THIS LIST IS FROM THE 2006 FESTIVAL.
2007 schedule for NCGLFF coming soon.
AMNESIA--THE JAMES BRIGHTON ENIGMA
WINNER! Best Canadian Feature! Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film
and Video Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Frameline - San Francisco Int'l
LGBT Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! OUTFEST - Los Angeles LGBT Film
Festival
(Canada, NR, 90 min, 2005) Beta
 Inspired
by real events, Amnesia - The James Brighton Enigma tells the
story of an American found naked and amnesiac in a vacant parking lot
in Montreal in 1998. He says his name is James Brighton, but the only
thing he's sure of is that he's gay. Volunteers from S.O.S Gay organize
a media campaign to help him recover his forgotten past. But after
three months, no one has claimed him, and James starts to despair.
Until the Montreal Police arrest him after his brother, a Pentecostal
minister in Tennessee recognized him on TV. What happened to
this
young American in search of freedom? That's what Sylvie, a
criminology student, tries to find out a year later, as her fascination
with the case brings her to question her own identity.
Viewer's Guide: Nudity, violence, and language.
OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.amnesielefilm.com
(SEE THE TRAILER)
Thursday 9:30 pm Cinema One
Sunday 7:20 pm Fletcher Hall
North Carolina Premiere!
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RED DOORS
WINNER! Best Narrative Feature! 2005 Tribeca Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Frameline - San Francisco Int'l
LGBT Film Festival
WINNER! Audience Award! 2005 OUTFEST - Los Angeles LGBT Film
Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Miami Gay Lesbian Film Festival
(US, NR, 90 min, 2006) Beta
 Red Doors tells the
story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional
Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong (Tzi
Ma) has just retired and plots to escape his mundane life. However, the
tumultuous, madcap lives of his three rebellious daughters change his
plans. Samantha (Jacqueline Kim), the eldest daughter, is a tough New
York businesswoman engaged to a prominent young man (Jayce Bartok).
Festering beneath her controlled surface, however, is a deep-rooted
resentment for being pushed onto the straight and narrow path. As she
nears her thirtieth birthday, Samantha begins to reevaluate her career
and love life. When she runs into an old high school flame (Rossif
Sutherland) during a visit to her hometown, Samantha is thrust into a
soul-searching journey that compels her to reexamine how she has lived
her life until now. Julie (Elaine Kao), the shy
middle
sister, is a fourth-year medical student whose only social outlet is
her weekly ballroom dance class. Julie has always been the quiet center
of the Wong family storm. However, Julie's world is turned upside down
when she meets Mia Scarlett (Mia Riverton), a movie star researching
her next role at the hospital, who sets Julie's heart aflame. While
Julie grapples with the difficulties of dating a celebrity, she also
tries to keep her own family from falling apart.
Katie
(Kathy Shao-Lin Lee), the youngest sister, is a disaffected high school
senior who engages in an elaborate prank war with Simon (Sebastian
Stan), her longtime neighbor and nemesis. While the pranks start out
innocuously, the incidents rapidly escalate to dangerous proportions
until the two finally discover their own peculiar brand of emotional
connection. Before Ed disappears, he decides to
re-visit
his history through old VHS footage of the Wong family (the director's
own home video footage). The stark contrast between the happier past
and the colder reality of the present compel Ed to leave home. Yet,
while the Wongs may no longer be able to verbally express their
feelings, Ed and the daughters learn to communicate again through the
stories and images from the past.
Viewer's Guide: Language and violence.
OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.reddoorsthemovie.com
Viewer's Guide: Language.
Thursday 7:00 pm Cinema One
Saturday 5:00 pm Cinema One
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Men's
Centerpiece Selection!
BOY
CULTURE
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Miami Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! London Lesbian and Gay Film
Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Frameline - San Francisco Int'l
LGBT Film Festival
(US, NR, 88 min, 2006) Beta
 In 2005, Q. Allan
Brocka's much-enjoyed Eating Out premiered at the
NCGLFF as our centerpiece screening. Boy Culture is a great
follow up: a sexy, funny and sharply written gay comedy of manners.
Brocka introduces us to a feasible yet fantastic gay family set-up: 'X'
is an older (well he's in his 30s) 'hooker with morals' in need of a
dose of intimacy. He is secretly obsessed with his flat mate Andrew,
who is starting to experiment on the scene. And then there's Joey,
their young sexually voracious twink 'son' who completes this
intriguing threesome. When 'X' meets an enigmatic older trick who wants
him to feel the time is right before they have sex, he begins to drop
his guard. And as he does, all their relationships spin out into
intricate, hilarious and complex patterns. This is gay life as it is so
often stereotyped, but cut through with real heart, intelligence and
emotional integrity. Boy Culture turns you on, makes you think about
your own relationships and leaves you with a smile on your face.
Viewer's Guide: Nudity, language, and drug usage.
OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.boy-culture.com
Stephen Israel, Producer will be in attendance.
Saturday 9:10 pm Fletcher Hall
Sunday 7:00 pm Cinema One
North Carolina Premiere!
Sponsored by Re:Vamp - Creative Community Development
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Women's
Centerpiece Selection!
LOVING ANNABELLE
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Miami Gay Lesbian Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION! Frameline - San Francisco Int'l
LGBT Film Festival
(US, NR, 77 min, 2006) Beta
 Continuing
the long legacy of lesbian schoolgirl films like
Mädchen in Uniform and The Children's Hour comes a new film
worthy
of induction into the ranks of those classics. Loving Annabelle is a
sultry, sexy and supremely smart film about a boarding school student
who finally meets her match...or does she? The wild daughter
of a
senator, Annabelle (Erin Kelly) comes to a very strict Catholic
boarding school as the last stop in a run of exclusive private schools
that have expelled her. Intelligent, beautiful and bored, Annabelle
immediately impresses both her schoolmates and her new teacher, Simone
(Diane Gaidry), when she correctly interprets the heavily sexual
meaning of an e.e. cummings poem in English class. Brazen enough to
openly proposition Simone after class, Annabelle doesn't quite know
what she's in for as she begins her very Lolita-esque temptation.
Matters are further complicated by the fact that Simone is the
dormitory monitor and thus lives on the same floor as the aggressive
and sexy Annabelle. When student and teacher are the only two left on
campus during spring break, the temptation is nearly
overwhelming. What do they do? To find out, you'll have to
see
the movie! With its completely captivating leads, Loving Annabelle
keeps us in suspense until an ending you might not see coming.
Viewer's Guide: Nudity, language, and drug usage.
Saturday 7:15 pm Cinema One
Sunday 1:30 pm Cinema One
North Carolina Premiere!
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