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  ELVIS AND MADONA (ELVIS E MADONA)

  1. A film by Marcelo Laffitte
  4. run time 105 minutes

  The lives of a beautiful biker babe and a tall blonde trannie intertwine in this vibrant Rio-set romantic comedy. Elvis is an aspiring young photographer delivering pizzas to make ends meet. Madona's plans for a spectacular drag show have just been dashed when her rotten sometime lover steals all her money.  Elvis and Madona shows the trajectory of these two characters who are chasing their...  (more)

  
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  Disarm (Disarm)

  1. A film by Will Faulkner
  4. run time 17 minutes 26 seconds

  A young man goes to the hotel room of an older man he met online for a hook-up. The two men begin to embrace, but each struggles for dominance, leading to a fight. The two men calm and begin to talk with each other, bringing out painful memories from the past, and eventually sharing in something they did not expect: a connection.  (more)

  
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  Ciao Meow

  1. A film by Su Goldfish
  4. run time 4 minutes 10 seconds

  Lucy the cat seemed immortal. When she disappeared one rainy night it seemed impossible that she had gone forever. Ciao Meow is a photo essay that tells the story of a very old cat with no ears and a mean disposition, who reigned supreme as part of her queer family. Lucy lived to the fine old age of 21yrs and 6months, a record according to the vet. This charming and at times challenging short...  (more)

  
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  Diana (Diana)

  1. A film by Aleem Khan
  4. run time 10 minutes 39 seconds

  Diana takes place the day after the Princess of Wales’ death and follows Mohit, an Indian pre-op transsexual on an emotional journey set against the backdrop of a day that shocked a nation and will change his life forever. Rejected by his family in India and working as a prostitute in London to pay for his hormone therapy, Mohit’s past continues to scar his life and he strongly relates to...  (more)

  
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  DELPHINIUM: a childhood portrait of Derek Jarman

  1. A film by Matthew Mishory
  2. Raindance Film Festival
  3. September 29 - October 10, 2010
  4. run time 13 minutes

  Delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming-of-age portrait of Derek Jarman’s artistic, sexual, and political awakening in post-War England. Part biographical narrative, part experimental collage, part personal meditation on the most controversial and important modern British artist and activist, the film finds in Jarman’s childhood the stirrings of creative and individual epiphany that...  (more)

  
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  Everybody Is Having Sex... But Ryan

  1. A film by Brian Pelletier
  4. run time 13 minutes 30 seconds

  Ryan is a dancer who just can't seem to get laid. Even his last date ended up going home with his best friend Dustin. All Ryan's dates seem to go well but then leave him with a major case of 'blue-balls'. Eventually, Ryan discovers what he was really looking for was right in front of him all along.  (more)

  
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  The Single Mother

  1. A film by Ryan Logan
  4. run time 6 minutes

  Meet The Single Mother - a big-hearted transvestite reincarnation of June Cleaver, who embarks on a perilous journey to obtain the nuclear family featured in his tattered Home & Garden magazines. With the unfortunate predicament of being unable to conceive himself (but not for lack of trying), he pursues increasingly desperate means to procure a child of his own. He attempts adoption. He strives...  (more)

  
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  To Each Her Own

  1. A film by Heather Tobin
  4. run time 109 minutes

  Jess meets Casey a very openly gay woman and quickly the girls form a strong romantic bond which forces Jess to come to terms with her true sexuality risking loosing her family and hurting her bestfriend/husband Trevor.  (more)

  
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  Swimming with Lesbians

  1. A film by David B. Marshall
  4. run time 68 minutes

  It has been said, “Gays have a past but no history.” Gays and Lesbians don’t grow up immersed in gay history, it is something they must search for. For those coming of age in the 1950’s, much of significant American gay history is their personal history -- the Mattachine Society, Stonewall, the gay rights movement, psychiatric redefinition of homosexuality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,...  (more)

  
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  A Far Cry From Home

  1. A film by Alan Rowe Kelly
  4. run time 44 minutes

  Alan Rowe Kelly's controversial short horror tale, A FAR CRY FROM HOME, is about a young urban gay couple (Kelly & Don Money) traveling through the NJ wilderness and stop at a rural antique hex store. What they don’t realize is that the backwoods storeowners (Katherine O'Sullivan, Jerry Murdock & Benzy) are a religious sect of homophobic, crazed killers who - under the local rule of the...  (more)

  
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  Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing

  1. A film by Linda Thornburg
  4. run time 126 minutes

  A vivid adaptation of May Sarton’s 1965 landmark novel tells the story of writer Hilary Stevens, who shocked the world in the 1920s with her novel about a love affair between two women. In the 1960s, the aging writer is interviewed by two young reporters who want to know, “Who’s the muse?” Through lushly filmed flashbacks, Hilary recalls the women who have inspired her...  (more)

  
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  You, Me and Him (Café com Leite)

  1. A film by Daniel Ribeiro
  2. Molodist Film Festival of Kiev
  3. October 23 - 31, 2010
  4. run time 18 minutes 10 seconds

  Danilo was about to move out of his parent’s house to go live with his boyfriend, Marcos, when his mom and dad die unexpectedly in an accident. His plans for the future change and he becomes responsible for his 10 year-old brother, Lucas. New bonds are created between these 3 young men. While brothers Danilo and Lucas need to learn everything they didn’t know about each other, Marcos tries to...  (more)

  
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  Fatherhood Dreams

  1. A film by Boris Ivanov
  4. run time 55 minutes

  In this heartfelt documentary, four gay men explore different options to attain their Fatherhood Dreams – Randy and Drew turn to adoption, Stephen co-parented his two daughters with a lesbian couple, and Scott prepares for the arrival of his twins through surrogacy  (more)

  
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  Pages of a Girl (Páginas de Menina)

  1. A film by Monica Palazzo
  4. run time 18 minutes 50 seconds

  In 1955, young Ingrid applies for a job at Machado de Assis Bookstore and meets Silvia, a very beautiful woman who is in town for a while. Their first intellectual affection becomes emotional. It´s a story about the love for books, literature and the will to go beyond what's superficial and the challenge of facing the unconventional. A meeting between two women, carefully aesthetic influenced by...  (more)

  
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  Mirror Mirror

  1. A film by John Winter
  4. run time 10 minutes 29 seconds

  The story of an elderly crossdresser... After so many years together, Joe faces life without Jana. Saying goodbye to yourself is never easy.  (more)

  
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  Gillery's Little Secret

  1. A film by TM Scorzafava
  4. run time 25 minutes

  A female-driven examination of the depth that lies between love and friendship. Gillery returns home for her 20th reunion, where she is confronted by a girl seeking answers. To answer these questions she confronts a past love, uncovering a secret now forced out after eighteen years.  (more)

  

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