BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Fest ival 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080902T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080902T223000 SUMMARY:LAUNCH! Party DESCRIPTION:Come start the Festival with an evening of jazz music by Kel lye Gray (www.kellyegray.com). Gray began her career on 6th Street and was a fixture in Houston for several years before moving to San Francisc o in 1992. The Houston Press says "Gray has a sort of Sarah Vaughn sits- around-with-Sade-at-Ella Fitzgerald's-house-voice that has tremendous st rength and range"\, while Sunday Star Ledger calls her "A jazz singer wi th the ability to connect with a generation raised on rock".\n \nEnjoy d elicious food provided by Starlite\, Woodlands and Lambert's Restaurants and sip the signature cocktail provided by 42 Below Vodka. Admission is $10\, Badge Holders get in free. CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Club de Ville URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/launchparty_agliff2008 UID:156881849-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T143000 SUMMARY:Equality U DESCRIPTION:What happens when a busload of young LGBTQI activists travel around the country to confront anti-gay discrimination policies at conse rvative religious and military colleges? \n \nEquality U tells the story of the Soulforce Equality Ride and their experiences combating hatred\, fear\, and ignorance. Their goal: to engage in a dialogue with universi ty administration and students\, explaining the tragic consequences that discriminatory policies have had on LGBTQI lives.\n \nSome schools welc ome them\, while others have them arrested and prevent them from speakin g to students. Can these young activists create social change\, one univ ersity at a time?\n- The New York LGBT Film Festival\n \n Sponsored by S oulforce CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/equalityu_agliff2008 UID:155211279-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T150000 SUMMARY:Against All Odds: Shorts Program DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by Equality Texas CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/againstalloddsshortsprogram_agliff 2008 UID:155216459-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T170000 SUMMARY:Right By Me (Rak Nai Thi Plai Roong) DESCRIPTION:This sweet\, sexy\, and alluring movie follows the lives and loves of three college friends all at different stages of coming out to themselves and others.\n \nHandsome\, bookish Tat attends coming out sup port meetings with his out and proud friend Nat. The two boys are surpri sed when Tat’s crush\, the hunky athlete Ek\, shows up to a meeting. Que stioning his sexuality\, Ek turns to Tat for advice\, and a sweet romanc e gradually develops\, creating an awkward situation between Tat and Nat .\n \nTo survive and prosper\, all three must surmount the homophobia of Thai society\, neglectful and abusive home lives\, gay bashings\, schoo lwork and their own love triangle.\n \n- HK Flix (edited)\n \n Sponsored by the Austin Asian American Film Festival CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/rightbyme_agliff2008 UID:155218024-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T182000 SUMMARY:The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela DESCRIPTION:A Filipina “lady-boy” blessed with extraordinary beauty and g race\, Raquela Rios makes her living by walking the streets and serving a clientele with exotic tastes. Alas\, this self-proclaimed queen dreams of far bigger and better things\, so when she’s recruited by a fellow t ranssexual to join the lucrative world of Internet porn\, Raquela puts o n a nurse’s uniform and dives in headfirst. \n \nHer online popularity s kyrockets\, and soon she’s off living a life of odd adventures — traveli ng to Iceland\, working in a fish factory and\, finally\, fulfilling a l ifelong dream to see Paris. And once the site’s New York-based owner tak es a shine to her and visits her in the City of Light\, Raquela may even find true love. 
\n \nPart fact and part fairytale\, Olaf de Fleur Joha nnesson’s dazzling docudrama blends gritty vérité and fictional flights of fancy to chronicle this truly transtastic character’s life. Actors tr ade lines with sex-industry professionals\, key moments are recreated wi th a certain dreamy liberty\, and you’re never sure whether you’re watch ing reality or fantasy. What’s never in doubt is the sense of empowermen t that Raquela (playing herself) brings to every encounter and interacti on in which she engages. \n \nWinner of this year’s prestigious Teddy Aw ard at the Berlin Film Festival\, Johannesson’s tribute to Rios truly ea rns the titular adjective\; it’s amazing from start to finish. All hail the Queen!\n - David Fear\, Frameline32\n \n Sponsored by the Midtown Of fice of Land America Austin Title CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/theamazingtruthaboutqueenraquela_a gliff2008 UID:161992372-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T200000 SUMMARY:The Edge of Heaven DESCRIPTION:Toward the end of The Edge of Heaven \, an exquisitely myste rious feature by the German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin\, a young man and an older woman meet at the intersection of coincidence and fate. \n \n"What shall we drink to?" the man asks. \n \n"To death\," the woma n replies. \n \nThe long arm of coincidence seems dominant at first\, fo r the plot evokes the intricate connections of Short Cuts\, Crash or Bab el. But The Edge of Heaven is something new\, a narrative in which the convergences are intriguing but the gaps are haunting. It's not so much about how separate lives touch and interact as it is about lives that a re changed and enriched by missed connections.\n \n The Edge of Heaven allows for the existence of good will\, and celebrates forgiveness with ineffable tenderness.\n \n- Joe Morgenstern (edited)\n \n Sponsored by S ubaru CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative, Opening Night LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/theedgeofheaven_agliff2008 UID:155219163-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T200000 SUMMARY:The Edge of Heaven DESCRIPTION:Toward the end of The Edge of Heaven \, an exquisitely myste rious feature by the German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin\, a young man and an older woman meet at the intersection of coincidence and fate. \n \n"What shall we drink to?" the man asks. \n \n"To death\," the woma n replies. \n \nThe long arm of coincidence seems dominant at first\, fo r the plot evokes the intricate connections of Short Cuts\, Crash or Bab el. But The Edge of Heaven is something new\, a narrative in which the convergences are intriguing but the gaps are haunting. It's not so much about how separate lives touch and interact as it is about lives that a re changed and enriched by missed connections.\n \n The Edge of Heaven allows for the existence of good will\, and celebrates forgiveness with ineffable tenderness.\n \n- Joe Morgenstern (edited)\n \n Sponsored by S ubaru CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative, Opening Night LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/theedgeofheaven_agliff2008 UID:155219194-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T222000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T225000 SUMMARY:King Size: Boys' Shorts DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by the Midtown Office of Land America Austin Title CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/kingsizeboysshorts_agliff2008 UID:155225222-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080903T230000 SUMMARY:Otto\; or\, Up With Dead People DESCRIPTION:A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park\, he begins to expl ore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn\ , who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her gir lfriend\, Hella Bent\, and her brother\, Adolf\, who operates the camera .\n \nMeanwhile\, Medea is trying to finish "Up with Dead People\," an e pic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star\, Fritz Fritze\, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. But when Otto discovers a wallet in his back pocket that contains information about his past (before he was dead) he begins to remember a few details\, including memories of his ex-boyfrie nd\, Rudolf.\n \n Sponsored by The Austinist CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/ottoorupwithdeadpeople_agliff2008 UID:155226323-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T003000 SUMMARY:Opening Night Afterparty DESCRIPTION:Midnight to 2 am\, Swing by Oilcan Harry's for Club Popular\, and dance it up at the largest bar in Austin\, TX! CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Oilcan Harry's URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/openingnightreception_agliff2008 UID:156882085-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T144500 SUMMARY:Saturn in Opposition DESCRIPTION:Lorenzo is a lot of things to a lot of people: boyfriend to f amed author Davide\, business partner to angsty addict Roberta\, patron to cute doctor-cum-writer Paolo\, and confusing embarrassment to his old -fashioned father. His friends are the center of his universe\, and Lore nzo spends much of his time planning cheery dinner parties and retreats with his loyal\, makeshift family. \n \nBut everything is thrown into em otional upheaval when Lorenzo suddenly slips into a coma at the dinner t able — and his friends discover that he was the glue holding them all to gether.\nAs the group takes turns waiting outside his hospital room\, th e little secrets and tensions among them begin to magnify and undermine their relationships. Infidelity\, melancholy\, resentment and now grief all begin to threaten the very stability and intimacy that Lorenzo so ch erished.\n \n- Aaron Lazenby\, Frameline32 (edited)\n \n Sponsored by th e Austin Film Society CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/saturninopposition_agliff2008 UID:155227030-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T153000 SUMMARY:Vivere DESCRIPTION:It’s Christmas Eve in Rotterdam\, and three enchanting women search for love and the meaning of life in this beautiful\, sad and hope ful cinematic poem.\n \nFrancesca is burdened with responsibility. The e ldest sister in a motherless family\, she spends her days driving a cab to earn money. At night she takes care of her father and keeps tabs on h er loose-cannon teenage sister\, Antonietta. But Francesca’s life is wit hout passion.\n \nWhen Antonietta runs off to Rotterdam with her rock mu sician boyfriend\, Francesca follows close behind. Along the way she pic ks up a mysterious older woman\, Gerlinde\, who has been injured in a ca r accident and appears lost. From the moment they meet\, this down-and-o ut duo share an uncommon bond. Is this just a chance meeting? Or\, was i t meant to be?\n \nAs they navigate the streets of Rotterdam in search o f Antonietta\, their intimate conversations expose the raw\, lonely soul s of two women who have been left behind more than once.\n \n- Brendan P eterson\, Frameline31 (edited)\n \n Sponsored by B-Side CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/vivere_agliff2008 UID:155227236-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T173000 SUMMARY:Eleven Minutes DESCRIPTION:It's been two long years since the sharp-witted Jay McCarroll was dubbed the next great American designer on season one of reality TV 's Project Runway\, and he's anxious to finally show his first line of c lothing. \n \nThe feature documentary Eleven Minutes chronicles his year long journey designing and preparing his first independent runway show f or New York's Fashion Week in Bryant Park and the subsequent selling of his line to stores. The result is an in-depth\, painfully raw and humor ous exploration of the creative process and the constant conflict of bal ancing commerce with art\, fame with talent\, and reality-TV with actual reality.\n \n- Maximum Vacuum\n \n Sponsored by go9 Media CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/elevenminutes_agliff2008 UID:155227348-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T180000 SUMMARY:Bend It: Girls' Shorts DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by Well+done DESIGN CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/benditgirlsshorts_agliff2008 UID:155227486-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T200000 SUMMARY:Steam DESCRIPTION:Three very different women weave a fragile bond at their loca l steam room\, where they hope the hot water vapor might wash away their loneliness\, confusion and fear.\n \nDuring her first year at college\, Elizabeth questions her sexual identity and struggles to break free fro m her strict Catholic parents. Middle-aged Laurie is a single mother dea ling with the psychological games played by her ex-husband and the poten tial problems in a relationship with a much younger man. And recent Acad emy Award nominee Ruby Dee (American Gangster) gives another award-worth y performance as Doris\, an older woman facing feelings of despair and e mptiness after the death of her husband.\n \nUnbeknownst to them\, these women share many of the same struggles and joys and separately learn to find strength\, joy and beauty in their unique circumstances. By interw eaving the stories of their individual journeys\, director Kyle Schickne r shows how age\, race\, class and religion have little to do with matte rs of the heart — ultimately\, we all want the same things: love and hap piness.\n \nAt times playful and uplifting and other times heartbreaking \, Steam speaks to the universality of human experience and the resilien t spirit that allows us to rebound from struggle and emerge triumphant. \n \n- Nora Isaacs\, Frameline32 (edited)\n \n Director Kyle Schickner a nd actress Kate Siegel in attendance! \n \n Sponsored by milk+honey spa CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/steam_agliff2008 UID:155244532-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T203000 SUMMARY:Trinidad DESCRIPTION:In 1969\, Dr. Stanley Biber began conducting genital-reassign ment surgeries in Trinidad\, Colorado. Since then\, thousands of patient s have passed through Trinidad\, and the once prosperous coal mining and ranching town is now fondly known as the “Sex Change Capitol of the Wor ld.” After Biber's death\, his practice was handed over to his former pa tient\, Dr. Marci Bowers\, who has enhanced the procedure to near perfec tion.\n \nThis compassionate and compelling documentary follows Bowers a nd two of her patients\, both at different stages of their sexual transf ormation from male to female\, as they struggle with the sadly-not-surpr ising intolerance of small-town morals and the challenge of reconciling their new personas with the expectations of their spouses and children. It's a delicate transition for everyone involved—the women themselves\, their families\, and their adopted community\, which is still struggling to accept the fact that the economic growth from this new industry is t he only thing keeping Trinidad on the map.\n \n- Abby Kavanaugh\, Los An geles Film Festival (edited)\n \n Directors P.J. Raval and Jay Hodges in attendance! \n \n Sponsored by South by Southwest CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/trinidad_agliff2008 UID:155244840-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T222000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T225000 SUMMARY:Boystown (Chuecatown) DESCRIPTION:Dark and sexy real estate agent Victor is making a killing – literally! \n \nIn an attempt to transform Madrid’s Chueca neighborhood into the next Chelsea\, he’s come up with the perfect plan – murdering e lderly women (but making it look like suicide)\, buying up their propert y\, and selling to upwardly mobile gay couples. \n \nBut when his latest victim leaves her apartment to Leo and Rey\, the friendly working-class bear couple next door\, Victor must hatch a scheme to get his way --- n o matter what. \n \nHarkening back to the early\, outrageous films of Pe dro Almodóvar\, Boystown is adapted from the Spanish comic book about th e antics of Leo and Rey\, while murders\, steamy bathhouses\, and loveab ly sexy characters set the stage for dark comedy and melodrama in Spain' s newest "gayborhood.”\n \n- New York LGBT Film Festival and Walker Art Center (edited)\n \n Sponsored by OutCast CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/boystown_agliff2008 UID:155245684-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T223500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080904T230500 SUMMARY:Room of Death (Le Chambre des morts) DESCRIPTION:In the dead of night\, in the middle of an isolated wind farm \, two out-of-work computer programmers run a man over\, killing him. By his body\, they find a bag stuffed with cash. Bank robber? Drug dealer? Who cares? Two million Euros staring you in the face and no witnesses – what would you do? Vigo and Sylvain don't take long to make up their mi nds.\n \nThe following day\, a blind girl is found dead in a warehouse n ear the scene of the accident. What if the money was destined to pay her ransom? Did the killer see the hit-and-run drivers? Then another girl i s kidnapped\, and worse\, she's a diabetic. The clock is ticking. The po lice in the provincial town of Dunkerque start to panic. They are ill eq uipped to deal with such crimes. Helped by her attentive colleague Norma n\, rooky cop Lucie embarks on her first major investigation.\n \n Spons ored by Fantastic Fest CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/roomofdeath_agliff2008 UID:155245260-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T003000 SUMMARY:VIP Lounge DESCRIPTION:Come see and be seen at the exclusive VIP Lounge set up for a GLIFF Members and Oilcan's Cardholders! Sip on the delicious 42 Below V odka Signature Cocktail and enjoy the treats provided by Oilcan Harry's! CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Oilcan Harry's URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/viplounge_agliff2008 UID:156884998-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T151500 SUMMARY:Out in India: A Family's Journey DESCRIPTION:This intimate film follows partners David Gere and Peter Carl ey\, and their two children as they leave their comfortable lives in L.A . for nine months in India to fight AIDS. Their weapon? Painters\, puppe teers\, and performers of every kind. But while David travels around Ind ia gathering artists into what he hopes will become a political movement \, Peter feels increasingly alone and vulnerable taking care of their ch ildren. \n \nThe film explores the costs and joys of the couple's global activism\, set on the brilliantly colored stage of 21st century India. Features a special appearance by actor/activist Richard Gere.\n \n- Ashl and Independent Film Festival (edited)\n\n Sponsored by Club DeVille CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/outinindiaafamilysjourney_agliff20 08 UID:155246136-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T153000 SUMMARY:Sexy Shorts DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by Oilcan Harry's CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/sexyshorts_agliff2008 UID:155246407-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T173000 SUMMARY:Wrangler\, Anatomy of an Icon DESCRIPTION:There have been dozens of gay porn stars\, but only one Jack Wrangler. Bursting onto the scene in the early ’70s\, he wasn’t the typi cal obscure object of desire but a full-bodied\, self-confident stud. \n \nBuff\, masculine and clearly comfortable in his own skin\, Wrangler w as more than just a hot guy to fantasize about — he was a role model. Wi th a screen persona that blended virility with a sly eye for fun\, Wrang ler was the first out actor to show how a gay man could be strong\, secu re and lustful.\n \nIn this entertaining history of the ground-breaking ’70s\, the self-aware (and self-deprecating) Wrangler describes his jour ney from skinny Beverly Hills brat to aspiring actor to a brand name wit h a product line (Accu-Jac\, anyone?). Fans from Chi Chi La Rue to Marc Shaiman to Bruce Vilanch drop by to recall the heady days of gay movie h ouses and to sing Jack’s praises. And rounding out the package are a wea lth of clips of Wrangler strutting his stuff in vintage films.\n \n- Mic hael Fox\, Frameline32 (edited)\n\n Sponsored by Oilcan Harry's CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/wrangleranatomyofanicon_agliff2008 UID:155247566-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T180000 SUMMARY:Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band DESCRIPTION:In the early 1990s\, Pansy Division founder and front man Jon Ginoli and bassist Chris Freeman took up their instruments as a battle cry against the dance music that dominated the gay scene. The moment for a queer punk band couldn’t have been more timely\; San Francisco was ju st waking from the previous decade’s losses\, and the in-your-face direc t actions by ACT UP and Queer Nation shared punk music’s DIY ethos.\n \n Director Michael Carmona chronicles the band’s role as a pioneer in the queercore movement\, from humble gigs in gay dive bars to singing their homo-anthems to thousands of screaming teens on a national tour with Gre en Day. Along the way the band attempts to find a permanent drummer and struggles to gain exposure without watering down their message.\n \nThe film also plays like a time capsule of another era\, so put on your Doc Martens and your cut-off jeans\, slap some DayGlo stickers on your nippl es\, and rock out with Pansy Division!\n \n- Dennis Conroy\, Frameline32 (edited)\n \n Pansy Division in attendance! \n \n Sponsored by Austin C ommunity College CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/pansydivision_agliff2008 UID:155247831-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T203000 SUMMARY:Like A Virgin DESCRIPTION: NOTE: Due to a printing error\, Like a Virgin is listed as h aving a Saturday showing in the print version of the program guide. \n \ nCertainly one of the best mainstream comedies of the year from anywhere \, Like a Virgin isn't just another "confused teen finds self" type of c oming-of-age film\, it's also a violent portrait of a decaying family\, and even a somewhat affecting sports film. \n \nRyu Deok-Hwan plays Oh D ong-Gu\, a Madonna-obsessed\, chubby high-schooler working low-paying pa rt-time jobs in order to save up the five million won he needs for his s ex change operation. However\, he has other things to worry about\, such as his mother\, who ran away from home years ago and now lives a satisf ying life peddling products at a theme park\; his unpredictably violent father\, whose lost boxing career has made him angry at the world and hi mself\; his detached younger brother\, who is becoming more and more lik e his father everyday\; his crush on his Japanese teacher\; and his gene ral unpopularity at school due to his appearance.\n \nOne day\, Dong-Gu learns from his best friend that he can win a large sum of money if he w ins at an Ssireum tournament - a form of traditional Korean wrestling no t unlike Sumo. Supported by his lazy\, detached coach\, Dong-Gu makes fr iends with his teammates after showing off his impeccable dancing skills \, but he still has to win over the ambitious team captain\, Joon Woo\, and prove himself in competition.\n \n- Kevin Ma (edited)\n \n Sponsored by The Onion and Time Warner Cable CATEGORIES:Centerpiece, Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/likeavirgin_agliff2008 UID:155248147-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T203000 SUMMARY:Like A Virgin DESCRIPTION: NOTE: Due to a printing error\, Like a Virgin is listed as h aving a Saturday showing in the print version of the program guide. \n \ nCertainly one of the best mainstream comedies of the year from anywhere \, Like a Virgin isn't just another "confused teen finds self" type of c oming-of-age film\, it's also a violent portrait of a decaying family\, and even a somewhat affecting sports film. \n \nRyu Deok-Hwan plays Oh D ong-Gu\, a Madonna-obsessed\, chubby high-schooler working low-paying pa rt-time jobs in order to save up the five million won he needs for his s ex change operation. However\, he has other things to worry about\, such as his mother\, who ran away from home years ago and now lives a satisf ying life peddling products at a theme park\; his unpredictably violent father\, whose lost boxing career has made him angry at the world and hi mself\; his detached younger brother\, who is becoming more and more lik e his father everyday\; his crush on his Japanese teacher\; and his gene ral unpopularity at school due to his appearance.\n \nOne day\, Dong-Gu learns from his best friend that he can win a large sum of money if he w ins at an Ssireum tournament - a form of traditional Korean wrestling no t unlike Sumo. Supported by his lazy\, detached coach\, Dong-Gu makes fr iends with his teammates after showing off his impeccable dancing skills \, but he still has to win over the ambitious team captain\, Joon Woo\, and prove himself in competition.\n \n- Kevin Ma (edited)\n \n Sponsored by The Onion and Time Warner Cable CATEGORIES:Centerpiece, Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/likeavirgin_agliff2008 UID:155248203-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080905T220000 SUMMARY:CENTERPIECE Party DESCRIPTION:A swanky setting right down the street to start the night out . The evening features live music by A Pocketful of Deng \, "an intell igent\, diverse\, and melodic local rock band whose debut mixes the Talk ing Heads and Radiohead with more mainstream contemporaries" (Austin Chr onicle)\, and the retro-soul funk of DJ Tweedy .\n \nWe'll also have fo od and drink\, entertainment and more. You must purchase your tickets i n advance at the box office! Admission is $10\, Badge Holders get in fr ee. CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:604 E. 6th Street URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/centerpiecefilmparty_agliff2008 UID:156882504-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T003000 SUMMARY:CENTERPIECE Afterparty DESCRIPTION:Midnight 'til you get tired of dancing! Badge holders get in the VIP line. No waiting in line! CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Oilcan Harry's URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/centerpieceafterparty_agliff2008 UID:156887274-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T123000 SUMMARY:Shelter DESCRIPTION:Zach\, an aspiring artist\, surfer\, and skateboarder lives o n the wrong side of the tracks in Southern California with his sister an d her young son\, Cody. But when his best friend’s older brother\, Shaun \, returns home to cure a case of writer’s block\, Shaun and Zach develo p a friendship that develops into a true\, intimate relationship. \n \nS haun presses Zach to take control of his life\, and to take ownership of his artwork. He also develops a strong bond with Cody\, and Zach happil y notices the positive effect Shaun’s attention has on him. As time prog resses\, however\, a host of new issues come up. Zach struggles with his identity\, his family\, and friends\, while trying to understand the ne w emotions Shaun has brought into his life.\n \nWhen the cat is let out of the bag\, Jeanne threatens to take Cody away. Wanting nothing but the best for him\, Zach is forced to decide between his pattern of always p utting others’ desires first or fighting for what is really most importa nt and appropriate for both his and Cody’s future.\n \n- here! TV and Wa shington DC International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (edited)\n Spons ored by Time Warner Cable CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/shelter_agliff2008 UID:155248792-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T130000 SUMMARY:Suddenly\, Last Winter DESCRIPTION:Gustav and Luca are journalists\, filmmakers\, and long-term boyfriends living a comfortable life in Rome. \n \nWhen right-winger Sil vio Berlusconi's government is replaced by a centre-left coalition\, Ita lians are promised a new law that would increase rights for unmarried an d gay couples. Unfortunately for Gustav\, Luca\, and millions of disenfr anchised Italians\, the Vatican\, conservative politicians\, and family- values advocates don't share their more liberal views.\n \nWith anti-gay sentiment running high\, rallies are held\, politicians are lobbied and wagons are circled. With a very light touch and a good measure of patie nce and humor\, Gustav and Luca attempt to navigate the roadblocks\, lan dmines and mind-boggling bureaucracy standing between themselves and the ir equal rights.\n \nThe intrepid and at times reluctant filmmakers main tain a steady pace in this study of an ancient culture in flux and a mod ern couple in love.\n \n- Chris McDonald\, Canadian International Docume ntary Film Festival (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Woodlands\, Starlite\, La mbert’s\, and Club deVille CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/suddenlylastwinter_agliff2008 UID:155249046-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T150000 SUMMARY:Ciao DESCRIPTION:Mark’s accidental death comes as a shock to Andrea\, an Itali an who had developed a relationship with him over email. He finds out fr om Mark’s best friend\, Jeff\, who had no idea their affair was going on . Compelled to learn more about Mark’s mystery man\, Jeff invites Andrea to visit. As the two men bond over their mutual love for Mark\, a profo und intimacy develops – strangers\, united by a mutual loss\, become dee ply linked over the course of a weekend. \n \n- New York LGBT Film Festi val (edited)\n \n Director Yen Tan in attendance! \n \n Sponsored by Aus tin Film Festival CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/ciao_agliff2008 UID:155249800-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T153000 SUMMARY:Muzuzangabo DESCRIPTION:An HIV-positive activist who rallied against AIDS in New York in the 1990s\, Carlos Condero realized that instead of self-pity he cou ld be a powerful weapon against the disease by educating and raising awa reness.\n \nBringing his mission to the Congo in 2003\, he tells the com munity about the importance of HIV prevention\, frequent testing\, and a dherence to anti-retroviral medications. His passion is intense and has a deep impact on every life he touches. The people he works with have gi ven Carlos the name Muzuzangabo—Swahili for “he who wakes others.”\n \nI nspiring with its positive vision\, Muzuzangabo reminds us of the power we have as individuals to change the world.\n- Seattle Lesbian and Gay F ilm Festival (edited)\n \n Director Sergi Agustí in attendance! \n \n Sp onsored by Q CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/muzuzangabo_agliff2008 UID:155250770-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T173000 SUMMARY:Butch Jamie DESCRIPTION:Hollywood is a tough town\, but struggling actress Jamie thin ks she knows what casting directors want. She joins the L.A. masses in h er best skirt\, heels\, and jewelry at audition after audition hoping to catch her big break. There’s just one problem – Jamie’s playing a chara cter before she even steps in front of the camera. She’s a spiky-haired butch dyke\, not a frilly femme fatale! And judging from the callbacks s he gets (or rather lack thereof) it shows.\n \nWhen Jamie finds out that her roommate’s pet-cat-actor Howard is getting more work than she is\, Jamie decides to throw in the acting towel\, but she is determined to go out with a bang. Taking her best friend David’s advice\, Jamie goes to her last audition as herself: wallet chain\, leather bracelets\, and all . Much to her surprise\, she is called into the producer’s office and of fered the lead role – the male lead role! With her acting career in dang er of ending before it starts\, Jamie reluctantly agrees.\n \nSo with fa ke facial hair and men’s wardrobe in place\, filming begins and things s eem to be going well enough. That is\, until Jamie’s relationship with t he straight female lead takes a romantic turn. What will happen if Jamie ’s leading lady learns the truth?\n \n- Jessica Wilkie\, Rochester Lesbi an and Gay Film and Video Festival (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Marquee Re nts CATEGORIES:Feature, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/butchjamie_agliff2008 UID:155252590-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T180000 SUMMARY:Chris & Don: A Love Story DESCRIPTION: Chris & Don: A Love Story is the true-life story of the pas sionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Ish erwood and American portrait painter Don Bachardy\, thirty years his jun ior. \n \nFrom Isherwood’s Kit-Kat-Club years in Weimar-era Germany\, to the couple’s first meeting on the sun-kissed beaches of 1950s Malibu\, their against-all-odds saga is brought to dazzling life by a treasure tr ove of multimedia. \n \nBachardy’s contemporary reminiscences (in the Sa nta Monica home he shared with Isherwood until his death in 1986) artful ly interact with archival footage\, rare home movies (with glimpses of g litterati pals W.H. Auden\, Igor Stravinsky and Tennessee Williams)\, re enactments\, and\, most sweetly\, whimsical animations based on the cat- and-horse cartoons the pair used in their personal correspondence.\n \nW ith Isherwood’s status as an out-and-proud gay maverick\, and Bachardy’s eventual artistic triumph away from the considerable shadow of his life partner\, Chris & Don: A Love Story is above all a joyful celebration of a most extraordinary couple.\n \n Sponsored by Richard Hartgrove and Gary Cooper CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/chrisdonalovestory_agliff2008 UID:155369884-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T200000 SUMMARY:Before I Forget DESCRIPTION:A Cannes' Director's Fortnight film\, Jacques Nolot's frank a nd blackly humorous film opens in a cemetery\, where two men list good r easons to be buried there:\n \n"We'll be in peace.”\n \n“You'll stop mak ing scenes.”\n \n“The pigeons won't shit on us. "\n \nJacques Nolot star s and directs in a tale of a gay gigolo caught in a downward spiral\, st ruggling to cope with his advancing age\, poverty\, loneliness\, writers block\, and the increasing complications of HIV disease. \n \nWhen his wealthy benefactor dies after thirty years of lavish support\, his inher itance 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.\n \nRichard Knight\, of th e Chicago Film Critics Association\, calls "Before I Forget" hands down the best queer movie of the year\, and aGLIFF's Programming Director agr ees that this film is the Best of the Fest. \n \n"‘Nothing's more bor ing than an old queen with a head cold\,’" Robert Preston quipped in Vic tor/Victoria back in the early 80's\,” Knight observes. “We've been cond itioned to disparage\, pity or entirely ignore older gay men from the mo ment we became a community. But Before I Forget refuses to go that rou te by being tough\, flinty and refreshing in its emotional honesty – a g reat film with a tremendous performance from Nolot. C'est magnifique!"\n \n- Strand Releasing and Knight at the Movies (edited)\n \n Sponsored b y 42Below Vodka CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative, Spotlight LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/beforeiforget_agliff2008 UID:155370053-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T203000 SUMMARY:Drifting Flowers DESCRIPTION:Taiwanese director Zero Chou offers up three subtle\, interwo ven lesbian tales of the “lost and found” nature of love in the film Dri fting Flowers\, an apt title for this gently flowing film that has a str ange beauty and opens a window onto a culture seldom seen on film.\n \nT he first story opens with the fragile domestic bliss of Jing\, a beautif ul\, blind nightclub singer\, and her younger sister Meigo. Butch accord ionist Chalkie upsets the balance by falling for Jing while inspiring Me igo’s first big crush. \n \nThe middle story belongs to Lily\, an Alzhei mer’s patient endlessly searching in her disintegrating memory for her l ost lover\, Ocean. But when Yen\, her sham husband from long ago\, leave s his unfaithful boyfriend and comes to visit with his own suitcase of t roubles\, Lily often mistakes him for the butch Ocean returned\, and the two wounded friends build on a sympathy they’ve always shared. \n \nThe final segment follows Chalkie\, coming of age with best pal Yen while c oming to terms with her repulsion at her own budding body and her compli cated feelings for girls. She meets the young Lily and both claim their futures\, which arrive in unexpected ways. \n \n- Carol Harada and Susan Cole (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Foodies CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/driftingflowers_agliff2008 UID:155370229-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T230000 SUMMARY:Like a Virgin DESCRIPTION:By popular demand\, the audience favorite film for this year' s fest is "Like a Virgin." \n\nPlease come join us for the encore screen ing tonight! See the B-Side description for more information about the film.\n\n Sponsored by L Style G Style CATEGORIES:Audience Favorite, Feature, Featured LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/audiencefavorite_agliff2008 UID:155370411-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T224500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080906T231500 SUMMARY:Mala Noche DESCRIPTION:The first feature from acclaimed director Gus Van Sant (Drugs tore Cowboy\, Last Days)\, Mala Noche is a hauntingly beautiful black-an d-white meditation on lust\, love\, obsession\, and class. \n \nStuck be hind the cash register of a convenience store in Portland’s skid row\, y oung Walt (Tim Streeter) becomes infatuated with Johnny (Doug Cooeyate)\ , a Mexican teenager and illegal immigrant who is willing to reciprocate Walt’s attentions – to a point. Although Walt subsequently turns to Joh nny’s friend Pepper (Ray Monge)\, he is unable to shake his fixation\, a nd finds his crush becoming an all-consuming amour fou.\n \n\n Sponsored by the Austin School of Film CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative, Retrospective LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/malanoche_agliff2008 UID:155370825-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T003000 SUMMARY:aGLIFF 21 Host Bar @ Oilcan Harry's DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a night on the town. Ask for 42 Below Vodka's signatur e cocktail! Badge holders get in the VIP line. No waiting in line! CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Oilcan Harry's URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/agliff21hostbaroilcanharrys_agliff 2008 UID:156886472-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T123000 SUMMARY:Bi the Way DESCRIPTION:Recent studies are suggesting that bisexuality is drastically more widespread than is reported in census counts. The iron curtain bet ween gay and straight is crumbling. The Bible belt is being unbuckled. A nd for young people\, dating a girl one week and a guy the next is no bi g deal.\n \nTraveling through the changing sexual landscape of America\, the directors of Bi the Way investigate the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality\, while following five members of th e emerging 'whatever generation\,' teens and twenty-somethings who seem to be ushering in whole new sexual revolution.\n \n Sponsored by Capitol Beverage CATEGORIES:Documentary, Feature, Featured LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/bitheway_agliff2008 UID:155371844-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T130000 SUMMARY:Hot Flash: Documentary Shorts DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by Lynn Yeldell/UBS CATEGORIES:Featured, Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/hotflashdocumentaryshorts_agliff20 08 UID:155372251-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T150000 SUMMARY:Gender Queer Shorts DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by Out Youth CATEGORIES:Featured, Shorts Program LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/genderqueershorts_agliff2008 UID:155372956-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T153000 SUMMARY:XXY DESCRIPTION:XXY is a portrait of Alex\, a 15-year-old coping with an exte nded puberty made more complicated by the presence of an extra chromosom e and\, according to her mother\, a few extra parts. Born intersex\, Ale x has been brought up female. But now that her body is changing— and she ’s faced with the prospect of “corrective” surgery that her father refus ed to allow when she was born – she’s beginning to wonder.\n \nThings co me to a head when her mother surprises Alex with a visit from a plastic surgeon and his family\, and Alex finds herself being pushed to make a c hoice she’s not sure she wants to make. Her attraction to the doctor’s t eenage son Alvaro just makes things all the more confusing.\n \nUnder fi rst-time director Lucia Puenzo’s sensitive direction\, Inés Flores bring s Alex to the screen in an understated but powerful performance that wil l leave you thinking about the nature of gender and the choices we are f orced to make.\n \n- Mark Page\, Frameline32 (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Cine Las Americas CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/xxy_agliff2008 UID:155374235-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T173000 SUMMARY:The Secrets DESCRIPTION:Naomi is the headstrong daughter of a highly respected Rabbi\ , and is betrothed to her father's star pupil. Unenthusiastic about her marriage\, she convinces her father to allow her to go to Safed\, one of the four holy cities of Israel and the birthplace of the Kabala\, so sh e can study at a seminary for Jewish women. During her religious trainin g she meets Michelle\, the daughter of a wealthy secular family now livi ng in France and the two build a close bond.\n \nOne day\, while deliver ing meals to the poor\, they encounter Anouk\, a non-Jewish foreigner wh o is dying and has retreated to Safed seeking divine forgiveness. Throug h their shared journey to help the dying woman\, Naomi and Michelle awak en long suppressed feelings of love and passion that seemingly have no p lace in Orthodox life.\n \nSoon the two women must individually make a c hoice\; whether to conform to the expectations of their families and soc iety or be true to themselves.\n \n- Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival \n \n Sponsored by the Jewish Community Association of Austin and Texas Hillel CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/thesecrets_agliff2008 UID:155374585-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T180000 SUMMARY:Mulligans DESCRIPTION:When beer-swilling\, sports-playing Tyler Davidson (Derek Jam es) invites his college buddy Chase (the sultry Canadian-born Charlie Da vid) to spend the summer holidays with the picture-perfect Davidson fami ly\, things just don’t click between Chase and the hot local girls. Soo n\, Chase comes out\, and Tyler unexpectedly has to cope with having a g ay best friend. But while Tyler’s doing an admirable job of coming to te rms with his own discomfort\, a few more surprises begin to brew.\n \nIn a brilliantly turned subplot\, Tyler’s mother Stacey (Thea Gill from "Q ueer as Folk") yanks Birdy – the family’s precocious eight-year-old – aw ay from her carnal explorations with a local boy and also discovers her husband Nathan (Dan Payne) locking lips with someone else. \n \nSet amid the casual\, polite homophobia of the upper middle class\, Mulligans is a fresh and multi-layered take on the coming-out genre. With grace an d sensitivity\, director Chip Hale shows that a confession of queerness doesn’t have to end relationships\, even if it changes things forever.\n \n- Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival\n \n Director Chip Hale in attendance! \n \n Sponsored by the Hyatt Regency CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/mulligans_agliff2008 UID:155374748-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T203000 SUMMARY:Were the World Mine DESCRIPTION:As the gay outcast at an all-boys prep school\, Timothy (oh-s o-cute Tanner Cohen) is\, of course\, prone to daydreaming about the han dsome rugby jock. But his are no ordinary flights of fancy\; they're mus ical theater extravaganzas\, complete with show-stopping songs\, dazzlin g sets\, and pirouetting rugby player chorus boys.\n \nSo when the drama teacher invites Timothy to audition for A Midsummers' Night Dream\, we know that theater is his destiny. With a voice like honey\, he's cast as the mischievous Puck\, and — in a delicious surprise — shares the stage with Jonathon\, the aforementioned handsome jock (smoldering Nathaniel David Becker). But the rabidly anti-gay coach wants to shut down the pro duction: some of the school's finest athletes have been cast in female r oles\, and what could be more hetero-threatening than that?!\n \nAside f rom Timothy's "heteroflexible" but dyke-a-licious girl-pal Frankie\, thi s small town is teeming with homophobes. Without giving too much away\, let's just say that lovestruck Timothy really gets into character and tu rns everything upside down.\n \n- Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Internation al Film Festival (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Out Youth CATEGORIES:Closing Night, Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 1 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/weretheworldmine_agliff2008 UID:155375357-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T203000 SUMMARY:Were the World Mine DESCRIPTION:As the gay outcast at an all-boys prep school\, Timothy (oh-s o-cute Tanner Cohen) is\, of course\, prone to daydreaming about the han dsome rugby jock. But his are no ordinary flights of fancy\; they're mus ical theater extravaganzas\, complete with show-stopping songs\, dazzlin g sets\, and pirouetting rugby player chorus boys.\n \nSo when the drama teacher invites Timothy to audition for A Midsummers' Night Dream\, we know that theater is his destiny. With a voice like honey\, he's cast as the mischievous Puck\, and — in a delicious surprise — shares the stage with Jonathon\, the aforementioned handsome jock (smoldering Nathaniel David Becker). But the rabidly anti-gay coach wants to shut down the pro duction: some of the school's finest athletes have been cast in female r oles\, and what could be more hetero-threatening than that?!\n \nAside f rom Timothy's "heteroflexible" but dyke-a-licious girl-pal Frankie\, thi s small town is teeming with homophobes. Without giving too much away\, let's just say that lovestruck Timothy really gets into character and tu rns everything upside down.\n \n- Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Internation al Film Festival (edited)\n \n Sponsored by Out Youth CATEGORIES:Closing Night, Feature, Featured, Narrative LOCATION:Alamo Ritz 2 URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/weretheworldmine_agliff2008 UID:155375370-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080907T223000 SUMMARY:Closing Night Party DESCRIPTION:Generously Sponsored by the Austin Community College Program of Hospitality\, Event Planning\, Travel & Tourism and Culinary Arts – s oak up some culture and eat delicious food\, make some new friends and c elebrate the 21st year of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival with 42 Below Vodka's signature cocktail and much\, much more. Admission is $10. CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Arthouse URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/closingnightparty_agliff2008 UID:156883146-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T032300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080908T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080908T003000 SUMMARY:Closing Night Afterparty DESCRIPTION:Midnight 'til you get tired of dancing! Badge holders get in the VIP line. No waiting in line! CATEGORIES:Parties LOCATION:Oilcan Harry's URL:http://agliff.bside.com/2008/films/afterparty_agliff2008 UID:156883298-agliff.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR