QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

WINTER KEPT US WARM

TIME & LOCATION

AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, 78752

Sunday, February 16th at 6:45 p.m.

ABOUT THE EVENT

aGLIFF, Austin’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with AFS Cinema present WINTER KEPT US WARM as part of AFS Cinema’s QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND monthly screening series curated by Elizabeth Purchell from the popular podcast Ask Any Buddy. WINTER KEPT US WARM is an underseen but true landmark film, newly restored in 4K by Canadian International Pictures.

ABOUT THE FILM

WINTER KEPT US WARM | CANADA | 1965 | 1 hr 21mins

Director: David Secter | Writers: David Secter, Ian Porter, John Clutei | Cast: John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Tepperman, and Janet Amos.

Extroverted Doug and shy Peter are unlikely friends whose relationship slowly begins to morph into something different over the course of a school year at the University of Toronto. Widely credited as being A) the first English-language Canadian feature to play Cannes, B) Canada’s first queer film, and C) the film that inspired David Cronenberg to become a filmmaker, WINTER KEPT US WARM is an underseen but true landmark film, newly restored in 4K by Canadian International Pictures.

Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.

QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

From Austin Film Society

Archivist and historian Elizabeth Purchell (of Ask Any Buddy) explores the history of queer cinema and its many groundbreaking pioneers in this refreshing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of queer representation on screen.

THANKS TO THE PRESENTING PARTNER: