SUN & STARS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL to Premiere Five Fabulous Films for the LGBTQ+ Audience

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Jan. 11, 2025 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – January 10, 2025) The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival© (SASIFF), presented by MorseLife, returns for its third season with screenings at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (Jan. 23-Jan. 30, 2025) and EVO Entertainment Delray Marketplace (Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2025). Among the more than two-dozen world-class movies from all over the world are five cinematic offerings that will be of particular interest to LGBTQ+ film fans.

"Gay and lesbian relationships figure significantly in five Sun & Stars dramas. International directors representing Canada, Israel, Japan, UK, and USA are sensitive and forthright in treating LGBTQ+ themes, whether their characters are uncomfortably in the closet or out and weathering the give and take of fraught romantic partnerships," promises Barbara Scharres, SASIFF Artistic Director.

"Issues come to the fore embedded in fiction, too," she adds. "The pros and cons of the controversial practice of conversion therapy are considered when a wife discovers her husband's secret life in PINK LADY. In MY SUNSHINE, a community's prejudice impacts the career of a discretely gay man as the result of a misplaced adolescent crush."

About The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival:

The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival©, presented by MorseLife, aims to bring highly anticipated, critically acclaimed, and thought-provoking films to Palm Beach County. As a world-class film festival, The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International represents a major contribution to the cultural life of Palm Beach County. SASIFF returns for a new season with screenings at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (Jan. 23-Jan. 30, 2025) and EVO Entertainment Delray (Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2025). For more information, please visit www.sasiff.org, www.facebook.com/DME.SASIFF and www.twitter.com/dmesasiff or www.instagram.com/dme_sasiff (https://www.instagram.com/dme_sasiff?igshid=ZGNjOWZkYTE3MQ) or contact info@sasiff.org or 561.220.6735.

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1. DAYS OF HAPPINESS – Rinker Playhouse, January 24

2. LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC AND ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY

– Rinker Playhouse, January 23

3. MIDAS MAN – Rinker Playhouse, February 2

4. MY SUNSHINE – EVO Delray, February 1

5. PINK LADY – Rinker Playhouse, January 24

Available for Interview:

Barbara Scharres, Artistic Director

The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival

773.875.0304

Bscharres@sasiff.org

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart

PR-BS

561.756.4298

gary@pr-bs.net