Hotel Gondolín | Gondolin Hotel Fernando López Escriva Argentina, Documentary, 2005 52 min., Video, Color Spanish with English Subtitles Metropolitan 12 Saturday, April 21, 9 PM Mature Audiences Co-Sponsored by aGLIFF, the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival

The Gondolin Hotel is home to thirty transvestites and one transsexual; men who work as prostitutes in order to survive in a society that excludes them. This documentary portrays the everyday lives of the hotel’s residents and their increasing difficulties with neighbors and the local authorities. The film also takes on the issue of street prostitution and the importance of freedom in regard to gender identity.

Fernando López Escriva was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. He graduated from the ORT II School of Cinema in Buenos Aires. Hotel Gondolin is his third documentary.

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Producer: Fernando López Escriva

Production Company: Casque D’or Films

Screenwriter: Fernando López Escriva

Cinematographer: Fernando López Escriva

Editing: Fernando López Escriva