Welcome!

Join us for "Queer Love Cinema" at Fellini Film Cafe!

The Frontera Pride Film Festival, Rio Grande Adelante, and UTEP's Intro. to Sexuality Studies invite you to attend the Queer Love Cinema at Fellini Film Cafe on Thursdays in February. On February 11th at 7:00pm, we will be showing "Better Than Chocolate" directed by Anne Wheeler.

The film showing is free with a minimum food consumption from the Fellini Film Cafe. Information will also be made available about the Frontera Pride Film Festival and Rio Grande Adelante.

For more information - contact Danny Steel (915) 929-9282.

NEXT UP: BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE
Thursday, February 11, 2010
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Fellini Film Cafe
220 Cincinnati Street

World AIDS Day

Thank you to those who attended our World AIDS Day showing of "The 24th Day"!

Congratulations to Sam Lerma, our winner that evening of a pair of tickets to this years festival.

This event was co-sponsored by Rio Grande AIDS Project, Frontera Pride Film Festival, and the Metropolitan Community Church of El Paso.

Year-Round Events to Come

The Frontera Pride Film Festival will be presenting screenings and special events year-round, starting in September 2009 and continuing monthly through our next festival in June 2010. Contact us if you would like to get involved as a sponsor, volunteer, planning committee member or in-kind donor. These year-round presentations will include film premieres, special guest appearances and educational discussions. Get involved in Frontera Pride now - it's a great way to gear up for the 2010 festival!

2009 Festival Welcome from Festival Chair Brenda Risch

I cordially welcome you to the first annual Frontera Pride Film Festival. This historic event represents the very first major film festival in the El Paso region featuring films by, about and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The planning board and I are very excited to offer you the fruits of our labor: 26 films and a fabulous gala featuring special guests Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor and Eva Moss with lively music from talented local performers.

This year’s events represent the first incarnation of a lifelong dream--to build a community film festival. The impetus for the Frontera Pride Film Festival sprang from last June’s film series which was part of the Frontera Pride Festival: A Celebration of the Arts and Humanities. Thus, this is truly a community festival, for it would not have come to fruition without the dedication and countless hours of hard work from our diverse planning board and much support from our community.

This includes the generosity of many of our city officials and access to the beautiful venues like the Plaza’s Philanthropy Theatre and our El Paso Main Library. Countless city employees, volunteers and private citizens have lent a helping hand when most needed, from assistance with contracts to scouting for a great parking place to unload our festival gear. Businesses and individuals stepped forward as financial and in-kind sponsors, offering their cash, products and energy to help make this dream come true. Through a community-based internship program, the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso provided internship experiences plus a companion “Queer Cinema” course, thus allowing planning board members to pass on their love of the arts as well as practical knowledge to the next generation of community organizers and professionals.

I look forward to the festival’s many incarnations to come…each year showcasing the diverse talents of our LGBTQ community and its allies. Please join us at each screening and our gala to celebrate this joyous moment in El Paso history.

Dr. Brenda Risch
Director of Women's Studies
University of Texas at El Paso

Party with Special Festival Guests

Actress Octavia Spencer (Ugly Betty, Seven Pounds) and director Tate Taylor will be joining us for our screening of Pretty Ugly People on Saturday, June 20. Come watch the film, be a part of the Q&A afterward, then celebrate the first-ever Frontera Pride Film Festival alongside Octavia, Tate and other VIP guests plus music by Mano Sol and Aztec Zodiac at the Camino Real. Click here to get your tickets before they sell out!

Festival Line-Up Announced!

The Frontera Pride Film Festival is proud to announce its line-up of films for the debut festival, June 18-20, 2009.

Click on EVENTS to see what's playing and purchase tickets now.

Once you've made your plans, click here to print this handy printer-friendly film schedule to map your festival fun!