PSA.
PleasureStyleAttitude is a pay what you want film series programmed by Daniel Laabs & Tony Nguyen showcasing films that amplify underrepresented voices and cultivate discussions of queerness, politics, aesthetics, class and race. PSA, through curation, encourages heterogeneity, accessibility, multiplicity, and curiosity.
Past Editions
2022 (Cinema) - Directors in Focus TSAI MING LIANG “Goodbye Dragon Inn”, Directors in Focus
2022 (Cinema) -APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL “Tropical Malady” “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” “Memoria”,
2022 (Cinema) - Wayward Romance - TSAI MING LIANG “Vivre L’amour”, MICHAEL HANAKE “The Piano Teacher”, JOĀO PEDRO RODRIGUES “O Fantasma”
2020 (Virtual) - Directors in Focus TSAI MING LIANG “The River”, DEREK JARMAN Music Videos, MARLON RIGGS “Imaging the Queer South”: Remixing as Survival, Memory Stata: Works by Sky Hopinka and Simon Liu, ELEGANCE BRATTON “Pier Kids”
2020 (Cinema/Drive-In) - Alternate Gaze - CLAIRE DENIS “Beau Travail”, LUCRETIA MARTEL “La Ciénaga”, SHIRLEY CLARKE “Portrait of Jason”
DALLAS IFF
Senior Programmer for Dallas International Film Festival from 2018-2020 and program coordinator 2016-2017. Contributions include World Cinema Showcase, Documentary Feature Competiton, Texas Feature Competition, and Short Film Competition.
OAKCLIFF FF
Lead Programmer for Oak Cliff Film Festival from 2013-2015. Contributions include Short Film Competition, Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature and LGBTQIA+ Films.
One third of founding curatorial team during the first year of CineWilde at the Texas Theatre which programmed a monthly series of 35mm prints of films written and directed by LGBTQIA+ persons.
CINEWILDE
Narrative Shorts Curator from 2010-2012 and on-going contributor. Most recent program was in 2020 showcasing work and dialogue of Dallas Filmmaking Collectives from the past 30 years.