QFest 2016: The 20th Annual Houston International GLBT-Q Film Festival – Search Engines (at Brasil Cafe)

QFest 2016: The 20th Annual Houston International GLBT-Q Film Festival (at various venues July 21-25), features Houston premieres selected from the 2016 international film-festival circuit.

For 2016, QFest: The Houston International LGBTQ Film Festival will mark its 20th anniversary, making it the second longest running LGBTQ film festival in Texas, and the second longest running festival of any kind in Houston.

A five-day, citywide event, QFest is co-presented by some of Houston’s most renowned arts organizations, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rice Cinema, Aurora Picture Show, Asia Society Texas Center, DiverseWorks and The Houston Museum of African American Culture.

Curated to highlight the best of Contemporary Queer Cinema, QFest continues its commitment to the past, featuring a yearly selection of revivals showcasing everything from overlooked masterworks to campy, outrageous audience favorites.

Vist http://www.q-fest.com/ for the complete schedule.

At Brasil Cafe Saturday, July 23, a screening of Search Engines. Directed by Russell Brown.

Search Engines is a social satire about the essential relationship of the modern era: human beings and their phones.

It’s Thanksgiving, and family and friends have gathered for the annual American celebration of togetherness and gratitude. When reception mysteriously goes dead throughout the house, each character must deal with his own crisis: marriages are tested, values questioned and everyone’s future is thrown into the balance.

If the human experience is one of search – for meaning, purpose and love – this is a story of how technology is leading us further astray.