In honor of the festival's 40th anniversary, Kim Yutani, director of programming, spoke about some of the most important LGBTQIA+ films to debut there.
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Two male teenage best friends embark on a road trip with an older woman who opens them up to their own sexuality in Cuarón’swhich he wrote with his brother Carlos. The film won best screenplay at the Venice International Film Festival and earned an Academy Award nomination for its original script. Cuarón went through the Sundance Screenwriting Lab with his filmTarnationTarnation
Dee Rees’ feature film debut, developed through the directors’ lab of the Sundance Institute, tells the story of a Brooklyn girl, Lee, coming to terms with her sexuality in the face of an unsupportive mother. At the 2011 Sundance it took home the award for excellence in cinematography. “I had programmed the short film ofwhen I was at Outfest,” says Yutani. “I had met Dee Rees, and just knew that she was a special filmmaker.
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