Feedback from the Audience Awards

A number of Out Takes filmgoers took the time to offer some feedback about the films at Out Takes 2006.

Here are all the comments we received (names and other identifying information have been removed).

We also received a number of useful suggestions for retrospective screenings - older films to bring back on 35mm for future Out Takes festivals.

See our FAQs page for some responses to the frequently asked questions such as the availability of titles on DVD, why some films can screen only once etc.

Feedback

Thanks for organising the film festival. This year I am very touched by 2 films: A Love to Hide, and Loggerheads. I hope you will bring in more films like these two which leave so much to feel and think about after you walk out of the movie theater.
Is Loving annabelle going to be released on DVD? Thanks.
Bummer that you showed the second screening on loving anabelle on the same night as flirt the lesbian club night!! <on the saturday> other than that - a job excellently well done as always! and I loved seeing saving face instead of loving anabelle - though I am still very keen to see loving anabelle at some stage.
Good selection of films. I wish there were more daytime screenings.
Thanks for organising a great event. Not so happy Fiji as a choice of destination for the prize, as they are so homophobic.
Chris, Kris And I was the best short film I saw.
Fantastic programme this year - thank you!
Loved marisco's beach, really hope it turns up on dvd at alices. when i'm 64 was beautiful and gets my vote for sheer heartmelting sweetness. lots of great films, well done organisers! :-) x
Can't wait for the next film from the director of Boy Culture.
I thought When I'm 64 is one of the best gay films I have ever seen. Very good story line and acting. A great film.
Thank you for all the staff of OUTTAKE! I had a great time because of you!
Great films, but the venue in Auckland had no Lesbian and Gay posters or icons. There was no obvious evidence anywhere in the cinema complex that the Gay/Lesbian Film Festival was taking place. Before some of the movies, there was the usual very straight muzac playing. If we have to have music before the films start, why can't it be queer too to support the ethos of the film festival. The cinema should be more culturally sensitive and outwardly supportive of the festival taking place within its facilities.
Unveiled - beautiful. Is there a sequel?
Very even handed, thank you for all the hard work.
It was the better year for me, i usually see 6 or more movies and i thought this years were great.
Outstanding festival. Except for FAQs (How did it get in?) an outstanding standard of movies.
They were all pretty good. I really liked having the director of Left Lane at the session. The short films I saw were not too bad either.
I enjoyed overall the variety of films & I could only get to a few as i work in TV & i couldn't get outa filming or editing most nights, but what I saw I enjoyed just for the sheer Queerness of it... thanks.
Great festival keep up the good work.
Good variety. Not enough time to get to all I wanted to see (work work work).
Loved them all - A love to hide is the first film that has made me cry in a while. Thanks to all involved.
The opening night film should have been Mariscos Beach, and on opening night in Wellington the error of screening of the 'Love Is...' ad when the singer was on stage was really bad! But no one else probably noticed :P
Was disappointed that A Love To Hide had only one showing in Auckland, missed it but apparently excellent.
Quality of docos not so high this year. Also suggest splitting vote on Narrative features between comedies & dramas. Found it difficult to choose in that context.
Excellent standard of films this year, thanks a lot!!
Fantastic selection - great to see more female orientated films this time round. Well done team!
Kia ora koutou, great to see quite a few docos on the political aspects of queerness, gender and difference. Films like left lane, aggressives, and tomboys, plus the knockout - excellent selections. I felt this was a better festival than previous years because of this political content. Thanks for your work.
A Love to Hide is truly an amazing film. One of the best Ive ever seen.Why it isnt far more well known is beyond me. Should have been at academy awards. A privilege to be one of the few likely to get the chance to see it.
A Love to Hide - one of the best films that I have ever seen and deserves to become a classic. The poigniancy and horrors will be relevant in years to come. Will the film be released in DVD format for general purchase?
The number of gay films seemed to be a bit slim this year.
Seemed to be more Lesbian movies this year (not really interested much, as I'm a guy)but they were on at times I would have liked to see a "male" movie..just a personal (selfish) observation. Otherwise a good range of genres for all tastes (I missed Fun In BOYS shorts, so it may be nice next year?)

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Retrospective Suggestions

Here' a selection of the film suggested to us as retrospectives i.e. older films that we can bring back to New Zealand for screenings in 35mm format.

Not all of these films will be available in 35mm format unfortunately but most of them are.

Another Country (Dir: Marek Kanievska, UK, 1984)
Beautiful Thing (Hettie MacDonald, UK, 1996)
Before Stonewall (Dirs: John Scagliotti, Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg; USA; 1984)
Calamity Jane (Dir: David Butler, USA, 1953) (Sing along version)
Crush (Dir: Alison Maclean, NZ, 1992)
Death of a Nation (Dir: Michael Pollak, USA, 2005)
Eating Out (Dir: Q. Allan Brocka, USA, 2004)
Edge of Seventeen (Dir: David Moreton, USA, 1998)
Formula 17 (Dir: Yin-jung Chen, Taiwan, 2004)
Hamam: The Turkish Bath (Dir: Ferzan Ozpetek, Turkey/Italy/Spain, 1997)
Head On (Dir: Ana Kokkinos, Australia, 1998)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Dir: John Cameron Mitchel, USA, 2001)
High Art (Dir: Lisa Cholodenko, Canada/USA, 1998)
It's In the Water (Dir: Kelli Herd, USA, 1997)
It's Not Unusual: A Lesbian and Gay History (Dirs: Cheryl Farthing, Ian MacMillan; UK; 1996)
Jeffery (Dir: Christopher Ashley, USA, 1995)
L.I.E. (Dir: Michael Cuesta, USA, 2001)
Longtime Companion (Dir: Norman René, USA, 1990)
Ma Vie en Rose [My Life In Pink] (Dir: Alain Berliner, France/Belgium/UK, 1997)
My Beautiful Laundrette (Dir: Stephen Frears, UK, 1985)
My Own Private Idaho (Dir: Gus Van Sant, USA, 1991)
Revoir Julie (Dir: Jeanne Crépeau, Canada, 1998)
Taxi zum Klo (Dir: Frank Ripploh, Germany, 1981)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Dir: Stephan Elliott, Australia, 1994)
The Boys in the Band (Dir: William Friedkin, USA, 1970)
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (Dir: Greg Berlanti, USA, 2000)
The Ritz (Dir: Richard Lester, USA, 1976)
When Night Is Falling (Dir: Patricia Rozema, Canada, 1995)

People obviously liked these films because they suggested we bring them back! But as they were screened at Out Takes or other festivals in New Zealand this year or last year it is unlikely we will be doing a retrospective anytime soon:

Bad Education [La Mala educación] (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2004)
Boy Culture (Dir: Q. Allan Brocka, USA, 2006)
Formula 17 (Dir: Yin-jung Chen, Taiwan, 2004)
Loving Annabelle (Dir: Dir: Katherine Brooks, USA, 2005)
Queens (Dir: Manuel Gómez Pereira, Spain, 2005)
Summer Storm [Sommersturm] (Dir: Marco Kreuzpaintner, Germany, 2004)
The Aggressives (Dir: Daniel Peddle, USA, 2005)
When I'm 64 (Dir: Jon Jones, UK, 2004)

Thank you everyone who let us know their retrospective suggestions. Email us at info@outtakes.org.nz.

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