Welcome to our fresh, frisky and fearless ninth season!
As the new festival director of Fairy Tales, I am so impressed with the devotion and fabulous energy that long-time board members, volunteers, sponsors and patrons extend to Fairy Tales and I promise that our programming committee hasn't disappointed this year.
We have strived to dedicate this year to reflect Calgary's new diversity and also to put a greater emphasis on representing those members of our queer community that are often further marginalized even by their own community – the trans and bisexual members of our family. Many of our programmers are Fresh to the festival and really do represent a wide cross-section of the cultural and queer spectrum.
Have fun and get Frisky this week with films like our exciting gala opener, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Sexual (Dis)Orientation Stories or the Guilty Pleasures Gay Grindhouse, but also step out on a limb and take in a more Fearless screening like our Trans World Tales or our spotlight on Jean Genet.
Make sure you give a true Calgarian welcome to our out of town guests and our stellar line-up of screenwriters and filmmakers including; Bruce LaBruce, Pat Aylesworth, Laura Ralph, Adam Garnet Jones, Jamie Travis, Sasha Van Bon Bon, Lukas Blakk, Roewan Crowe, Jana Williams and Istvan Kantor.
Enjoy the films, revel in our parties and patronize our loyal sponsors and advertisers!
See you at the movies.
Matt Salton
Festival Director