The Wise Kids to Open Reeling Film Festival

By Rob Christopher in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 14, 2011 3:00PM

Via filmmaker Stephen Cone's Facebook page, we've learned that his feature The Wise Kids has been chosen as Opening Night film of Reeling 2011: The 30th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival.

The drama, which revolves around a group of kids coming of age in a Southern town, has already been the recipient of many kudos on the GLBT festival circuit as well as a rave review in Variety, which pronounced, "With a brilliant cast of young actors and a growing array of fest prizes, the pic has more than a prayer with theatrical and vid congregants." The movie was filmed in South Carolina and Chicago.

The 30th anniversary edition of Reeling will unspool November 3-12. The rest of the lineup hasn't been announced yet.