PIFF Announces Special Guests and Programming

The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced its Excellence in Acting Award honoree this year will be Cynthia Nixon (Sex in the City). This award, along with the Filmmaker on the Edge Award, is given out each year in a special event at Provincetown Town Hall during the festival. Earlier this year, PIFF announced the Filmmaker on the Edge honoree is director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, The Ice Storm). Nixon, a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner, will join Lee to accept their honors on Saturday, June 18, as part of the 18th edition of the festival.
In addition, the Festival announced its full lineup of feature and short films. The opening night (Wednesday, June 15) selection is Captain Fantastic directed by Matt Ross, which stars Viggo Mortensen as a reclusive, idealistic father forced to bring his children out into the “real world.” The closing night (Sunday, June 19) selection is the feature documentary Strike a Pose, which profiles the dancers in Madonna’s controversial 1990 world tour, and was directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan. Tickets are currently on sale and the schedule can be reviewed at ptownfilmest.org.

Camp Lightbulb Special Fundraiser

Caitlyn Jenner will be appearing at Provincetown Town Hall for a special fundraising event to benefit Camp Lightbulb, an overnight summer camp for LGBTQ youth. Jenner will be joined by local musician Zoe Lewis, Well Strung, and Varla Jean Merman for this event on Friday, June 30, 8 p.m. Camp Lightbulb is a nonprofit organization with a mission to “celebrate LGBTQ young people by providing the best summer ever in a magical, week-long, overnight summer camp experience for LGBTQ youth, aged 14 to 17, in Provincetown, MA, filled with fun, pride, community, friends, support, self-discovery and memories to last a lifetime.” Jenner, (formerly known as Bruce), is an Olympic Gold medalist who came out as a trans woman last year on ABC’s 20/20. For more information about Camp Lightbulb visit camplightbulb.org. For tickets to the Jenner event visit ptownarthouse.com.