Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival returns this week for its 38th year. While the festival is all virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their mission hasn’t changed: to provide a variety of premiere films from various queer perspectives across the globe.
A common theme across various films in this year’s festival is coming home—whether it be to come out or to reconnect with family—which is certainly emphasized when watching from one’s own home. Nicolás Teté’s A Skeleton in the Closet, for example, follows a young man who returns to his small hometown to ask his family for money to be with his boyfriend, underscored by the tense emotions of his last visit when he came out to his family as gay.
“It’s interesting to see over the years that certain countries or certain geographic areas start to emerge, or there seems to be kind of a renewal of interest in LGBT topics,” says Webb.
9/24-10/4, reelingfilmfestival.org, All-Access Member Passport $150, Pick 12 Pass $100, Pick 5 Pass $50, $12 per individual screening.
