The full spectrum of LGBT life from around the world is at the forefront of the 32nd annual Boston LGBT Film Festival. It runs March 31-April 10 at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Brattle Theater, and the Paramount Theatre at Emerson College.
The festival opens at the ICA with “Viva,” Irish director Paddy Breathnach’s Cuba-set portrait of a young drag queen (Héctor Medina) working at a Havana nightclub and his frayed relationship with his estranged father (Jorge Perugorría), who abruptly reappears in his son’s life.
“While You Weren’t Looking” (April 1, MFA) examines the complexities of being LGBT in post-apartheid South Africa. Director Catherine Stewart’s story follows several couples, including a black woman who works in real estate and is cheating on her white wife, and their bohemian daughter, who’s dating a gender non-confirming woman.