Frameline is thrilled to partner with guest bloggers from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire during this year's festival! We've invited students from the LGBTQA Studies: San Francisco Travel Seminar at UWEC to share their experiences of Frameline and their thoughts on San Francisco's queer community. As they attend Frameline and experience San Francisco, they will be creating LGBTQ-themed documentaries, as well as vetting films for their second Eau Queer Film Festival in the fall. For more information about the contributors, click here.
“The synopsis behind this film was so powerful to me that I made the conscious decision that I needed to see this film no matter what. Just knowing that these people were forced out of their home countries in order to survive is just heart breaking. This was a film played earlier in the day so the mood in the theatre was somber due to that reason and the heavy heartedness the film possessed. What also made this a unique film to watch was the different languages spoken throughout. Each character was from a different country and fled to European countries and so the amount of culture in the film was very interesting an enlightening, really proved that Europe is more accepting than other parts of the world.” -Kelly Brill
“I enjoyed this short more than all of the other shorts I have screened so far. The direction of the film is easy to follow and the following of four characters seems just right. That way the audience can build a relationship with each story. A pattern I noticed was the repetition of water droplets, on a window, on a body, on a car. Maybe I just think it’s a pattern, but I talked with a few people afterwards and they noticed the same thing. I think this short would be ideal for Eau Claire because of, well, because the topic isn’t too controversial and I found it to be quite intriguing. This film would also be a good choice because while the stories are true, they don’t require such a deep emotional response. In my opinion the absolute best part of the film was at the very end when one of the men is asked why he wants to live his life this way. His response was “who really chooses a life of exile?” This is so true. Many, many people believe that people choose exactly who they want to be, but if we all got to choose would people ever want to place themselves in the minority and go through a life in exile? I don’t think so.” -Katie Johnson