Jared Earley, Interim Managing Director of
the Provincetown International Film Festival which is celebrating its
16th anniversary and runs June 18th to June 22nd in Provincetown,
Massachusetts talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. This year The Filmmaker on The Edge Award goes to
acclaimed writer and director David Cronenberg (THE FLY, VIDEODROME, A
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE). Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson (PIECES OF
APRIL, FAR FROM HEAVEN) will receive the Excellence in Acting Award.
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Jared Earley, Interim Managing Director of
the Provincetown International Film Festival which is celebrating its
16th anniversary and runs June 18th to June 22nd in Provincetown,
Massachusetts talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. This year The Filmmaker on The Edge Award goes to
acclaimed writer and director David Cronenberg (THE FLY, VIDEODROME, A
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE). Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson (PIECES OF
APRIL, FAR FROM HEAVEN) will receive the Excellence in Acting Award.
Clarkson will accept the award following the opening night screening of
LAST WEEKEND in which she stars on Wednesday June 18th. Debra Winger
(TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED) will receive the Faith
Hubley Career Achievement Award. LGBT film events include the Friday
Spotlight which will be Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler’s COMPARED
TO WHAT: THE IMPROBABLE JOURNEY OF BARNEY FRANK and the Saturday
Spotlight will be LOVE IS STRANGE directed by Ira Sachs. The festival
will close with the North American premiere of Jonathan Demme’s A MASTER
BUILDER. We talked to Jared about this year’s festival and his spin on
our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Earley
stated, “Well you know I really share the festival’s position which is
in sharing so many different stories. Diversity and inclusion are part
of our mission as well as part of our programming and I think this year
really embodies that as much as any in terms of the number of viewpoints
both cultural and chronological that we have on screens. There are
stories of showing how far we’ve come in different LGBT civil rights
struggles as well as how much work is still left to be done. So there’s
much to celebrate and much to talk about as well and on Sunday at the
festival we are hosting a breakfast with panel discussion about the
documentary THE CASE AGAINST 8 which I think is a perfect example of
that and really a perfect way for audiences to get together along with
filmmakers to discuss current issues and how they are portrayed on
film.”
The Provincetown Film Society, Inc. (PFS) is the year-round organization
and home of the Provincetown International Film Festival and the
Whaler's Wharf Cinema. PFS is dedicated to showcasing new achievements
in independent film and honoring the work of acclaimed and emerging
directors, producers and actors. An integral part of PFS's mission is to
contribute to the economic and creative vitality of America's oldest
art colony. This is the eighth year we’ll be covering the film festival
for OUTTAKE VOICES™.
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