Here’s the tidbit from the Raleigh News & Observer, included in a story about the N.C. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival happening this week in Durham:
The festival still had some space for a couple of last-minute inclusions, especially if a piece had come from directors whose work had been shown previously. Asheville-based filmmaker Robert Gaston (whose film “2 Minutes Later” played at the 2007 fest) wanted to show off his latest film, “Flight of the Cardinal,” at this year’s festival. Luckily, he got it in just in time.
“The day I was completing it, and actually was able to mail out a screener, was [Carl’s] final day of programming,” Gaston said. “So the timing was good and, thankfully, he let us in.”
Shot over a month in Robbinsville, “Flight” is a psychological thriller that Gaston said “happens to have gay characters.” But he said the movie, which will have its screening Aug. 15, has enough widespread appeal to attract both gay and straight audiences.