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90 MILES
(US, NR, 2001, 77 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Language.
CLOSING NIGHT FILM!
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A Cuban-born filmmaker recounts the strange fate that transformed him from an up-and-coming young communist to an exile in Miami during the dramatic 1980 Mariel boatlift. 90 Miles is the candid and moving story of an immigrant family, and how the historical forces around them have shaped their personal relationship and their attitudes towards the world around them. English and Spanish with subtitles.
North Carolina premiere
Sun 7:45pm
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ADORED: Diary of a Male Porn Star
(US, NR, 2004, 105 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Sexual situations and brief nudity, drug usage, and language.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 Miami Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival
Sponsored by White Rabbit Books
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.adoredthemovie.com
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Marco Filiberti directs and stars in a smart and sexy debut feature that draws us effortlessly into the shutter-clicking, ego-stroking world of Riki Kandinsky, an Italian pornodivo (porn star) with a heart of gold and a 26-centimeter member (make that 10 inches, for the metrically challenged). A story within a story, Adored begins with two young filmmakers creating an homage to Kandinsky. Interviewing his older brother, Federico, we are transported 15 years in the past to Rome in 1999, where a death in the family reunites the two very different men. Federico is initially disgusted by Riki’s career choice, but eventually warms up to his brother’s latex-clad friends and even visits a porn film set. The plot thickens when Riki and Federico witness a woman’s death and meet her six-year-old son, Plapla. With the support of Federico and his wife, Riki attempts to become Plapla’s foster parent, but the Italian court is one arena where Riki’s magnetism might not win the day. In Italian with English subtitles.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 9:15pm
Sat 12:30pm
Sat 8:45pm
Sun 11:45am
Sun 9:05pm
also showing during Après-Fest at 9:15pm
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APRIL’S SHOWER
(US, NR, 2004, 97 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
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Aren’t weddings fun? Especially when your ex-girlfriend later asks you to host a wedding shower for her – and her husband-to-be. April’s Shower is a wacky and hilarious romantic comedy that might prompt you to reconsider your own wedding plans. Bride-to-be April and her maid-of-honor Alex are best friends whose closeted relationship is long over. As the guests arrive for the shower, the combination of quirky personalities and the underlying tensions between Alex and April make it clear this will not be a party for the faint of heart. As the pressure mounts, Alex spills the beans – and the rice hits the fan. Starring Maria Cina (Suspended Animation), Frank Grillo (Minority Report), Zack Ward (Almost Famous), Arly Jover (Blade) and Randall Batinkoff (As Good As It Gets).
North Carolina premiere
Sat 2:45am
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BLACK AURA ON AN ANGEL
(US, NR, 2004, 65 min)
Viewer's
Guide: Violence.
FILMMAKER SCHEDULED TO ATTEND!
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.blackauraonanangel.com
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This psychological thriller depicts the devastating effects of one woman’s mental illness on a blossoming love affair. When Angel meets Phaedra, she is instantly captivated by the beautiful, complex woman with a mysterious past. The two begin a torrid affair and fall passionately in love. Phaedra starts having jealous rages over Angel’s imagined infidelity and Angel’s friend Jennings warns her to get out. Black Aura explores abuse, insanity and salvation, and asks the question, “If you try to save someone, can you lose yourself?”
North Carolina premiere
Sun 5:45pm
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THE BRIDGE GAME
(US, NR, 2003, 88 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
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The Bridge Game is the story of four women who, every week for the past year, have met on the bridge where a friend committed suicide. In her honor, these intriguing women vent their troubles before going off to a bridge game. At one gathering, tensions rise and emotions flare when one of the women climbs over the railing and attempts suicide. The conversation turns from trashy to intense. Directors Rhomie K. Thompson and David L. Lowe challenge viewers to consider the way people “play the game” and keep things light by “playing it cool.” Compelling performances and a powerful script take us on a journey of raw emotion, longing, and possibilities.
North Carolina premiere
Sat 9:10am
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BULGARIAN LOVERS
(Spain, NR, 2003, 101 min)
Viewer's Guide: Sexual situations, language, drug usage, and violence.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.tlareleasing.com/bulgarianlovers
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This dark and evocative thriller is set against the backdrop of Europe in transition, where the East meets the West and where poverty clashes with affluence. Daniel, a single gay man in Madrid, is a successful lawyer who spends his time with a group of close friends and cruising the streets at night. Life takes a dramatic turn one evening after he meets Kyril, a handsome Bulgarian, who soon moves in. Spanish director Eloy de la Iglesia (El Diputado) has spent his life creating films that address class relations and social oppression. Bulgarian Lovers is a fascinating glimpse of the dangerous choices possible when passion overrules the senses. The stunning opening credits alone are as spellbinding as the movie itself—a film that takes us to the brink of a perilous and frightening precipice. Spanish with English subtitles.
North Carolina premiere
Thurs 7:00pm
Fri 4:45pmSOLD OUT
Fri 11:00pm
Sat 6:15pmSOLD OUT
Sun 3:35pmSOLD OUT
also showing during Après-Fest at 9:00pm
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COLLISION
(US, NR, 2004, 78 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Sexual situations and nudity, mild violence, and language.
WORLD PREMIERE!
FILMMAKER SCHEDULED TO ATTEND!
Sponsored by Tony Hall and Associates
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.collisionthemovie.com
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From writer-producer-director-actor Arsen Karougian comes Collision, a debut feature about physical and human collisions between fathers, sons, co-workers and sexual partners. Spiro, a gay auto mechanic recently relocated to New York City, is not dealing well with his homophobic coworkers. He escapes into city life to ease the pressure. Tim, a young teen from Long Island, is reluctant to spend another summer with his abusive father. Running away to the city, Tim stumbles across Spiro and the two develop a unique bond.
Sat 6:50pmSOLD OUT
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COWBOYS AND ANGELS
(Ireland, NR, 2004, 90 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Brief nudity, mild violence, drug usage and language
Sponsored by Duke University Press
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.cowboysandangelsmovie.com
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Cowboys & Angels is an engaging story of friendship and self-discovery that can best be described as "Queer Eye for the Irish Guy." Set in Limerick, the story follows a shy, nerdy civil servant named Shane (Michael Legge from Angela's Ashes), who is tenuously hanging on to his dream of becoming an artist. He shares his first apartment with Vincent, an ultra-hip gay fashion design student, who takes Shane under his wing. Shane meets and falls for Vincent's best friend Gemma and decides to let Vincent give him a makeover. When neighbors offer Shane a chance to use his looks to make some fast cash, he sees an opportunity to pursue his dream and afford a new wardrobe. Ultimately, the makeover is more than skin deep and what follows is an often painful journey; but throughout this heartfelt and assured film, the relationship developing between Shane and Vincent serves as the emotional core, drawing a rich portrait of two people whose mutual support and closeness transcends simple friendship.
North Carolina premiere
also showing during Après-Fest at 7:00pm
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DANGEROUS LIVING: Coming Out in the Developing World
(US, NR, 2003, 58 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
Sponsored by Chuck Clifton
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.afterstonewall.com
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The majority of nations entered the 21st century with horrific laws that keep gay and lesbian citizens locked away in their closets, and, at times, prison. In some countries, “getting caught” can even incur the death penalty. This documentary uncovers the struggle of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people seeking basic human rights in the face of severe oppression. Few people in the West knew about this historic social upheaval until 52 men in Cairo were arrested on the Queen Boat discothèque. Dangerous Living opens with Ashraf Zanati, one of the Cairo 52 defendants, who was tortured, humiliated, beaten and forced to spend 13 months in prison. His simple, but powerful statement sets out the basic theme of the struggle: “My sexuality is my own sexuality. It doesn’t belong to anybody. Not to my government, not to my brother, my sister, my family. No.”
North Carolina premiere
Fri 1:40pm
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D.E.B.S.
(US, NR, 2004, 90 min)
Viewer's Guide: Language and sexual situations.
OPENING NIGHT FILM!
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 Miami Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival
Sponsored by Lorraine D. Johnson
and Jessica Lamb of the
Principal Financial Group,
JoEllen Mason of Prudential Carolinas Realty,
Julie Parrish Realty,
and Lisa Logan, Attorney at Law
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In conjunction with Sony Screen Gems, the NCGLFF is proud to announce this single exclusive screening of the feature-length version of 2003’s Emerging Film Award winner for Best Women’s Short! Here come the D.E.B.S.! Discipline. Energy. Beauty. Strength. A killer fashion sense. Hidden within the S.A.T. is a secret test designed to identify female students who can lie, cheat, fight and kill. High scorers are recruited by a secret government agency and trained to become members of the nation’s most elite paramilitary group: the D.E.B.S. To the outside world, the D.E.B.S. look like picture-perfect, plaid-skirted, well-schooled young women. In reality, they are our nation’s first line of defense. Their archenemy? Lucy in the Sky, a sexy, diamond-bejeweled bank robber so evil that no crime fighter has faced her and lived to tell the tale - until the D.E.B.S. are called on a mission to take her down. A bubbly, sexy, fun-filled, irreverent send-up of espionage movies, action thrillers, wild parties, and teen angst, D.E.B.S. aims to revolutionize girl power for a new generation. Written and directed by Angela Robinson, the film stars Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, Geoff Stults with Holland Taylor and Michael Clarke Duncan.
North Carolina premiere
Thurs 7:20pm
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EATING OUT
(US, NR, 2004, 90 min)
Viewer's Guide: Sexual situations and nudity, language and simulated rape.
WINNER! EMERGING FILM AWARD, BEST MEN'S FEATURE
MEN’S CENTERPIECE FILM!
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Best Gay Film and Best Film in
Festival, Phoenix Out Far Film
Festival 2004
Sponsored by Joe & Jo's Downtown
Restaurant & Pub
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.ariztical.com
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The best way to a girl’s heart is through her gay best friend! Set in the Arizona desert, Eating Out stars Scott Lunsford as Caleb, a hunky straight college student, who falls for Gwen (Emily Stiles). Caleb’s gay roommate, Kyle (Jim Verraros), convinces him that pretending to be gay will get Gwen’s attention, and it works – only she fixes him up with her friend, Marc (Ryan Carnes). When her latest boyfriend Joey (Billy Shepard) announces that he is actually gay, Gwen sadly wonders if she’ll ever fall for a straight guy. Meanwhile, Caleb agrees to go on a “date” with Marc and is faced with a confusing complication – how does he reveal his true feelings for Gwen without hurting Kyle or Marc?
North Carolina premiere
Sat 9:00pm
Sun 9:30pm
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FAIRIES
(US, NR, 2004, 21 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
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A musical fantasy come true. Timothy is bullied by homophobic classmates at his all-boys’ high school. While studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he imagines a world where he isn’t so different. With the help of Midsummer, a quirky teacher, a spectacular musical dream and tons of glitter-he creates a way to fit in. Starring Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks) and Peggy Roeder (Road to Perdition).
North Carolina premiere
Sat 6:50pmSOLD OUT
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FARM FAMILY
(US, NR, 2004, 74 min)
Viewer's Guide: Language
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Best documentary, 2004 Philadelphia International
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Sponsored by Greg Dozier and
the Wilderness Network of the Carolinas
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Seldom heard voices from gay rural America pack this film. From men raising children, to dairy farmers, to hermits, these stories travel from Wisconsin, Wyoming, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Mexico. Farm Family contains portions of 32 poignant, funny, frightening and inspiring interviews conducted with men who have chosen to live outside the more familiar gay urban centers.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 3:15pm
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GOLDFISH MEMORY
(Ireland, NR, 2004, 85 min)
Viewer's Guide: Language.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Sponsored by Dr. Anthony Carraway
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.goldfishmemory.com
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Fast-paced, quick-witted and thoroughly engaging, Goldfish Memory catches you off-guard while playfully running through the paces of that rarest of breeds: an enjoyable and hilarious romantic comedy. The plot, with a labyrinth of mostly queer romances, is cute and sexy; filled with the true-to-life foibles of dating that cross all cultural boundaries. Angie is explaining the incestuous lesbian nature of her soon-to-arrive dinner guests to Red, her hunky gay pal. First, Felicity and Sophie have just split up but are still friends. Felicity is bringing her new girlfriend, Sinead, who was once Sophie’s girlfriend. Emeron, who is still breaking up with Jin, used to be Felicity’s lover years and years ago. In fact, the only non-ex is Sinead’s friend, Kit, who used to be Angie’s ex’s ex. To which Red responds, “Of course, now you have to sleep with Kit and complete the circle!”
North Carolina premiere
Thur 9:10pm
Fri 1:20pm
Fri 6:45pmSOLD OUT
Sat 9:00am
Sat 2:35pm
Sun 10:00amSOLD OUT
Sun 5:40pm
also showing during Après-Fest at 7:15pm
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GRANDE ECOLE
(France, NR, 2004, 110 min)
Viewer's
Guide: Strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Sponsored by Jonathan Bregman, DDS PA
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.pyramidefilms.com/grande-ecole
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France’s most privileged and powerful families send their children to elite schools like the titular one in Robert Salis’ extraordinary sensual film. Students Paul, Bernard and Louis-Arnault find themselves enmeshed in emotional and sexual power games. Desires shift among the strikingly attractive young men, various girlfriends, and, most significantly, between Paul and a lower-class male North African worker. Demonstrating an intentional theatricality that acknowledges its stage origins, Grande École has earned apt comparison to the early work of Fassbinder. This is a provocative tale of the intersections of power, sexuality, class and race in relationships. In French with English subtitles.
North Carolina premiere
Thurs 9:25pm
Sat 4:40pm
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INTENTIONS
(US, NR, 2004, 97 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
Sponsored by Accent Hardwood Flooring
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.zernusproductions.com
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Intentions is director Luanne Beck’s first feature-length screenplay. Drama professor and “soccer mom” Renee Higgins’ life is balanced between directing theater and the stability of her family. Enter graduate student Eve, whom Renee encourages to try out for the lead in the upcoming production. Eve’s own relationship is in trouble, so Renee’s interest in her sets off a spark that soon crosses professional and personal boundaries. When their pursuits turn amorous, it isn’t long before a student, the department chair and Renee’s husband find out! The ensuing roller coaster ride of emotional and ethical scrutiny causes both to reassess what is really important in their lives.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 7:00pm
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LAST RIDE
(US, NR, 2004, 72 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Language and violence.
WORLD PREMIERE!
FILMMAKERS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND!
Sponsored by Triangle Community Works
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.lastridemovie.com
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Last Ride hurtles audiences from delight to anguish in a clever imagining of what's become the Matthew Shepard myth. --Dave Hayward, Atlanta correspondent, Backstage.
In this riveting and controversial musical, a young gay man searches for true love in an intolerant world. Through the power of imagination, he makes a tragic error in reaching out to a potential lover, a straight man, despite the risk of rejection and even death. In the end, his vision of love without boundaries prevails, but at a price.
Fri 11:15pm
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LOVE LIFE
(US, NR, 2004, 9 min)
Viewer's Guide: Sexual situations and nudity.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 London Lesbian Film Festival
2004 Toronto's Inside Out Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.bigfatt.com/lovelife.htm
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What happens when you wish hard enough for something? A paraplegic’s wheels really get rolling when she eyes the woman of her dreams.
North Carolina premiere
Sat 4:30pm
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MAKE A WISH
(US, NR, 2004, 96 min)
Viewer's Guide: Strong violence, gore, sexual situations, nudity and language.
WOMEN'S CENTERPIECE FILM!
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 Miami Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Sponsored by Visart Video
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Finally, a dyke horror film that’s creepy, bloody and filled with thrills, chills and oh-so-cute girls! Susan throws a birthday camping trip with numerous ex-girlfriends and their new significant others. The tone of the varied guests (male and female, butch and femme) is jolly at first, but then the disappearances begin...
North Carolina premiere
Sat 6:30pm
Sun 9:15pm
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MANGO KISS
(US, NR, 2004, 84 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Sexual situations and nudity
WINNER! EMERGING FILM AWARD, BEST WOMEN'S FEATURE
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 Miami Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
Sponsored by Accent Hardwood Flooring
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
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Baby butch Lou and her best friend Sassafras take an exhilarating journey to San Francisco to pursue their dream of being queer performance artists. Deciding to give romance a go, they lay down some rules regarding S&M, role-playing and non-monogamy. The explosive romp comes to a head at a wild birthday celebration for Sass when someone suggests a game of “hit or kiss”—a modified version of spin-the-bottle—with some rather unexpected results.
North Carolina premiere
Sat 9:10pm
Sun 1:45pm
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MANGO SOUFFLE
(India, NR, 2003, 90 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
Sponsored by Hamilton Hill-International
Jewelry Design
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.mangosouffle.com
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Mahesh Dattani, India’s most prominent English-language playwright offers his screenplay that depicts contemporary gay life in India with a mix of zingy one-liners and traditional Indian customs. A gay fashion designer invites his friends to lunch in order to confide a secret. But when his sister and her fiancé unexpectedly show up, a carefully concocted soufflé of sex, lies and an incriminating photograph starts to collapse. Don’t miss the first real, boy-on-boy kiss scene in an Indian feature film!
North Carolina premiere
Sun 3:45pm
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NINE LIVES
(US, R, 2004, 82 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Sexual situations and nudity, drug usage and language.
WORLD PREMIERE!
CAST AND CREW IN ATTENDANCE!
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.ninelivesmovie.com
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This absorbing drama reveals a circle of nine urbanites whose lives intertwine in an erotic updating of Schnitzler’s La Ronde, complete with infidelity, AIDS, and the darker side of human sensuality.
Sat 2:25pm
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NO SOY UN OSO (I AM NOT A BEAR)
(Canada, NR, 2003, 7 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
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An interview and debate over what makes a man a bear and why he would resist belonging to a group of big hairy men.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 3:15pm
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THE OPPOSITE SEX: Rene's Story
(US, NR, 2003, 76 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Language.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
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Rene’ is biologically female yet male by personal identification. This work details the physical, emotional and social consequences that many if not all transgender persons confront while living within bodies that don’t match their identities. Additional interviews with family members offer alternative and heartfelt perspectives. These perspectives are both controversial and utterly poignant.
Fri 1:30pm
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THE OTHER SIDE OF AIDS
(US, NR, 2004, 86 min)
Viewer's Guide: Language.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.theothersideofaids.com
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This powerful but controversial documentary takes the position that HIV is not the cause of AIDS; rather, it was the gay lifestyle of the 1980s that created a natural breeding ground for illnesses and infections. Everyone who sees it should be aware that while reference is made to an overwhelming body of evidence against Scovill's theories, that evidence is not presented in the film.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 5:00pm
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RISE ABOVE: The Tribe 8 Documentary
(US, NR, 2004, 80 min)
Viewer's Guide:
Brief nudity.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.riseabovethetribe8documentary.com
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A rare view into the lives and minds of the members of Tribe 8, the first ever dyke-identified, hardcore punk-rock band. Filmmaker Tracy Flannigan breaks through the group’s shocking exterior, candidly capturing each band member’s rich and complex life story. The camera follows them at home, on the road and on the job, combining amazing performance footage, archival childhood pictures and intense personal interviews.
North Carolina premiere
Sun 12 noon
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ROBIN’S HOOD
(US, NR, 2003, 81 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.filmworks7.com
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Director Sara Millman tweaks the classic Robin Hood story. Robin’s a bold outlaw, an African American lesbian and a fearless social worker. She acquires from the privileged and donates to the underserved. She also boasts a love’em-and-leave’em track record, until a chance meeting with Brooklyn, a hot, French butch-dyke thief. The ensuing whirlwind of love, robbery and philanthropy is awe-inspiring.
North Carolina premiere
Sat 4:30pm
Sun 10:15am
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SAINTS AND SINNERS
(US, NR, 2004, 71 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
Sponsored by
Imani Metropolitan Community Church and
St. John's Metropolitan Community Church
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.personafilms.com/saintsandsinners/index.html
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Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco are lifelong Roman Catholics, and they want to marry. With its flurry of arrangements, the film paints a delightfully romantic portrait, but also soberly illustrates the self-knowledge and determination that gay people must often summon to claim their birthright within communities of faith.
North Carolina premiere
Sun 2:00pm
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SIRENS OF THE 23rd CENTURY
(US, NR, 2003, 86 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2003 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
Sponsored by Edith McMillian
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.sirensofthe23rdcentury.com
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In this bizarre parallel universe, exaggerated femininity is outlawed. All beautification behaviors such as plucking, tweezing and concealing are banned—punishable by imprisonment in “fashion work camps” or death. The Men’s Plainness Advocacy has eliminated beauty, so what’s a girl to do? Call in the Beauty Renegades. After all, in this perverse coming-of-age fantasy, “A life without skin care is not a life worth living.”
North Carolina premiere
Thurs 9:15pm
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SURGE OF POWER
(US, NR, 2004, 98 min)
Viewer's Guide: Comic violence and language.
SNEAK PREVIEW WORLD PREMIERE!
FILMMAKER SCHEDULED TO ATTEND!
Sponsored by Jeffery Ange and Dean Briere
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.surgeofpower.org
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When issue #1 of the comic Surge of Power comes to life, we enter the wacky world of Big City where Gavin Lucas (Vincent J. Roth) is out and proud about his comic reading penchant and longing to be a superhero. Gavin gets super powers in a freak accident, but tests on Gavin’s new powers demonstrate a weakness to dance music (hey, don't all heroes have lame weaknesses?). Featuring guest appearances from a multitude of science fictions veterans Nichelle “Uhura” Nichols, Lou “The Incredible Hulk” Ferrigno, Lisa “Wednesday” Loring, Bobby “The Anna Nicole Show” Trendy and Noel “Lois Lane” Neill.
North Carolina premiere
Sat 11:15pm
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TYING THE KNOT
(US, NR, 2004, 87 min)
Viewer's Guide: Mature themes.
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Best documentary feature, 2004 Frameline
International Film Festival, San Francisco
2004 New York Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival
2004 San Francisco Lesbian
and Gay Film Festival
Sponsored by Sharon Thompson Law Group and
Lorraine D. Johnson and Jessica Lamb of the
Principal Financial Group
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.tyingtheknotthemovie.com
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When a bank robber’s bullet ends the life of cop Lois Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, discovers a police department willing to accept the women’s relationship, but unwilling to release Lois’s pension. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher loses his husband of 25 years, cousins of his deceased spouse challenge his will and move to evict Sam from his home. As Mickie and Sam take up battle stations to defend their lives, Tying the Knot digs deeply into the meaning of marriage today. This timely documentary film uses archival footage, news clips and heartfelt interviews to make a compelling case for gay marriage.
North Carolina premiere
Fri 7:10pm
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