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Giddy Up, Cowboy
Spurs, saddles, and the open plains. Bring your best pair of boots and your hottest pair of chaps to enjoy a series of queer Westerns with us. Stay after the screening for a night of line dancing!
Program:
The Lonesome Pony (dir. Milo Richards, 2023, USA), 5 mins
Inspired by Brokeback Mountain, ‘THE LONESOME PONY’ follows Pony Boy as he glances at a memory he has with a past lover, Qing Blaze, another drag king.
The Bend (dir. Sarah McCarron, 2024, USA), 11 mins
A trans man migrating from Tennessee to Minneapolis gets stranded in rural Wisconsin and encounters a fisherman. Unsure whether he is safe, he ultimately finds help and shared humanity, and makes his way to his chosen family.
Cowboy (dir. Luca Kerr, 2024, UK), 10 mins
Young Transgender man ‘Cowboy’ is run out of his small home town and turns to Glasgow in search of a new beginning. But he is unable to shake the shadows of his past.
I Went Home For Valentines (dir. Claire Moon, 2024, USA), 25 mins
After a decade-long estrangement following his coming out, a man documents his road trip home to reunite with his family, hoping to find what he is missing in his life.
LONELY ROAD (dir. Elo Santa Maria, 2022, USA), 14 mins
When a hitchhiker with nothing but a backpack and a postcard is dropped in a deserted Texas landscape with no way out, a temperamental stranger offers them a ride.
Tumbleweed Town (dir. Samara Halperin, 2001, USA), 8 mins
The animated adventures of “Tonka Tom” a gay plastic cowboy. Hitch-hiking, two-stepping at the local gay bar, and enjoying a campfire with a friend and his trusty dog.
Runtime: 73 mins
Venue
Espace Transmission
Montréal, Quebec H2H 2E8 Canada