Digital collage: fragmented human torso with yellow cross-like overlay and bright colors
Film still from Ωmega One: of direct(((ive)))s by Ben Rosenthal

Alum Ben Rosenthal in Queer City Film Festival 22

Sept. 16 through Sept. 19

  • by Leah C Theis

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  • Alum Benjamin Rosenthal featured in "mood," the Festival of Queer Performance and Queer City Cinema: Film Festival

Ben Rosenthal (M.F.A. '11) international premiere of his new film Ωmega One: of direct(((ive)))s will be screened on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 pm at mood, the Queer City Cinema FIlm Festival 22.

Ωmega One: of direct(((ive)))s, once removed emerges from intersection of gay tourist “thirst traps” shot in Chapada Diamintina (Igatu, Bahia, Brazil), Grindr longings, and Star Trek Voyager to examine histories of colonialism and desire. Recasting the politically and historically charged landscape of Chapada Diamintina as a “set” for occidental self-exploration, the project leans into the double-bind, and problematic power dynamics of locating and engaging narratives of queerness in spaces in which one may not belong.--Ben Rosenthal

Regina Public Library Film Theatre, 2311 12th Avenue – Lower Level
Regina, Saskatchewan

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Manetti Shrem Art Studio