My Super 8 Season is a French, 2005

2005 in film

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 film by Alessandro Avellis

Alessandro Avellis

Alessandro Avellis is an Italian film director.Alessandro Avellis studied film direction in Rome. Since 2000 he lives in Paris. He directed some short films selected and awarded in several international film festivals, of which Lovstori, selected in 1996 at the Sacher festival of Nanni Moretti,...

 that deals with gay and lesbian issues.

Synopsis

In the early '70s, an attractive young Parisian student, Marc, tries to organize students to fight for gay rights. Meanwhile, his best friend, Julie, becomes involved in feminist and class causes. Sparks fly when these disparate groups unite in opposition to the status quo during a heated radio show debate, leading to radical changes…

“My Super 8 Season” is freely inspired by the story of the FHAR, the Homosexual Revolutionary Action Front, and dedicated to its leaders Guy Hocquenghem

Guy Hocquenghem

Guy Hocquenghem was a French writer and queer theorist.-Biography:Guy Hocquenghem was born in the suburbs of Paris and was educated at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. At the age of fifteen he began an affair with his high school philosophy teacher, René...

 and Françoise d'Eaubonne

Françoise d'Eaubonne

Françoise d'Eaubonne was a French feminist, who introduced the term ecofeminism in 1974....

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Crew

• Writing by Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis is an Italian film director.Alessandro Avellis studied film direction in Rome. Since 2000 he lives in Paris. He directed some short films selected and awarded in several international film festivals, of which Lovstori, selected in 1996 at the Sacher festival of Nanni Moretti,...
  
  
• Cinematography by Nicolas Lefièvre
• Music by Stéphane Gérard, Cédric Lédoré, Alex Henon, Jean Soulier, Fabrice Ploquin, Pauline Fraisse
• Edited by Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis is an Italian film director.Alessandro Avellis studied film direction in Rome. Since 2000 he lives in Paris. He directed some short films selected and awarded in several international film festivals, of which Lovstori, selected in 1996 at the Sacher festival of Nanni Moretti,...
  
  
• Art director : Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis
  Alessandro Avellis is an Italian film director.Alessandro Avellis studied film direction in Rome. Since 2000 he lives in Paris. He directed some short films selected and awarded in several international film festivals, of which Lovstori, selected in 1996 at the Sacher festival of Nanni Moretti,...
  
  
• Sound by Eric Buisset, Maxime Déjodé.

Cast

• Axel Philippon: Marc
• Célia Pilastre: Julie
• Roman Girelli : André
• Magali Domec : Marguerite
• Antoine Mory : Stéphane
• Nicolas Quilliard : Le père de Marc
• Thierry Barèges : Vincent
• Jean-Pierre Frankfower : Le professeur
• Nicolas Christin : Le flic en civil
• Nicolas Villena : L'amant de Julie
• Jean-Marc Cozic: Le commissaire
• Rivka Braun : La voisine

2006

• Festival du film gay et lesbien – Brussels (Belgium)
• Da Sodoma a Hollywood – Turin (Italy)
• Vues d’en face – Grenoble (France), Journées du cinema gay – Rouen (France)
• Image+Nation – Montreal (Canada)

2007

• The New Fest – New York (USA)
• Austin Int’l G&L Film Festival – Austin (USA)
• Reel Affirmations
  Reel Affirmations
  Reel Affirmations is a non-profit, all-volunteer LGBT film festival in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1991 and held every year in mid-October, Reel Affirmations is the third largest LGBT film festival in the United States and the largest all-volunteer film festival in the world.-Organization:Reel...
  
  – Washington (USA)
• Corona Cork Film Festival – Cork (Ireland)
• Reeling Int’l G&L Film Festival – Chicago (USA)
• Mix Brasil - São Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro (Brezil)

2008

• Mix Brasil Tour 2008 (Brazil)
• Festival Désirs Désirs – Tours (France)
• Mardi Gras Film Festival – Sydney (Australia)
• London L&G Film Festival – London (UK)
• Melbourne Queer Film Festival – Melbourne (Australia)
• Outfest – Los Angeles 2008 (USA)
• Q! Film Festival – Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya (Indonesia)
• Llamale H - Uruguay Int‘l Film Festival – Montevideo 2008 (Uruguay)
• Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – Seattle 2008 (USA)
• Pride Film Festival – Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban (South Africa)
• Florence Queer Festival – Florence 2008 (Italy)