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        Durham, NC: The annual North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (NCGLFF), usually held in the second week of August for the past eleven years, will occur during the final week of August 2007.  The 12th edition of the four-day festival takes place Thursday, August 23 through Sunday, August 26 at the historic Carolina Theatre in Downtown Durham.

        The new dates are in response to audience requests that the festival take place during a time period when colleges and universities are in session and thereby able to participate.  Increased college-student attendance at the 2007 festival will determine if the NCGLFF occurs in early or late August in future years.  According to audience surveys, traditional college-age students currently represent less than 10% of overall festival attendance.  The NCGLFF has averaged 10,000 in attendance each year since 2001.

        Tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 1st at 11 a.m. Single tickets are $8.00 and  5-Packs are $35.00.  Tickets can be purchased at the box office located at 309 West Morgan Street in Durham.  Box office hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and weekends from 1:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. More information is available at www.carolinatheatre.org

        The Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau named the NCGLFF a Signature Event for Durham, the highest honor bestowed on a cultural event or attraction by the organization in 2003.  Produced by non-profit Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., the NCGLFF is the second largest LGBT film festival in the Southeast and the largest cultural arts event serving the queer community in the Carolinas.

            Since its beginning in 1995, the NCGLFF has presented almost 1,000 shorts, documentaries and feature films of wide appeal to the LGBT community.  The 2007 festival line-up will feature 76 films including 2 world premieres and 72 North Carolina premieres.  The 76 films represent an international collaboration of artists from a dozen countries including Germany, Taiwan, Israel, France, Iceland, Spain, Canada and the United Kingdom. 

            Highlight films for this year’s festival include the Women’s Centerpiece “Nina’s Heavenly Delights,” Men’s Centerpiece – “East Side Story,” Women’s Opening Night Film – “What’s Up, Scarlet?” and the Men’s Opening Night Film – “A Four Letter Word.”

            NCGLFF takes place Thursday, August 23 through Sunday August 26, 2007.  For more information on films, schedules, festival updates and special events go to: www.carolinatheatre.org. or http://festivals.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 1st at 11 a.m. and can be purchased at the box office at 309 W. Morgan Street in downtown Durham. The last day to purchase 5-packs is Wednesday, August 22. Box office hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends from 1:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Call the box office at 919-560-3030 for more information.




The Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing quality film and live performances to the Triangle community.
Live performances at the Carolina Theatre are supported in part by the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, the A.J. Fletcher Performing Arts Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation, the CCB Foundation and the F.M. Kirby Foundation

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