New films at the Whistler Film Fest tell LGBTQ2Si+ Stories

*Photo: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed*

This year’s Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is showing some new films that tell LGBTQAI2S+ stories . After successful screenings in Whistler, they’re available across Canada for streaming now until January 2nd.

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (dir. Laura Poitras)

A surprise Golden Lion winner at this year’s Venice Film Festival, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed features rare footage and intimate interviews to provide insight into the life and work of renowned photographer and activist, Nan Goldin. The reviews have been mostly raves, so don’t be surprised if this makes it onto this year’s Oscar list.

OUT IN THE RING (dir. Ry Levey)

Out in the Ring dives into queer identity in professional wrestling, and the history of LGBTQ representation in professional wrestling. The film chronicles some sad and tragic cases of repressed sexuality both in men’s and women’s wrestling. Using a historical timeline starting from the 1940’s and 50’s to the current LGBTQAI2S+ wrestling explosion the film interviews the performers, the fans and writers, exploring aspects of masculinity/ femininity, cultural representation/appropriation, homophobia and self representation/openness.

The Whistler Film Festival Society is a charitable, cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art and business of film by providing programs that focus on discovering, developing, and promoting new talent culminating in the highly respected Whistler Film Festival and Content Summit each December. In all its programs, WFF strives for gender parity, inclusivity and diversity. The Whistler Film Festival Society is situated on the shared unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Lil̓wat7úl (Lil’wat) Nations.