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CIFF red carpets bring all the colours of the rainbow for 2022 film festival

The Calgary International Film Festival added more colours to the traditional red carpets, celebrating the prominence of this year’s LGBTQ+ film selections.

On Friday, Sept. 23, the stars of Francheska: Prairie Queen alongside director Laura Lynn O’Grady and members of Calgary’s Filipino and pageant communities took the Rainbow Carpet to celebrate the film’s CIFF premiere.

The documentary film follows Francis Yutrago, performing under the drag queen stage name of Francheska Dynamites.

The red carpet was just one of several upcoming at Eau Claire Market and at the Globe Cinema.

On Sunday, Sept. 25, red carpets will be held for Before I Change My Mind at 3 p.m. and the Alberta Spirit films at 4:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Eau Claire.

Monday, Sept. 26 will have a red carpet for Part of the Pack and Adult Adoption at 7:15 p.m. at Eau Claire.

Tegan and Sara will be walking their red carpet for the CIFF screening of High School on Thursday, Sept. 29. That red carpet begins at 7:15 p.m., following the 4:15 and 5:15 carpets for The Maiden, And Still I Sing, and Things I Imagined.

The red carpets wrap up for CIFF at the Globe Cinema on Friday and Saturday. Dark Nature and Bones of Crows and Icebreaker will be at 6 and 7:15 p.m. on Saturday. Father of Nations will be occurring on Saturday at 4 p.m.

And for CIFF visitors who want to walk the red carpet themselves, alongside their best dressed furry friends, there will be a special red car-pet between 2:45 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Globe Cinema.

Photos from the CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet

Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, right, star of Francheska: Prairie Queen on the CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the film launch at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
Jenney Steele, Laura O’Grady director of Francheska: Prairie Queen, and Alberta NDP Calgary East candidate Rosman Valencia on the CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the film launch at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
Steve Schroeder, executive director of CIFF on the Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, left, star of Francheska: Prairie Queen on the CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the film launch at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the launch of Francheska: Prairie Queen at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY
Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, centre, star of Francheska: Prairie Queen on the CIFF 2022 Rainbow Carpet for the film launch at Eau Claire Market in Calgary on Friday, September 23, 2022. ARYN TOOMBS / FOR LIVEWIRE CALGARY

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