Mad Art Gallery welcomes QFEST, the St. Louis LGBTQ Film Festival. QFEST utilizes the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the diversity and inherent complexities of living an alterative lifestyle in today's society. QFEST begins on Wednesday, March 12, at Mad Art Gallery with an evening of hilarious and provocative short subjects hosted by guest film maker Lisa Ganser. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the program begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. Cash bar available. For more information, please visit the QFEST website. Life of a Heartbreaker (Lisa Ganser, 2006, music video, 4 minutes) This music video is the fast moving title track from Olympia, Washington's electro-pop queer women hip-hop duo Scream Club, breaking hearts across the Midwest. Tough Tough Kate (Lisa Ganser, 2007, music documentary, 15 minutes) Kate McNulty plays actively in five Twin Cities-based bands. She plays drums for the transgendered punk quartet Tough Tough Skin (signed to Queer Control Records), C. Doty Run and Fixed Gears are for Jerks and Lesbians. She plays guitar for Hey There Cowboy and The Laura Klinkerts. In a musical marathon on Thursday October 25th, 2007, at the popular Minneapolis queer bar Pi (where McNulty also works part time as a bar back), dubbed Tough Tough Kate-a-thon, all five of her bands played. This short was shot entirely that night. Note: since finishing this movie, Kate has come out as trans-identified, and now goes by Zach. Ann Arbor/Chicago: The Pussy Pirates (Lisa Ganser, 2008, music documentary, 15 minutes) This is a world premiere and sneak preview of Ganser's latest work-in-progress, a look into the lives of the band The Pussy Pirates. Footage taken from the band's Pacific Northwest tour shows the band members in their hometowns of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. If She Only Knew (30 Minutes, Stephanie Wynn) Frankie is in love. Frankie's affection is even returned. But what happens when Frankie's "secret" is about to be revealed? Stephanie Wynne does a knock out job with this short film on office romance. Never Say Never (10 Minutes, Stephanie Wynn) Was there a time when you never thought you could be a lesbian? This is the story of one woman's journey, and the commentaries of the friends and lover who watched her throughout it.
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