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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Lesbian Interest</title>
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		<title>Gay Films Seized in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandro Moretti</dc:creator>
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Clapham Junction by Adrian Shergold (top); Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth in I Can&#8217;t Think Straight (middle); Patrik Age. 1.5 by Ella Lemhagen (bottom)

Canada  an egalitarian gay haven? Think again.
Marcus McCann reports in Xtra.com that Canada Border Services Agency customs officers have seized three gay-themed films en route to Ottawa&#8217;s three-day Inside Out gay film festival, which ends tomorrow, Nov. 22. No explanation was given for the seizure &#8212; which, of course, is exactly what you&#8217;d expect to happen in a true democracy. The films are supposed to remain in custody until they&#8217;re watched in full by some border censor or other. (Curiously, the Inside Out website makes no mention of the border incident.)
The three films in question are Adrian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/chicago-lesbian-gay-film-festival-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Baby Jane by Billy Clift (top); Shirley Knight, Liz Jahren in Not Fade Away (middle); Homewrecker by Paul Hart (bottom)

Reeling 2009, this year&#8217;s edition of the Chicago Lesbian &#38; Gay International Film Festival, kicked off on Thu., Nov. 5, with a screening of Casper Andreas&#8216; The Big Gay Musical. 
Upcoming feature films include:

Billy Clift&#8217;s Baby Jane, a recreation of What Ever Happened with Baby Jane? starring real drag queens playing the two female leads &#8212; as opposed to Joan Crawford and Bette Davis playing drag queens playing the two female leads.
Florencia Manovil&#8217;s  romantic drama Fiona&#8217;s Script, about an insecure bisexual woman who reluctantly enters into a relationship with a ladies&#8217; tomboy.
Rob Williams&#8216; Make the Yuletide Gay, a family Christmas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/seattle-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival-2009-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement]]></category>
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2009 Seattle Lesbian &#038; Gay Film Festival Awards
2009 Seattle Lesbian &#038; Gay Film Festival: Oct. 16-25, 2009
&#160;

A major box-office hit in its native Norway, Stian Kristiansen&#8217;s The Man Who Loved Yngve chronicles the (homo)sexual awakening of a small-town male teenager after another male teen starts attending his school.
&#160;
JURY AWARDS

BEST FEATURE FILM: The Man Who Loved Yngve, directed by Stian Kristiansen

FEATURE FILM HONORABLE MENTION:  I Can’t Think Straight, directed by Shamim Sarif

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Edie &#38; Thea: A Very Long Engagement, directed by Gréta Olafsdóttir and Susan Muska
BEST SHORT FILM: Diana, directed by Aleem Khan

SHORT FILM HONOURABLE MENTION: Claiming the Title, directed by Jonathan Joiner and Robert H. Martin
MOST INNOVATIVE SHORT: The Apple, directed by Emilie Jouvet
&#160;
  AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out on Film 2009: Atlanta&#8217;s Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Stephan Bender, Maximillian Roeg in Dream Boy (top); Sharon Gless in Hannah Free (bottom)

Out on Film, Atlanta&#8217;s gay &#38; lesbian film festival, kicked off last night with a screening of Casper Andreas&#8216; The Big Gay Musical. The festival runs until Oct. 8.
Among the screening films are:


Glenn Gaylord&#8217;s Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat, featuring hunky guys, some identity mix-ups, a three-way sex scene, and Mink Stole.

John G. Young&#8217;s Rivers Wash Over Me, about a gay teen New Yorker who is forced to move in with his family in the rural South.

Ellen Siedler and Megan Siler&#8217;s And Then Came Lola, a lesbian-themed version of the German hit Run, Lola, Run.

Doug Sebastian&#8217;s A Cross Burning in Willacoochee, a documentary about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copenhagen Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/copenhagen-gay-lesbian-film-festival-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/copenhagen-gay-lesbian-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Copenhagen Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival 2009 poster (top); Alexandre and Victor Carril in Give Me Your Hand (middle); Hello My Name Is Lesbian by Iben Haahr Andersen,  Minna Grooss (bottom)

The 2009 edition of the Copenhagen Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival runs Oct. 16-25.
Among the festival&#8217;s &#34;themes&#34; this year are &#34;Documenting Denmark,&#34; &#34;Daddy Cool,&#34; &#34;Cry for Me Argentina,&#34; and &#34;Bollywood Goes Gay.&#34;




Rückenwind by Jan Krüger (top); Daddy&#8217;s Love by Mette Aakerholm (middle); Nobody Passes Perfectly by Saskia Bisp (bottom)

Screening films include Jan Krüger&#8217;s Rückenwind, which follows a young couple (Sebastian Schlecht, Eric Golub) on a  bike trip in the woods that turns nightmarish after they meet with a lone mother and her shy  teenage son; Iben Haahr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/seattle-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/seattle-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Sonia Sebastian&#8217;s Girl Seeks Girl (top); Glenn Gaylord&#8217;s Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat (middle); Jochen Hick&#8217;s The Good American (bottom)

The 2009 edition of the Seattle Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival runs from Oct. 16-25.
Among the screening films are:

Bette Gordon&#8217;s Handsome Harry, starring Jamey Sheridan as a 52-year-old, divorced ex-Navy man who, following an encounter with an old &#8212; and dying &#8212; Navy buddy (Steve Buscemi), decides to face an uncomfortable issue from his past. Also in the cast: Campbell Scott, Aidan Quinn, Titus Welliver, and John Savage.

Two documentaries on transvestites/transsexuals: Fernanda Tornaghi and Ricardo Bruno&#8217;s Queen of Brazil, about the 32-year-old Miss Gay Brasil beauty pageant, and Queens at Heart, about pre-Stonewall transsexuals. According to the  festival&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/austin-gay-lesbian-film-festival-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/austin-gay-lesbian-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The 2009 edition of the Austin Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival, billed as the oldest and largest gay film festival in the American Southwest, will take place from Sept. 8-13
Among the screening films are:

Writer-director Caspar Andreas&#8216; Between Love &#38; Goodbye, in which two lovers, Marcel (Justin Tensen) and Kyle (Simon Miller), find their happiness seriously threatened once Kyle&#8217;s former prostitute transgender sister  (Rob Harmon) moves in with them.

Fred M. Caruso&#8217;s The Big Gay Musical, the story of two  actors, Paul (Daniel Robinson) and Eddie (Joey Dudding), whose private lives mirror their stage roles in a  play called &#34;Adam and Steve, Just the Way  God Made &#8216;em&#34;: while Paul searches for True Love, Eddie struggles with  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009 Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/outfest-2009-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The tale of a poor backwater family struggling against poverty, addiction, and assorted personal and social maladies, Tina Mabry&#8217;s Mississippi Damned was the jury&#8217;s pick for best U.S. narrative film at this year&#8217;s edition of Outfest, Los Angeles&#8217; gay and lesbian film festival.

Among the other Outfest 2009 jury winners were Stian  Kristiansen&#8217;s The Man Who Loved Yngve, the late 1980s tale (written by Tore Renberg) about a Norwegian teenager who unexpectedly finds himself madly in love with a handsome tennis player, which was chosen as the festival&#8217;s best international narrative feature; Nicole  Opper&#8217;s documentary Off and Running, about a young woman trying to discover the identity of her biological mother; and best actress Laura Harring and best actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: PORNOGRAPHY, MOTHERLAND, THE END OF LOVE</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/pornography-motherland-the-end-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/pornography-motherland-the-end-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 18. Synopses from the Outfest website.

The Baby Formula (Sat, Jul 18th 8:30pm, Ford Amphitheatre)
(Canada, 2008, 81 mins)
  video
  World Premiere
  Directed By: Alison Reid
  SCR: Richard Beattie
Athena and Lilith want to have a baby&#8230;and they&#8217;re looking to do it without a man! The ladies employ an experimental procedure that turns stem cells into sperm, allowing them to have a biological child. But when their relatives and a documentary crew find out, the couple&#8217;s domestic bliss is put to the test. Pregnant with humor and warmth, THE BABY FORMULA is a fresh take on what makes a family.
AFTER-PARTY: THE BOULEVARD LOUNGE, 1114 N. Crescent Heights, West Hollywood

Motherland (Sat, Jul 18th 9:00pm, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: Gay Shorts, AND THEN CAME LOLA, HOLLYWOOD JE T&#8217;AIME, BOY</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/gay-shorts-boy-and-then-came-lola/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/gay-shorts-boy-and-then-came-lola/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Friday, July 17. Synopses from the Outfest website.



Steam by Eldar Rapaport (top); Vandals by Simon Steuri (middle); El Abuelo by Dino Dinco (bottom)

Safe Words (Fri, Jul 17th 7:00pm, FAIRFAX 1)
  Shorts
Program Running Time is 92 min
Steam 
  Directed By: Eldar Rapaport
  USA, 2009, 16 min
Moving between anxiety, reflection and fear, two strangers try to make sense of their predicament&#8230;stuck in a steam room. Heat increasing, they need to get out but can&#8217;t find the door. What is this place and how did they get hereâ€¾
The Island 
  Directed By: Trevor Anderson
  Canada, 2009, 5 min
The filmmaker considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.
Vandals 
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		<title>Outfest 2009: TWO SPIRITS, DROOL, CITY OF BORDERS</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/two-spirits-drool-city-of-borders-outfest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Thursday, July 16. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Drool (Thu, Jul 16th 7:00pm, DGA 1)
(USA, 2009, 84 mins)
  video
  Directed By: Nancy Kissam
  SCR: Nancy Kissam
Part THELMA &#38; LOUISE and part LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, DROOL is an irreverent dark comedy with delightful performances from bombshells Laura Harring (MULHOLLAND DR.) and Jill Marie Jones (GIRLFRIENDS). With an abusive husband, ungrateful kids and nothing else going for her, Anora&#8217;s life is rough. Things start looking up when she gets very friendly with her new neighbor, Imogene&#8230;until Anora&#8217;s husband walks in on them and ends up dead in a freak, yet karmically just, accident. The ladies hit the open road with two kids, one body and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: PATRIK, AGE 1.5; BANDAGED, El niño pez</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/patrik-age-1-5-bandaged-el-nino-pez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Wednesday, July 15. Synopses from the Outfest website.

El niño pez / The Fish Child (Wed, Jul 15th 7:15pm, DGA 1)
  (France , Spain , Argentina, 2009, 96 mins)
  In Spanish with English subtitles
  video
  Directed By: Lucía Puenzo
SCR: Lucia Puenzo
Writer-director Lucía Puenzo won awards &#8211; including two prizes at Cannes &#8211; and critical acclaim all over the world for XXY, and now the Argentine filmmaker returns with a lesbian romance that&#8217;s also a Chabrol-esque mystery thriller and a scathing examination of class differences in the South American nation.
Lala (Inés Efron, whose performance has inspired comparisons to the early film roles of both Sissy Spacek and Chloë Sevigny), the privileged daughter of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, LUCKY BASTARD, FIONA&#8217;S SCRIPT</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/make-the-yuletide-gay-lucky-bastard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Tuesday, July 14. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Ghosted (Tue, Jul 14th 7:00pm, LAEMMLE MONICA)
(Germany , Taiwan, 2009, 89 mins)
  In English, Gernan, Mandarin with English subtitles
  35mm
  Directed By: Monika Treut
  SCR: Astrid Stroner &#38; Monika Treut
Legendary filmmaker Monika Treut (SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR) returns to Outfest with a deftly crafted, mysterious love story. Sophie, a Hamburg-based visual artist, is haunted by the unexplained death of her beautiful Taiwanese girlfriend, Ai-ling. As Sophie attempts to come to terms with her grief, she encounters new intrigue when she meets Mei-Li, a relentless journalist who seems just as obsessed with uncovering the truth about Ai-ling as she is with seducing Sophie. 

Make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: MR. RIGHT, CHOOSING CHILDREN, LION&#8217;S DEN, ANDER</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Monday, July 13. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Mr. Right (Mon, Jul 13th 7:00pm, FAIRFAX 1)
(UK, 2009, 95 mins)
  video
  World Premiere
  Directed By: Jacqueline Morris
  SCR: David Morris
What do a TV producer, a rugby player, two actors, a model and an artist have in common? Find out in MR. RIGHT, a delightful relationship dramedy from the brother/sister team of writer David Morris and director Jacqui Morris. As the boys hook up, break up and make up, they must get past the drama in order to find true happiness. A sentimental, sexy trip through London&#8217;s gay enclave Soho, MR. RIGHT just might be the one! 

Lion&#8217;s Den (Mon, Jul 13th 7:00pm, LAEMMLE MONICA)
(Argentina, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRAINING RULES: Q&amp;A with Dee Mosbacher</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/training-rules-dee-mosbacher-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Winner of the audience award for best documentary at the 2009 edition of San Francisco&#8217;s gay film festival, Frameline, Dee Mosbacher (right) and Fawn Yacker&#8217;s Training Rules &#8212; screening at Outfest tomorrow, July 11, at 4:30pm at the FAIRFAX 1 (on a double bill with Elizabeth Hesik&#8217;s Lady Trojans) &#8212; tackles the issue of anti-gay bigotry in women&#8217;s sports, particularly at  the Pennsylvania State University.
 For nearly three decades, Penn State&#8217;s  Lady Lions basketball coach Rene Portland (above, lower photo), known as &#34;The Mommy Coach,&#34; insisted that in her  team there would be absolutely no drugs, no booze, and no lesbians &#8212; purportedly with the intent of removing the stigma of lesbianism from women&#8217;s sports. In 2006, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRAINING RULES: Dee Mosbacher Interview II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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TRAINING RULES: Q&#038;A with Dee Mosbacher: Part I
 Have you heard from Rene Portland &#8212; or anyone associated with her &#8212; after the film was completed?
No. We made a diligent effort to find her, but it was clear she had no interest in talking to us.
I would like to clarify something.  Although we&#8217;ve been discussing the Penn State case, I want to make sure that you understand that this form of discrimination, based on sexual orientation goes on every day at colleges, universities, high schools and in professional sports. And it happens to both women and men, albeit in very different ways.
&#160;
 So, what about men&#8217;s sports? Would you say that blatant homophobia is an issue there as well? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: Bisex Shorts, John Hurt, RAGING SUN, RAGING SKY</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/bisexual-shorts-john-hurt-edie-and-thea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/bisexual-shorts-john-hurt-edie-and-thea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Sunday, July 12. Synopses from the Outfest website.



Bi-Definition by Kai Salim (top); Mano-a-Mano by Todd Strauss-Schulson (middle); Clearing the Air by David Morgasen (bottom)

Shorts Program: The Bro Job (Sun, Jul 12th 11:30am, DGA 1)
  Program Running Time is 92 min
A Mate
  Directed By: Teemu Nikki
  Finland, 2007, 7 min
  Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom, so he asks his mate to help him. However, Pera&#8217;s wife comes home a bit too soon.
 	The Watch
  Directed By: Marco Berger
  Argentina, 2008, 15 min
Two young men find a surprise connection during an impromptu sleepover.
Mano-A-Mano
  Directed By: Todd Strauss-Schulson
  USA, 2008, 5 min
Two dudes go head to head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: PRODIGAL SONS, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, BEFORE STONEWALL</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/prodigal-sons-give-me-your-hand-before-stonewall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Before Stonewall (Sat, Jul 11th Noon, REDCAT)
(USA, 1984, 87 mins)
  16mm
Directed By: Greta Schiller 
 From the sexual  experimentation of the Roaring Twenties, to the scapegoating of  homosexuals during the McCarthy era, to the development of the early  homophile rights movement, BEFORE STONEWALL presents a unique portrait  of the history of the U.S. homosexual experience. Using filmed  recollections and a wealth of archival material from both the mass  media&#8217;s portrayal of homosexuality and from the gay subculture&#8217;s own  documentation, the film traces the social, political, and cultural  development of the lesbian and gay community. The film features such  notables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: Boys&#8217; Shorts, TRAINING RULES, LION&#8217;S DEN, AMERICAN PRIMITIVE</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/boys-shorts-lions-den-american-primitive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website.

  
  
  Teddy by Christopher Banks (top); Steeling Magnolias by The Vasco Brothers (middle); James by Connor Clements (bottom)

Boys&#8217; Shorts (Sat, Jul 11th 11:00am, DGA 1)
  Program Running Time is 96 min 
  Dish
  Directed By: Brian Harris Krinsky
  USA, 2009, 16 min
  Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around their east Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do.
Teddy
  Directed By: Christopher Banks
  New Zealand, 2009, 13 min
Tony, a dyed-in-the-wool Londoner, travels 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia QFest 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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And Then Came Lola (top); Doris Day,  Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk (middle); Raging Sun, Raging Sky (bottom)

The Philadelphia QFest kicks off tomorrow, July 9, with a tribute to Chad Allen, followed by a screening of Jason Bushman&#8217;s Hollywood, je t&#8217;aime, in which Allen is excellent as a pothead drug dealer who befriends a Frenchman roaming around Los Angeles.
Among the other highlights of Philadelphia&#8217;s QFest are:

Tribute to Sharon Gless, followed by a screening of Hannah Free.
 Doris Day Day featuring a screening of Pillow Talk, Day&#8217;s first pairing with Rock Hudson, and the film that earned the actress her only Academy Award nomination. Pillow Talk will be preceded by the new German documentary What a Difference a Day Made: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: HANNAH FREE, MISCONCEPTIONS, COLLEGE BOYS LIVE, &#8220;Makin&#8217; Moves&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/hannah-free-misconceptions-college-boys-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/hannah-free-misconceptions-college-boys-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outfest 2009 hightlights on Friday, July 10. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Hannah Free (Fri, Jul 10th 7:00pm, DGA 1) 
(USA, 2009, 88 mins) World Premiere
Directed By: Wendy Jo Carlton; scr: Claudia Allen
Romantic, touching and poignant, HANNAH FREE eloquently depicts a  lifelong love affair between two very different women. Hannah (played  as an older woman by the remarkable Sharon Gless) is adventurous and  rebellious, while Rachel is content with a traditional small town life.  They tell the stories of their lives &#8211; from mouth-watering apple pie to  clandestine sex in the barn, from adventurous travels to an unbearable  marriage, from a world war to deep family denial. Through a history  spanning nearly 70 years, their love is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: TRAINING RULES Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Winner of the Audience Award for best documentary at San Francisco&#8217;s Frameline 2009, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Dee  Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker&#8217;s Training Rules, about anti-lesbian discrimination in women&#8217;s sports, will be screened at Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival, on Saturday, July 11, at 4:30 p.m. at the Fairfax  1 in West Hollywood. Mosbacher, Yacker, and the film&#8217;s narrator, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, will take part in a discussion following the screening.
The 60-minute Training Rules  focuses on the women’s basketball program at Pennsylvania State University, where in 2006 student athlete Jennifer Harris filed a lawsuit   against  the university and Lady Lions basketball head coach, Maureen “Rene” Portland (above, lower photo).  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outfest 2009: Box Office Is Now Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The Outfest 2009 box office is now open at the DGA
  for will-call and ticket purchase.
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
  7920 Sunset Blvd. 
Hollywood 90046
 In addition to purchasing tickets over the phone  (213.480.7065) or online (outfest.org) you may purchase tickets in person.
Outfest 2009 DGA Box Office hours:
  June 30-July 9 &#8211; 10:00am to 6:00pm daily (closed July 4)
  July 9-July 19 &#8211; 11:00am to 10pm daily
Note: All  ticket orders are available for pick-up at the DGA beginning today (no  ticket orders are being mailed out this year). Outfest organizers &#34;strongly encourage  you to pick up ticket orders before the festival starts on July 9.&#34;
Will-call and ticket purchase will also be available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frameline 33: The 2009 San Francisco LGBT Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Frameline 33, the 2009 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicks off on Thursday, June 18, with screenings of Richard Laxton&#8217;s An Englishman in New York (above, top photo), starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp, and Bonham Sláma&#8217;s rural Czech drama The Country Teacher (above, lower photo), set universes away from glamorous Park Avenue and the superciliousness of Crisp and his milieu. 



Among Frameline 33&#8217;s other films are:

Shine Louise Houston&#8217;s Champion (above, top photo), the tale of a tough female wrestler who must decide between success and &#34;being herself.&#34; (&#34;If you liked Girlfight, but felt like it was missing strap-on action and penetration,&#34; reads Frameline&#8217;s info on the film, &#34;then Champion is for you!&#34;)
Auraeus Solito&#8217;s Boy, described as &#34;An exquisitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup
Documentaries  IN COMPETITION 
Boriven  nee yu pai tai karn kuk kun (This Area is Under Quarantine) by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand, 2009) 
  friday 24 april,  16.45 &#8211; monday 27 april,   11.30
Out  in India: A Family&#8217;s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007)
  friday  24 april,  18.30 &#8211; saturday 25 april,  11.30

Intimidades  de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (Shakespeare and Victor Hugo&#8217;s Intimacies) by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, 2008)
  friday  24 april,  15.30 (Sala 3) &#8211; saturday 25 april,  11.30 (Sala 3)
Giorgio/Giorgia&#8230;  storia di una voce (Giorgio/Giorgia&#8230;History of a Voice) by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008)
  saturday  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup
Feature Films IN COMPETITION 

Rückenwind (Light  Gradient) by Jan Krüger (Germany, 2009)
  friday 24 april,   18.30 &#8211; saturday 25 april,  14.30

El  patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) by Belén Macías (Spain, 2008)
  friday  24 april,  22.45 &#8211; saturday 25 april,  11.30

Gu  huo (Fire in Silence) by Shen Weiwei (China,  2008)
  saturday  25 april,  18 &#8211; sunday 26 april,  14.15

Leonera (Lion&#8217;s  Den) by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil,  2008)
  saturday  25 april,  20 &#8211; monday 27 april,  11

Selda  (The Inmate) by Ellen Ramos,  Paolo Villaluna (Philippines, 2008)
  saturday  25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheryl Dunye&#8217;s THE WATERMELON WOMAN at the REDCAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Actress-filmmaker Cheryl Dunye and producer Alexandra Juhasz will be present at the REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles for a screening of Dunye&#8217;s 1996 feature The Watermelon Woman on Monday, May 11, at  8:30 pm. The film will be screened  in Beta SP. A fundraiser for the restoration of The Watermelon Woman will be held earlier that day (6:00-7:30 pm) at the Phyllis Stein Art, also in downtown LA. (More information below.)
Called  both a &#8220;saucy, daring, insidiously smart debut&#8221; (The Boston Phoenix) and &#34;flotsam floating down a sewer&#34; (Christian right-winger Jesse Helms) The Watermelon Woman is, according to the REDCAT press release, &#34;the first-ever theatrical feature directed by an African American [actually born in Liberia] lesbian.&#34; The film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: TO FARO, BABY LOVE, Lesbian Shorts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London  Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009
Wednesday, April 8, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
&#160;

&#34;Mortal Desires&#34;
Vampires, hoodlums, a hot detective and a few high class call girls make up this programme of sexy lesbian shorts. 
In Twilight&#8217;s Shadow (above)
  USA 2008. Dir T.M. Scorzafava. 12min.
Carlisle&#8217;s girlfriend is being held hostage and she&#8217;ll do all it takes to get her girl back before sunrise.
Crazy Baby
  USA 2008. Dir Jules Nurrish. 3min.
An unhinged patient, a sexy nurse and a very large needle&#8230;
Liminal
  USA 2008. Dir Stephen Keep Mills. 14min.
A powerplay between lovers escalates with devastating results.
At Home (or Love as well)
  Spain 2008. Dir Mariel Macia. 25min.
Rosa&#8217;s first time has to be perfect.
What I found in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out at the Pictures: DESERT HEARTS, GET REAL, JULIA, COCKLES AND MUSCLES</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Patricia Charbonneau,  Helen Shaver in Desert Hearts

The British Film Institute will screen four films with (at least some) gay content in their &#34;Out at the Pictures&#34; series in the next two months. The four titles are: Desert Hearts (1985), Get Real (1998), Julia (1977), and Crustacés et coquillages / Cockles and Muscles / Cote d&#8217;Azur (2005). The series will also feature &#34;Generations of Love,&#34;  an intergenerational panel discussion. (See full schedule below.)
Based on Pentimento, Lillian Hellman&#8217;s 1973 book of (highly fictionalized) memoirs in which Hellman discusses her close friendship with a woman named &#34;Julia,&#34; Julia is my favorite Fred Zinnemann film. Jane Fonda can be quite actressy, but her Lillian Hellman is perhaps her most sober, self-contained characterization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival 2009: Call for Entries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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PRESS RELEASE
Entries must be received by March 1, 2009 for consideration in the 22nd CT Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival (May 22 &#8211; 30, 2009).
 Download Entry Form
 Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Version 
 Microsoft Word Version 
Film Submission Rules

 Entries will be accepted for preview only in 1/2&#34; VHS or  DVD format. We can show 16mm, 35mm, Beta SP and DVCam at the festival,  but we can only preview film entries on tape or DVD. Please do not send  your master tape. 
You must hold all necessary rights for the submission of your film to the festival. 
Entries are accepted starting September 1 for the following May&#8217;s festival. Entry forms and tapes must be received by March 1 of the festival year.  [...]]]></description>
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