The Glitter Emergency
screenings and awards


Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Viewster Online Film Festival 
March 14-28, 2014

Viewster Online Film Festival
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

TLVFest Monthly Movie Club 
February 20, 2013, 9:30 p.m.
With live musical accompaniment
Tel Aviv Cinematheque – 5 Haarbaa St.
Tel Aviv

7th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Boddinale Film Festival
February 10, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
With live musical accompaniment
LoopHole Berlin – 60 Boddinstr.
Berlin

Boddinale
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Zinegoak
Spanish premiere
January 31, 2013, 8 p.m.
Opening Ceremony
With live musical accompaniment
Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao

Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, Spain
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

MIX Copenhagen
European premiere
October 26, 2012
With live musical accompaniment

MIX Copenhagen
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

ODC Theater
September 21 & 22, 2012, 7 p.m.
With live musical accompaniment
With Tie It Into My Hand (a work in progress)
Ticketing information here
3153 17th Street, San Francisco

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Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles
Southern California premiere
July 8, 2012, 5 p.m.

  The Rita Hayworth Theater at La Fonda 
2501 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

***BEST MUSICAL SCORE***
***BEST SHORT FILM***

(honorable mention)
***BEST ACTRESS***
(Matthew Simmons, honorable mention)

LA Downtown Film Festival Best Musical Score
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
RioFCG
South American premiere
June 29, 2012, 8 p.m.

Cine Cultural Justiça Federal
Av. Rio Branco, 241 – Centro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RioFCG
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
NewFilmmakers
June 20, 2012, 7 p.m.
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St), New York, NY
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Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
7th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
Middle East premiere
Live musical accompaniment

June 13, 2012, 8 p.m.
Tel-Aviv LGBT Community Center Cinema
22 Tchernichovsky Street
7th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Iowa premiere
Live musical accompaniment

April 20, 2012, at 9:30 p.m.
Vinny Vanucchi’s, 180 Main Street

April 21, 2012, at 4:30 p.m.
The Lift, 180 Main Street
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Kunst-Stoff Arts
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 8 p.m.
Live musical accompaniment
Excerpts from Tie It Into My Hand
(a film-in-progress)
Partita #2 in d minor, J.S. Bach
Paul Festa, violin
1 Grove Street at Market, across from the San Francisco Public Library 
$10 - $25, sliding scale
Proceeds benefit Tie It Into My Hand and Kunst-Stoff Arts
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Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Southwest premiere
Out in the Desert
Tucson’s International LGBT Film Festival

Sunday, February 19, 2012, at 12:40 p.m.
127 E. Congress, Tucson, Arizona

The Glitter Emergency - official selection at Out In the Desert,
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Canada premiere
Audience Award
***BEST NARRATIVE SHORT***

13th annual
Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival

Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Kingston, Ontario
Reelout Best Narrative Short laurels
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
***BEST CALIFORNIA SHORT***
California Film Awards
January 28, 2012
California Film Awards
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Kunst-Stoff Arts
Friday, December 16, 2011, 8 p.m.
Live musical accompaniment
Excerpts from Tie It Into My Hand
(a film-in-progress)
Sonata #3 in C major, J.S. Bach
Paul Festa, violin
1 Grove Street at Market, across from the San Francisco Public Library 
$10 - $25, sliding scale
Proceeds benefit Tie It Into My Hand and Kunst-Stoff Arts
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Frameline35
Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 9:30 p.m.

Victoria Theatre
San Francisco, CA
The Glitter Emergency at Frameline35
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Kentucky premiere
OUT Film Festival

Saturday, June 4th, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Covington, KY
Eric Glaser and Rumi Missabu of the Cockettes in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Center for Performance Research
Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn, NY
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Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Chicago premiere & festival opener
Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Thursday, April 14th, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.
Wicker Park Art Center
Chicago, IL

Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Illinois premiere & festival closer
Outside the Box
Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
With Apparition of the Eternal Church
Saturday, April 9th, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.
Museum Auditorium
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL
The Glitter Emergency and Apparition of the Eternal Church poster for Outside the Box Festival screening, Carbondale, IL
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Santa Cruz premiere
With Apparition of the Eternal Church
Live musical accompaniment to both films
Paul Festa, violin; Gianni Staiano, organ
Thursday, March 17th, 2011, at 7 p.m.
First Congregational Church
900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Eric Glaser and Rumi Missabu of the Cockettes in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Brooklyn premiere
Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
With Children of the Cockettes
and other films starring Rumi Missabu
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011, at 7 p.m.
DUMBO Arts Center
111 Front St., Brooklyn

Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
New York premiere and festival opener
MIX NYC
Live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Theater for the New City
151 1st Street, New York
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

Three films starring Rumi Missabu
of The Cockettes
Sneak preview screening
With live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Sunday, October 17, 2010, at 6 p.m.
NP Contemporary Art Center
131 Chrystie Street, New York

Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Three films starring Rumi Missabu
of The Cockettes
Rough cut screening
With live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Saturday, August 28, 2010, at 10 p.m.
The Hypnodrome
575 10th Street, San Francisco
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

***BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM***
Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood
July 31, 2010

Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Faetopia Festival
Rough cut screening
With live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Screened with Apparition of the Eternal Church
June 21, 2010 at 10 p.m.
2278 Market Street, San Francisco
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency
Velocity Circus
Rough cut screening
With live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
June 5, 2010 at 8 p.m.
CUE Space and Trapeze Arts
1824 9th Street, Oakland
Paul Festa and Matthew Simmons in Paul Festa's award-winning silent-film comedy The Glitter Emergency

ODC Theater and Bar Nothing Productions
Rough cut world premiere
With live musical accompaniment
Paul Festa, violin
Screened with Apparition of the Eternal Church
May 27, 2010 at 8 p.m.
supperclub
657 Harrison Street, San Francisco

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