QFest: Hard Paint

Life as a young gay man in the small city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, has been lonely and difficult for Pedro. Painfully awkward, he lives in a small apartment with his older sister and has been bullied at school. At night he escapes online, where he does an internet show as the highly erotic Neon Boy. Naked and slathered in neon paint, he dances for and seduces an audience of strangers. When another camshow dancer steals his act, Pedro has to brave the outside world to put an end to the imposter. Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon's film Hard Paint is a story about small towns, coming of age and romance; it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ film at the Berlin International Film Festival. QFest presents Hard Paint at 9 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Landmark Tivoli Theatre (6350 Delmar Boulevard, University City; www.cinemastlouis.org). Tickets are $10 to $13.