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4U Film Fest

Friday, September 25, 2015, 8:00 pm, $8- $10

 4U Magazine is San Francisco Bay/Mexico City culture magazine was founded by Kelly Lovemonster (of San Francisco’s Swagger Like Us queer hip-hop franchise) and Caitlin Donohue (freelance writer and former culture editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian) in the Bay Area in 2013. Since then it has published 12 web issues and numerous live events that explore the boundaries of art, culture, nightlife and sex interpreted through Lovemonster and Donohue’s unique queer/feminist perspective. Follow 4U Mag on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

“MASK4MASK” director: Aron Kantor (SF) This is the 2nd of 4 chapters in SF director Dirty Gltr a.k.a. Aron Kantor’s comedic 2015 tribute to thinking man’s kink. Commissioned as trailers for Folsom Street Fair and its official after party Deviants. Super local, super weird, super hilarious.

“Oh Boy Episode 3: James” director: Damien Moreau (USA) Queer erotica director Damien Moreau’s Oh Boy series screens like a love letter to orgasm. This short follows East Bay porn actor James Darling on an LA bike ride and into masturbation. There isn’t a shot in this film that doesn’t show the benefits of Moreau’s meticulous attention to detail and aesthetic. EXPLICIT

“Organique” director. Sinclair Swan & Abraham Dieckman (SF) A date that makes you feel like raw meat is the subject of this comedy horror.

“Control: An interview with Manuel Solano” dir: Manuel D. Lira (MEX) 4U editor Caitlin Donohue interviews a Mexico City painter and performance artist who lost nearly all his vision in a week. Manuel D. Lira’s piece shows Manuel Solano’s progress back into making art, and how disability has affected his ability to present his gender identity.

“4U Has Crabs” director: Courtney Trouble (OAK) 4U Mag’s most famous contribution to world dialogue: Kelly and Caitlin’s frank discussion of what STI’s they’ve contracted, filmed by East Bay pornographer Courtney Trouble.

“3 Eras of Gay Sex in 3 Minutes” director: Leo Herrera (NYC) Herrera is a director who has mastered the art of the short form epic (for more on Leo’s oeuvre read Caitlin’s article about him in The Advocate) — in this short he manages to densely pack the evolution of cruising into three minutes.

“Coming Out With Brontez Purnell” director: Kelly Lovemonster (SF) 4U editor Lovemonster asks local punk legend Purnell about his first sexual experiences.

More about 4U Magazine: This San Francisco Bay/Mexico City culture magazine was founded by Kelly Lovemonster (of San Francisco’s Swagger Like Us queer hip-hop franchise) and Caitlin Donohue (freelance writer and former culture editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian) in the Bay Area in 2013. Since then it has published 12 web issues and numerous live events that explore the boundaries of art, culture, nightlife and sex interpreted through Lovemonster and Donohue’s unique queer/feminist perspective. Follow 4U Mag on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram


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