The 16th Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
May 30 - June 7, 2003
Film Schedule and Descriptions
Friday May 30 - 7:30 pm
Tipping
the Velvet
(2002, UK, video, 174 min. Geoff Sax.)
An erotic lesbian romp
through the 1890s Victorian England underworld, with prostitution,
cross-dressing, music halls, and rich society women who keep love slaves.
Find yourself cheering for our heroine Nan as she stumbles on the way from
village oyster girl to London's unsavory West End. Will she ultimately
find her own identity--and true love to boot? Not to be missed!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/tipping/
---Two 58 min episodes, Intermission, then the final 58 min episode---
<< Opening Night Reception To Follow >>
Saturday May 31- Matinee 2:00 pm
Changing Room
(2001 US Courtenay Singer & Melanie Wood 17 min)
A revealing look at the women behind the drag king personas Johnny Kat and
Duncan -- and the gender identity issues raised by “boy drag”.
Beso Nocturno (Night Kiss)
(2000
Mexico/Canada Boris Rodriguez 14 min)
A young man witnesses the horrible death of his girlfriend. He then sells
his sexual services to a woman who brings him home to her dying husband.
Canada:
Sperm Bank of Satan
(2002 Canada Graham Hollings 12 min)
This queer road movie has fun exploring Canadian identity and the way it
is shaped by Canada's relationship with the United States.
The Moment
After
(US 2002 35mm, Gerald McCullouch, 13min)
A poignant longing for
what could have been permeates The Moment After, in which Tracey
marks his birthday by making a terrifying choice from which there's no
turning back. Written
and directed by Gerald McCullouch of TV's C.S.I.
www.themomentafter.net
Target
Audience
(2002 US David Kittredge 12 min)
His parents are away. He's had a few too many beers. His best friend just
passed out at the foot of the sofa. And he's about to find out that the
most dangerous part of a Saturday night...could be a late-night
infomercial.
www.triplefire.com/ta
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The Gift
(2002 US Louise Hogarth 75 min)
Controversial even before its release, this
compelling piece investigates the phenomenon of 'bug chasing', where
HIV-negative men deliberately seek 'gift givers' to become infected with
the HIV virus. Unbelievable and shocking but true, this is essential
viewing. "People need to see this movie." Richard Roeper, Chicago
Sun-Times.
www.thegiftdocumentary.com
Saturday May 31 - 7:30 pm
Clay Pride: Being Clay in
America
(2001
US David Karlsberg/ Jonathan Watts 4 min)
Tender and sensitive:
one boy’s story of growing up clay.
www.claypride.com
Dildo Diaries
(2002
US Laura Barton and Judy Wilder 63 min)
A lighthearted but “probing” approach to exploring the development
of Texas Penal Code that outlaws dildos except for "educational purposes."
Texas is suddenly filled with safer sex educators. Combining historical
documentation, personal stories, and interviews with noted experts,
including Molly Ivins and Annie Sprinkle, and legislators, this
documentary honors the dildo's fight for legitimacy and its many admirers.
www.dildodiaries.com
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Cock
& Bull Story
(2002
US Billy Hayes. 102 min)
Directed by Billy Hayes whose experiences in a Turkish
prison inspired Midnight Express, Cock and Bull Story is a compelling and
violent tale of repressed sexuality in the dangerous streets of downtown
Chicago. It's a story of the ambiguously close relationship between a
wannabe boxing champ (Bret Roberts) and his lifelong friend (Briane Austin
Green of Beverly Hills 90210 fame), as they desperately try to
escape their dead-end, violence-riddled, inner-city lives. It's also the
story of the brutal reality and consequences of internalized homophobia in
our society.
www.pantheonent.com/cock_bull.htm
Sunday June 1 - Matinee 2:00 pm
The Revelation
(2001
Norway Jan Otto Wiig 4 min)
Delightfully recounts a boy's blinding recognition that marriage
doesn't always mean a man and a woman.
Gaydar
(2002
US Larry LaFond 20 min)
Randy has a huge crush on hunky coworker Jack, but he doesn't know
if Jack is gay until he discovers a gaydar gun that could change everything.
www.gaydarthemovie.com
Body: A Women's Definition
(2002
US Sharon Pellerin 41 min)
Deftly explores the rigorous and sometimes self-contradictory
discipline of women’s bodybuilding. The film follows eight lesbian
bodybuilders to the Gay Games in Amsterdam. In their own voices, these
articulate, driven women explore issues of muscularity, femininity, body
image, and self-empowerment.
www.bodyawomensdefinition.com
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Georgie Girl
(2002
New Zealand Annie Goldson and Peter Wells 70 min)
This is the fascinating profile of Georgina Beyer, a Maori ex-sex
worker who became the world's first transgender person to be elected to
national office. Artfully combines interviews and sensual images of
Beyer's nightclub and film performances with footage from a day in the
life of the Minister of Parliament for an amazing and inspiring story.
www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c576.htm
Sunday
June 1 -
7:30
pm
No Dumb Questions
(2001 US Melissa Regan 24 min)
This award-winning
documentary profiles three adorable sisters, aged 6, 9 and 11, struggling
to understand why and how their Uncle Bill is becoming Aunt Barbara.
http://www.nodumbquestions.com
21
(2002
US Erin Greenwell 53 min)
The Afterschool Special we all wished for as a kid. 15-year old
Leigh has problems. Her family’s a mess – her jock brother torments her,
her mother has money problems, and her beloved dad is moving away, leaving
her without anyone to play blackjack with. But her biggest problem is the
upcoming school band seat play-offs – if she loses, she won’t be able to
sit next to her crush Jen anymore! 21 is beautifully reminiscent of Todd Solondz' paean to teenage angst, and brings a much needed dose of reality
to the current spate of teen lesbian films.
www.smithyproductions.com
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Intersex Exposition: Full Monty
(2002
Australia Shorona Se Mbessankwini 7 min)
A Jewish Australian has nothing to hide when appearing at a lesbian strip
club in Sydney and 'comes out' as Intersex.
www.geocities.com/greenpiratequeen
Sex, Politics & Cocktails
(2002
US Julien Hernandez 55 min)
Sebastian is a young film maker who has just arrived in
L.A. His first assignment, making a gay documentary, takes him to people
and places that he’d never dreamed existed! Sex & the City meets
Queer as
Folk in this entertaining drama that's better than Prozac and cheaper than
therapy.
www.sexpoliticsandcocktails.com
Monday June 2 - 7:30 pm
LTR
(2002
US Phillip Bartell 16 min)
Two boys
have found soulmates in each other, or have they?
Peanuts & Pumps
(2001 US Lyter 16mm 4 min)
In a bar, a tough drag queen retaliates when a biker gets on her nerves.
Repodyke
(2003 Canada Tucker C Doherty 4 min)
After a sudden break up with
her girlfriend, Laura hires REPODYKE, the lesbian repossession experts, to
retrieve her vacuum cleaner.
Going Down
(2002 US Dominic Inzana 4 min)
The elevator doors close, and suddenly our
neurotic friend finds himself trapped with a raging stranger (played by
former NFL player Jimmy Lee Gary Jr.). Running out of time and options,
our victim makes a desperate offer that can't be refused. Going Down
offers a glimpse of his personal hell with a wickedly funny twist.
www.goingdownthefilm.com
This Car Up
(2002 US Eric Mueller 16 min)
Timing is everything in this split screen film that follows the
synchronized lives of two unlikely lovers.
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Group
(2002 US Marilyn Freeman 106 min)
Take a fast and funny, deep and bumpy ride into consciousness in this
highly improvisational, mock documentary. Queer punk amputee; born-again
Christian; hypochondriac; lesbian sex-rocker; enigma; tramp; bigot;
binger; and their therapist--these 8 women simply try to find a little
more happiness in group therapy. Unforgettably funny at times, and
riveting to the final moment, Group delivers a fresh, powerful view of
cinema and humanity.
www.groupthemovie.com
Tuesday June 3 - 7:30 pm
Blue Tuesday
(2001
Canada Lisa G 3 min)
America’s favorite blond doll, shows what happens when memories get in the
way of self-love and moving on.
Precious Moments
(2003 Norway Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen 16 min)
The true incident in Norway of a 15 yr old who answers an ad by a 30
year old gay man.
www.dalchowsverden.no/ftenglish.html
This Car Up
(2002 US Eric Mueller 16 min)
Timing is everything in this split screen film that follows the
synchronized lives of two unlikely lovers.
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A.K.A.
(2002 UK Duncan Roy 120 min)
A British 6 Degrees of Separation like film based on a true
story. Sexy, stunning and technically groundbreaking, AKA traces a young
man's right of passage in a world where privilege, love, and power are
all for sale. With fleeting references to the Pygmalion and The Talented
Mr. Ripley, a bold and intelligent feature that will have you hooked from
beginning to end. www.akamovie.com
Wednesday June 4 - 7:30 pm
No
Secret Anymore
(2003
US Joan E Birren 55 min)
The inspiring story of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon, founders of the modern
lesbian civil rights movement and partners in love and political struggle
for half a century. A breathtaking personal/political history narrated by
Kate Clinton. Delightful and illuminating! www.woman-vision.org/nosecret
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Gasoline
(2002
Italy Monica Stambrini. 90 min)
In Italian with English subtitles
Twenty year-old lovers Lenni and Stella live in blissful isolation in
Stella’s tiny petrol station, with Stella manning the pump and Lenni
tending the bar... What was already a bad day becomes ‘the night from
hell’, when a group of homophobic hoodlums decides to target them for a
little late night fun. As the film opens, hard-bitten mechanic Stella (Sansa)
has accidentally murdered her girlfriend Lenni's overbearing mother, so
the two set out in hopes of disposing the body. But, in the great
Hitchcock tradition, the corpse proves difficult to shake, and what's
more, it's taken to chatting with its increasingly guilty and desperate
daughter.
www.strandrel.com/in_theaters/gasoline.html
Thursday June 5 - 7:30 pm
Masturbation: Putting the Fun Into Self-Loving
(
If you believe those old wives tales about masturbation, then laugh before we all go blind in this hilarious lesson in self loving presented by Dr Sigmund Winston and his youthful sidekick Billy. Masturbation can be fun; just don't be late for school. www.skyangelfilms.com/masturbation
(2002
US Todd Ahlberg 60 min)
Investigates the phenomenon of on-line cruising by gay men and how the internet has revolutionized the way gay men seek sex. Anonymity, the thrill of the chase, danger, excitement, you can be whoever you want online… www.hookedmovie.com
Special appearance planned by one of the documentary's subjects, Brian Hayes
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(
2002 US Dan Bree 7 min)
The conflict between traditional Islam and non-traditional sexuality is laid bare and the struggle of gay Muslims is brought into the open for the first time. www.nosh.org/faith
(2002
Israel Etyan Fox with Yehuda Levi/Ohad Knoller 65 min)
Friday June 6 - 7:30 pm
(2001
US Mary Jo Godges & Renee Sotile 3 min)
An oxymoron?! Interviews with dazzling, celebrity lesbians about their attitudes towards accessorizing.
(2001
Canada Martha Newbigging 3 min)
The stick figure girl on the ladies' room sign is mad and she's not gonna take it anymore.
(2001
Canada Cassandra Nicolaou 13 min)
(2001
US Paula Durette 3 min)
Hilarious lesbian dance floor drama deconstructed – who gathers where.
(2002
US Lee Friedlander 28 min)
10 rules to being a lesbian described by a woman attending a party, this hysterical short has it the dyke drama you could imagine…what to do when your friends are also your dating pool! www.sharkskinproductions.com
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(2002
US Dee Mosbacher 90 min)
From Holly Near to Ani DiFranco, from Sweet Honey in the Rock to the Indigo Girls, this breathtaking tour of women's music takes us from the early 1970's - when lesbian folk singers were kicked off stage for being too "out" - right up to the present, when women-rockers win Grammys. Winner of Audience Award for Best Doc: 2002 San Francisco Int'l Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.woman-vision.org ***June Millington of the 70's band "Fanny" (and currently with the "Slammin' Babes") will be making a special guest appearance at the screening - and she's bringing her guitar, so don't miss it!***
Saturday June 7 - Matinee 2:00 pm
** Youth
Program **
Co-sponsored by True Colors (www.OurTrueColors.org)
and the RainbowRoom (www.RainbowRoomCt.org).
Check out the details of
RainbowRoom's Film Fest After-Party.
(2002
Canada Andrew Hull 16 min)
While visiting his family at the cottage, Kevin meets up with his younger cousin and sparks a sweet and inspiring connection.
(2002 US Michael Apted 10 min )
Emily is your average teenage girl or is she? She hangs with her girlfriends and her GIRLfriend. A cherry red kiss for teen girls struggling with who they are and why they're here. www.scenariosusa.com/movies/lipstick.html
(2001 US New Neutral Zone, Fierce & Paper Tiger TV 20 min)
Made by queer youth through the venerable Paper Tiger TV, is a powerful look at the fight to save the Christopher Street Pier, one of the only places in New York City where a diverse queer youth community, including homeless youth, can gather and be themselves. www.papertiger.org/index.php?name=Fenced-Out
(2001 US Allie Sultan 12 min)
College freshman Catie goes home for Thanksgiving and finds herself trapped in the back of the family station wagon faced with her parents’ probing questions.
(2002 US Alan Brown 30 min)
Loosely inspired by the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young man left beaten and half-naked in a cornfield in O Beautiful, doesn’t know what to think when one of his attackers returns and says he has come back to help him. But as he and his would-be rescuer confront the meaning of the night’s events and their own feelings, their relationship begins to change.
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(2002 Canada Larry Peloso 62 min)
In this story of activism, Marc Hall fights his Catholic school in Toronto all the way to the Canadian Supreme Court to bring his boyfriend to the Prom. Refusing to back down in the face of daunting pressure, this film candidly and sensitively allows us into the world of this extraordinary and brave teen who, without shame or apology, takes on his school, his community, and his religion.
Saturday
June 7 - 7:30 pm
(2002
US Evie Leder, Dan Janos & Gretchen Lee 4 min)
Spikey has two mommies. A lighthearted look at the joys and anxieties of lesbian parenting. www.willfullyperverse.com/films/spike
(2001
US J.T. O’Neal 5 min)
A male aerobics instructor and one of his female students vie for the attention of a weight lifter with their sexy dancing.
(2002
US Cheryl Furjanic 8 min)
Me-oww! Find out what that cute girl in the bar is really thinking when you try to take her home.
Cherries In The Snow
(2002
Canada Melissa Levin 5 min)
Dare to display and celebrate what's underneath, in this ode to Joan Nestle and all fabulous femmes and their sexy lingerie.
D.E.B.S.
(2002
US Angela Robinson 11 min)
This crew of sexy gun-slinging-elite trained chicks is
seeking adventure, don't mess with them or they'll shoot ya!
www.power-up.net/debs.html
Sexy
(2001
US Tom Whitman & Dustin Woehrmann 10 min)
Through a kaleidoscope of rainbow-hued cutouts, five friends argue, wax poetic and get nasty when they try to answer the question, “What is SEXY?” www.studioprometheus.com/SEXY
Celebration
(2002
US Daniel Stedman 5 min)
A six-year-old boy makes an astonishing announcement. www.celebrationthemovie.com
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Leaving Metropolis
(2002
Canada Brad Fraser 89 min)
David is a painter with painter's block who takes a job as a waiter to get some inspiration. He falls for hunky diner owner Matt, who falls just as hard back. But Violet, Matt's wife is a complicating factor! While bedding the hot macho straight guy may be a near-universal gay male fantasy, Leaving Metropolis explores the ache of those messy, uncontrollable feelings that take over after the heat-of-the-moment libidinous instincts have been satisfied.
<< Closing Night Party To Follow >>
Tickets
Prices
$8 per show
$6 students and seniors
Opening and closing
nights (includes Reception)
$12/ $10 students/seniors
3
Show Pass (not valid opening or closing
nights)
$20
Festi-pass (all 12 shows!)
$60
Advance
Tickets Available at:
Hartford: Metrostore
Northampton: Pride and Joy
Information:
860.586.1136 or
www.ctglff.org
Cinestudio is at
300 Summit St. at Trinity College,
Hartford, CT 06106-3173
Phone: 860-297-CINE (860-297-2463).