Peter Jackson, director of 2005’s “King Kong” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, once said, “The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.” The organizers of the Boston LGBT Film Festival have been heeding that advice for 31 years now, compiling short and feature-length films that showcase stories for an LGBT audience.
“I think there’s something really interesting and magical about sitting in a room full of gay people watching a gay film,” said James Nadeau, executive director of the Boston LGBT Film Festival. “I remember seeing ‘Hedwig [and the Angry Inch]’ for the first time in a theater in Berlin, in a room full of gay people, and it’s an odd experience because you realize that you’re not the only one getting the joke.”