Pittsburgh Underground [Queer] Film Festival
EVENT DETAILS
Friday, April 26 – Sunday, 28, 2019
See Times Below / Kelly Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Ave
Presented by REEL Q
PUFF was created by Reel Q to celebrate the creative non-conformity of LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of overlooked and “out-of-the-box films,” workshops, lectures, parties, and panel discussions. The weekend long festival focuses on films by queer women, POC, and under-represented communities.
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TICKETS
OPENING NIGHT: KNIFE + HEART
7:30 PM / FRIDAY – APRIL 26
In the summer of 1979, Paris-based filmmaker Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flamboyant sidekick Archibald. But when one of her actors is brutally murdered, Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.
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SCREENING: THE COCKETTES
1:00 PM / SATURDAY – APRIL 27
Celebrating 50 years since the legendary alt-drag troupe first took the stage in San Francisco in 1969! Digitally remastered in surround-sound and featuring astonishing visuals and outrageous performances, THE COCKETTES is more relevant in today’s genderfluid universe than ever before. The film premiered at Sundance in 2002, this is a re-mastered Cockette-inception anniversary edition.
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ASSEMBLE + PUFF QUEER MARKET & COMMUNITY SPACE
4:30 – 6:30PM / SATURDAY – APRIL 27
Join Assemble and PUFF for our first every Queer Art and Community Marketplace. Support local queer artists and learn about some wonderful organizations working within the community to better the lives of queer Pittsburghers. Come for the makers and stay to sip on drinks, try delicious food, listen to live music, and make new friends. We would like to thank our partner,Assemble, for brining this event into fruition. This is an afternoon you won’t want to miss! This is a free event and open to all ages.
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SCREENING: NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER
7:30 PM / SATURDAY – APRIL 27
Narcissister Organ Player is a hybrid performance/documentary film that explores how ancestral data is stored in our bodies, impacting the lives we lead. On the personal level, the film investigates how the artist’s complex family history compelled her to create the masked, erotic performance character.
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SCREENING: DON’T BE NICE
2:00 PM / SUNDAY- APRIL 28
The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five young African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who pushes them past their personal boundaries to write from a painfully honest place, the poets break down, break through, and compose their best work ever. Will their soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd-pleasers for the title? Don’t Be Nice will encourage viewers to do their own work to understand their friends, neighbors, and themselves.
Screening will be followed by a local slam poets performance, so stick around!
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SCREENING: PITTSBURGH QUEER SHORTS
5:30 PM / SUNDAY – APRIL 28
Join us for unique selection of local short films from queer filmmakers.
Screening will be followed by a panel discussion.