Reel Affirmations 18

Reviews by Tom Avila, Sean Bugg, Kristina Campbell, Todd Franson, Yusef Najafi, Will O'Bryan, Tim Plant and Randy Shulman
Published on October 16, 2008, 12:00am | Comments

Welcome to Metro Weekly's guide to the Reel Affirmations film festival for 2008. There's more than 60 presentations of film and video shorts this year and we've reviewed them all. The organizers at One in Ten have impressed our tough collection of seasoned reviewers this year. Most of the festival's offerings have receiving 4 or 5 triangle reviews! Check out the full schedule below.

Reel Affirmations 18 runs from Thursday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 25, at the following venues:

• AFI Silver (8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; 301-495-6720)
• Goethe Institut (814 Seventh St. NW; 202-289-1200)
• Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Center for the Arts (610 F St. NW; 202-547-1122)
• Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St. NW; 202-328-6000)
• Sixth & I Synagogue (600 I St. NW; 202-408-3100)

For more information, pick up a copy of the Reel Affirmations 18 program guide or visit www.reelaffirmations.org.

Thursday, 10/16/2008

7:00 pm Breakfast with Scot Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $20

Friday, 10/17/2008

5:00 pm The Sensei   Lincoln Theatre Free

7:00 pm   Choose Connor   Lincoln Theatre $10

9:30 pm Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild   Lincoln Theatre $10

11:15 pm Watch Out   Lincoln Theatre $10

Saturday, 10/18/2008

11:00 am Family Day   AFI Silver $10

11:00 am The Birthday (subtitled)   Goethe-Institut $10

12:00 pm Ask Not   Lincoln Theatre $10

12:30 pm Anyone and Everyone   AFI Silver $10

1:00 pm Girl Inside Critic's Pick! Goethe-Institut Free

2:30 pm What to Expect When You Expect You Might Be Expecting: A Guide to Gay Parenting (subtitled)   AFI Silver $10

2:30 pm Sex Positive Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

3:00 pm   She's a Boy I Knew   Goethe-Institut $10

4:30 pm Finding Me   Lincoln Theatre $10

5:00 pm Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project   Goethe-Institut Free

7:00 pm Steam   AFI Silver $10

7:00 pm Voodoo Woman   Goethe-Institut $10

7:00 pm Three Day Weekend   Lincoln Theatre $10

9:00 pm Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon   Goethe-Institut $10

9:00 pm   Boystown Chuecatown   Lincoln Theatre $10

11:30 pm Zombie Double Feature! Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

Sunday, 10/19/2008

11:00 am   In Sickness and In Health Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

11:00 am Lust for Life (subtitled)   AFI Silver $10

11:00 am Quest for the Missing Piece (subtitled)   6th & I Synagogue $10

1:00 pm The World Unseen Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

1:00 pm   Fairytale of Kathmandu (subtitled)   AFI Silver $10

1:00 pm Pursuit of Equality   6th & I Synagogue $10

2:45 pm Making a Difference with Documentary: Out in the Silence     AFI Silver $10

3:00 pm   Mulligans   Lincoln Theatre $10

3:00 pm The Kinsey Sicks: Almost Infamous   6th & I Synagogue $10

5:00 pm When Kiran met Karen   Lincoln Theatre $10

5:00 pm Saturn in Opposition Saturno contro (subtitled)   AFI Silver $10

5:00 pm The Lost Coast Critic's Pick! 6th & I Synagogue $10

6:30 pm The Secrets Ha-Sodot (subtitled) Critic's Pick! 6th & I Synagogue $10

7:30 pm   Times Have Been Better Ciel sur la tête, Le Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

7:30 pm   Pageant Critic's Pick! AFI Silver $10

9:00 pm Antartica (subtitled) Critic's Pick! 6th & I Synagogue $10

9:15 pm Best of the Fest   Lincoln Theatre $10

Monday, 10/20/2008

7:00 pm   Lokas (subtitled)   AFI Silver $10

9 pm   Eleven Minutes   AFI Silver $10

Tuesday, 10/21/2008

7:00 pm Sugar Rush   AFI Silver $10

9:00 pm Between Love and Goodbye   AFI Silver $10

Wednesday, 10/22/2008

5:00 pm Sugar Rush   6th & I Synagogue Free

7:00 pm Funny Girl   6th & I Synagogue $10

7:00 pm   Half-Life Critic's Pick! AFI Silver $10

9:00 pm U People Critic's Pick! 6th & I Synagogue $10

9:30 pm Fabulosity: Men's Shorts   AFI Silver $10

Thursday, 10/23/2008

5:00 pm Ready? OK!   6th & I Synagogue Free

7:00 pm   Dolls Pusinsky (subtitled)   6th & I Synagogue $10

7:00 pm Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band   AFI Silver $10

9:00 pm Drifting Flowers Piao Lang Qing Chun (subtitled)   6th & I Synagogue $10

Friday, 10/24/2008

5:00 pm Lez Be Friends   Lincoln Theatre Free

7:00 pm Save Me Critic's Pick! AFI Silver $10

7:00 pm   On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery   Lincoln Theatre $10

9:00 pm The New World Critic's Pick! Lincoln Theatre $10

9:15 pm Parting Glances   AFI Silver $10

Saturday, 10/25/2008

11:00 am It All Ads Up   Shakepeare's Harman $10

12:00 pm Love Bites: Men's Shorts   Shakepeare's Harman $10

1:00 pm   Through Thick & Thin Critic's Pick! Shakepeare's Harman $10

2:00 pm The Universe of Keith Haring   Shakepeare's Harman $10

3:00 pm Encounters of the Girl Kind: Women's Shorts   Shakepeare's Harman $10

4:00 pm   Derek Critic's Pick! Shakepeare's Harman $10

6:00 pm Affinity   Shakepeare's Harman $10

8:30 pm   Were the World Mine Critic's Pick! Shakepeare's Harman $20