Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2008

Loraine Barr came out of the closet when she was 88-years-old in the pages of Newsweek magazine. Watch as she dives head first into the dyke scene and joins 1,800 women on a lesbian-only Olivia cruise. - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival

A Cannes' Director's Fortnight film, Jacques Nolot's frank and blackly humorous film opens in a cemetery, where two men list good reasons to be buried there: "We'll be in peace.” “You'll stop making scenes.” “The pigeons won't shit on us. " Jacques Nolot stars and directs in a tale of a gay gigolo caught in a downward spiral, struggling to cope with his advancing age, poverty, loneliness, writers block, and the increasing complications of HIV disease. When his wealthy benefactor dies after thirty years of lavish support, his inheritance is challenged by the benefactor's family, leaving him destitute. Underscoring his every move is the fear of being forgotten, or worse: dying back where he started - on the streets. Richard Knight, of the Chicago Film Critics Association, calls "Before I Forget" hands down the best queer movie of the year, and aGLIFF's Programming Director agrees that this film is the Best of the Fest. "‘Nothing's more boring than an old queen with a head cold,’" Robert Preston quipped in Victor/Victoria back in the early 80's,” Knight observes. “We've been conditioned to disparage, pity or entirely ignore older gay men from the moment we became a community. But Before I Forget refuses to go that route by being tough, flinty and refreshing in its emotional honesty – a great film with a tremendous performance from Nolot. C'est magnifique!" - Strand Releasing and Knight at the Movies (edited) Sponsored by 42Below Vodka