
2016: Out on Film, Atlanta
2016 Glitch Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 Queer Porto FF, Portugal
2016 Rio International Film Festival, Brazil
2016 QueerFilmFest Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2016 QCinema International Film Festival, Philippines
2016 Filmfest homochrom, Köln, Germany
2016 Queerfilm Festival Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2016 Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, Germany
2016 Seoul Pride Film Festival, South Korea
2016 Filmfest homochrom, Dortmund, Germany
2016 Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine
2016 Porn Film festival, Berlin, Germany
2016 Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt, Weiterstadt, Germany
2016: Milwaukee Film/Video Festival
2016: Eau Queer Film Festival
2016: Queersicht Film Festival, Switzerland
2016 Paris LGBT Film Festival « Cheries Cheris », France
2016 Screening at the Berlin Voguing Out Festival, Germany
2016 Queersicht FF, Bern, Switzerland
2016 Scanorama IFF, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016 Queerstreifen Münster, Münster, Germany
2016 Queer-Streifen Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
2016: Scanorama Int'l Film Festival, Lithuania
2016: Brussels Pink Screens, Belgium
2016: Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast
2016: Transition Festival, Vienna
2016: Fringe! Fest, London
2016: Festival Explicit, Montpellier, France
2016: Queer Film Festival, Munich, Germany
2016 Festival MIX Brazil, Sao Paulo
2016 Brussels Pink Screens, Belgium
2016 Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, London, UK
2016 IDFA, Netherlands
2016 Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast, UK
2016 Transition Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
2016 Queer Film Festival München, Munich, Germany